Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-15-2025 16:55 UTC-7

Paur Puts Brannan on Notice

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Taylor Paur raised it up in early position and Frank Brannan reraised to 4,000 in the cutoff. The action was back on Paur who called to see a flop of 10♣7♦6♦.

Paur checked to Brannan who continued with a bet of 3,500. Paur check-raised to 11,000 and Brannan called. The K♥ landed on the turn and both players checked to the 10♦ on the river. Paur splashed in a bet of 24,000 and Brannan's cards instantly hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	57,500 7,500	7,500

Frank Brannan	32,200

Tags: Taylor Paur Frank Brannan

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

07-15-2025 16:45 UTC-7

Stein Pushes Rogers Out of Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Stein raised to 1,200 preflop from the cutoff and David Rogers called on the button.

After the flop came 4♣3♣3♠, Rogers continued with 11,500 chips. Stein again called.

On the turn of the A♦, Rogers fired 21,000 chips at Stein, who promptly raised all in with a covering stack.

Rogers, who had just a little over 25,000 remaining, thought about it before laying his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Stein	163,800 64,800	64,800
David Rogers	25,700 69,400	69,400

Tags: David Rogers Michael Stein

07-15-2025 16:44 UTC-7

Laskowitz Rivers a Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Samuel Laskowitz opened to 1,400 and got two callers in Kejun Wang on the button and Ryosuke Ikari in the big blind.

The flop came K♣9♣7♠. After a check, Laskowitz continued with 1,300 and got Wang to call. Ikari folded his hand.

On the turn 2♠, Laskowitz kept the pressure with 8,000 and once again Wang called.

On the river 10♦, Laskowitz slowed down with a check. Wang shoved all-in and Laskowitz didn't hesitate to call.

Wang turned over A♥9♥ and Laskowitz showed J♥10♣. Wang had only 2,700 left and was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Laskowitz	58,000
Kejun Wang	Busted

Tags: Ryosuke Ikari Samuel Laskowitz Kejun Wang

07-15-2025 16:38 UTC-7

The Leaders After the Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	204,200 5,200	5,200
Yuzhu Wang	185,000
Luigi Shehadeh	155,000
Hossein Ensan	138,800

Andrew Ostapchenko	136,700 57,900	57,900

Steven Forman	133,000
Noel Rodriguez	124,000
Jimmy Kebe	121,000 64,500	64,500
Niall Costigan	114,600 6,600	6,600
Alex Difelice	110,000 61,500	61,500
Franco Spitale	108,000 14,000	14,000

Renat Bohdanov	105,000

Michael Stein	99,000 54,500	54,500
Neil Warren	98,200
Peter Placey	96,300 43,700	43,700
Yuan Lei	95,500
Himmaphoum Bounthinh	93,300
Benjamin Palmer	89,200
Casey Bogus	89,000 4,800	4,800

07-15-2025 16:37 UTC-7

Hood Has Tens

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Matthias Lipp bet 2,300 on a flop of 2♣6♣6♥ with a pot of around 4,000. His heads-up opponent Daniel Hood called to see the next street.

The turn 4♥ dropped and Lipp fired another 7,500. Hood raised to 24,000 sending Lipp to the tank. He took a few seconds to consider his options but ultiamtely folded his hand.

Hood showed him 10♣10♥ before scooping the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Hood	72,000
Matthias Lipp	34,000

Tags: Daniel Hood Matthias Lipp

07-15-2025 16:35 UTC-7

Placey Takes From Lyons Back to Back

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 16,000 chips in the pot on K♥4♣10♥2♦J♣. Placey bet 13,000 from the small blind, Patrick Lyons said "I hope you dont have ace-queen", and called.

Placey tabled A♠Q♣ for the nut straight, Lyons said "you get so lucky against me".

The very next hand:

Lyons raised in the in the hijack to 1,300, Peter Placey called in the big blind.

Lyons decided to bet 2,100 when the flop came 4♦J♦5♥, Placey check-called. The action did not slow down on the 7♥ turn as Lyons bet again for 3,300, Placey check-called. The 3♦ saw Lyons empty a third barrel for 7,300, Placey quickly called.

Lyons tabled queen-high with Q♠10♣, and Placey tabled top pair with J♣10♦, and took another pot from Lyons.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Placey	140,000
Patrick Lyons	30,000

Tags: Patrick Lyons Peter Placey

07-15-2025 16:34 UTC-7

Cowen Doubles to a Big Stack

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Quan Zhou raised to 1,300 from under the gun and Robert Cowen just called on his left. Marius Gierse was next to act and made it 5,900. The action folded back to Zhou who just called but Cowen shipped all in for 54,700. Gierse asked for a count and then called which got Zhou to lay his hand down.

Robert Cowen: A♦Q♦ All in
Marius Gierse: A♠K♠

The flop came 9♥3♣2♥ and Zhou banged the table after noticing that he folded the only pair. However, the Q♣ on the turn gave Cowen the lead with a pair of queens. The river was the 2♣ and Cowen doubled up to an early big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Cowen	116,000 66,000	66,000

Quan Zhou	31,400
Marius Gierse	24,500 25,500	25,500

Tags: Robert Cowen Quan Zhou Marius Gierse

07-15-2025 16:31 UTC-7

Chiu Bombs the Flop

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Lachezar Petkov opened to 1,300 in early position and Chris Brewer three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Kim Chiu flat-called in the blinds and Petkov came along as well.

The flop fell Q♠10♣2♠ and Chiu threw in a bet of 10,000. Petkov laid his hand down and Brewer's cards quickly followed into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kim Chiu	61,000
Chris Brewer	17,600 32,400	32,400

Lachezar Petkov	17,300

Tags: Lachezar Petkov Kim Chiu Chris Brewer

07-15-2025 16:24 UTC-7

Wang Sends Acevedo to Second Bullet

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yuzhu Wang raised under the gun to 16,500 preflop. Michael Acevedo moved all in over the top with 39,300 chips.

Wang immediately made the call with a bigger stack.

Michael Acevedo: K♥K♠ All in
Yuzhu Wang: A♥A♦

Acevedo said he was definitely going to win the hand before the flop of 7♦A♠8♣ quelled his enthusiasm. The turn and river of 7♣9♠ didn't make a difference, as he was knocked out of the event and sent to the app to fire another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuzhu Wang	180,500 180,500	180,500
Michael Acevedo	Busted

Tags: Michael Acevedo Yuzhu Wang