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

07-16-2025 01:02 UTC-7

Liberto Takes Out Zarco

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Javier Zarco shoved all in for around 200,000 from under the gun and Justin Liberto just called in the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were face up.

Javier Zarco: A♦Q♠ All in
Justin Liberto: A♥K♥

The flop came 6♥6♣A♣ and Liberto maintained his lead with the better kicker. The J♣ on the turn and the K♦ only improved Liberto to two pair which sent Zarco to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	990,000 265,000	265,000

Javier Zarco	Busted

Tags: Justin Liberto Javier Zarco

07-16-2025 00:59 UTC-7

Duan Doubles Through Tang

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Bin Duan was recently left severely short-stacked and shoved for 26,000 from the button. Danny Tang re-shoved from the small blind with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Bin Duan: A♣Q♣ All in
Danny Tang: Q♥J♦

Tang took the lead after making top pair on the J♥9♣8♦ flop but the A♥ turn gave Duan the lead with a pair of aces. Duan remained ahead on the 5♣ river to double up through Tang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	145,000 240,000	240,000

Bin Duan	92,000 203,000	203,000

Tags: Bin Duan Danny Tang

07-16-2025 00:53 UTC-7

Oskooi Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was picked up as Victor Chong and Shirin Oskooi were all in against Cody Bartlett.

Victor Chong: J♥J♣ All in
Shirin Oskooi: A♥K♦ All in
Cody Bartlett: Q♣Q♦

The board ran out J♦9♦7♦3♠7♥, Chong tripled, Bartlett eliminated Oskooi with a pair of Queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Bartlett	420,000 370,000	370,000
Victor Chong	300,000
Shirin Oskooi	Busted

Tags: Cody Bartlett Shirin Oskooi Victor Chong

07-16-2025 00:53 UTC-7

Jaros Loses Two in a Row to Bust

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

David Peters was all in from under the gun on a board reading 7♦A♣5♦3♣10♦ and up against Patrik Jaros who covered him from the big blind.

Peters had a set with 7♠7♥ to double through Jaros.

The next hand at the same table saw Joseph Sabe three-bet to 85,000 from the button over a previous open and Patrik Jaros four-bet shove for around 320,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Sabe called, slightly covering Jaros to put him at risk.

Patrik Jaros: K♦K♥ All in
Joseph Sabe: J♦J♥

Jaros seemed poised to get back all the chips he had recently lost to Peters but the 3♠3♣9♦7♠J♠ runout gave Sabe a rivered full house to eliminate Jaros in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Sabe	722,000 19,000	19,000
David Peters	530,000 316,000	316,000

Patrik Jaros	Busted

Tags: David Peters Joseph Sabe Patrik Jaros

07-16-2025 00:51 UTC-7

Eliminations in the Money

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	Busted

Pete Chen	Busted

Jonathan Tamayo	Busted

Denise Pratt	Busted
Michael Rocco	Busted

Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Robert Brobyn	Busted
Donald Cowie	Busted
John Juanda	Busted

Xuan Liu	Busted
Vanessa Kade	Busted
Alex Difelice	Busted
Pavel Plesuv	Busted

Joey Weissman	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

07-16-2025 00:46 UTC-7

Big Stacks Going Into the Last Level

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Rash	1,330,000 620,000	620,000
Santiago Plante	1,080,000 20,000	20,000
Joseph Beasy	910,000
Daniyal Gheba	885,000 375,000	375,000
Juan Duenas	795,000 275,000	275,000
Biao Ding	775,000
Julien Sitbon	748,000 78,000	78,000

Justin Liberto	725,000 675,000	675,000

Joseph Sabe	703,000
Alex Keating	660,000 160,000	160,000

Joey Weissman	580,000 524,800	524,800

Alisson Piekazewicz	575,000
Cherish Andrews	563,000 187,000	187,000

07-16-2025 00:37 UTC-7

Oskooi Doubles

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Barry Russell

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Shirin Oskooi shoved 225,000 from early position, Stoyan Madanzhiev called in the big blind.

Shirin Oskooi: A♦3♥ All in
Stoyan Madanzhiev: J♥10♦

The board ran out Q♥9♥5♦7♠5♠, and Oskooi doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shirin Oskooi	485,000
Stoyan Madanzhiev	266,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Shirin Oskooi Stoyan Madanzhiev

07-16-2025 00:35 UTC-7

Moorman and Yu Chop

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Christopher Moorman raised in the small blind to 40,000 and got called by big blind Lei Yu to see a flop.

The flop dropped 9♦K♠J♠. Moorman continued with 27,000, which Yu called again. Both players checked the turn 10♥.

Moorman resumed action on the river 9♣ with a 70,000 bet, which Yu called.

Moorman tabled 9♠7♣ and Yu showed 9♥4♥ for a split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Moorman	360,000 39,000	39,000

Lei Yu	310,000 310,000	310,000

Tags: Christopher Moorman Lei Yu

07-16-2025 00:34 UTC-7

Palma Doubles with a Better Two Pair

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With a little over 130,000 in the middle and the board reading Q♠10♠3♦9♣, Hakim Zoufri led out with a bet of 55,000 in the big blind. Nicholas Palma shoved all in for 159,000 in the cutoff and Zoufri quickly called.

Nicholas Palma: Q♥9♥ All in
Hakim Zoufri: 10♥9♦

Both players turned two pair but it was Palma with the big advantage. The river was the 8♦ and Zoufri was forced to pass over a healthy chunk of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Palma	455,000 255,000	255,000
Hakim Zoufri	140,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Hakim Zoufri Nicholas Palma