2025 World Series of Poker
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Baoqiang Ho open jammed all in from early position for his last 45,000. Action was folded around to Ed Pineda in the big blind, who called.
Baoqiang Ho: 7♦7♠
Ed Pineda: J♦8♣
The flop was a nice one for Ho as it came Q♥7♣10♠ and he needed to dodge a nine to stay alive. The 5♠ turn and J♣ river duly obliged, and Ho held on for a full double up.
Brendan Buckner moved all in for roughly 75,000 from under the gun, putting himself at risk, and was called by Weizheng Zhong on the button. The rest of the table folded, and the players revealed their hands.
Brendan Buckner: 4♠4♥
Weizheng Zhong: A♣10♠
The dealer ran out a board of 3♣6♦J♣9♣K♥, securing a much-needed double-up for Buckner.
Andy Chen has a lot of chips, and that and the bounties in this tournament possibly played into his decision in this hand. He opened for a raise to 28,000 on the button. Sebastian Crane went all in for 108,000 in the big blind. Chen made the call.
Sebastian Crane: A♦Q♦
Andy Chen: J♠3♠
The board came out 7♦6♠2♣Q♥A♠
Chun-Ting Chu jammed for 50,000 from an early position and got a single call from Paul Saso in a late position.
Chun-Ting Chu: A♦J♣
Paul Saso: 9♠9♦
Chu needed to improve to stay alive but stood from the table after seeing the monotone 3♠2♠10♠ flop.
He grabbed his bag as the 8♠ was turned, as Saso hit the flush.
The dealer placed the A♥ river and quickly passed the chips to Saso, eliminating Chu just after the bubble burst.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
On the stone bubble of Event #34: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty, Jacob Baumgartner got his 76,000 stack all in preflop, and was called only by Ben Miller. The players had to wait for showdown, and once the floor gave them the nod the cards were on their backs.
Jacob Baumgartner: K♠K♦
Ben Miller: 10♣10♦
It was an absolutely brutal runout for Baumgarnter, as Miller flopped a boat on 10♠2♥2♣ and held all the way to the river as the board ran out 6♦7♣ sending Baumgartner home just before making the money. Matthew Stahl was also sent out in the same hand, as the 333 remaining players all lock up a min cash of $1,883 excluding bounties.
Benjamin Gold raised to 20,000 from late position, and Morris Estares moved all in from the small blind for his last 35,000. Gold snap called for the small amount extra.
Morris Estares: Q♣Q♦
Benjamin Gold: Q♠4♥
"No Fours!" requested Estares as the dealer dealt the flop of 5♠A♦K♣ and duly obliged as did the 10♥ turn and 7♦ river, and Estares received a full double up just as the bubble came into full effect.