2025 World Series of Poker
Heads-up on a flop of 8♠6♦Q♦, Santiago Trujillo bet 5,000 from early position and Robert Douras called in the hijack.
The turn was the 10♣ and Trujillo bet another 12,200. Douras called and the J♦ fell on the river.
Trujillo then checked over to Douras who bet enough to put Trujillo all in for his last 40,000. Trujillo took a minute before tapping the felt and tossing K♠K♦ into the muck.
The action was picked up when Angel Garcia on the button was already all in and at risk for 12,500 on 10♦8♦8♠J♦ against Damon Fine in the big blind.
Angel Garcia: J♥10♥
Damon Fine: 8♥7♣
Garcia hit two pair on the turn but Fine already flopped trips. The 7♠ river completed the board and Garcia was eliminated.
Jeffrey Tench opened up the bidding with a raise to 1,200 under the gun. David Frutchey and Christine Do called from middle and late positions respectively, before Andres Vasquez three-bet to 5,400 in the hijack. Cutoff player Michael Krescanko Jr then put in a cold four-bet to 13,000. Action folded back round to Vasquez, who was sent into the tank.
After a while, Vasquez decided to give up and show Krescanko Jr his JxJx before folding. In solidarity, Krescanko Jr then showed QxQx to the table. "That hand felt like a set over set hand," said big blind Lam Loi, who admitted to folding 4x4x. The rest of the table then came forward to admit that pocket pairs were all the rage, as Do had folded 6x6x Frutchey let go of 9x9x and Tench had mucked 10x10x.
In the first shuffle back from the break, Ioannis Pentefountas raised to 1,300 from the cutoff only to see Yulia Lisichkina three-bet to 4,500 from the button. Action folded back to Pentefountas, who made the call.
The dealer revealed a 6♦10♦2♣ flop, and Pentefountas check-called a bet of 3,000.
Pentefountas checked once more on the flush completing J♦ turn, but Lisichkina didn't slow down, flicking out a bet of 11,500. This was when Pentefountas sprang into action, executing a check-raise, moving all in for 32,700.
Lisichkina didn't have an instant response, spending some time to consider the situation. After a minute or two had passed, she opted to fold, preserving her stack for a better spot.
According to Nicholas Go, he had bet on the flop from under the gun and Robert Fechser raised on the button. Go called and they both checked the turn.
The two players then arrived on the river with the completed board showing 8♣A♣K♦K♠3♣. Go then bet 10,000 and Fechser moved all in.
"I have trips and the nut flush," Go said, holding K♣9♣ out in front of him as he went deep into the tank. "Just eights. Aces you three-bet pre. Kings you three-bet pre. Would you be doing this with a smaller flush?" Go wondered to himself.
"Sorry, guys. I'm going to need some more time," Go told his tablemates as several more minutes went by. Go eventually took out his camera and snapped a photo of the board before tossing his hand into the muck.
"Can I pick one?" he asked Fechser.
"No," Fechser replied as he returned his cards face down.
The pot amounted to 3,900 when Espen Sandvik bet 1,300 from the big blind on the 8♦4♥7♣ flop. Pablo Ching called on the button, and did so too when Sandvik sized up to 2,300 on the 9♣ turn.
The 9♦ river saw Sandvik size down to 1,700, which Ching raised to 12,600. Sandvik made a quick fold, surrendering the pot to Ching.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 1,300 from early position and was three-bet to 4,200 by Grant Wang on the button. Action folded back to Chidwick, who called.
The flop came 7♦9♠6♦ and Chidwick announced a bet of 2,500. Wang wanted nothing to do with it and let his hand go — awarding the pot to Chidwick, who has breached the six-figure mark with a stack of 102,000.