2025 World Series of Poker

Zavorotnijs Racks Up Double Knockout

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Amir Mirrasouli and Upeshka Desilva were both all-in and at risk against Vitalijs Zavorotnijs, who had both covered as they went to a showdown.

Amir Mirrasouli: Q♠9♣ All in
Upeshka Desilva: J♠8♠ All in
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: A♠8♦

Zavorotnijs outflopped the pack when it came 9♦A♥5♠ to give him a pair of aces, yet Mirrasouli was still alive with a pair of nines despite the deficit.

Desilva found some hope on the J♣ turn, but the 3♦ river was the final card Mirrasouli and Desilva would see in the tournament.

Liu Triples Up and Bust Armideo

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Eric Liu shoved for a stack of 560,000 and Joseph Armideo called with 505,000 in the small blind, followed by Rostyslav Sabishchenko who called in the big blind

Joseph Armideo: A♥6♣ All in
Eric Liu: K♥10♦ All in
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: K♠2♠

Liu found a board J♦6♥10♠7♠4♣ to give him the winning hand a pair if tens while Armideo joined the exit.

Ural Wins a Flip to Double Up

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Rostyslav Sabishchenko opened to 320,000 from under the gun. Eric Liu in the cutoff three-bet all-in for 2,240,000, then Tolga Ural on the button jammed for 1,650,000. Sabishchenko went into the tank and folded.

Tolga Ural: Q♠Q♣ All in
Eric Liu: A♠K♣

Ural's queens held on 6♠10♣6♥2♠3♠ and he secured a double up.

Vaslchenko Takes the Exit

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Viktor Ustimov raised to 320,000 and it folded to Oleg Vasylchenko who called in the big blind, with only a few chips left behind.

The flop gave 9♦10♥3♦ and all the chips went in the middle for the following showdown:

Oleg Vasylchenko: 8♠4♦ All in
Viktor Ustimov: A♣8♦

The 5♣ turn and 3♣ river didn't change anything and Ustimov took down the pot to bust Vasylchenko.

Wei Falls to Vasylchenko

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The table folded to Kaiwen Wei in the small blind, and he elected to raise to 485,000, leaving only 15,000 in chips behind.

Oleg Vasylchenko in the big blind chose to jam to force Wei all in. Wei took one minute before he decided to put in his final chip and put himself at risk.

Kaiwen Wei: Q♥2♥All in
Oleg Vasylchenko: J♣3♣

The flop was safe for Wei when it came 4♠4♦3♥, but the turn was not so friendly as the J♦ flipped over.

The 9♣ did not save Wei as he exited the tournament.

Miller Sent Packing

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Arieori Miller was the first to act and raised to 230,000, leaving only 50,000 in chips behind. It folded to Fabiano Kovalski, who chose to call from the button. Upeshka Desilva in the small blind, and Guillermo Lopez in the big blind came along to create a four-way pot as they headed to a flop.

Desilva, Lopez, and Miller checked the 3♠4♥J♥ flop. Kovalski opted to bet 200,000, which led to folds from Desilva and Lopez. Miller put in his final 50,000 to go to a showdown at risk.

Arieori Miller: K♦8♠ All in
Fabiano Kovalski: A♣8♥

Kovalski had Miller in a bad spot despite neither player connecting strongly with the flop.

The 6♣ turn was neither here nor there, and the 5♣ river completed the board as Kovalski took down the pot with ace high to eliminate Miller.

Bernhauser Scores a Double Elimination

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The action was picked up with all the chips in the middle in a three-way showdown:

Javier Gomez Zapatero: Q♣9♣ All in
Robert Hagan: A♦9♦ All in
Fabian Bernhauser: A♥10♣

Bernhauser stayed ahead, improving into two pair with board Q♥2♥7♠10♥A♠ to claim the big pot and the two bounties.

Stern Doubles with Aces

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Corey Kempson opened to 160,000 from the hijack and was called by Netanel Stern in the cutoff. Vitalijs Zavorotnijs in the small blind jammed for 2,160,000. He made Kempson fold, but Stern threw his bounty in front of him to call off his last 815,000.

Netanel Stern: A♣A♠ All in
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: K♠Q♣

Stern was worried about a possible split on 4♥5♣6♥8♥, but the 3♦ allowed him to double up.

Armideo Doubles on Marques

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Pedro Marques raised to 160,000 and Joseph Armideo shoved for 455,000. Marques made the call and they tabled their cards:

Joseph Armideo: A♦10♥ All in
Pedro Marques: K♠9♠

Armideo stayed ahead as the board showed 8♦2♦2♣6♦J♦, improving his hand into the flush to double up.

Marques Misses Two Bounties

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Amir Mirrasouli was all in for his last 395,000, at risk against Pedro Marques.

Amir Mirrasouli: A♣10♣ All in
Pedro Marques: K♠Q♥

Mirrasouli remained in front the entire way, improving on the 7♥3♦6♣A♦5♠runout to double through Marques.

On the next hand, Daewoong Song shoved his stack of 565,000 in the cutoff, and Marques called in the big blind.

Daewoong Song: K♦10♣ All in
Pedro Marques: A♦10♠

Song was trailing until the 4♥K♥K♣ flop, hitting trip kings to take the lead. The 7♠turn and 3♥ river left Marquez missing out on another bounty chance, as Song got the double.

Ustimov Scores a Big Double Up on Lonis

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Viktor Ustimov raised to 120,000 and Jesse Lonis three-bet to 380,000 on the button. It came back to Ustimov who shoved for 875,000 total and Lonis made the call:

Viktor Ustimov: A♠K♣ All in
Jesse Lonis: A♣8♥

Ustimov didn't find any bad surprise on a board 5♠7♦4♣7♠10♣ to score a nice double up.

Sabishchenko Sends Tsang Out

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Rostyslav Sabishchenko raised and Anson Tsang pushed around 540,000 in the middle, with only one 5,000-chip left behind. Sabishchenko shoved and Tsang sent his last chip in the middle:

Anson Tsang: J♣J♦ All in
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: A♦7♦

Tsang was ahead but the board 8♦6♦7♠7♥K♦ gave trips to Sabishchenko and Tsang made his way to the payout desk.

Massive Double Up for Vasylchenko

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Michael Rossitto opened from under the gun and was called by Elior Sion to his left. Oleg Vasylchenko on the button three-bet all-in for 965,000, and he was called by Rossitto. Sion called off his last 85,000.

Elior Sion: 7♥7♣ All in
Oleg Vasylchenko: 10♥10♣ All in
Michael Rossitto: A♣K♠

Vasylchenko's tens held on a board of 3♥3♣8♣J♣9♠ and he secured a big double up to reach 2,100,000.

Weng Stacks Stavila

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Dan Stavila jammed from the cutoff for 210,000 and was called in the small blind by Zheyu Weng to put Stavila at risk.

Dan Stavila: Q♥10♣All in
Zheyu Weng: 5♦5♥

Stavila had a fighting chance against the pocket fives of Weng, but the flop brought no immediate relief as it came 3♠K♣6♠ to keep Weng in the lead.

The 4♣ turn offered no solace to Stavila, and the 4♠ river was a brick to award the pot to Weng.

Xu Doubles Against Jaka

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Qiang Xu was the first to act and opened to 60,000. Amir Mirrasouli called from the hijack before Faraz Jaka raised it to 125,000 from the cutoff. Xu chose to respond with an all-in for 220,000, which led to a fold from Mirrasouli before Jaka called off to put Xu at risk.

Qiang Xu: A♣A♠️ All in
Faraz Jaka: 8♠8♣

Xu was way ahead with his pocket aces versus the pocket eights of Jaka and the runout did not offer a sweat as it came K♦3♠Q♠6♠9♣ to award Xu the double and dent Jaka's stack back down below a million.