2025 World Series of Poker

Quelle perf’ pour notre équipe des ENTRAMS !

gagne le tournoi et je finis 1er français 🇫🇷 avec la 37eme place sur + de 7000 joueurs !
🥇🥇🏆

J’aurais adoré partager une TF avec lui, mais ça n’est que partie remise 🥰🧨
Bravo ITALIA 🇮🇹

After relentlessly applying pressure and chipping away at Ryo Kotake, Giuseppe Zarbo opened another hand with a raise to 13,000,000. Kotake made the call to see a flop.

The dealer spread 3♦8♣10♥, and Kotake checked. Zarbo continued for 9,000,000, and Kotake called.

On the 2♦ turn, Kotake checked again and Zarbo ramped it up with a bet of 22,000,000. Kotake instantly moved all in, and Zarbo snap-called.

Ryo Kotake: Q♠8♠All in
Giuseppe Zarbo: A♣A♥

Kotake was in trouble with just a pair of eights against Zarbo’s overpair. The A♦ on the river sealed it with a set of aces, crowning Giuseppe Zarbo the champion and sending Ryo Kotake out as the runner-up.

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Giuseppe Zarbo has won Event #80: $800 Summer Celebration at the 2025 WSOP, taking home $504,180 and earning his first WSOP bracelet.

Ryo Kotake and Giuseppe Zarbo's heads-up match has been going back and forth, with each facing all-in decisions and electing to fold, rather than risk their tournament life.

Through eight straight hands, bet-raise-fold was the standard between the two, with the occacional simple call to see a flop.

But whenever pressured, one player always folded.

The best exchange came after Kotake had lost his chip lead.

He raised to 10,000,000 preflop on the button, Zarbo called in the big blind.

The flop came J♦4♥3♠, and Kotake bet 7,000,000 and Zarbo called again.

The turn was the 6♦ and Kotake bet 15,000,000. Zarbo made the call.

The river hit 5♥ and this time Zarbo led out, firing in a 20,000,000-chip bet. Kotake didn't hesitate to g all in.

Zarbo quickly folded.

Ryo Kotake moved all in as first to act, putting both opponents at risk. Wai Kit Lo took a moment before calling, and Giuseppe Zarbo asked for a count before deciding to call as well, setting up a three-way showdown.

Wai Kit Lo: Q♥J♥All in
Giuseppe Zarbo: A♦9♥All in
Ryo Kotake: 10♥4♥

Zarbo was ahead with ace-high and stayed in front as the board ran out 2♠K♣3♣5♠8♣, with none of the players connecting. Zarbo nearly tripled up, while Lo was eliminated in third place, setting the stage for the final heads-up battle.

Ryo Kotake went all in on the button for 74,500,000 chips. Wai Kit Lo, the chip leader at the final table since play began more than two hours earlier, studied long and hard over the decision to call or fold.

He made the call.

Ryo Kotake: A♠5♥All in
Wai Kit Lo: K♥Q♠

Lo was excited about the flop — he paired his king — but the rast of the runout J♦K♠7♠9♠4♠ was painful as four consecutive clubs were placed on the board, giving Kotake an ace-high spade flush and the chip lead.

Wai Kit Lo: 17,000,000

Wai Kit Lo applied pressure once again, shoving all in from the button and putting both blinds at risk. Jonathan Stoeber didn’t have much left and made the call from the small blind, while Giuseppe Zarbo folded the big blind, sending the hand to a showdown.

Jonathan Stoeber: A♦2♣All in
Wai Kit Lo: K♦6♦

Lo took the lead on the 6♠8♦Q♥ flop with a pair of sixes. The 7♣ turn changed nothing, and the K♥ river gave Lo two pair to lock it up, eliminating Stoeber and further boosting his chip lead.

Wai Kit Lo: 131,000,000

Yansong Kou went all in under the gun with her last 17,000,000 chips.

Giuseppe Zarbo made the call from the big blind with a covering stack

Yansong Kou: A♠K♠All in
Giuseppe Zarbo: 4♣3♦

Kou was hit hard by the turn in a runout of J♣9♠6♣4♠J♥ that gave Zarbo a pair of fours and sent her home.

The remaining six players were sent on a 15-minute break.

Everyone folded to Ionannis Panagopoulos on the button, and he moved all in for 15,600,000. Wai Kit Lo made the call from the small blind, and the cards were tabled.

Ionannis Panagopoulos: A♦K♠All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♣2♠

Lo's rail was calling for a deuce, and the flop delivered with 3♠2♦5♣. Just to be sure, the 2♥ landed on the turn, giving Lo trips and leaving Panagopoulos with very few outs. The 7♣ on the river sealed it, sending Panagopoulos to the rail and keeping Lo at the top of the chip counts.

Wai Kit Lo: 129,000,000

Action folded to Yansong Kou on the button, and she moved all in for her last 6,200,000. Wai Kit Lo called without hesitation from the big blind.

Yansong Kou: 9♥9♦All in
Wai Kit Lo: Q♦2♥

Not only did Kou find one nine, she flopped quads as the board ran out 6♦9♠9♣8♠J♦. The miracle flop secured her a double-up and gave her new life in the tournament.

Wai Kit Lo: 100,000,000

Wai Kit Lo and Jonathan Stoeber, the two chip holders at the final table, traded all-in three-bets as they dance for table dominance.

Playing seven-handed, Lo raised from middle position to 5,000,000. Stoeber, two seats away in the cutoff, pounced, going all in with 35,000,000.

Lo quickly threw in his hand.

A couple hands later, it was Lo's turn to return the fire.

Stoeber raised under the gun to 5,000,000. When play folded around to Lo in the small blind, he took extra time before announcing all in and flipping forward a single chip off his massive stack.

Stoeber didn't hesitate to throw in his cards.

Wai Kit Lo: 111,600,000

Marat Shafigullin kicked off the action with a cutoff-raise to about 27,000,000, leaving himself just 100,000 behind. Everyone folded to Wai Kit Lo in the big blind, who went all in without hesitation. Shafigullin called, leading to a showdown.

Marat Shafigullin: A♥J♥All in
Wai Kit Lo: A♠K♦

The 6♣3♦6♥ flop left room for a possible chop, but the 4♣ turn and the A♣ river didn't help Shafigullin. He was sent to the rail while Lo improved his position as chip leader.

Wai Kit Lo: 97,000,000

Tanith Rothman went through the blinds and saw her stack decimated to only 3,600,000 when she was then on the button.

Wai Kit Lo raised to 4,000,000 in the cutoff and Rothman called all-in, Marat Shafigullin defended the big blind. On the Q♦10♠5♦flop, Shafigullin check-called for 4,000,000 before they checked down the 9♦ turn and A♣ river.

Shafigullin mucked his 5♣4♥ after Lo exposed Q♥8♥ for a pair of queens, and the 3♥3♦ of Rothman were no good either. She departed in tenth place on her second final table of the 2025 WSOP and takes home $39,420 for her efforts.

Wai Kit Lo: 74,200,000

Everyone folded to Wai Kit Lo on the button, and he made a raise to about 20,000,000, putting the blinds effectively at risk. The small blind folded, but Jonathan Stoeber in the big blind went all in for 15,800,000.

Jonathan Stoeber: A♠K♣ All in
Wai Kit Lo: K♥Q♠

The ace held strong on the 4♣9♥5♠6♠10♦ board, and Stoeber doubled up.

One hand later, Ryo Kotake raised under the gun for 4,000,000, and Stoeber shoved all in again, this time from the small blind. But Kotake folded, giving Stoeber another 9,000,000 to add to his stack.

Wai Kit Lo: 52,200,000

Alexander Holmes moved all in from the hijack, and Ryo Kotake called him from the big blind.

Alexander Holmes: K♠10♠All in
Ryo Kotake: A♦7♦

Holmes took the early lead, but the full runout of 7♣5♥10♣2♣7♠ gave Kotake three sevens, which ended Holmes’ tournament run.

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The remaining 10 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play is set to resume around 9:55 p.m. local time.