Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS | 2025 World Series of Poker

1 hour 25 minutes ago

Here's How to Best Sweat Your 25K & ODB Fantasy Team in the PokerNews Live Updates!

Chad Holloway

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

All summer long, PokerNews will be offering updates from both the 25K Fantasy and ODB Fantasy leagues, which you can read in our dedicated hub here.

But did you know that you're also able to follow all the players from both leagues in our live updates? Every player drafted in the 25K Fantasy, as well as all the ODB Bonus players, have been tagged with special badges that allow you to visit out chip count page and filter by said badges. So, if all you want to see are players from those leagues and how they're doing, it's as simple as clicking the badges and then filtering.

What's more, each tournament has a "$25K Fantasy" tab at the top of the updates. Click that and all you'll see are hands played by players in the 25K Fantasy league.

PokerNews understands that when it comes to fantasy, some readers only care about their team, so we've made it simple to follow all your rostered players with a few simple clicks.

Check out this video to see the filtering options in action:

1 hour 27 minutes ago

Kong Li Eliminated in 14th Place ($29,118)

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Frank Visser

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Courtenay Williams raised to 7,000,000 in the hijack. Kong Li sat in the small blind and piled in his remaining stack of 23,500,000, which Williams snapped off.

Kong Li: A♦8♥ All in
Courtenay Williams: K♠K♥

Li had more outs to scoop and some to chop after the 7♥9♥5♣8♦ turn, but the 2♣ river was a nothing-ball to have him eliminated instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Courtenay Williams	95,600,000 23,600,000	23,600,000
Kong Li	Busted

Tags: Courtenay Williams Kong Li

1 hour 37 minutes ago

Blodgett Doubles Up Glantz

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Laura Fryer

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Action folded around to Jason Blodgett in the small blind who moved all in for around 59,000,0000. Matt Glantz said "I have only seen a three but it might be good enough". He checked his other card before making the call and the players went to showdown.

Matt Glantz: A♣3♠ All in
Jason Blodgett: Q♣Q♦

Blodgett was looking strong but Glantz found an Ace on the 7♦A♦7♣ flop.

The 5♣ turn and J♦ river changed nothing and Glantz got a huge double up, putting him back over the average stack size.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	70,400,000 39,200,000	39,200,000

Jason Blodgett	56,000,000 29,200,000	29,200,000

Tags: Jason Blodgett Matt Glantz

1 hour 43 minutes ago

Ray Albarado Eliminated in 15th Place ($29,118)

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Frank Visser

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Antonio Trocoli Filho raised to 7,500,000 under the gun. Ramaswamy Pyloore called in the adjacent seat before Ray Albarado called all in for 4,200,000 in the next seat over.

Bobby Poe then rejammed for 16,400,00, which quickly folded out Filho. Pyloore made sure the counts were correct, then called off.

Ray Albarado: A♥5♣ All in
Bobby Poe: A♣Q♣ All in
Ramaswamy Pyloore: J♦9♦

Poe flopped two pair on 7♠A♦Q♦. Albarado was drawing dead after the 4♥ turn, and Pyloore missed his flush draw on the 2♠ river. Poe more than doubled up, while Albarado was eliminated in 15th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Trocoli Filho	114,000,000
Ramaswamy Pyloore	73,000,000 16,000,000	16,000,000
Bobby Poe	52,000,000 29,200,000	29,200,000
Ray Albarado	Busted

Tags: Antonio Trocoli Filho Bobby Poe Ramaswamy Pyloore Ray Albarado

1 hour 50 minutes ago

Tam Nguyen Eliminated in 16th Place ($29,118)

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Laura Fryer

Level 42 : Blinds 1,500,000/3,000,000, 3,000,000 ante

Action folded to Tam Nguyen who moved all in from the hijack for 23,000,000. Courtenay Williams was the only caller from the small blind and he had Nguyen well covered.

Tam Nguyen: J♠10♥ All in
Courtenay Williams: K♦K♠

Nguyen would need to run good to crack Williams kings, and the 8♣2♦5♠4♦Q♣ run out didn't get him there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Courtenay Williams	72,000,000 22,100,000	22,100,000
Tam Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Courtenay Williams Tam Nguyen

Level: 42

Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000

Ante: 3,000,000

2 hours 41 minutes ago

PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge Returns

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Lyle Bateman

Level 41 : Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

At the 2025 World Series of Poker, this year's schedule includes 100 bracelet events. One notable event returning this summer at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas is bracelet Event #78: PokerNews Deepstack Championship (PNDC).

This also means last year's popular PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge is coming back, bigger and better than before!

From May 27 to June 30, players grinding the $200, $250, and $400 Daily Deepstacks tournaments at the WSOP will rack up leaderboard points. Every week, the top 10 players will be awarded a complimentary entry into the PNDC on July 1. That’s 50 seats up for grabs—10 more than last year, thanks to the additional week of action. Best of all? You can win multiple seats, meaning the more you play and perform, the better your shot at a deep WSOP run.

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3 hours 2 minutes ago

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 41 : Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

The 16 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. It has been announced to them that an extra day has been added to the tournament; Day 3 will play down to the final table of nine.

The action is expected to resume around 6:40 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Trocoli Filho	114,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Kaiwen Wei	101,500,000 19,800,000	19,800,000
Ramaswamy Pyloore	89,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Jason Blodgett	85,200,000 3,800,000	3,800,000
Ryan Leng	67,400,000 17,900,000	17,900,000

Sigrid Dencker	55,800,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Marcus Shepard	52,000,000 24,800,000	24,800,000
Courtenay Williams	49,900,000 11,100,000	11,100,000
Kong Li	41,400,000 9,100,000	9,100,000
David Pham	34,400,000 700,000	700,000

Justin Gutierrez	31,200,000 6,800,000	6,800,000

Matt Glantz	31,200,000 19,800,000	19,800,000

Agustin Mendez	29,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Tam Nguyen	23,800,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Bobby Poe	22,800,000
Ray Albarado	4,200,000

3 hours 4 minutes ago

Gutierrez Doubles Through Albarado

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Laura Fryer

Level 41 : Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Justin Gutierrez moved all in from the hijack for his remaining 9,100,000 stack. Ray Albarado re-jammed from the small blind and covered Gutierrez.

Justin Gutierrez: 9♠9♦ All in
Ray Albarado: 5♥5♣

Both sitting with pocket pairs, Albarado wanted to improve to bust Gutierrez.

Neither player picked anything up on the 7♦Q♥J♦10♦10♥ runout and Gutierrez's nines were good enough to double him up in the last hand before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Gutierrez	24,400,000 14,900,000	14,900,000

Ray Albarado	4,200,000 26,800,000	26,800,000

Tags: Justin Gutierrez Ray Albarado

3 hours 6 minutes ago

Riley Dieckhoff Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,118)

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Frank Visser

Level 41 : Blinds 1,200,000/2,500,000, 2,500,000 ante

Riley Dieckhoff raised to 5,000,000 from late position. Ramaswamy Pyloore pushed in a three-bet when it had folded to him in the big blind, after which Dieckhoff quickly put his stack of 39,900,000 in the middle.

Pyloore weighed his options for a bit, then called with a covering stack.

Riley Dieckhoff: J♥J♦ All in
Ramaswamy Pyloore: A♠Q♥

Pyloore had Dieckhoff drawing to a chop after the 5♦4♣3♦2♥ turn gave the former a straight. Pyloore's wheel held up on the 8♣ river, and he eliminated Dieckhoff in a massive flip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramaswamy Pyloore	90,400,000 47,400,000	47,400,000
Riley Dieckhoff	Busted

Tags: Ramaswamy Pyloore Riley Dieckhoff