Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
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2025 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
$1,500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2025 Champions Club Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,120,680
Entries
849
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
14
Players Left
1
Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
With the elimination of Jonathan Vuong in 10th place, the following players have been reseated at the final table as follows:
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakan Abusaleh | 8,300,000 | 66 |
| 2 | Trung Pham | 4,125,000 | 33 |
| 3 | Alejandro Jauregui | 5,425,000 | 43 |
| 4 | John Ross | 2,025,000 | 16 |
| 5 | Ryan Freeman | 7,200,000 | 58 |
| 6 | Trevor Lewis | 6,750,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Dora Coyle | 5,900,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Joel Trevino | 4,475,000 | 36 |
| 9 | Brant Jolly | 6,750,000 | 54 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,300,000 | |
|
||
|
7,200,000
6,550,000
|
6,550,000 |
|
||
|
6,750,000
1,425,000
|
1,425,000 |
|
6,750,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
||
|
5,900,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
5,425,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
4,475,000
4,055,000
|
4,055,000 |
|
4,125,000
-1,975,000
|
-1,975,000 |
|
2,025,000
-495,000
|
-495,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
After a preflop betting war, Jonathan Vuong moved all in and was called by Rakan Abusaleh to put him at risk.
Jonathan Vuong: Q?Q?
Rakan Abusaleh: 7?7?
Vuong was a big favorite with his pocket queens, but the flop of 6?4?5? was trouble for him as Abusaleh flopped a straight draw.
"Come on, dealer! One time!" Abusaleh shouted, vivid images of a king falling on the river earlier to keep Vuong alive running in his mind.
This time, Abusaleh was heard as the 8? immediately fell on the turn to give him the straight and left Vuong drawing dead. The board completed with the J? and Abusaleh was awarded the pot while Vuong was eliminated in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,300,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
Mohammed Bassam open-shoved for around 1,300,000 and then Brant Jolly shoved for much more.
The action was then on Rakan Abusaleh who looked down at the 10? and then sweated the second card baccarat-style, revealing the 10?. he then went deep into the tank to make this decision. he eventually decided to make the fold and the other two players tabled their hands.
Mohammed Bassam: KxQx
Brant Jolly: J?J?
Bassam would need to improve to stay alive in this flip, but the flop came jack-high to give Jolly top set of jacks. The runout changed nothing and Bassam was eliminated in 11th place while Jolly raked in the pot and Abusaleh let out a huge sigh of relief and patted himself on the back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,850,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
After an open from Alejandro Jauregui to 250,000, Michael Bahls three-bet to 585,000, and then Trevor Lewis four-bet to 1,000,000.
Jauregui quickly got out of the way and Bahls moved all in for a little more, which Lewis called.
Michael Bahls: A?5?
Trevor Lewis: AxJx
The flop came out jack-high to give Lewis a big lead, but Bahls picked up some outs with the 5x hit the turn. Unfortunately, he was not able to catch a third five on the river and he was sent to the railin 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,325,000
2,300,000
|
2,300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
After some preflop back-and-forth, all the chips between Mohammed Bassam ad Ryan Freeman got into the middle, with Bassam at risk.
Mohammed Bassam: 8?8?
Ryan Freeman: 6?6?
"Eights again?!" several people laughed as Bassam has doubled every time with eights, and was in a good spot to do so again.
Sure enough, he even flopped ANOTHER set when the board ran out 8?A?K?K?K? to give him the bigger full house for the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
650,000
-5,550,000
|
-5,550,000 |
|
|
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Level 28
: Blinds 75,000/125,000, 125,000 ante
After an open from Rakan Abusaleh, Jonathan Vuong moved all in for around 1,300,000.
"Well, I don't like it, but here we go," Abusaleh said as he made the call to put Vuong at risk.
Jonathan Vuong: A?10?
Rakan Abusaleh: A?Q?
Vuong would need some help to stay alive, but the flop of Q?J?6? gave Abusaleh top pair.
"Oh man, no king, NO KING!" Abusaleh pleaded as Vuong did have a gutshot straight draw, and sure enough, the runout came 7?K? to give him Broadway for the double.
"Nooooo!!" Abusaleh groaned and the table shook their heads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,200,000
-1,850,000
|
-1,850,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,650,000
1,475,000
|
1,475,000 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 75,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The action was picked up on a heads-up turn of 7?8?3?10? when Rakan Abusaleh moved all in and was called by Maxx Holland with less.
Holland flipped over 9?9? for a pair with an open-ended straight draw but unfortunately for him, he was drawing stone dead as Abusaleh tabled A?Q? for the nut flush.
The board completed with the K? and Abusaleh was pushed the pot to jump to over 8,000,000 while Holland was eliminated in 13th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,050,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 27
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
On a flop of 9?10?10?, Maxx Holland checked, Joel Trevino bet 175,000, and Holland check-raised to 450,000.
After some thought, Trevino just called and the two went to the river J?. Holland promptly moved all in and Trvino-snap-called to put himself at risk.
Joel Trevino: 9?9?
Maxx Holland: 10?8?
"Wow..." Holland said in disbelief as he saw he was in bad shape, although he was still very much alive as any eight, ten, or jack would give him a superior full house. He did improve to a straight on the river 7?, but it was not enough and Trevino was pushed the big pot for a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
|
|
420,000
-1,430,000
|
-1,430,000 |
