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Richards Hero Calls on Bubble

Written by Kyle M | Oct 25, 2025 11:43:06 PM

On the fourth hand of hand-for-hand, Jess Richards heard the famous words: "You're good."

On blinds of 4,000/8,000/8,000, Richards opened to 16,000 from the hijack and Sandeep Velkuru defended his big blind.

The flop came 8♠5♣3♥. Velkuru checked and Richards continued for 15,000. Velkuru called.

The J♠ turn was checked down, but the 2♦ river was not. Velkuru led out for everything.

Richards asked for a count and the dealer broke down 107,000. Richards started the hand with roughly 375,000 before she placed a single 1,000 chip down as a call.

Velkuru said, "You're good." He tabled 9♥6♦ for nine-high. Richards eliminated Velkuru on the stone money bubble with A♠3♠ for nearly bottom pair.

The remaining 14 players are now in the money. There will be one pay jump before the final 9 players advance to Sunday's 3:00 PM Day Two Restart.

Flight 6/9 Payouts
1st-9th: Day Two
10th-11th: $360
12th-14th: $320

Don't miss out on the action! There are three more starting flights including a Saturday evening turbo flight and Sunday morning turbo flight.

Remember, one lucky player will walk away with the single bounty prize! The player with the most bounty chips at the start of the final table wins the bounty prize pool, which is 10% of the total prize pool. Upcoming flights and updated chip counts can be found below.

Upcoming Flights

Flight Day Start Late Reg. Blind Lvls.
7 Sat. Oct. 26th 5:00 PM 8:50 PM 25-min
8 Sat. Oct. 26th 9:00 PM 11:10 PM 15-min
9 Sun. Oct. 27th 9:00 AM 11:10 AM 15-min
Day Two Sun. Oct. 27th 3:00 PM - 40-min

Updated Chip Counts (through 5/9 flights)
Prize pool: $70,880 of $100,000 GTD
Bounty prize: $10,000
Average stack: 364,760
Blinds: 6,000/12,000/12,000 22:13

Player Chips BBs
Kevin Pham 1,102,000 92
Carson Wieland 1,097,000 91
Troy Grogan 837,000 70
John Nguyen 782,000 65
Ricardo Eugenio 649,000 54
Paul Holliday 599,000 50
Craig Conway 598,000 50
Alan Ly 596,000 50
David Shaw 557,000 46
Dustin Lo 469,000 39
Carl Nece 445,000 37
Garith Rodgers 365,000 30
Jason Yeager 362,000 30
Angelica Rigby 309,000 26
Gustavo Mendoza 307,000 26
Kris Burchfield 273,000 23
Bob Cote 253,000 21
Samuel Uhlman 251,000 21
Elton Sheffield 242,000 20
Dan Anderson 240,000 20
Keith Norris 240,000 20
Ming Liang 237,000 20
Lance Nielsen 232,000 19
Colby Kowalick 226,000 19
David Trausch 218,000 18
Rockie Thompson 215,000 18
Ravi Adusumelli 208,000 17
Eugene Maslov 208,000 17
Russell Ivy 192,000 16
Edward Coleman 189,000 16
Rabih Kassab 184,000 15
Gregory Griesser 168,000 14
Edward Staples 144,000 12
James Dean 62,000 5