Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-02-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Mathews	205,000 24,400	24,400
Chad Power	146,000 7,000	7,000
Billy Baxter	110,000 1,000	1,000

Carolyn Duffy	105,000 18,000	18,000
Ted Gonzalez	81,500 6,000	6,000
Bradley Gafford	62,000 43,900	43,900

Scott Stewart	60,000 60,000	60,000
Stephen Song	58,500 58,500	58,500

Johnny Lodden	55,000 8,500	8,500
Sean Bloom	52,000 4,000	4,000
Natasha Mercier	51,000 22,000	22,000
Faraz Jaka	47,500 9,500	9,500

Stefan Lehner	37,500 6,000	6,000

Jonathan Little	33,600 400	400

Renat Bohdanov	25,000 11,000	11,000

Ueberton De Aquino	Busted
Artem Sugak	Busted

07-02-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	145,000 22,000	22,000

Sean Lindsey	141,000 17,200	17,200
Craig Jones	130,000 24,600	24,600
Pedro Garagnani	121,000 11,000	11,000
Adam Singer	106,000 5,000	5,000
Cyril Attali	90,000 29,000	29,000
Ivan Ermin	86,000 4,000	4,000
Joseph Gargiulo	73,000 20,000	20,000
Jamar Adams	65,000 13,000	13,000
Thomas Barry	63,000 25,000	25,000
Jonathan Little	34,000 400	400

Ian Matakis	21,000 2,100	2,100

Kevin Gerhart	17,500 9,300	9,300

Chris Brewer	17,000 6,000	6,000

Yokosawa Takes a Little from Carselowey

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Philip Carselowey raised to 1,200 from the cutoff, and only Masato Yokosawa, on the button, called.

Carselowey continued for 1,500 on the A♠10♥3♥ flop, and Yokosawa proceeded with a call.

The flush-completing J♥ hit the turn, and when Carselowey chose to check, Yokosawa took over the betting lead, throwing out 3,200.

Carselowey wasted little time in folding, and the dealer pushed the pot to Yokosawa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Carselowey	53,200
Masato Yokosawa	51,800 11,800	11,800

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Philip Carselowey

07-02-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts, Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Zanette	217,500 800	800
David Cabrera Polop	178,000 49,800	49,800
Philipe Pizzari Pinto	86,000 42,800	42,800
Samuel Gagnon	84,800 41,800	41,800
Ryan Eriquezzo	72,200 17,800	17,800

Kevin Martin	62,600 400	400

Joao Vieira	52,600 15,000	15,000

Jonathan Little	51,600 10,400	10,400

Chris Brewer	46,500 2,500	2,500

Masato Yokosawa	40,000 27,500	27,500
David Sorgente	31,500 27,000	27,000

07-02-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Hero Fold Gone Wrong for Jaka

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three ways on a flop of 7♣2♣5♣, Leland Postil checked from under the gun to Benjamin Gold, who bet 3,500 from middle position. Faraz Jaka called from the hijack and Postil then check-raised to 8,000, which got a fold from Gold and a call from Jaka.

The Q♠ fell on the turn and Postil continued for 15,000, sending Jaka into the tank.

Jaka weighed his decision and then folded K♣10♣ face up for the second nut flush. Postil revealed 7♦7♠ for a set, which got a "Nice hand," from Jaka as Postil collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leland Postil	77,000 77,000	77,000
Benjamin Gold	70,000 70,000	70,000
Faraz Jaka	57,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Benjamin Gold Faraz Jaka Leland Postil

07-02-2025 16:10 UTC-8

Kraft Takes from Mateos

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Florian Kraft was facing a limp, and then a raise to 1,600, ahead of him and elected to three-bet to 4,000. Adrian Mateos called from the small blind before the limper and original raiser got out of the way.

Mateos check-called a bet of 4,000 on a flop of K♠5♣4♣, before both players checked the 4♠ turn.

Mateos checked for a third time on the 10♠ river, which prompted Kraft to restart the betting, doing so for 13,000.

There was a suspicious look from Mateos in the direction of his opponent, but ultimately, he chose to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Kraft	85,800
Adrian Mateos	56,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Florian Kraft

07-02-2025 16:09 UTC-8

Cold Brewer

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♥K♠6♠ with a few thousand already in the middle, Ivan Ermin checked from the big blind and Chris Brewer bet 1,500 from middle position. Ermin called.

Both players checked on the Q♠ turn and then Ermin led out for 4,200 on the 6♦ river — sending Brewer into the tank.

Brewer rolled his eyes and shook his head as he contemplated his decision, but eventually landed on a fold and Ermin collected the pot without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Ermin	82,000 82,000	82,000
Chris Brewer	44,000 8,000	8,000

07-02-2025 16:00 UTC-8

Updates, Entries and Exits

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera Polop	128,200 7,200	7,200
Espen Hagen	115,000 5,000	5,000
Chase Rogers	109,400 6,900	6,900
Robert Belke	95,000 13,300	13,300
Philip Saracino	92,000 12,000	12,000
John Wike	81,000 2,500	2,500
Masato Yokosawa	67,500 3,500	3,500
Artem Sugak	67,000 47,100	47,100
Adrian Mateos	63,000 6,000	6,000

Orito Kazuyuki	61,400 2,900	2,900
Jean-Robert Bellande	60,000 60,000	60,000

Valentin Oberhauser	58,500 500	500
Joe Cada	54,000 7,000	7,000

Chris Brewer	52,000 8,000	8,000

Troy Quenneville	50,500 4,000	4,000
Andy Tsai	50,400 5,900	5,900
Samuel Gagnon	43,000 1,500	1,500
Barny Boatman	37,000 9,000	9,000

Joris Ruijs	33,400 5,600	5,600
Hayden Toole	28,500 15,900	15,900
David Algarra	22,500 36,500	36,500
Deborah Dimpel-Ulhaq	22,000 37,500	37,500
Scott Thurman	20,000 40,000	40,000
Dragana Mackelprang	Busted
Matthew Mcparland	Busted

07-02-2025 15:57 UTC-8

Sorgente Folds Top Pair To Mullur

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between David Sorgente in first position and Samuel Mullur on the button with 6,100 in the center.

The board read J♣6♣K♠J♦ and Sorgente check-called a bet of 5,600 from Mullur.

Sorgente checked the river 8♠ over to Mullur who bet 13,100 of his 13,200 stack and Sorgente went into the tank.

After some thought, Sorgente flashed a K♥ while he tosses his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Sorgente	59,700 59,700	59,700
Samuel Mullur	29,100 2,100	2,100

Tags: David Sorgente Samuel Mullur

07-02-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Liam Gannon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Zanette	221,000 18,000	18,000
Anthony Meranda	176,000 11,000	11,000
David Brown	143,000 11,500	11,500
Santiago Plante	139,000 29,600	29,600
Jesse McVicker	123,000 4,000	4,000
Bradley Gafford	112,000 112,000	112,000

Johnny Lodden	96,000 16,900	16,900
Clemen Deng	93,000 93,000	93,000
Malcolm Trayner	85,000 85,000	85,000

Michael Noori	84,000 32,800	32,800

Alexandros Kolonias	83,000 15,700	15,700

Casey Carroll	83,000 500	500
Alec Magdan	83,000 25,700	25,700
Pierre Calamusa	79,000 4,000	4,000

Joseph Gargiulo	78,000 4,000	4,000
Scott Eskenazi	77,000 77,000	77,000

Michael Nelson	77,000 9,000	9,000
Billy Baxter	76,000 19,400	19,400

Jon Pardy	74,000 29,100	29,100

Masato Yokosawa	71,000 4,500	4,500
Brandon Zuidema	68,000 15,700	15,700
Joao Vieira	67,600 22,100	22,100

Scott Blumstein	66,000 66,000	66,000

Michael Jozoff	63,000 63,000	63,000
Kevin Martin	63,000 200	200