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

07-02-2025 14:50 UTC-8

More Counts From Horseshoe Red

Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Garagnani	118,000 18,000	18,000
Craig Jones	115,000 3,000	3,000
Adam Singer	101,000 37,000	37,000
Joseph Gargiulo	74,000 3,000	3,000
Cyril Attali	63,000 3,000	3,000
Thomas Barry	62,000
Jonathan Little	56,000 8,500	8,500

Kevin Gerhart	55,000 15,400	15,400

Sean Lindsey	48,000 8,000	8,000
Barny Boatman	46,000 1,000	1,000

Jamar Adams	21,000 11,000	11,000
Jack Dreifuss	11,000 3,000	3,000

07-02-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Ludlow With The Flush

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Liam Gannon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ben Ludlow raised to 800 in the hijack and Samuel Mullur raised in the big blind to 3,300 which Ludlow called.

The flop rolled out 4♥2♦Q♥ and Mullur led out for 5,500 which Ludlow called.

Both players checked the 2♠ turn to the 8♥ river where Mullur checked over to Ludlow, then called the 10,000 bet from him.

Ludlow turned over K♥10♥ for a king-high flush and Mullur tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Ludlow	57,300 3,700	3,700
Samuel Mullur	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Ben Ludlow Samuel Mullur

07-02-2025 14:16 UTC-8

Gallagher Raises the River

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Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Joseph Gallagher raised to 800 in the cutoff, Tony Souri called in the small blind and Pedro Rodriguez called in the big blind.

Gallagher fired out a bet of 1,500 when the flop came A♠A♣3♦, Souri folded but Rodriguez raised to 4,200, Gallagher called. Action checked on the Q♣ turn and Rodriguez led for 2,500 on the 4♦ river, Gallagher did take long before he raised to 16,000.

Rodriguez shook his head then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Souri	59,000 59,000	59,000
Joseph Gallagher	55,000 55,000	55,000
Noel Rodriguez	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Joseph Gallagher Pedro Rodriguez Tony Souri

07-02-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Updated Counts Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chase Rogers	102,500 6,900	6,900
Xiaohu Liu	94,000 8,000	8,000
Pierre Calamusa	83,000 10,200	10,200

Robert Belke	81,700 15,700	15,700
Philip Saracino	80,000 3,500	3,500
Dragana Mackelprang	76,900 3,400	3,400
Nico Schubert	72,000 9,400	9,400
Jonathan Little	64,500 4,000	4,000

Andy Tsai	58,500 100	100
Joe Cada	57,000 1,400	1,400

Jimmy Williams	55,500 17,500	17,500
Troy Quenneville	54,500 12,500	12,500
Hiroki Nawa	50,200 7,800	7,800
Barny Boatman	34,200 15,900	15,900

Catherine Brent Griffin	32,200 12,800	12,800
Artem Sugak	19,900 600	600
Sharad Varshney	Busted

07-02-2025 13:43 UTC-8

Yokosawa Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

After seeing a raise to 600 ahead of him, Masato Yokosawa made the call from the hijack, which also tempted David Cabrera Polop, in the big blind, to join in.

Action checked to Yokosawa on the K♦10♣2♣ flop, and he put out a bet of 1,200. Cabrera Polop called, and the initial raiser folded.

Yokosawa kept up the pressure on the J♦ turn, this time betting 4,600. This was enough to lay claim to the pot, as Cabrera Polop folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera Polop	135,000 10,000	10,000
Masato Yokosawa	56,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: David Cabrera Polop Masato Yokosawa

07-02-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Gerhart Gets Paid

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jamar Adams opened to 600 from middle position and found one caller in Kevin Gerhart from the big blind.

Gerhart check-called a 500 bet from Adams on the Q♥A♣2♥ flop and a 1,600 bet from Adams on the A♠ turn.

The 3♥ filled out the board and Gerhart checked a final time. Adams fired 6,500 into the middle and Gerhart thought a bit before making it 25,000 to go.

Adams quickly called and Gerhart tabled A♦3♠ for a full house. Adams shook his head and revealed 9♥7♥ before sending them into the muck.

"I'm never folding there in case he just has an ace," Adams remarked as Gerhart collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	72,000 20,000	20,000

Jamar Adams	32,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Jamar Adams Kevin Gerhart

07-02-2025 12:50 UTC-8

Chip Updates in Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse McVicker	111,500 51,500	51,500
Johnny Lodden	75,100 15,800	15,800
Ian Matakis	62,700 2,700	2,700

Michael Noori	61,000 1,000	1,000

Samuel Gagnon	58,200 1,800	1,800
Valentin Oberhauser	58,000 2,000	2,000
Masato Yokosawa	55,400 4,600	4,600
Joris Ruijs	49,200 10,800	10,800
Asi Moshe	43,400 16,600	16,600

07-02-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Moneymaker Back on Track After Getting Paid With Full House

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways on a completed board of 9♣7♠6♠8♠7♦ with several thousand already in the middle, Thomas Barry bet 3,500 from the small blind and was called by Cyril Attali, who was under the gun.

Chris Moneymaker made it 13,000 to go on the button, which got a quick fold from Barry, but a call from Attali after a bit of thought.

Moneymaker tabled 8♣7♣ for sevens-full of eights and Attali sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	67,000 15,300	15,300

Thomas Barry	62,000 62,000	62,000
Cyril Attali	49,000 10,100	10,100

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Cyril Attali Thomas Barry

07-02-2025 12:19 UTC-8

Updated Stacks in Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragana Mackelprang	73,000 13,000	13,000
Joe Cada	62,000 2,000	2,000

Jonathan Little	61,900 1,900	1,900

Kevin Martin	60,100 100	100

Jeremy Dan	57,400 2,600	2,600
Andy Tsai	56,000 4,000	4,000
Barny Boatman	52,000 8,000	8,000

Chris Moneymaker	51,700 300	300

07-02-2025 12:01 UTC-8

Garagnani Claims First Casualty of 2025 Main Event

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jamar Adams raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by Lauren Hazelgreen from the cutoff and Kevin Gerhart on the button. Pedro Garagnani then squeezed to 3,200 from the small blind and everyone called for a bloated four-way pot.

The flop came 10♣J♣4♦ and it was checked to Hazelgreen, who bet 6,000. Gerhart folded, but Garagnani check-raised to 23,000, which got a fold from Adams. Hazelgreen moved all in and Garagnani quickly called to put Hazelgreen at risk.

Lauren Hazelgreen: A♠J♠ All in
Pedro Garagnani: 10♠10♥

It was a nightmare scenario for Hazelgreen, who found herself drawing to runner-runner to avoid being the first person eliminated.

The 6♠ turn left her drawing dead and an irrelevant A♥ completed the board to make Hazelgreen the unfortunate first person to hit the rail in the 2025 Main Event.