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

07-02-2025 17:34 UTC-8

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 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

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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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 19:50 UTC-8

Kay's Bullets Take Down Cada

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Haoran Hu raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Joshua Kay called in the hijack. Joe Cada raised to 4,000 on the button and only Kay continued.

The flop rolled out 6♥4♣2♦ and Kay checked over to Cada who continued betting for 3,500, prompting Kay to move all in for 18,400 effective. Cada called to put his tournament life at risk.

Joe Cada: J♥J♣ All in
Joshua Kay: A♠A♣

An A♥ on the turn locked up the pot for Kay before the river 8♦ peeled off and the 2009 WSOP Main Event champion took his leave from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Kay	73,200 22,200	22,200
Haoran Hu	67,000
Joe Cada	Busted

Tags: Haoran Hu Joe Cada Joshua Kay

07-02-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Jaka's Main Event Ends Holding Seven-Deuce Off

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Benjamin Gold raised to 1,200 on the button and called a three-bet of 5,500 from Faraz Jaka, who was in the big blind.

Gold then called a 3,500 bet from Jaka on the Q♦3♥2♥ flop and a 14,000 bet from Jaka on the K♦ turn.

The 2♠ completed the board and Jaka fired 30,000 into the middle. Gold then stuck a pile of t-25,000 chips into the middle, which was enough to put Jaka all in for his last 35,000 behind.

Jaka went deep into the tank and a couple of minutes went by without any action.

"Sorry guys, give me one more minute," Jaka said.

Jaka eventually committed his stack into the middle and Gold showed Q♥Q♣ for a full house.

Jaka showed he held 7♥2♦ for trip deuces and wished his tablemates good luck before exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Gold	240,000 85,000	85,000
Faraz Jaka	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Gold Faraz Jaka

07-02-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Gerhart Doubles Up

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Laura Born in the big blind, Kevin Gerhart in the hijack and Ali Rabah on the button.

The board read 9♠8♥6♣ and action checked around to the Rabah who bet 1,500 and only Gerhart called.

On the turn 9♦, Gerhart checked over to Rabah who bet 4,500 and Gerhart called.

Gerhart checked the river 9♥ and Rabah jammed for 15,400 effective to see Gerhart call.

Kevin Gerhart: Q♠Q♥ All in
Ali Rabah: 2♦2♠

The WSOP bracelet winner found the double-up with nines full of queens to survive after what he described as his table was a "swingy day."

Player	Chips	Progress
Laura Born	60,000
Ali Rabah	53,400
Kevin Gerhart	49,800

Tags: Ali Rabah Kevin Gerhart Laura Born

07-02-2025 21:36 UTC-8

Mateos' Shove Gets Through

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was joined with Adrian Mateos looking at a raise and three-bet ahead of him, and the action was on him in the small blind.

The three-bet was for 3,500, and Mateos moved all in for roughly 31,000.

Both the initial raiser and the three-bettor folded, and Mateos added some crucial chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	37,500 19,000	19,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos

07-02-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Matakis Doubles Through Yotsushika

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 1,200 from early position and was called by Ian Matakis in middle position and David Cabrera Polop on the button.

Action checked through on the 5♠10♥J♥ flop and then Yotsushika led out for 3,300 on the 3♠ turn. Matakis raised to 10,300, which got a fold from Polop and a call from Yotsushika.

The 10♦ paired the board on the river and Yotsushika stuck a green T-25,000 chip into the middle. Matakis called all in for a bit over 10,000 and Yotsushika could only show 9♣8♣ for a busted straight draw.

Matakis revealed 5♦5♥ for a full house and was awarded the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera Polop	185,000
Ian Matakis	58,000 30,000	30,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: David Cabrera Polop Ian Matakis Kazuhiko Yotsushika

07-02-2025 22:08 UTC-8

Assorted Late Night Counts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	127,000 39,800	39,800

Michael Noori	107,000 9,200	9,200

Adam Singer	101,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Barry	97,000 12,000	12,000
Cyril Attali	85,000 5,000	5,000
Martin Kabrhel	74,000 23,700	23,700

Kevin Gerhart	67,000 17,200	17,200

Steve Zolotow	62,000 1,000	1,000
Jonathan Little	28,000 2,000	2,000

Chris Brewer	23,000 4,000	4,000

Joseph Gargiulo	10,500 110,500	110,500

07-02-2025 22:43 UTC-8

Khuri Leaves Ludlow Short

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs in a hand between Radwan Khuri on the button and Ben Ludlow in the big blind, with Khuri all in for his last 60,700.

Radwan Khuri: A♣A♠ All in
Ben Ludlow: A♥K♠

The board ran out 3♠5♠6♠Q♣A♦ and the set of aces was good for Khuri to double at the expense of Ludlow.