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

07-02-2025 15:57 UTC-8

Auer Wins Without Showdown

Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Matthias Auer opened to 1,000 from middle position and received calls from Jacques Ortega in the small blind and Gregory Brodnik in the big blind.

All three players checked the 6♥8♠6♣ flop leading to the 6♦ turn. Action then checked around to Auer who bet 1,200. Only Ortega called.

Auer bet 4,000 when checked to on the 4♥ river and this time it was enough to get a fold from Ortega.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Auer	116,000 116,000	116,000
Jacques Ortega	106,000 106,000	106,000
Gregory Brodnik	55,200 55,200	55,200

Tags: Gregory Brodnik Jacques Ortega Matthias Auer

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 16:00 UTC-8

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

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

Fatal Missread

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three-way on a flop of 9♥K♠8♠, Armen Ayrapetyan in the cutoff bet 2,000, the small blind folded and Charles Welsh in the big blind made the call.

Ayrapetyan fired a second barrel of 6,000 on the 5♥ turn, but Welsh check-raised to 15,000. Ayrapetyan quickly called and moved all-in for 34,600 after Welsh checked the 10♣ river. Welsh went deep into the tank and called.

Armen Ayrapetyan: A♠K♣ All in
Charles Welsh: 9♦5♦

Ayrapetyan thought he had the won, but Welsh with two pair had the best hand. "But there is a pair on the board, I win," claimed Ayrapetyan, before having a closer look and realizing his mistake. He was covered so he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Welsh	123,000 123,000	123,000
Armen Ayrapetyan	Busted

Tags: Armen Ayrapetyan Charles Welsh

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 16:10 UTC-8

Landowski Busts

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Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up as Benjamin Landowski was all in from early position against the big blind Joseph Gallagher with roughly 90,000 chips in the pot.

Benjamin Landowski: Q♥Q♠ All in
Joseph Gallagher: K♥K♦

The board ran out 4♦7♠A♠9♠5♥, and Landowski's main event came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Gallagher	105,000 69,000	69,000
Benjamin Landowski	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Landowski Joseph Gallagher

07-02-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Rogers Wins With Queens

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With three players seeing a board of A♣5♣J♣ and around 5,000 in the middle, Kelly Lucas checked from the big blind and Jeffrey Rogers bet 2,500 from middle position. Denny Kruezi called from the button and Lucas called.

Rogers continued for 6,500 when checked to on the 7♥ turn and this time only Kruezi called. Both players then checked the 7♣ river.

Rogers turned over a flush with Q♣Q♥ and Kruezi mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Rogers	73,000 9,000	9,000
Denny Kruezi	42,500
Kelly Lucas	34,000 12,000	12,000

07-02-2025 16:26 UTC-8

Pu Wins A Four-Bet Pot

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Weiran Pu raised to 1,000 in middle position and in the cutoff, Mohamed Mamouni three-bet to 3,100. Action folded back to Pu who thought for a bit before raising to 8,500 and Mamouni caled.

The flop rolled out 7♣10♠2♥ and Pu continued for 6,000 to see Mamouni quickly call.

On the turn 2♦, Pu bet 10,000 and Mamouni pitched his hand to give Pu the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weiran Pu	62,900 62,900	62,900

Mohamed Mamouni	62,400 53,600	53,600

Tags: Mohamed Mamouni Weiran Pu

07-02-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	140,000 5,000	5,000

Pedro Garagnani	132,000 14,000	14,000
Sean Lindsey	125,000 77,000	77,000
Craig Jones	122,000 38,500	38,500
Adam Singer	110,000 9,000	9,000
Joseph Gargiulo	105,000 27,000	27,000
Jonathan Little	62,000 3,000	3,000

Cyril Attali	61,000 2,000	2,000
Jamar Adams	52,000 31,000	31,000
Thomas Barry	38,000 24,000	24,000
Kevin Gerhart	16,000 40,000	40,000

Jack Dreifuss	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted