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

07-02-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Kabrhel Hops in Shortly After Winning Fourth Bracelet

Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Martin Kabrhel, who took down the $1,000 Mini Main Event just a couple hours ago, wasted little time before entering the Main Event and putting his chips to work.

In a recent hand, Mohammad Iqbal limped from middle position and Martin Kabrhel raised to 1,600 on the button.

"Please don't fold. I'm begging you not to fold!" Kabrhel pleaded after it was folded back to Iqbal, who complied and called.

Both players checked on the 7♠4♠8♦ flop and Iqbal checked again on the 3♣ turn. Kabrhel bet a bit over 6,000 and Iqbal quickly let his hand go.

"Very tough table," Kabrhel said as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammad Iqbal	90,000 90,000	90,000
Martin Kabrhel	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Martin Kabrhel Mohammad Iqbal

07-02-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Coussement Extends his Big Stack

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

After an open in early position was called three times, Ugganbayar Erdenekhuu in the big blind squeezed to 4,400. Miguel Coussement in the cutoff was the only one to call.

Erdenekhuu continued for 2,500 on the Q♥K♦4♥ flop, then fired a second barrel of 7,500 on the 2♥ turn. Coussement called both times.

The Q♠ river was checked by Erdenekhuu. Coussement bet 15,000 and he made Erdenekhuu fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Coussement	213,000 42,000	42,000
Ugganbayar Erdenekhuu	88,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Miguel Coussement

07-02-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Power Keeps Climbing

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Nick Becker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Chad Power raised to 1,100 under the gun and was called by Ted Gonzalez in middle position and Sean Bloom in the big blind.

The flop came 3♥7♣9♣ and it checked to Power who continued with a bet of 2,200.

Both of his opponents folded and the small pot was pushed Power's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	150,000 12,500	12,500
Ted Gonzalez	75,500 8,500	8,500
Sean Bloom	48,000

Tags: Chad Power Sean Bloom Ted Gonzalez

07-02-2025 17:43 UTC-8

Chip Counts Horseshoe Bronze

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Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josselin Gardes	165,000 19,000	19,000
Marwan Salamoun	126,000 4,000	4,000
Tony Souri	116,000 64,000	64,000
James Pines	115,000 41,000	41,000
Takumi Matsumoto	102,000 54,000	54,000
John Frank	99,000 18,000	18,000
Joe Nalbandyan	86,200 25,800	25,800
Franklin Azevedo	84,000 21,000	21,000
Ami Barer	84,000 1,000	1,000

Nicholas Roberts	82,000 7,000	7,000
Kevin Theodore	78,000 15,000	15,000

Landen Lucas	73,200 3,200	3,200
Pasquale Grimaldi	72,200 21,000	21,000
Norman Murray	71,000 15,000	15,000
Dan O'Brien	68,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Rangel	67,000 5,000	5,000
Justin Yaker	66,000 7,000	7,000
Clayton Kalisek	64,000 22,000	22,000
Tabatha Hilliard	63,600 6,400	6,400
Robert Christensen	62,000 30,000	30,000
Jeremy Hamey	61,200 200	200
David Stamey	60,400 5,000	5,000
Federico Quevedo	60,000 21,000	21,000
Paul Gibbons	60,000 17,000	17,000
Kurt Paeper	59,000 24,000	24,000

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07-02-2025 17:45 UTC-8

No Chips for Dinner for Vieira

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

While being filmed by Winamax's TV crew, Joao Vieira in the hijack three-bet after Koen Breed opened from middle position.

Breed called to find a flop of K♥2♠4♦ where Vieira made a continuation bet. Breed check-called, then on the 6♥ turn, Vieira fired a second barrel of 7,000. Breed check-called once more.

On the 6♦, Breed checked, Vieira moved all-in for 16,500 and Breed went deep into the tank before making the call.

Joao Vieira: Q♣10♣ All in
Koen Breed: J♦J♣

Vieira was caught bluffing and was eliminated moments before the start of the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen Breed	83,000 83,000	83,000
Joao Vieira	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira Koen Breed

07-02-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	153,000 3,000	3,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	131,000 68,500	68,500
Justin Arnwine	121,000 82,000	82,000
Kyle Montgomery	119,000 61,000	61,000
David Brown	114,000 29,000	29,000
Jesse McVicker	114,000 9,000	9,000
Pierre Calamusa	112,000 33,000	33,000

Kevin Martin	110,000 47,400	47,400

Billy Baxter	109,000 33,000	33,000

Malcolm Trayner	109,000 24,000	24,000

Anthony Meranda	106,000 70,000	70,000
Joseph Gargiulo	93,000 12,000	12,000
Joshua Remitio	87,000 87,000	87,000

Alec Magdan	84,000 1,000	1,000
Ben Ludlow	84,000 26,700	26,700
Frank Lagodich	83,000 83,000	83,000
Johnny Lodden	72,000 24,000	24,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	58,000 2,000	2,000

Viet Vo	58,000 1,000	1,000
Joshua Kay	51,000 51,000	51,000
Masato Yokosawa	49,500 2,300	2,300
Cody Wiegmann	47,000 13,400	13,400
Jonathan Little	35,500 16,100	16,100

Casey Carroll	34,000 49,000	49,000
Samuel Mullur	28,000 1,100	1,100

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07-02-2025 17:48 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break and are expected back at approximately 8:00 p.m. local time. The field has grown to 876 entries, with 743 players currently remaining.

Here are some highlights from the third level:

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

07-02-2025 19:04 UTC-8

Top 20 Stack

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

These are the biggest stacks in the tournament according to WSOP+

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Coussement	233,800 20,800	20,800
Russell Head	224,900 48,300	48,300
Giovanni Zanette	212,700 4,800	4,800
Roberto Bianchi	206,000 206,000	206,000
Omid Nikzad	205,500 205,500	205,500
Marc Spitaleri	205,000 140,100	140,100
Deividas Butnoras	193,900 193,900	193,900
Jesse McVicker	190,000 76,000	76,000
Sam Rayburn	182,400 28,400	28,400
Bharath Mamathambika	181,100 5,900	5,900
Graham Mathews	180,600 46,100	46,100
David Cabrera Polop	170,000 8,000	8,000
Pierre Calamusa	169,000 57,000	57,000

Igor Holdaiy	165,100 5,800	5,800
Craig Gacom	161,200 161,200	161,200
John Ripnick	159,600 11,200	11,200
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	159,000
Sean Lindsey	158,200 33,200	33,200
Josselin Gardes	155,000 10,000	10,000
Craig Jones	154,600 32,600	32,600