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

07-02-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Kings Can't Hold, Bohdanov Eliminated

Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marco Poccia raised under the gun, which one player had called before action got to Renat Bohdanov. Bohdanov put in a three-bet to 4,500, to which Poccia responded with a four-bet to 13,000. Action folded back to Bohdanov, who moved all in for 31,300, which Poccia called.

Renat Bohdanov: K♠K♣ All in
Marco Poccia: A♦J♥

A promising situation in the Main Event soon turned to one of sorrow for Bohdanov. The dealer fanned out a flop of J♠J♣10♣, firing Poccia into the lead.

The turn 10♥ only served to improve Poccia to a full house, and the river Q♥ did not affect the outcome.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Poccia	133,200 133,200	133,200
Renat Bohdanov	Busted

Tags: Marco Poccia Renat Bohdanov

07-02-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players are now on their fourth break of the day and will return in 20 minutes. The field currently stands at 914 entries, with 701 players remaining.

Here are some highlights from Level 4:

07-02-2025 21:06 UTC-8

Should This Poker Player Get A Million-Dollar Bonus? | PokerNews Podcast #903

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Chad Holloway

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In the 903rd episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by special fill-in cohosts Team PokerStars Pro Jennifer Shahade and Josh Abady of Play Live Melbourne to discuss the latest in the poker industry, including the latest on the alleged chip-dumping incident from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker event. Winner Jesse Yaginuma did get paid the $1,000,000 bonus, but he and runner-up James Carroll are still awaiting a decision by WSOP officials on the regular prize money.

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

07-02-2025 21:23 UTC-8

Ins and Outs, Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Spitaleri	340,000 135,000	135,000
David Cabrera Polop	185,000 15,000	15,000
Zachary Hirst	143,000 88,000	88,000
Jesse McVicker	128,000 5,000	5,000
Chase Rogers	120,000
Michael Noori	116,200 1,800	1,800

Philip Saracino	108,000 10,900	10,900
Ryan Eriquezzo	96,000

Curtis Nare	90,100
Kevin Martin	88,000 5,000	5,000

Andy Tsai	84,700 8,300	8,300
Robert Belke	83,300 22,300	22,300
Samuel Gagnon	75,000 21,000	21,000
Florian Kraft	65,800 20,000	20,000
John Wike	57,200 22,800	22,800
Adrian Mateos	56,500 27,000	27,000

Masato Yokosawa	55,600 17,400	17,400
Matthias Lipp	54,200 59,000	59,000
Cody Wiegmann	35,500 15,500	15,500
Carlos Gomez	30,000 25,400	25,400
Jonathan Little	30,000 1,000	1,000

Ian Matakis	28,000 1,000	1,000

Valentin Oberhauser	23,200 12,400	12,400
Lymor Davidson	16,300 300	300
David Sorgente	Busted

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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 21:36 UTC-8

Rayburn Building a Monster Stack

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 4♣8♣2♠6♦10♣ and around 40,000 in the middle, Sam Rayburn bet 22,000 from the big blind and Gilad Rubinsky called from the hijack.

Rayburn tabled K♣5♣ for the second-nut flush to take down the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Rayburn	263,000 80,600	80,600
Gilad Rubinsky	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Gilad Rubinsky Sam Rayburn

07-02-2025 21:38 UTC-8

Hardina Falls To Seo

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Christopher Hardina in the cutoff and Moonho Seo in early position with Hardina all in for his last 18,500.

Christopher Hardina: K♦J♣ All in
Moonho Seo: A♥K♠

The board ran out K♣9♠8♣7♠A♦ and the aces up was good for Seo to take down the pot and eliminate Hardina.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moonho Seo	93,500 93,500	93,500
Christopher Hardina	Busted

Tags: Christopher Hardina Moonho Seo

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 21:51 UTC-8

Shah Goes All In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Christopher Agnello opened to 1,300 from middle position but Ketan Shah to his left three-bet to 3,100. All the other players folded to Agnello who called.

Shah bet 3,500 on the 3♦7♥6♥ flop and was called, then asked for 7,000 on the 6♦ turn. This time, Agnello check-raised to 31,100. However Shah was not impressed and he moved all-in for approximately 68,000.

Agnello went deep into the tank, but eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ketan Shah	112,000 112,000	112,000
Christopher Agnello	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Christopher Agnello Ketan Shah