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

07-02-2025 21:53 UTC-8

Pardy Takes From Dean

Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Donovan Dean opened to 1,200 from late position and Vincent Napolitano called on the button. In the small blind, Jon Pardy raised to 4,600 and both Dean and Napolitano called.

"I should have just made it 4,500," Pardy joked after the fact as the change making took a little longer.

The flop rolled out A♣3♠8♦ and Pardy kept with the theme and bet 4,500 to see only Dean continue.

Pardy sized up to 13,000 on the 4♦ turn and Dean called once more, with both players checking the K♣ river.

At showdown, Pardy turned over A♠10♦ for a pair of aces with a ten and Dean mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Pardy	139,000 6,000	6,000

Vincent Napolitano	126,500 26,500	26,500
Donovan Dean	58,700 7,700	7,700

Tags: Donovan Dean Jon Pardy Vincent Napolitano

07-02-2025 21:57 UTC-8

Oden Picks Off a Massive Bluff to Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Takehiko Nakajima opened to 1,500 from early position, Miguel Coussement three-bet to 4,700 from middle position, Daniel Oden called in the cutoff and Nakajima folded.

The flop came 3♣7♦6♦. Coussement checked and Oden bet 4,700. Coussement check-raised to 17,000 and Oden called.

Coussement continued for 30,000 on the Q♦ turn and Oden called again. On the 7♥ river Coussement shoved, covering Oden who had 33,800 behind. Oden called off for his tournament life.

Coussement could only show a bluff with J♣8♣. Oden tabled the nut-flush with A♦K♦ to score the double-up through Coussement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Coussement	194,000 39,800	39,800
Daniel Oden	185,000 185,000	185,000
Takehiko Nakajima	88,500 88,500	88,500

Tags: Daniel Oden Miguel Coussement Takehiko Nakajima

07-02-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Kliper Springs the Trap

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was joined with 11,400 already in the pot, and Arie Kliper and Joshua Remitio looking at a 5♦4♥8♣ flop.

Kliper, who was in early position, had checked to Remitio, on the button, who placed a bet of 6,000. Kliper called, and the two players headed to a turn.

The dealer put out the 5♣ turn, and playing in flow, Kliper checked. Remitio continued to barrel, putting out 20,000, but was met with an immediate check-raise to 45,000.

Remitio folded almost immediately, and Kliper welcomed his new chips into his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arie Kliper	123,400 123,400	123,400
Joshua Remitio	63,400 39,600	39,600

Tags: Arie Kliper Joshua Remitio

07-02-2025 22:08 UTC-8

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

Evenhouse Takes Lei's Final Chip

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yuan Lei only had a stack of 2,700, and raised for almost all of it under the gun, leaving a single chip behind. Action folded to Jeffrey Evenhouse in the big blind, who put in a raise, committing Lei's remaining chip.

Lei called, and both players flipped their cards over.

Yuan Lei: A♦5♦ All in
Jeffrey Evenhouse: A♠J♣

Although Lei flopped a straight draw on the 9♥4♠3♥ flop, the turn 7♥ and river K♠ were unable to save him.

The friendly table all said their goodbyes, and Lei headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Evenhouse	33,000 33,000	33,000
Yuan Lei	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Evenhouse Yuan Lei

07-02-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Recent Chip Updates

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Vo	245,000 5,000	5,000

Joe Nalbandyan	157,200 78,200	78,200
Todd Daloia	152,000 152,000	152,000
Marwan Salamoun	140,000 11,000	11,000
Dan O'Brien	130,000 62,500	62,500
Ami Barer	130,000 28,600	28,600

Joseph Gallagher	125,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Rangel	123,000 59,600	59,600
Peter Yang	122,000 28,000	28,000
Arthur Thiriart	112,000 22,000	22,000
James Pines	105,000 40,000	40,000
Gregory Buonocore	96,000 21,000	21,000
Takumi Matsumoto	89,000 16,300	16,300
Nicholas Roberts	86,000 1,100	1,100
Robert Christensen	85,000 25,000	25,000
Franklin Azevedo	84,000 9,200	9,200
Jeremy Hamey	80,200 3,800	3,800
Heng Zhang	79,000 27,000	27,000
Landen Lucas	77,200 8,400	8,400
John Frank	75,000 14,000	14,000
Paul Gibbons	74,000 14,000	14,000
Pasquale Grimaldi	72,200 33,200	33,200
Josselin Gardes	71,000 55,000	55,000
Bobby Baldwin (OK)	67,000 33,300	33,300
Justin Yaker	66,000 22,200	22,200

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07-02-2025 22:19 UTC-8

A Better Two Pair for Lohnert

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three-way on a flop of 10♦10♥2♠, Anderson Almonte in middle position bet 5,500. Florian Lohnert called from the hijack, but the big blind folded.

Almonte fired a second barrel of 13,000 on the 4♥ turn and was called, then checked the Q♦ river.

Lohnert checked back and Almonte said he had two pair with 9♠9♦. Lohnert flipped over K♠K♣ for a better two pair and claimed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Lohnert	114,000
Anderson Almonte	48,000 25,000	25,000
Natasha Mercier	19,600 31,400	31,400

Tags: Anderson Almonte Florian Lohnert

07-02-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Busted Player Regrets Retrieving Mucked Cards on WSOP Main Event Day 1

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Jon Sofen

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mucked cards are back in the news at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after a player retrieved his hand from the muck on Day 1a of the Main Event, only to promptly bust to a cooler.

The hand occurred during Level 3 of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship event — the blinds at 200/400. PokerNews live reporter Liam Gannon captured a hand that left a player screaming expletives on the way out the door.

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Tags: WSOP Main Event

07-02-2025 22:23 UTC-8

Rivero With Three Aces

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Debra Wunner raised in the cutoff to 1,200 which saw Rene Vondrean call in the small blind and Steven Rivero call in the big blind.

The flop of A♥J♣5♥ saw action check through to the A♦ turn card, where Vondrean bet 1,600 and only Rivero called.

On the river 3♠, Vondrean checked over to Rivero who bet 5,000 and Vondrean called.

Rivero turned over A♣9♥ for three aces with a nine and it was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Rivero	88,100 88,100	88,100
Rene Von Reden	53,100 53,100	53,100
Debra Wunner	43,600 43,600	43,600

Tags: Debra Wunner Rene Vondrean Steven Rivero

07-02-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Late Night Chip Updates in Horseshoe Gold

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Rayburn	272,000 9,000	9,000
Stephen Peppin	197,500 116,000	116,000
Jacques Ortega	184,000 2,100	2,100
Kohei Arai	168,500 63,300	63,300
Leon Sturm	147,000 20,000	20,000

Carlotta Ceccatelli	138,000 3,000	3,000
Jeremy Dan	137,000 59,000	59,000
Gregory Sly	134,000 8,000	8,000
Ankit Ahuja	102,000 60,000	60,000
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	97,000 52,500	52,500

Erik Eisen	88,000 31,000	31,000
Hal Hammaker	87,500 16,500	16,500
Richard Reisman	87,000 18,000	18,000
Denny Kruezi	72,500 1,500	1,500
Wesley Fei	72,000 6,000	6,000
Luigi Shehadeh	71,500 4,500	4,500
Gilad Rubinsky	63,000 24,000	24,000
Hayden Toole	62,000 25,000	25,000
Gregory Brodnik	62,000 12,000	12,000
Bernhard Binder	61,000 26,500	26,500
Han Nguyen	56,000 16,800	16,800
Jeffrey Rogers	51,000 47,000	47,000
David Algarra	46,000 30,700	30,700
Matthias Auer	38,600 27,400	27,400
Joseph Bold	37,800 30,200	30,200