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

07-02-2025 22:33 UTC-8

Kraft Ends Clicking War

Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Thomas Zanot started the action by raising to 1,400 before Florian Kraft, one seat to his left, contemplated what to do.

"How much?" Zanot asked, implying that Kraft was considering a raise. Without uttering a word, Kraft did raise, making it 4,000 to play.

Action folded back to Zanot, who wasn't done with the aggression, announcing a four-bet to 10,000. Kraft put an end to the fun, though, five-bet jamming, covering Kraft's stack.

Kraft immediately folded before saying, "I just can't help myself when they are suited.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Kraft	71,800 6,000	6,000
Thomas Zanot	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Florian Kraft Thomas Zanot

07-02-2025 22:33 UTC-8

Lipp Makes Quads On Lagodich

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Matthias Lipp raised to 1,400 from under the gun and in the small blind, Frank Lagodich raised to 5,400. Lipp moved all in for 23,900 which saw Lagodich call.

Matthias Lipp: J♣J♠ All in
Frank Lagodich: A♥K♠

The board ran out J♦J♥4♦3♠8♦ and the quad jacks were good for Lipp to double at the expense of Lagodich.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Lagodich	156,800 200	200
Matthias Lipp	49,800 4,400	4,400

Tags: Frank Lagodich Matthias Lipp

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radwan Khuri	122,300
Ben Ludlow	1,300 24,700	24,700

Tags: Ben Ludlow Radwan Khuri

07-02-2025 22:46 UTC-8

Faraz Jaka Busts WSOP Main Event Aggressively Playing Seven-Deuce

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Jon Sofen

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Day 1a of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event featured some wild eliminations, one being that of popular poker pro Faraz Jaka.

The Jaka Coaching founder had a memorable exit from poker's most prestigious tournament Wednesday evening when he turned aggressive play with seven-deuce into a cooler. PokerNews was, as always, there to capture the crazy hand on video.

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07-02-2025 22:46 UTC-8

A Little Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jonathan Little opened to 1,400 from the hijack and was called by Richard Thousand in the big blind for a heads-up pot.

Thousand check-called a 1,300 bet from Little on the 2♣4♣6♣ flop and then both players checked on the 4♥ turn.

The A♣ brought four cards to a flush on the river and Little check-folded facing a 2,000 bet from Thousand.

Little, who recently won his first WSOP bracelet, has been unable to catch any momentum today and currently sits with 20,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Thousand	96,000 96,000	96,000
Jonathan Little	20,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Jonathan Little Richard Thousand

07-02-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Kamphues Takes from Joiner

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 4♥5♠3♥Q♦J♥ and around 15,000 in the middle Hugh Joiner bet 12,500 from early position and Timo Kamphues called from the hijack.

Joiner could only show one pair with 9♦9♥ while Kamphues had K♥7♥ for the second-nut flush to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo Kamphues	74,000 74,000	74,000
Hugh Joiner	59,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Hugh Joiner Timo Kamphues

07-02-2025 22:49 UTC-8

Harth Needs Some Help

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 30,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♣9♣A♥5♣. Harth put Bricker all in on the turn for 20,800, and Bricker snap-called.

Chase Bricker: A♣K♣ All in
John Harth: 10♠10♦

Harth with a set but still needed the board to pair to win. Unfortunately, he could not find it as the 2♥ was dealt on the river and Bricker's flush held to give him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chase Bricker	67,000 67,000	67,000
John Harth	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Chase Bricker John Harth

07-02-2025 22:52 UTC-8

Fleishman Didn't Hear No Bell

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Tyler Fleishman raised under the gun to 2,100, and the player directly to his left called. Action then folded around to Marco Poccia, in the big blind, who put in a three-bet squeeze to 7,500.

Flieshman went back and forth between his options, but ultimately decided now was his time and moved all in for 14,100. The original caller folded, and Poccia snap-called.

Tyler Fleishman: K♣Q♠ All in
Marco Poccia: A♠A♥

Fleishman was in the unenviable position of being at risk and a long way behind.

The flop did offer some hope, though, coming 6♥10♥9♣, giving him an inside straight draw.

There was no help for him on the 5♦ turn, but the J♣ river saw him hit his straight, keeping him alive in this year's Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Poccia	105,900 27,300	27,300
Tyler Fleishman	31,000

Tags: Marco Poccia Tyler Fleishman

07-02-2025 23:01 UTC-8

Rohm Asks for All of It

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 6♠7♣10♠2♠ and around 11,000 in the middle David Rohm bet 5,600 from early position and Dany Georges clicked it to 11,500 from middle position.

Rohm asked to see his opponent's stack before shoving. Georges folded, leaving around 45,000 behind and Rohm took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Rohm	219,000 74,600	74,600
Dany Georges	44,500 44,500	44,500

Tags: Dany Georges David Rohm

07-02-2025 23:04 UTC-8

Kabrhel Doubles Late

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Joseph Gao raised in first position to 1,200 and Roger Perez called in early position. Action folded around to Martin Kabrhel in the big blind.

"Double rainbow plus two," said Kabrhel as he put out 8,600. Gao responded with a raise 16,000 and Perez folded while Kabrhel went into the tank.

"If I go all in, what do you do?" he asked a silent Gao. After some more time talking and thinking, the clock was called on Kabrhel by another player at the table. Before the countdown could start, Kabrhel raised to 31,600, prompting Gao to shove for 82,700 effective and Kabrhel called immediately.

Martin Kabrhel: A♣A♦ All in
Joseph Gao: A♥K♠

"Good luck," Kabrhel said to Gao as the board ran out 3♣7♦10♣J♥9♥ to secure him the double.