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

07-02-2025 11:51 UTC-8

Top Pair Good for Carr

Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Camillo Baggiani opened to 500 from under the gun and received calls from Carlotta Ceccatelli in the cutoff, Andy Black in the small blind and Alexander Carr in the big blind.

All four players checked the 4♣2♠J♣ flop leading to the 3♣ turn. Black checked, Carr bet 700 and only Baggiani called.

Carr fired a second barrel for 1,200 on the 10♦ river and Baggiani called again. Carr turned over top pair with A♠J♥ and Baggiani mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Carr	64,000
Carlotta Ceccatelli	61,000
Andy Black	57,800 2,200	2,200
Camillo Baggiani	55,000

Tags: Alexander Carr Andy Black Camillo Baggiani

07-02-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Not a Good River for Algarra

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three-way on a flop of 7♦7♣K♦, Deborah Dimpel-Ulhaq in the big blind, David Algarra under the gun and Scott Thurman in the cutoff checked to find the 6♦ turn where Algarra bet 1,200.

Thurman called, but Dimpel-Ulhaq check-folded. Algarra checked the J♦ and didn't look happy when Thurman bet 2,500. He folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Thurman	60,000 60,000	60,000
Deborah Dimpel-Ulhaq	59,500 59,500	59,500
David Algarra	59,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: David Algarra Deborah Dimpel-Ulhaq Scott Thurman

07-02-2025 11:56 UTC-8

Lodden Soars Up The Counts

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Johnny Lodden in middle position and Andrew Mueller on the button with 1,900 in the center.

With a board reading 6♦3♦10♠, both players checked to the Q♣ turn where Mueller bet 1,200. Lodden responded with a raise to 4,000 which prompted Mueller to raise to 12,000 and Lodden called.

On the river 8♠, Mueller bet 20,000 and Lodden quickly flicked in the chip to call.

Mueller tabled A♣J♠ for just ace-high, while Lodden tabled 3♥3♠ for a set of threes and he raked in a sizable early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	90,900 30,900	30,900
Andrew Mueller	20,400 20,400	20,400

Tags: Andrew Mueller Johnny Lodden

07-02-2025 12:01 UTC-8

Garagnani Claims First Casualty of 2025 Main Event

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jamar Adams raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by Lauren Hazelgreen from the cutoff and Kevin Gerhart on the button. Pedro Garagnani then squeezed to 3,200 from the small blind and everyone called for a bloated four-way pot.

The flop came 10♣J♣4♦ and it was checked to Hazelgreen, who bet 6,000. Gerhart folded, but Garagnani check-raised to 23,000, which got a fold from Adams. Hazelgreen moved all in and Garagnani quickly called to put Hazelgreen at risk.

Lauren Hazelgreen: A♠J♠ All in
Pedro Garagnani: 10♠10♥

It was a nightmare scenario for Hazelgreen, who found herself drawing to runner-runner to avoid being the first person eliminated.

The 6♠ turn left her drawing dead and an irrelevant A♥ completed the board to make Hazelgreen the unfortunate first person to hit the rail in the 2025 Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Garagnani	128,000 128,000	128,000
Jamar Adams	55,500 55,500	55,500
Kevin Gerhart	52,000 8,000	8,000

Lauren Hazelgreen	Busted

Tags: Jamar Adams Kevin Gerhart Lauren Hazelgreen Pedro Garagnani

07-02-2025 12:08 UTC-8

Peppin Blasts the River

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Stephen Peppin opened to 600 from early position, Jeffrey Rogers called from middle position, Kelly Lucas called from the small blind and Erik Eisen defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♥6♥4♥ and action checked around to Peppin who bet 2,000. Only Rogers called.

The two remaining players checked the 8♠ turn leading to the 6♣ river. Peppin bet 8,300 and this time Eisen opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Peppin	68,000 2,000	2,000
Erik Eisen	64,000 64,000	64,000
Jeffrey Rogers	58,300 58,300	58,300
Kelly Lucas	53,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Erik Eisen Jeffrey Rogers Kelly Lucas Stephen Peppin

07-02-2025 12:10 UTC-8

Williams Runs Into a Full House

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Heads-up on a board of Q♥7♥K♣J♣Q♦, Jimmy Williams in the cutoff bet but Joshua Oien in the hijack raised to 29,500.

Williams made the call with A♥10♣ for a straight, but lost to Oien's rivered full house with K♦K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Oien	105,000
Jimmy Williams	38,000

Tags: Jimmy Williams Joshua Oien

07-02-2025 12:10 UTC-8

Paradise Raises the Turn

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There were roughly 4,500 chips in the pot on a board of J♠Q♦3♣5♦.

Hayden Toole bet 1,000 in middle position, Nicholas Roberts called in the cutoff and Michael Paradise raised to 4,500 from the big blind, both Roberts and Toole called.

Action checked around when the 9♣ was dealt on the river. Toole tabled A♦Q♥ for top pair, Roberts mucked, but Paradise scooped the pot with 5♥5♠ for a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Roberts	72,000 72,000	72,000
James Coyle	70,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Paradise	64,000 64,000	64,000
Arthur Thiriart	60,300 60,300	60,300
Paul Gibbons	60,000 60,000	60,000
Franklin Azevedo	58,500 58,500	58,500
Eric Withrow	57,000 57,000	57,000
Kurt Paeper	50,700 50,700	50,700
Hayden Toole	44,400 44,400	44,400

Tags: Hayden Toole Michael Paradise Nicholas Roberts

07-02-2025 12:11 UTC-8

Gargiulo Sends Aalvik Home

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Davis Aalvik raised to 900 from under the gun and he was called by Orito Kazuyuki in middle position and Cyril Attali in the small blind. In the big blind, Joseph "Joey" Gargiulo moved all in for 79,900 and Aalvik went into the tank. He debated his decision for a little bit before calling for his last 19,000 and everyone else folded.

Davis Aalvik: K♥K♦ All in
Joseph Gargiulo: A♠A♦

The flop rolled out 9♥J♦Q♥, prompting a response from Gargiulo.

"It's never easy, my god," said Gargiulo as the A♣ peeled off on the turn "Oh at least I got my ace. Make it a black deuce on the river."

A 3♣ peeled off on the river, keeping Gargiulo's set of aces in the lead while Aalvik exited the tournament.

"That's my poker nightmare right there," table-mate Chris Moneymaker said. "Level 1, I've got kings, and somebody forces me all in."

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Gargiulo	101,100 38,100	38,100
Cyril Attali	59,100 59,100	59,100
Orito Kazuyuki	58,500 58,500	58,500
Chris Moneymaker	52,000 5,000	5,000

Davis Aalvik	Busted

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Cyril Attali Davis Aalvik Joseph Gargiulo Orito Kazuyuki

07-02-2025 12:16 UTC-8

Belke Close to Six Figures

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With a full board showing 8♦7♠Q♠10♥10♣, Artem Sugak, in the hijack, placed a bet of 25,000. After taking some time to consider his options, Robert Belke opted to move all in for 41,700.

Sugak went deep into the tank, taking his time to decide how to respond.

After a few minutes had passed, Sugak returned his cards to the dealer, and Belke pulled in a pot that took him closer to a six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Belke	97,400
Artem Sugak	20,500

Tags: Artem Sugak Robert Belke

07-02-2025 12:19 UTC-8

Updated Stacks in Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragana Mackelprang	73,000 13,000	13,000
Joe Cada	62,000 2,000	2,000

Jonathan Little	61,900 1,900	1,900

Kevin Martin	60,100 100	100

Jeremy Dan	57,400 2,600	2,600
Andy Tsai	56,000 4,000	4,000
Barny Boatman	52,000 8,000	8,000

Chris Moneymaker	51,700 300	300