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

07-02-2025 12:28 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Gold

Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	88,000 20,000	20,000
Stephen Peppin	74,000 6,000	6,000
Ankit Ahuja	70,000 10,000	10,000
Carlotta Ceccatelli	69,000 8,000	8,000
Frank Kassela	68,000 8,000	8,000

Camillo Baggiani	66,500 11,500	11,500
Erik Eisen	65,000 1,000	1,000
Alexander Carr	64,000
Andy Black	56,100 1,700	1,700
Kelly Lucas	54,300 1,300	1,300
Jeffrey Rogers	54,000 4,300	4,300
Kenneth Cram	54,000 4,000	4,000
Joseph Bold	48,000 4,000	4,000

07-02-2025 12:28 UTC-8

Varshney Runs Into Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Sharad Varshney under the gun bet 3,000 on a flop of 9♠3♣K♠. Xiaohu Liu on the button raised to 6,500 and Varshney went into the tank before making the call.

Varshney led out for 7,500 on the Q♦ turn and was called, then he checked the 10♠ river.

Liu seized this opportunity to bet 5,000 and Varshney quickly called but lost to Liu's top set with K♣K♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohu Liu	86,000
Sharad Varshney	25,800

Tags: Sharad Varshney Xiaohu Liu

07-02-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Moneymaker Back on Track After Getting Paid With Full House

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways on a completed board of 9♣7♠6♠8♠7♦ with several thousand already in the middle, Thomas Barry bet 3,500 from the small blind and was called by Cyril Attali, who was under the gun.

Chris Moneymaker made it 13,000 to go on the button, which got a quick fold from Barry, but a call from Attali after a bit of thought.

Moneymaker tabled 8♣7♣ for sevens-full of eights and Attali sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	67,000 15,300	15,300

Thomas Barry	62,000 62,000	62,000
Cyril Attali	49,000 10,100	10,100

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Cyril Attali Thomas Barry

07-02-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Quevedo Leads Multiway

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Federico Quevedo raised to 600 from under the gun, Marwan Salamoun called in the hijack, Hien Nguyen called on the button and Leon Sturm called in the big blind.

All players checked when the flop came J♠3♣8♠, Salamoun fired out a bet for 2,200 on the 2♥ turn and all players called.

Quevedo decided to lead for 7,000 on the flush-completing 7♠, and got everyone to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Federico Quevedo	71,000 71,000	71,000
Marwan Salamoun	64,500 64,500	64,500
Leon Sturm	54,500 54,500	54,500

Hien Nguyen	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Federico Quevedo Hien Nguyen Leon Sturm Marwan Salamoun

07-02-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Tsai Folds Out Wassell's King

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Andy Tsai opened to 500 from middle position and Casey Wassell called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out K♣5♣3♥ and Wassell check-called a bet of 500 from Tsai.

Wassell checked the turn A♦ over to Tsai who bet again, this time to the tune of 1,500. Wassell thought for a few seconds and then called.

On the river Q♥, Wassell checked over to Tsai a third time and Tsai bet 2,600. Wassel flashed a K♥ as he tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Tsai	58,400 2,400	2,400
Casey Wassell	41,200

Tags: Andy Tsai Casey Wassell

07-02-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Lucas Forces Two Folds

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With three players seeing a board of A♥Q♣2♦ and a bit over 2,000 in the middle, Kelly Lucas checked from the small blind and Stephen Peppin checked from early position. Jeffrey Rogers bet 700 from middle position and both opponents called.

All three players checked the J♦ turn leading to the 7♣ river. Lucas bet 5,100 and both opponents mucked their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Peppin	72,000 2,000	2,000
Kelly Lucas	57,000 2,700	2,700
Jeffrey Rogers	52,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Jeffrey Rogers Kelly Lucas Stephen Peppin

07-02-2025 12:34 UTC-8

[Removed:550] Ships the River

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

As Amit [Removed:550] was on his way to the exit, the action leading to his dismissal was recalled by his vanquisher, Chase Rogers.

Rogers raised in middle position to 800, and only [Removed:550], directly to his left, called.

The two saw a 5x7x9x flop, and Rogers check-called a bet of 1,200.

Rogers checked again on the 7x turn, and this time faced a bet of 10,000, which he called.

When the river Ax was revealed, Rogers continued in flow, checking for a third time. This time, though, he was going to be asked for all of it, as [Removed:550] moved all in for roughly 38,500.

It was bad timing by [Removed:550], though, as Rogers called, flipping over pocket aces for a rivered full house. [Removed:550] revealed 9♣2♣, for an inferior two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chase Rogers	118,000 38,900	38,900
Amit Agarwal	Busted

Tags: Amit Agarwal Chase Rogers

07-02-2025 12:39 UTC-8

Poker Player Busts Early in WSOP Main Event with Top Pair

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Jon Sofen

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

A tradition unlike any other — a player busting early in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Day 1.

The first of four starting flights kicked off at noon PT on Wednesday from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas in the $10,000 world championship event.

Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter announced "shuffle up and deal" just 45 minutes before the first elimination from the most prestigious tournament in poker.

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Tags: Lauren Hazelgreen

07-02-2025 12:44 UTC-8

Gonzalez With a Better Kicker

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was picked up on the flop in a pot between Ted Gonzalez in early position and Franklin White in middle position with 1,300 in the center.

The flop rolled out A♣6♠9♥ and Gonzalez bet 500 to see White quickly call.

On the turn 10♠, Gonzalez sized up to 2,200 and White called again.

Gonzalez checked the river 2♠ over to White who bet 5,000 and Gonzalez called.

White tabled A♠Q♣ for a pair of aces with a queen, but it was second best against Gonzalez who held A♦K♦ for a pair of aces with a king and he was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Gonzalez	63,500
Franklin White	41,500

Tags: Franklin White Ted Gonzalez

07-02-2025 12:45 UTC-8

Engels Pays Off Steven

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With two players seeing a final board of J♣5♠10♦10♣2♠ and around 7,000 in the middle, Brandon Steven bet 4,000 from the small blind, and Daniel Engels called from middle position.

"Ten," Steven announced, showing trips with 10♠9♠ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Steven	77,000 77,000	77,000
Daniel Engels	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Brandon Steven Daniel Engels