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

07-02-2025 12:50 UTC-8

Chip Updates in Horseshoe Red

Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse McVicker	111,500 51,500	51,500
Johnny Lodden	75,100 15,800	15,800
Ian Matakis	62,700 2,700	2,700

Michael Noori	61,000 1,000	1,000

Samuel Gagnon	58,200 1,800	1,800
Valentin Oberhauser	58,000 2,000	2,000
Masato Yokosawa	55,400 4,600	4,600
Joris Ruijs	49,200 10,800	10,800
Asi Moshe	43,400 16,600	16,600

07-02-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Calamusa Wins and Gives Back

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After the hijack opened to 600 and the button three-bet to 2,000, Pierre Calamusa on the button four-bet to 5,000 and got both of his opponents to fold.

On the next hand, Calamusa opened to 500 from the cutoff, and Catherine Brent Griffin defended from the big blind. Calamusa continued for 400 on 9♠K♥3♦, then Griffin raised to 1,000.

Calamusa called and called again after Griffin bet 1,100 on the A♠ turn. Griffin checked the 5♥ turn, so Calamusa bet 5,300 and got her to fold.

Calamusa then opened to 600 from the hijack and was called by Troy Quenneville, in the cutoff, and by the big blind.

On a flop of 6♥9♦2♦, Calamusa bet 600 and Quenneville was the only one to call. Calamusa checked the J♣ turn, but folded to Quenneville's bet of 5,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	85,000 85,000	85,000

Catherine Brent Griffin	45,000 45,000	45,000
Troy Quenneville	42,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Brent Griffin Catherine Brent Griffin Pierre Calamusa Troy Quenneville

07-02-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Gerhart Gets Paid

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jamar Adams opened to 600 from middle position and found one caller in Kevin Gerhart from the big blind.

Gerhart check-called a 500 bet from Adams on the Q♥A♣2♥ flop and a 1,600 bet from Adams on the A♠ turn.

The 3♥ filled out the board and Gerhart checked a final time. Adams fired 6,500 into the middle and Gerhart thought a bit before making it 25,000 to go.

Adams quickly called and Gerhart tabled A♦3♠ for a full house. Adams shook his head and revealed 9♥7♥ before sending them into the muck.

"I'm never folding there in case he just has an ace," Adams remarked as Gerhart collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	72,000 20,000	20,000

Jamar Adams	32,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Jamar Adams Kevin Gerhart

07-02-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Bronze

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Josselin Gardes	130,000 70,000	70,000
Leon Sturm	92,000 37,500	37,500

Federico Quevedo	84,000 13,000	13,000
Jeremy Hamey	79,400 15,400	15,400
Norman Murray	73,000 12,600	12,600
Paul Gibbons	72,000 12,000	12,000
Michael Paradise	71,000 7,000	7,000
Joe Nalbandyan	71,000 10,700	10,700
Landen Lucas	71,000 11,000	11,000
Todd Daloia	69,000 14,000	14,000
James Coyle	68,000 2,000	2,000
Tabatha Hilliard	66,600 6,600	6,600
Franklin Azevedo	66,000 7,500	7,500
Sandro Valleriani	66,000 9,000	9,000
Marwan Salamoun	64,000 500	500
Nicholas Roberts	64,000 8,000	8,000
Robert Christensen	61,000 4,000	4,000
Kurt Paeper	59,000 8,300	8,300
Takumi Matsumoto	58,000 600	600
Justin Yaker	58,000 7,000	7,000
Dan O'Brien	58,000 2,000	2,000
Pasquale Grimaldi	57,300 7,500	7,500
Xao Yang	57,300 700	700
Clayton Kalisek	56,000 56,000	56,000
Gregory Buonocore	54,000 10,200	10,200

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07-02-2025 13:02 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse McVicker	101,500 10,000	10,000
Pierre Calamusa	93,200 8,200	8,200

Joseph Gargiulo	88,300 12,800	12,800
Casey Carroll	83,500 83,500	83,500
Johnny Lodden	79,100 4,000	4,000
Dragana Mackelprang	73,500 500	500
Kevin Martin	71,300 11,200	11,200

Cody Wiegmann	70,500 70,500	70,500
Kevin Gerhart	70,400 1,600	1,600

Marvin Karlins	69,200 69,200	69,200
Jonathan Little	68,500 6,600	6,600

Kyle Montgomery	68,500 68,500	68,500
Paul Snead	68,500 68,500	68,500
Joao Vieira	68,100 8,100	8,100

Michael Nelson	68,000 9,100	9,100
Alexandros Kolonias	67,300 67,300	67,300

James Dempsey	63,800 3,800	3,800

Chris Moneymaker	63,000 4,000	4,000

Chad Power	60,000 60,000	60,000
Viet Vo	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matt Salsberg	60,000 60,000	60,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	58,300 58,300	58,300
Alec Magdan	57,300 3,500	3,500
Billy Baxter	56,600 56,600	56,600

Joe Cada	55,600 6,400	6,400

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07-02-2025 13:03 UTC-8

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Shuffle and Deal - Billy Baxter - Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship

The first level of the 2025 WSOP Main Event has concluded and players are now on a 20-minute break. The field currently stands at 739 entries with 727 players remaining.

Here are some highlights from the opening level:

07-02-2025 13:25 UTC-8

Top Twenty Stacks

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Liam Gannon

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

These are the biggest stacks in the field according to WSOP+

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Zanette	196,600 196,600	196,600
David Cabrera Polop	145,000 145,000	145,000
Russell Head	134,000
Josselin Gardes	133,000 3,000	3,000
Sam Rayburn	131,400 131,400	131,400
Francisco Javier Dopazo	127,400 127,400	127,400
Espen Hagen	120,000 38,700	38,700
Jesse McVicker	119,000 17,500	17,500
Vincent Napolitano	115,000 115,000	115,000
Joshua Oien	112,300 7,300	7,300
Anthony Meranda	112,000 112,000	112,000
Amir Nasseri	112,000 112,000	112,000
Yuhsiang Wong	110,000 110,000	110,000
Manzil Adeem	109,600 109,600	109,600
Chase Rogers	109,400 8,600	8,600
Ryan Bell	109,100 109,100	109,100
Jasper van Moorsel	108,300 108,300	108,300
Felipe Davila	105,000 105,000	105,000
Bobby Baldwin (OK)	104,300 104,300	104,300
Yamamoto Toshiyuki	100,000 100,000	100,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

07-02-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Cavallin Shoves into Ahuja

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With two players seeing a board of Q♥3♣2♣ and a bit over 3,000 in the middle, Timothy Cavallin checked from under the gun, Ankit Ahuja bet 1,600 from the cutoff and Cavallin called.

Both players checked the 2♦ turn leading to the A♠ river. Cavallin shoved for 5,300 and Ahuja mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	66,000 4,000	4,000
Timothy Cavallin	11,700

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Timothy Cavallin

07-02-2025 13:42 UTC-8

Reisman Leads and Takes It

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With three players seeing a board of K♣J♥9♠ and 2,300 in the middle Richard Reisman checked from the big blind, Frank Kassela checked from under the gun and Hal Hammaker checked from middle position.

Action checked around to Kassela who bet 1,000 on the 4♣ turn. Both opponents called.

On the 7♣ river Reisman led out with a 2,200 bet and both opponents quickly mucked.