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

07-02-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Nare Flop's It, Little Catches Up

Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

When action folded to Jonathan Little in the cutoff, he put in a raise to 1,200. Only Curtis Nare, directly to his left, made the call.

The two saw a flop of 9♠8♦10♥, and Little started with a check-call, to the tune of 1,200.

Both players checked the Q♠ turn, but when the river 6♦ was revealed, Little put out a small bet. Nare responded by raising to 7,200, which Little called straight away.

Nare revealed he had flopped the nuts with Q♦J♣, and Little showed he had caught up on the turn with his J♠10♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Nare	86,500
Jonathan Little	39,300 5,700	5,700

Tags: Jonathan Little Curtis Nare

07-02-2025 19:32 UTC-8

Gold Wakes Up with Aces

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Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Benjamin Gold was in the small blind and got it all in preflop against Kurt Watkins in the big blind. Watkins had about 50,000 to start the hand and was at risk.

Kurt Watkins: Q♥Q♣ All in
Benjamin Gold: A♠A♥

Gold's pair of aces remained best as the board ran out 9♦K♥9♣9♠2♥ and Watkins' tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Gold	155,000 85,000	85,000
Kurt Watkins	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Gold Kurt Watkins

07-02-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Sly Fires Two Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Gregory Sly opened to 1,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Kelly Lucas on the button and Stephen Peppin in the big blind.

The flop came K♥7♣3♥. Peppin checked, Sly bet 1,400, Lucas called and Peppin called.

Sly continued for 6,000 when checked to on the 2♦ turn and this time both opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Sly	135,000 17,500	17,500
Stephen Peppin	87,000 18,000	18,000
Kelly Lucas	29,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Gregory Sly Kelly Lucas Stephen Peppin

07-02-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Trappy Mendoza

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There were roughly 8,000 chips in the pot on the flop of 6♥10♥9♠, Eduardo Mendoza who was in early position checked to Peter Yang in middle position and he fired out a bet of 2,000, Mendoza called.
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Both players checked on the 3♠ turn, and Yang decided to bet 12,000 on the K♠ river when checked to, Mendoza snap-called.

Yang tabled 5♥5♦, Mendoza tabled a set with 10♣10♦ and he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Yang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Eduardo Mendoza	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Eduardo Mendoza Peter Yang

07-02-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Graham Mathews	205,000 24,400	24,400
Chad Power	146,000 7,000	7,000
Billy Baxter	110,000 1,000	1,000

Carolyn Duffy	105,000 18,000	18,000
Ted Gonzalez	81,500 6,000	6,000
Bradley Gafford	62,000 43,900	43,900

Scott Stewart	60,000 60,000	60,000
Stephen Song	58,500 58,500	58,500

Johnny Lodden	55,000 8,500	8,500
Sean Bloom	52,000 4,000	4,000
Natasha Mercier	51,000 22,000	22,000
Faraz Jaka	47,500 9,500	9,500

Stefan Lehner	37,500 6,000	6,000

Jonathan Little	33,600 400	400

Renat Bohdanov	25,000 11,000	11,000

Ueberton De Aquino	Busted
Artem Sugak	Busted

07-02-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Assorted Post-Dinner Counts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	145,000 22,000	22,000

Sean Lindsey	141,000 17,200	17,200
Craig Jones	130,000 24,600	24,600
Pedro Garagnani	121,000 11,000	11,000
Adam Singer	106,000 5,000	5,000
Cyril Attali	90,000 29,000	29,000
Ivan Ermin	86,000 4,000	4,000
Joseph Gargiulo	73,000 20,000	20,000
Jamar Adams	65,000 13,000	13,000
Thomas Barry	63,000 25,000	25,000
Jonathan Little	34,000 400	400

Ian Matakis	21,000 2,100	2,100

Kevin Gerhart	17,500 9,300	9,300

Chris Brewer	17,000 6,000	6,000

07-02-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Shehadeh Leaves Fei Short

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 2♠10♥4♣Q♥ and just under 5,000 in the middle, Luigi Shehadeh checked from the big blind and callled a 2,500 bet from Wesley Fei on the button.

Fei bet 7,000 when checked to on the Q♠ river, leaving just over 10,000 behind. Shehadeh shoved with a covering stack and Fei mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi Shehadeh	76,000 76,000	76,000
Daniel Engels	13,000 42,000	42,000
Wesley Fei	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Luigi Shehadeh Wesley Fei

07-02-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Ins and Outs, Horseshoe Red

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Spitaleri	205,000
Jesse McVicker	190,000
David Cabrera Polop	170,000
Zachary Hirst	143,000 3,500	3,500
Chase Rogers	120,000 10,600	10,600
Philip Saracino	118,900 26,900	26,900
Michael Noori	116,200 32,200	32,200

Matthias Lipp	113,200 8,200	8,200
Robert Belke	105,600 10,600	10,600
Samuel Gagnon	96,000 11,200	11,200
Ryan Eriquezzo	96,000 23,800	23,800

Kevin Martin	93,200 16,800	16,800

Florian Kraft	85,800
Alec Magdan	85,000 1,000	1,000
James Dempsey	81,000 7,000	7,000

John Wike	80,000 1,000	1,000
Andy Tsai	75,900 26,100	26,100
Masato Yokosawa	69,000 19,500	19,500
Philip Carselowey	65,000 11,800	11,800
Adrian Mateos	56,500 29,500	29,500

Joe Cada	55,400 34,500	34,500

Johnny Lodden	46,500 25,500	25,500
Philipe Pizzari Pinto	40,400 45,600	45,600
Joris Ruijs	39,000 5,600	5,600
Valentin Oberhauser	35,600 22,900	22,900

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07-02-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Olszynko Wins Without Showdown

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Rahul Rastogi raised from under the gun to 1,500 and both Xuangui Wu called in the small blind, while Manny Olszynko called in the big blind.

Everyone checked the flop of A♥A♣4♣ over to the turn 7♥ where action checked to Rastogi who bet 1,500 and only Olszynko called.

On the river, Olszynko bet 4,000 and Rastogi folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rahul Rastogi	93,100
Xuangui Wu	87,100
Manny Olszynko	83,000

Tags: Manny Olszynko Rahul Rastogi Xuangui Wu

07-02-2025 19:04 UTC-8

Top 20 Stack

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Coussement	233,800 20,800	20,800
Russell Head	224,900 48,300	48,300
Giovanni Zanette	212,700 4,800	4,800
Roberto Bianchi	206,000 206,000	206,000
Omid Nikzad	205,500 205,500	205,500
Marc Spitaleri	205,000 140,100	140,100
Deividas Butnoras	193,900 193,900	193,900
Jesse McVicker	190,000 76,000	76,000
Sam Rayburn	182,400 28,400	28,400
Bharath Mamathambika	181,100 5,900	5,900
Graham Mathews	180,600 46,100	46,100
David Cabrera Polop	170,000 8,000	8,000
Pierre Calamusa	169,000 57,000	57,000

Igor Holdaiy	165,100 5,800	5,800
Craig Gacom	161,200 161,200	161,200
John Ripnick	159,600 11,200	11,200
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	159,000
Sean Lindsey	158,200 33,200	33,200
Josselin Gardes	155,000 10,000	10,000
Craig Jones	154,600 32,600	32,600