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

07-03-2025 21:05 UTC-8

McNeil's Main Event Comes to an End

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Murly Manokharan made it 1,000 under the gun. John McNeil was next to act, and he tossed in the 4,100 he had remaining. Michael Troutt called on the button, and Manokharan let his hand go.

John McNeil: A♠6♦ All in
Michael Troutt: 10♠10♦

The K♥8♠9♠K♠9♥ remained free of aces, and McNeil said his goodbyes before he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murly Manokharan	175,000 175,000	175,000
Michael Troutt	72,000 72,000	72,000
John McNeil	Busted

Tags: John McNeil Michael Troutt Murly Manokharan

07-03-2025 21:52 UTC-8

It's Not Fine For Garcia

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The action was picked up when Angel Garcia on the button was already all in and at risk for 12,500 on 10♦8♦8♠J♦ against Damon Fine in the big blind.

Angel Garcia: J♥10♥ All in
Damon Fine: 8♥7♣

Garcia hit two pair on the turn but Fine already flopped trips. The 7♠ river completed the board and Garcia was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damon Fine	120,000 120,000	120,000
Angel Garcia	Busted

Tags: Angel Garcia Damon Fine

07-03-2025 21:54 UTC-8

Selected Counts and Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Woods	185,000 131,000	131,000
Sanchez Gervin	100,000 43,800	43,800
Matthew Levine	94,000 13,000	13,000
Christopher Farmer	88,000 100	100
Agharazi Babayev	77,000 25,000	25,000
James Gregg	74,000 5,500	5,500
Alexey Shabaldin	68,000 13,500	13,500
Benjamin Souriau	56,400 2,400	2,400
Jody Haddad	55,000 1,800	1,800
Travis Hartshorn	35,000 56,000	56,000
Adam Johnson (NH)	33,900 33,900	33,900
Kelly Becker	32,100 7,900	7,900
Benjamin Ane	28,200 11,300	11,300
Jamie Brown	17,300 38,200	38,200
Kitty Kuo	Busted

Sarin Kuraganti	Busted
Martin Wasylocha	Busted
Shawn Daniels	Busted

07-03-2025 21:58 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Marchington	175,000 3,100	3,100
Randy Barry	172,000 28,000	28,000
Maor Zaharagi	140,000 60,000	60,000
Kevin Rabichow	136,900 900	900

Thai Ha	120,000 13,000	13,000

Robert Gentile	95,000 50,000	50,000
Franciso Fernandez	89,000 12,500	12,500
Baris Caliskan	88,400 44,000	44,000
Matthew Sabia	78,000 10,000	10,000
Paul Otto	74,600
Timothy Barchie	64,200 4,000	4,000
Calvin Steiner	63,000 35,000	35,000
Mark Darner	57,000 1,000	1,000

James Alvarez	56,000 9,000	9,000
Chun Law	54,200 2,200	2,200
John Colich	53,000 29,000	29,000
Andrea Cobbe	50,000 36,600	36,600
Thomas Boshoff	50,000 27,000	27,000
Eden Anzio	50,000 12,000	12,000
John Krupey	46,200 3,000	3,000
Arnaud Fabre	46,000 9,000	9,000
Matt Waxman	43,000 3,000	3,000

Joshua Ladines	42,000 11,000	11,000
Mariano Molino	36,100 28,800	28,800
Brian Green	36,000 9,000	9,000

Petrov Flushes Waxman Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 6♦3♦9♥ with a bit over 10,000 already in the middle, Mikhail Petrov checked from under the gun to Matt Waxman, who bet 5,000 on the button. Petrov responded with a check-raise to 10,700 and Waxman paused before clicking it back to 16,000 and change.

Petrov shoved and Waxman called all in for less to put himself at risk.

Matt Waxman: A♣A♠ All in
Mikhail Petrov: A♦Q♦

Waxman had the best of it with his aces, but the 4♦ turn immediately completed Petrov's flush draw and left Waxman drawing dead.

An irrelevant Q♠ river made Waxman's elimination official and Petrov grew his stack to 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Petrov	230,000 230,000	230,000
Matt Waxman	Busted

Tags: Matt Waxman Mikhail Petrov

07-03-2025 22:13 UTC-8

Not Making Day 2

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	Busted

Andrew Brown	Busted

Matthew Russell	Busted
Douglas Wardrip	Busted
Stephane Genet	Busted
Christopher Sims	Busted
Ezen Simon	Busted
Mauricio Pais	Busted
Conor Beresford	Busted
David Farber	Busted
Noah Schwartz	Busted

07-03-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Gibbs Shows Hiroi the Exit

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yukako Hiroi moved all in from early position, for roughly 9,000. Action folded to Damian Gibbs in the big blind, who made the call.

Yukako Hiroi: A♠Q♦ All in
Damian Gibbs: 7♠7♥

Hiroi was left with an impossible task on the 7♣9♦2♣, as she was now drawing dead.

As the dealer was dealing the 4♠ turn and the 5♦ river, Hiroi was already gathering her belongings to leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Gibbs	27,600 12,200	12,200
Yukako Hiroi	Busted

Tags: Damian Gibbs Yukako Hiroi

07-03-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Zeidman Turns Off Light

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a board of 7♦K♠9♦5♠ with 24,000 in the main pot, 36,000 in the side pot and Roscoe Light already all-in, Robert Zeidman checked the 7♥ river and Thad Mcnulty checked back, so all three players' cards went on their backs.

Roscoe Light: K♣J♦ All in
Robert Zeidman: A♥K♥
Thad Mcnulty: 10♠8♠

Light was at risk with two pair, but Zeidman had a better kicker and won the pot against Mcnulty's missed draws. "I didn't cash a single tournament this summer," Light said before leaving the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thad McNulty	230,000 81,000	81,000
Robert Zeidman	130,000 28,500	28,500
Roscoe Light	Busted

Tags: Robert Zeidman Thad McNulty

07-03-2025 22:40 UTC-8

Hizer Collects after Passing Go

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicholas Go opened to 1,600 from middle position and Paul Hizer raised on the button. Go jammed for his remaining 16,500 and Hizer snap called.

Nicholas Go: A♦Q♠ All in
Paul Hizer: A♠K♠

Go needed to improve but missed on the 8♣10♠4♦ flop, and the 6♠ turn didn't change much either. The K♦ river just improved Hizer more, sending Go home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hizer	115,000 55,500	55,500

Nicholas Go	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Go Paul Hizer

07-03-2025 22:52 UTC-8

Matusow on the Right Side of a Massive Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mike Matusow and Thomas Lee went heads-up to the river on a completed board of 4♥2♥3♦10♥K♠. According to Matusow, Lee had bet "really small" on the flop, then 3,500 on the turn from the hijack as Matusow called in the small blind.

Lee bet another 9,000 on the river and Matusow raised enough to put Lee all in. Lee called for 25,000 more with K♥8♥ for a flush, but Matusow had A♥5♥ for the nut flush to score the knockout.