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

07-03-2025 11:57 UTC-8

Kurtzman Doubles, Martin Eliminated

Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

As Shane Martin was heading out of the tournament area, having been eliminated, his vanquisher, Eben Kurtzman, recalled the action that led to his demise.

Martin raised to 600, and Kurtzman called from the big blind.

On a flop of 9♦10♣Q♣, Kurtzman checked and Martin continued for a bet of 1,000. Kurtzman then check-raised to 2,000, but that didn't put an end to the raising. Martin responded with another raise to 7,000, to which Kurtzman responded by moving all in for 59,300.

Martin was the covered player by a couple of thousand and made the call.

Shane Martin: K♣J♥ All in
Eben Kurtzman: 10♥9♥

Kurtzman was in trouble, with his opponent having flopped a straight versus his two pair. He was unable to find any help on the 6♠ turn, but the river 10♠ came to his rescue, improving him to a full house and sending Martin to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eben Kurtzman	119,400 119,400	119,400
Shane Martin	Busted

Tags: Eben Kurtzman Shane Martin

07-03-2025 12:08 UTC-8

Ali Fills Up For a Big Pot Off Mermell

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Around 15,000 was already in the pot as Ihab Ali and Clifford Mermell went to the turn on a board of J♠10♥7♣A♣.

Ali then bet 6,100 from the big blind, and Mermell called in the hijack. The river was the A♦ and Ali bet 10,100. Mermell again quickly called.

Ali showed 10♦10♣ for a full house, and Mermell mucked A♠K♦.

"Couldn't get away from that," Mermell lamented as Ali raked in the big pot.

Fernando Romano, who lost most of his stack to Robert Zeidman's quads earlier, was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihab Ali	80,000 80,000	80,000
Clifford Mermell	32,000 32,000	32,000
Fernando Romano	Busted

Tags: Clifford Mermell Fernando Romano Ihab Ali

07-03-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Assorted Counts From Horseshoe Red

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	80,000 2,200	2,200

Marvin Rettenmaier	75,000 7,500	7,500
David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia	72,000
David "Bakes" Baker	71,000 4,000	4,000

David Levy (US)	69,000 16,500	16,500
Nils Pudel	68,500 2,500	2,500
Stephen Chidwick	64,000 4,000	4,000

Johnny Chan	63,500 8,500	8,500

Mariano Molino	58,000 12,000	12,000
Artur Martirosian	53,000 2,000	2,000

Renji Mao	33,500 1,500	1,500

Nozomu Shimizu	30,500 23,500	23,500
Simon Shalev	Busted

07-03-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Crane Parks Parsons

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players were already on the river looking at 5♥4♣2♣A♦7♣ board. The pot stood at around 14,000.

Sebastian Crane was in middle position and bet 8,200. Jake Parsons moved all in from the cutoff for his remaining 37,100, only just covering Crane.

Crane took less than a minute, but made the call, putting himself at risk of an early elimination.

Sebastian Crane showed K♣J♣ and Jake Parsons flipped over A♣K♦.

Parson's pair of aces didn't stand up to Crane's flush, and he was left with just 1,100 to play with.

In the next hand, Michael Hager opened from middle position to 800 and Sergi Reixach called from late position.

Parsons moved all in for his last 1,1000 and Evgeni Tourevski called from the cutoff. Rene Majed called from the small blind, and so did the remaining players who called the initial bet. A player at the table commended to Parsons, "Well you are getting some value, good luck mate".

The J♣6♥K♣ flop saw Hager check and Reixach bet, with only Majed calling.

The 9♥ turn was checked to the 3♥ river and Majed bet 4,000 which saw Reixach fold, leaving him to go heads-up to showdown with Parsons.

Jake Parsons: 8♣8♥ All in
Rene Majed: J♠9♠

Majed took the pot, leaving Parsons to be eliminated from the freezeout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hager	83,000 83,000	83,000
Sebastian Crane	82,000 82,000	82,000
Jake Buckley	67,500 67,500	67,500
Rene Majed	45,000 45,000	45,000
Evgeni Tourevski	37,000 37,000	37,000
Sergi Reixach	32,100 14,400	14,400
Jake Parsons	Busted

Tags: Evgeni Tourevski Jake Parsons Michael Hager Rene Majed Sebastian Crane Sergi Reixach

07-03-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Update Chips Counts Horseshoe Red

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Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	116,900 3,100	3,100

Randy Barry	102,000 18,000	18,000
Artur Martirosian	99,000 8,000	8,000

Nicholas Marchington	85,000 14,500	14,500
Yoon Shin	78,100 22,000	22,000
Paul Otto	70,600 5,600	5,600
Andrea Cobbe	59,600 2,400	2,400
Andrew Murphy	57,000 1,000	1,000
Arif Rahim	56,000 3,000	3,000
Michael Kuney	53,000 53,000	53,000
Baris Caliskan	48,400 14,600	14,600
Mariano Molino	48,100 9,900	9,900
Gavin Sardini	47,000 23,000	23,000
Carlos Ibarra	44,300 300	300
Rosalie Petit	42,000 12,800	12,800
John Krupey	40,200 21,000	21,000
Timothy Barchie	40,200 19,000	19,000
Shota Kashiyama	33,200 10,000	10,000
Arnaud Fabre	31,000 8,000	8,000
Yujiro Fukushima	30,100 22,000	22,000
John Colich	28,000 7,000	7,000
Tiago Abreu	22,200 2,200	2,200
Shachaf Sholdman	Busted
Luiz Hota Neto	Busted

07-03-2025 15:52 UTC-8

Updates Counts After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hager	141,000 58,000	58,000
David Vanreyk	101,800
Brendan Buckner	100,200 51,900	51,900
Jake Buckley	96,300 28,800	28,800
Harold Hauck	94,200 16,200	16,200
Dana Howard	86,000 8,000	8,000
David Frutchey	82,000
Justin Belforti	78,000 3,100	3,100
Lam Loi	77,300 23,300	23,300
Kevin Gimble	76,800 23,700	23,700
Jean-Francois Alexandre	75,200 12,100	12,100
Sebastian Crane	74,400 7,600	7,600
Evgeni Tourevski	70,000 33,000	33,000
Steve Sebbag	68,800 13,600	13,600
Edward Rosenbaum	64,000
Michael Krescanko Jr	63,700 17,400	17,400
Patrick Hall	58,000 4,000	4,000
Alexandre Vuilleumier	57,800

Gaoming Zhu	57,100
Matthew Kenyon	45,100 30,900	30,900
Victor Chu	44,900 500	500
Alan Skriel	42,400 3,100	3,100
Jeffrey Tench	41,000 25,500	25,500
Anatoly Nikitin	40,700 29,300	29,300
Sergi Reixach	39,000 6,900	6,900

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07-03-2025 15:55 UTC-8

More Updated Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	176,500 84,000	84,000
Alessandro Pagliuso	151,200 51,200	51,200
Jason Weissman	98,700 1,100	1,100
Raoul Kanme	94,000 34,000	34,000
Petko Tsakov	89,100 9,100	9,100
Simeon Tsonev	89,000 29,000	29,000
Andrew Brown	87,900 4,400	4,400

Daniel Ott	82,400 23,700	23,700
Stephen Friedrich	76,500 7,100	7,100
Gustavo Barbero	74,500 3,600	3,600
Ioannis Pentefountas	73,000 13,200	13,200
Sonny Lee	66,200 11,800	11,800
Niklas Astedt	66,000 5,400	5,400
Tom Sinistaj	64,500 4,400	4,400
Leo Margets	60,300 13,300	13,300

Mike Krescanko	60,000 600	600
Phil Hellmuth	60,000

Ron Ware	56,500 1,200	1,200

Daniel Myers	51,000 9,100	9,100
David Boyaciyan	49,200 10,800	10,800
Juan Cantu	44,100 15,200	15,200
Arunas Sapitavicius	43,900 7,200	7,200
An Kiang	43,200 1,400	1,400
Adrian Strobel	41,100 10,000	10,000
Jerry Lim	39,200 6,000	6,000

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07-03-2025 16:24 UTC-8

"That Was Stressful"; Britton, Correia Chop Up Rudnicki

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Simon Britton, Ruben Correia, and Czesy Rudnicki went to the turn on a board of 4♦2♣5♦6♥ when Correia bet 5,000 from under the gun. Rudnicki called in middle position before Britton raised to 14,000 in the hijack.

Correia came back with an all-in shove for 48,600, and Rudnicki also moved all in for his last 35,000.

"What the f**k? What is that?" a stunned Britton yelled out as he asked for a count of the stacks. A large crowd began to gather around the table, while some players at the table, including Michael Mizrachi, began to film the action. Britton eventually called.

Correia had A♦3♦ for a straight, while Britton also had the straight with 3♠3♥. Rudnicki needed to improve with 7♦7♥ but missed the 9♣ river as he headed to the rail, while Correia and Britton chopped the pot.

"That was stressful," Britton said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	75,000 75,000	75,000
Simon Britton	70,000 70,000	70,000
Czesy Rudnicki	Busted

Tags: Czesy Rudnicki Ruben Correia Simon Britton

07-03-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Moses Sends Safieddine Out With Rockets

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Francois Safieddine was already all in for approximately 41,000 preflop from the big blind against David Moses, who had Safieddine slightly covered from early position.

Francois Safieddine: A♦J♣ All in
David Moses: A♥A♠

It was the worst possible scenario for Safieddine, and the 2♦4♣Q♥5♦J♠ runout kept Moses's aces best to eliminate Safieddine from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Moses	86,000 21,500	21,500

Francois Safieddine	Busted

Tags: David Moses Francois Safieddine

07-03-2025 16:40 UTC-8

Lipman Loses It All

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Picking up the action on a 5♦7♦2♦9♥ turn, Sanjay Lal checked from the hijack to Lawrence Lipman on the button. Lipman promptly shoved all in for 18,400, a slight over-bet to the pot of 16,000.

After a few minutes in the tank, Lal called off to put Lipman at risk of an early elimination.

Lawrence Lipman: A♦7♠ All in
Sanjay Lal: J♥J♣

Lipman needed an ace, seven, or diamond to appear on the river, but the 10♠ emerged from the deck instead.

Lipman shook hands with his neighbors before he departed the tournament area as his Main Event run came to an early end.