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

07-03-2025 14:13 UTC-8

Martirosian Scoops a Huge Pot

Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There were roughly 38,000 chips in the pot on 3♣K♣10♠5♠2♠, Artur Martirosian who was in early position bet 40,000 on the river which was enough to put Luiz Hota Neto all for his tournament life.

After a few moments, Neto, who was on the button, picked up his cards and flicked them into the middle, tabling A♣10♣ for a pair and the nut flush draw. Martirosian slowly put his cards into the muck and picked up this 127 big blind pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	91,000 38,000	38,000

Luiz Hota Neto	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Luiz Hota Neto

07-03-2025 14:17 UTC-8

Fartook Pays Baker off

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Rotem Fartook raised to 900 on the button and was called by Dimitri Vorbe in the small blind and David "Bakes" Baker in the big blind.

It was checked to Fartook, who bet 1,300 on the 5♥J♣9♥ flop. Both Vorbe and Baker called.

Action checked through on the 4♦ turn and Vorbe checked again to Baker, who bet 3,200 on the 6♣ river.

Fartook called, Vorbe folded, and Baker showed Q♠J♠ for a pair of jacks. Fartook couldn't beat it and mucked — awarding the pot to Baker

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	84,000 13,000	13,000

Dimitri Vorbe	77,000 77,000	77,000
Rotem Fartook	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker Dimitri Vorbe Rotem Fartook

07-03-2025 14:19 UTC-8

More Entries Trickling In

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Le	60,000 60,000	60,000

Felipe Ramos	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kestutis Jungevicius	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Boyaciyan	60,000 60,000	60,000
Hye Park	60,000 60,000	60,000
Simeon Tsonev	60,000 60,000	60,000
Colby Covington	60,000 60,000	60,000
Andre Akkari	60,000 60,000	60,000

Kully Sidhu	60,000 60,000	60,000
Raoul Kanme	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Leng	60,000 60,000	60,000

Conor Beresford	60,000 60,000	60,000
Owais Ahmed	60,000 60,000	60,000

Nick Schulman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gabriel Andrade	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jovan Kenjic	60,000 60,000	60,000
Florian Duta	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-03-2025 14:46 UTC-8

Freund Folds to Leng

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ohad Freund raised to 800 first to act and just behind him, Ryan Leng three-bet to 2,000. Action folded back round to Freund, who called.

Both players checked on the 7♠6♦8♥ flop and Freund checked again the K♠ turn. Leng announced a bet of 4,000 and Freund laid his hand down.

"I had a good hand... but I didn't want to get raised!" Leng admitted as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ohad Freund	57,000 57,000	57,000
Ryan Leng	44,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Ohad Freund Ryan Leng

07-03-2025 14:50 UTC-8

Rabichow Smacks the River to Cooler Abreu

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Heads-up on a flop of K♥7♦8♠, Kevin Rabichow bet 2,000 from the button and Tiago Abreu called in middle position.

The turn was the Q♣ and Rabichow bet another 6,000. Abreu again called and the 8♣ fell on the river.

Rabichow then bet 17,000 and Abreu quickly called. Rabichow turned over K♦8♦ for a rivered full house and Abreu tossed K♠Q♠ into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	120,000 14,100	14,100

Tiago Abreu	20,000 26,200	26,200

Tags: Kevin Rabichow Tiago Abreu

07-03-2025 14:53 UTC-8

Dzivielevski puts Lie to Ultimate Decision

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Aylar Lie and Yuri Dzivielevski were heads up on a turn of 9♦5♠A♣3♦. Lie checked her option over to Dzivielevski, who put in an overbet of 12,000 into a pot of 10,000. Lie made the call, and the two went off to the river 7♣.

Here, Lie checked yet again, and Dzivielevski took a short amount of time before announcing that he was all in, covering Lie. She took a good few minutes to ponder her decision, before eventually releasing her cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	76,500 76,500	76,500

Aylar Lie	30,200 18,200	18,200

Tags: Aylar Lie Yuri Dzivielevski

07-03-2025 15:01 UTC-8

1,000 Entries

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Day 1b has just seen its 1,000th entry.

This brings the total entries for the 2025 WSOP Main Event to 1,923. Of those entries, 1,603 still have chips to play with.

Players still in the field include Kevin Rabichow, Yuri Dzivielevski, Niklas Astedt, John Hennigan, Mike Matusow and Nick Schulman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	120,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	76,500

Niklas Astedt	71,400 5,400	5,400
John Hennigan	59,000 28,200	28,200

Mike Matusow	52,000 2,500	2,500

Nick Schulman	36,100 23,900	23,900

Tags: John Hennigan Kevin Rabichow Mike Matusow Nick Schulman Niklas Astedt Yuri Dzivielevski

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 15:21 UTC-8

Players Take Second Break

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The second level of the 2025 WSOP Main Event is complete, and players are taking their second 20-minute break.

So far, Day 1b has seen 1,020 entries, and of those, 974 remain.

Here are some highlights from the most recent level:

Play is expected to resume at 4:40 p.m. local time, and the players will return to 200/400 blind levels with a 400 big blind ante.

07-03-2025 16:13 UTC-8

Assorted Counts From Horseshoe Red

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	90,000 4,500	4,500

Eric Baldwin	84,000 900	900

Joseph Shalgi	84,000 3,500	3,500
Russell Crane	76,000 25,000	25,000
David "Bakes" Baker	76,000 8,000	8,000

Dimitri Vorbe	75,000 2,000	2,000
Ohad Freund	67,000 10,000	10,000
David Levy (US)	63,000 6,000	6,000
Stephen Chidwick	58,000 17,900	17,900

Justin Smith	58,000 2,000	2,000
David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia	55,000 17,000	17,000
Ryan Leng	55,000 11,000	11,000

Olga Iermolcheva	54,000 600	600
Johnny Chan	52,000 11,500	11,500

Nils Pudel	52,000 11,000	11,000
Mariano Molino	50,000 1,900	1,900
Kenny Hallaert	49,000 4,000	4,000

Rotem Fartook	48,000 12,000	12,000
Oleksii Mezhenkov	39,000 20,000	20,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	29,000 46,000	46,000
Nozomu Shimizu	25,500 9,400	9,400
Renji Mao	10,200 23,300	23,300