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

07-03-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Hennigan's Sneaky Big Slick

Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Daniel Escherich raised in middle position, and only John Hennigan made the call, defending his big blind.

Hennigan check-called a bet of 800 on the A♣10♥6♥ flop, after which, the action ground to a halt as both players checked the 4♦ turn and the Q♥ river.

Hennigan turned over his A♦K♥, good for top pair, and Escherich mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	63,700 6,100	6,100

Daniel Escherich	60,300 60,300	60,300

Tags: Daniel Escherich John Hennigan

07-03-2025 16:23 UTC-8

More Counts From Red and White

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Vaskunas	100,000 40,000	40,000
Kestutis Jungevicius	75,000 15,000	15,000
Jovan Kenjic	73,000 3,000	3,000
Denys Chufarin	70,000

Hye Park	63,000 3,000	3,000
Kully Sidhu	53,100 6,900	6,900
Ryan Leng	51,000 4,000	4,000

07-03-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Matusow Gets Respect

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jerome King called an early position raise of 1,000, before Mike Matusow three-bet on the button to 3,700.

The initial raiser folded, which brought the action back to King. He only needed a couple of seconds to make a decision, folding A♠Q♣ face up. Matusow half returned the favour, showing King the A♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome King	78,200 78,200	78,200
Mike Matusow	51,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Jerome King Mike Matusow

07-03-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Leng Hangs on With Queens

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Richard Dubini raised to 1,000 first to act and was three-bet to 2,200 by William Schuch from middle position. Carlos Guerrero called cold on the button and Ryan Leng called cold as well from the small blind. Dubini then made it 8,000 to go, which got a fold from Schuch and Guerrero and a call from Leng.

Leng and Dubini proceeded to check down on the 3♠6♠3♥ flop, 7♣ turn, and 10♥ river.

Leng turned over Q♠Q♦ and Dubini showed he held A♦K♠ before sending them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Dubini	95,000 95,000	95,000
William Schuch	80,500 80,500	80,500
Ryan Leng	69,000 18,000	18,000

Carlos Guerrero	20,500 20,500	20,500
Nozomu Shimizu	Busted

Tags: Carlos Guerrero Richard Dubini Ryan Leng William Schuch

07-03-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Baggett's Boat Leaves Gerloff Short

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three ways on a flop of J♣3♣J♠, Dakota Baggett checked from early position and Martin Gerloff checked from middle position to Artur Martirosian, who bet 5,000. Both Baggett and Gerloff called.

Action checked through on the 5♥ turn and then Baggett led out for a hefty bet of 35,000 on the 7♣ river.

Gerloff called, Martirosian got out of the way, and Baggett tabled 5♣5♠ for a turned full house.

Gerloff shook his head and sent his card into the muck — conceding the large pot to Baggett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakota Baggett	170,000 170,000	170,000
Artur Martirosian	135,000 45,000	45,000

Jessica Teusl	38,000 5,500	5,500

Martin Gerloff	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Dakota Baggett Martin Gerloff

07-03-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Ponomarev	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gary Benson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	60,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Valeo	60,000 60,000	60,000

Akin Tuna	60,000 60,000	60,000
Rodrigo Chiu	Busted
Bohdan Slyvinskyi	Busted
Rosalie Petit	Busted

Astedt Wins Amid Strange Dynamic

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Niklas Astedt raised under the gun to 900, but when action folded to Christopher Roat in the hijack, he announced "Raise" before throwing in a 1,000 chip. A couple of players at the table then advised the dealer that Roat should be held to a raise of 1,400. Roat had no objections and put 1,400 into the middle.

Action then folded back to Astedt, who had new information to work with. After taking a second, he four-bet to 4,500 and Roat called, putting an end to the preflop drama.

Roat commented that this dynamic is a good way of getting yourself into trouble, before the two players went to a flop.

Astedt continued with a bet of 1,500 on the 7♦7♣9♣ flop, which was met with a raise to 4,500 by Roat. The clicking wasn't over yet, though, as Astedt three-bet to 12,000. This put an end to the hand, as Roat immediately returned his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	80,300 14,300	14,300
Christopher Roat	62,300 20,200	20,200

Tags: Christopher Roat Niklas Astedt

07-03-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts Horseshoe Red

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Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Marchington	160,000 75,000	75,000
Kevin Rabichow	122,900 10,100	10,100

Artur Martirosian	122,000 13,000	13,000

Randy Barry	105,000 3,000	3,000
Michael Kuney	90,000 37,000	37,000
Andrea Cobbe	86,600 27,000	27,000
Calvin Steiner	83,000 39,000	39,000
Maor Zaharagi	80,000 75,000	75,000
Paul Otto	74,600 4,000	4,000
Andrew Murphy	62,000 5,000	5,000
Timothy Barchie	60,200 20,000	20,000
Yoon Shin	60,100 18,000	18,000
Arif Rahim	55,000 1,000	1,000
Chun Law	52,000 18,000	18,000
Shota Kashiyama	47,200 14,000	14,000
Yujiro Fukushima	45,100 15,000	15,000
Baris Caliskan	44,400 4,000	4,000
John Krupey	43,200 3,000	3,000
Arnaud Fabre	37,000 6,000	6,000
James Alvarez	34,000 16,000	16,000
Rafael Gonzalez	31,000 9,000	9,000
Carlos Ibarra	30,300 25,700	25,700
John Colich	24,000 4,000	4,000
Mariano Molino	12,100 37,900	37,900
Tiago Abreu	Busted

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07-03-2025 17:53 UTC-8

Negreanu Folds Twice

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dmitry Blyumin raised to 900 in early position. Ian Hamilton called in late position, Jessica Cai tossed in chips from the small blind, and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind.

It checked to Hamilton on the 2♣2♥A♠ flop, who received three folds for his bet of 2,200.

On the next deal, Thomas Brewer limped in from late position. Alan Mehamed did so in the cutoff, Cai came along on the button, and Negreanu completed the small blind.

The 10♠4♥6♦ flop was checked by all players. Negreanu then led out for 1,200, and Brewer called. They and all others involved in the hand folded when Mehamed raised to 4,500, however, just before the players were sent to dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	120,000 5,000	5,000

Dmitry Blyumin	70,000
Alan Mehamed	61,000
Thomas Brewer	51,000
Jessica Cai	37,000 11,000	11,000
Ian Hamilton	27,500 1,000	1,000

Tags: Alan Mehamed Daniel Negreanu Dmitry Blyumin Ian Hamilton Thomas Brewer Jessica Cai

07-03-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	228,000 153,000	153,000
Simon Britton	201,800 131,800	131,800
Jeremy Wien	185,000 185,000	185,000

James Gorham	184,700 2,200	2,200

Brian Tolley	178,100 8,800	8,800
Nicholas Marchington	171,900 11,900	11,900
Alessandro Pagliuso	162,000 10,800	10,800
Yuri Dzivielevski	144,600 44,600	44,600

Espen Sandvik	141,500 41,500	41,500

Raoul Kanme	140,000 46,000	46,000
Max Steinberg	133,000 52,500	52,500

Paul Zappulla	132,600 27,600	27,600

Ian Pelz	132,000 8,000	8,000

Qui Nguyen	131,800 76,200	76,200

Daniel Zadok	130,800 57,800	57,800
Garrett Greer	127,400 127,400	127,400
Artur Martirosian	123,000 1,000	1,000

Jose Lesta	120,200 10,200	10,200
Kevin Williams	120,100 42,600	42,600
Daniel Negreanu	118,400 1,600	1,600

Juliet Hegedus	116,500 500	500
Guifang Liu	116,000 3,000	3,000
Marc Wolpert	107,900 2,100	2,100
Ryan Mandara	105,000 34,000	34,000
Colby Covington	104,500 52,800	52,800