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

07-03-2025 17:53 UTC-8

Dinner Time

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Level 3 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event is complete, and the remaining players are now taking a 75-minute dinner break.

So far, Day 1b has seen 1,060 entries, and of those, 929 players are still in the mix.

Here are some highlights from the most recent level:

Play is expected to resume at 8:07 p.m. local time, and the players will return to 300/500 blind levels with a 500 big blind ante.

07-03-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Garcia Suffers a Cruel Bustout to Ching

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Pablo Ching raised to 1,100 under the gun before Marcus Garcia three-bet to 3,500 in the hijack. Ching four-bet to 11,500 and Garcia five-bet to 22,500. Ching then moved all in.

Garcia instantly buried his face in his hands and shook his head as he spent several minutes in the tank before eventually calling for around 45,000 more.

Marcus Garcia: Q♥Q♠ All in
Pablo Ching: A♥A♠

Garcia's suspicions proved correct as Ching showed down a pair of aces. The A♣K♦J♥ flop gave Ching top set, and Garcia was drawing dead by the J♠ turn as Ching improved to a full house. The Q♦ river only served as a cruel tease for Garcia as he made his exit, while Shing raked in the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Ching	180,000
Marcus Garcia	Busted

Tags: Marcus Garcia Pablo Ching

07-03-2025 19:58 UTC-8

Rigby Goes Bluff-Catching

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way to a 8♦A♥Q♠ flop, Steven Brooks checked from the big blind, and Nicholas Rigby did so in the hijack. Paul Jager then tossed in 2,400 on the button, which both players called.

Brooks checked the 6♣ turn again, but Rigby led out for 6,200. Jager called, while Brooks had seen enough and got out of the way.

The Q♣ turn slowed Rigby down, checking it over to Jager. Jager assembled a sizable bet of 17,400, calmly placing it in the middle of the table.

It did not take long for Rigby to find a call, and he received good news when Jager did not want to show his cards, tossing his presumed bluff into the muck.

Rigby showed the 5♣ as he raked in the chips, leaving Jager to wonder what he had.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rigby	184,000 54,000	54,000
Paul Jager	106,000
Steven Brooks	63,100

Tags: Nicholas Rigby Paul Jager Steven Brooks

07-03-2025 20:12 UTC-8

All Four Kings Accounted For

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There was an early position raise to 1,200, and a middle position call before Niklas Astedt three-bet to 5,100 from the button. Chin Wei Lim then elected to cold four-bet from the small blind to 14,500, and when action folded back to Astedt, he called.

Lim continued for 8,000 on the 4♠3♣9♥ flop, and Astedt called again.

The dealer provided the 8♠ turn, and Lim had no thoughts of slowing down. He placed another wager, this time for a more substantial 22,000. Undeterred, Astedt called to see a river card.

The river 7♠ gave both players pause for thought. Lim counted his stack, had a look at his opponent and then chose to check. Astedt went through a similar routine with his stack before electing to check back.

Lim flipped over K♠K♥, which was not enough to win the pot outright, as Astedt revealed he had the other two kings, rolling over K♦K♣.

Lim and Astedt shared a chuckle as the dealer apportioned the pot between the two players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	101,300 8,000	8,000
Chin Wei Lim	97,400

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Niklas Astedt

07-03-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Joseph Doubles up Frazee.... Again

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players were still with cards on a flop that read 8♠J♠Q♠ when Marc Joseph checked his action over to David Frazee. Frazee shoved his remaining 16,200 into a pot of 29,100, putting David Litvinoff in a huge spot. "Sorry guys," he said to the table due to the length of his tank, and eventually gave up his cards. Joseph flicked in a chip.

David Frazee: K♠K♣ All in
Marc Joseph: A♣Q♣

Joseph was drawing slim, and couldn't beat Frazee's flush on the J♣9♠ runout, doubling him up in a second consecutive level. Caroline Schallock, in between the two, let them know that she had folded a hand that would've hit a straight flush, as Litvinoff said that he was "glad [he] folded."

Player	Chips	Progress
David Litvinoff	74,000 74,000	74,000
Caroline Schallock	63,000 63,000	63,000
David Frazee	61,500 24,100	24,100
Marc Joseph	14,000 25,500	25,500

Tags: Caroline Schallock David Frazee David Litvinoff Marc Joseph

07-03-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Baggett's Stack Continues to Soar After Busting Martirosian

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Tetsuya Tsujisaka raised to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by Dakota Baggett in middle position, Artur Martirosian on the button, and Tim Reilly in the big blind.

Reilly checked to Tsujisaka on the 9♥K♥7♦ flop and he continued for 1,000. Baggett called and Martirosian squeezed to 5,000. Reilly and Tsujisaka quickly folded, but Baggett shoved to put Martirosian in for approximately 20,000 total.

Martirosian quickly called to put himself at risk and hands were revealed.

Artur Martirosian: Q♥J♥ All in
Dakota Baggett: K♠Q♦

Baggett held the lead with his pair of kings, but he would need to fade both straight and flush draws to eliminate Martirosian.

The A♠2♣ runout bricked out and Baggett was sent the rest of Martirosian's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakota Baggett	280,000 85,000	85,000
Tetsuya Tsujisaka	83,000 83,000	83,000
Tim Reilly	72,000 15,000	15,000
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Dakota Baggett Tetsuya Tsujisaka Tim Reilly

07-03-2025 21:07 UTC-8

Final Break of the Day

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The players are heading for their final break of the day in the 2025 WSOP Main Event.

Of the 1,093 players that showed up to play Day 1b, 894 still have chips to play with.

Here are some highlights from the most recent level:

Play is expected to resume at 10:28 p.m. local time, and the players will return to 300/600 blind levels with a 600 big blind ante.

07-03-2025 22:05 UTC-8

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 22:07 UTC-8

Marquez Can't Find Fold Button

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Arriving on a 3♥3♠9♠ flop, Ana Marquez fired 2,000 from middle position, and was called by her neighbor Amir Sahebdivani, as well as Jiyang Gan in the cutoff.

Marquez sized up to 6,000 on the 7♠ turn. This time, only Sahebdivani called, as Gan got out of the way. Marquez slowed down on the J♥ river, checking it over to her opponent.

Sahedivani slid in a sizable bet of 17,300, which Marquez reluctantly called after some thought. Sahebdivani announced a flush and tabled Q♠10♠. Marquez showed a lower flush with 6♠5♠ before she paid Sahebdivani his chips.