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

07-03-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Gibbs Takes a Small One

Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Damian Gibbs raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, and only David Vanreyk called, defending his big blind.

Gibbs continued with a bet of 1,100 on a K♣K♥8♦ flop, only to be met by the check-raise of Vanreyk to 3,200. Gibbs called, and the two went to the A♦ turn.

Vanreyk seemingly waved the white flag, as when Gibbs put out another bet of 4,000, Vanreyk just folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vanreyk	70,400 100	100
Damian Gibbs	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Damian Gibbs David Vanreyk

07-03-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Simon Chips at Silverstein

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Jonah Silverstein opened to 1,100 from early position and Ezen Simon called from the small blind.

The J♥4♥Q♠ flop saw Simon check and Silverstein bet 1,200. Simon called.

A 6♣ was turned and players checked to the Q♣ river. Simon bet 1,500 and Silverstein called.

Simon showed K♥J♣ and Silverstein mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonah Silverstein	97,000
Ezen Simon	42,000

Tags: Jonah Silverstein Ezen Simon

07-03-2025 19:32 UTC-8

Bosh for Boshoff

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There roughly 7,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 3♠6♣9♣, Matthew Waxman who was in early position bet 3,000, Thomas Boshoff called on the button.

Action checked through on the 6♥ turn. Waxman checked once more on the Q♣ river, prompting Boshoff to fire 15,000. After a brief tank, Waxman made the call only to be shown the bad news, as Boshoff tabled A♦Q♠ for top pair, top kicker.

Waxman was visibly frustrated as he counted out the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boshoff	77,000
Matthew Waxman	34,000 27,100	27,100

Tags: Matthew Waxman Thomas Boshoff

07-03-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Top Pair for Lindemann

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Adam Agaev opened to 1,200 from middle position. Pedro Marques on the button called, but Evan Lindemann in the big blind three-bet to 6,000. Both Agaev and Marques made the call.

Lindemann continued for 4,000 on the A♣9♠7♠ flop. Agaev called, while Marques folded.

Both Lindemann and Agaev checked the 3♠ turn and the Q♥ river so Lindemann showed A♦K♣ for top pair. Agaev's cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Agaev	130,000
Pedro Marques	130,000 45,000	45,000
Evan Lindemann	95,000

Tags: Adam Agaev Evan Lindemann Pedro Marques

07-03-2025 19:27 UTC-8

Frazee Doubles Through the Backdoor

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marc Joseph had 4,500 in front of him, as he had bet out into a pot of 11,000. With the board reading 5♣10♠2♥7♣8♦ and play heads-up, David Frazee then opted to shove his remaining 13,200. It wasn't long before Joseph sigh-called.

Frazee showed J♣9♣ for the stone cold nuts, having been paid by the K♥10♥ Joseph.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Joseph	39,500 34,900	34,900
David Frazee	37,400

Tags: David Frazee Marc Joseph

07-03-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Assorted Event Center Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Capano	56,000 9,000	9,000
Phil Hellmuth	54,300 1,700	1,700

Arunas Sapitavicius	43,000 900	900
Jerry Lim	32,100 1,300	1,300

07-03-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Kaufmann Trending Down

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Michael Hooper raised to 1,000 on the button. David Kaufmann called in the big blind, and check-called when Hooper continued for another 1,000 on the 5♦8♥8♦ flop.

The K♠ fell on the turn, seeing Kaufmann check again. Hooper upped the ante to 3,300, and Kaufmann quickly let his hand go in defeat, having lost about 80 big blinds since his stack peaked.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	135,000 41,500	41,500
Michael Hooper	85,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Michael Hooper

07-03-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakota Baggett	195,000 25,000	25,000
Artur Martirosian	123,000

Dimitri Vorbe	99,000 24,000	24,000
Stephen Chidwick	98,000 40,000	40,000

Ryan Leng	97,500

David Levy (US)	93,300 30,300	30,300
Rotem Fartook	91,500 43,500	43,500
Joseph Shalgi	75,000 9,000	9,000
David "Bakes" Baker	72,300

Jessica Teusl	72,300

Marvin Rettenmaier	70,000 70,000	70,000
Nils Pudel	69,800
Oleksii Mezhenkov	68,400 29,400	29,400
Eric Baldwin	62,000 100	100

Russell Crane	62,000 14,000	14,000
Justin Smith	61,300
Orion Schmitz	59,500 3,500	3,500
Olga Iermolcheva	54,600
Martin Gerloff	53,600 34,600	34,600
Kenny Hallaert	48,000 1,000	1,000

David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia	40,000 15,000	15,000
Thi Dao	38,700 1,300	1,300
Johnny Chan	35,500 16,500	16,500

Mariano Molino	7,300 4,800	4,800
Renji Mao	Busted

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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 19:18 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hager	172,000 31,000	31,000
Harold Hauck	162,600 68,400	68,400
Deborah Nance	118,500 26,500	26,500
Anatoly Nikitin	110,000 69,300	69,300
Edward Rosenbaum	109,100 45,100	45,100
Brendan Buckner	100,200
Kevin Gimble	96,600 19,800	19,800
Evan Clark	96,400 4,400	4,400
Robert Douras	95,200
Victor Chu	93,500 48,600	48,600
Alexandre Vuilleumier	86,900

Dana Howard	84,000 2,000	2,000
David Frutchey	81,900
Michael Krescanko Jr	81,500 17,800	17,800
Evgeni Tourevski	81,000 11,000	11,000
Justin Belforti	77,800 200	200
Lam Loi	75,000 2,300	2,300
David Vanreyk	70,500 31,300	31,300
Noah Goldman	67,100 8,400	8,400
Jake Buckley	66,200 30,100	30,100
Gina Webster	63,000 33,500	33,500
Jean-Francois Alexandre	62,400 12,800	12,800
Nicholas Murray	57,200 9,300	9,300
Sebastian Hellmann	53,000
Sergi Reixach	52,000

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