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

07-03-2025 16:53 UTC-8

Wardrip Leads the River Multiway

Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was roughly 10,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♦8♠7♥7♣.

Robert Gentile who was in early position bet 7,500, Siegfried Kapeller called in middle position, Douglas Wardrip called in the big blind and Jacob Beck folded under the gun.

Wardrip led out for 7,000 when the 6♣ hit the river, completing a four-card straight. His opponents all folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Wardrip	116,000 116,000	116,000
Jacob Beck	110,000 110,000	110,000
Robert Gentile	45,000 45,000	45,000
Siegfried Kapeller	15,400 15,400	15,400

Tags: Douglas Wardrip Jacob Beck Robert Gentile Siegfried Kapeller

07-03-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Raises Gone Wrong

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Todd Bales slid in a single 1,000 denomination chip from middle position, signifying a call. He pleaded to the dealer, saying that he announced a raise, but the decision was unchanged, allowing cutoff Jeffrey Muncy, button Angela Defoe, and small blind Jerry Lim all to come along. Big blind Jordan Siegel checked his option.

The flop 3♦A♠4♥ brought in checks from all players, leading the dealer to put out the K♠ turn. Here, Siegel opted to lead out for 1,000, and only Bales made the call. He bet out again for 4,000 on the J♦ river, and Bales called again, showing K♦J♥ for a backdoor two pair. However, Siegel's flopped straight with 5♣2♣ took home the pot. "Wouldn't have called that for a thousand," sighed Bales. "Probably not," replied Siegel

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Siegel	52,000 8,300	8,300
Todd Bales	40,000 40,000	40,000
Jeffrey Muncy	33,600 33,600	33,600
Jerry Lim	33,400 5,800	5,800

Tags: Angela Defoe Jeffrey Muncy Jerry Lim Jordan Siegel Todd Bales

07-03-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Assorted Gold Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Bojovic	86,000 22,000	22,000
Danny Noam	78,000 2,000	2,000
Danny Schechter	76,000 26,000	26,000
Katie Berens	72,000 21,000	21,000
Florian Duta	42,000 18,000	18,000
John Capano	40,800 24,700	24,700
Gabriel Andrade	40,000 20,000	20,000
Owais Ahmed	37,000 23,000	23,000

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 17:01 UTC-8

Kanitkar Hits a Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Renji Mao opened to 800 from under the gun and was only called by Ashutosh Kanitkar in middle position.

Both of them checked the 2♦6♦3♦ flop leading to the J♦ turn where Mao bet 800. Kanitkar called.

Mao checked the 5♣ river with 5♥5♠ for a set. Kanitkar checked back but turned over K♣Q♦ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashutosh Kanitkar	61,000
Renji Mao	7,600 2,600	2,600

Tags: Ashutosh Kanitkar Renji Mao

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

Blind Straddling at the Main Event?

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Angela Defoe is currently looking to make a "comeback story" at the Main Event, with just under half a starting stack to her name. When PokerNews was at her table, Julian Parmann offered her his large (in comparison) stack to take a photo with, before realising his stack was large enough to get splashy.

The very next hand, Parmann announced a "blind straddle" to 800 chips. They made for a nice donation to the stack of Javier Perez, who isolated to 3,800 from the big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Parmann	73,000 73,000	73,000
Javier Perez	44,000 44,000	44,000
Angela Defoe	26,000 13,300	13,300

Tags: Angela Defoe Javier Perez Julian Parmann

07-03-2025 17:08 UTC-8

Douras Gets the Better of Trujillo

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was joined in a three-bet pot with big blind, Robert Douras and button, Santiago Trujillo looking at a 5♦7♣Q♣ flop.

With 7,600 already in the pot, Douras continued with a bet of 3,000. Trujillo responded with a raise to 9,200, but Douras didn't cede, putting in a three-bet to 22,000.

Trujillo relinquished his hand, and the dealer pushed the pot in Douras' direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Douras	92,500 17,000	17,000
Santiago Trujillo	54,300 54,300	54,300

Tags: Robert Douras Santiago Trujillo

07-03-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Finkelberg Runs Into Capano's Kings

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Roberto Finkelberg and John Capano saw a flop of Q♣6♠6♥ when Finkelberg got his last 20,000 in from early position and Capano put him at risk on the button.

Roberto Finkelberg: A♥Q♥ All in
John Capano: K♠K♦

Finkelberg had flopped two pair, but Capano showed down a pair of kings and stayed in front through the 4♠ turn and 5♣ river to send Finkelberg to the rail.