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 16:15 UTC-8

Not the Start He was Expecting

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/Matthew_Waxman/status/1940920512127160496

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Waxman	6,900 6,900	6,900

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

07-03-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Bronze

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Maniable	156,000 46,000	46,000
Scott Dehm	110,000 53,000	53,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	100,000 14,300	14,300

Stephane Guelpa	91,000 1,000	1,000
Alfred Griffin	88,000 15,000	15,000
Daniel Benor	86,000 7,000	7,000
Dana Howard	82,000 4,000	4,000
Matheus Grazziotin	81,000 11,000	11,000
Bassam Elia	79,000 6,200	6,200
Shawn Moore	76,200 10,200	10,200
Jonathan Fader	75,000 500	500
Thomas Boivin	61,000 1,800	1,800
Michael Dwyer	57,000 1,000	1,000

Ryan Speckman	56,000 6,000	6,000
Qui Nguyen	55,600 3,600	3,600

Paris Sitzoukis	53,000 4,000	4,000
Daniel Allen	53,000 1,100	1,100
Brian Vu	52,000 5,800	5,800
Govert Metaal	51,100 1,500	1,500
Gary Otake	50,000 9,000	9,000
Ping Liu	46,000 1,000	1,000
Sebastian Hellmann	46,000 22,000	22,000
Martin Ward	45,000 2,000	2,000
Nathan Schleifer	41,000 21,000	21,000
Jiho Lam	34,000 21,000	21,000

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07-03-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Vornicu Rivers a Straight

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three-way on a flop of A♠5♦K♦, Valentin Vornicu who three-bet preflop from the small blind continued for 2,500. The big blind folded, but Clayton Schmeisser under the gun called.

Both players checked the 10♥ turn leading to the J♥ river where Vornicu bet 6,000.

Schmeisser quickly called with K♠J♠ but lost to Vornicu's straight with A♥Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clayton Schmeisser	93,000
Valentin Vornicu	44,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Clayton Schmeisser Valentin Vornicu

07-03-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Nance and Worley-Roberts Battle

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Deborah Nance opened from under the gun to 1,000 and action folded around to Deborah Worley-Roberts in the small blind who called. Andrew Brown also defended the big blind.

The A♦A♣7♠ flop was checked by the blinds and Nance bet 2,000. Only Worley-Roberts called.

They saw a Q♦ turn and players checked to the 4♦ river. Worley-Roberts bet out 3,000 and Nance called.

Worley-Roberts had 9♣9♥ which didn't hold up against Nance's K♣Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Deborah Nance	92,000 92,000	92,000
Andrew Brown	77,000 10,900	10,900

Deborah Worley-Roberts	30,500 14,400	14,400

Tags: Andrew Brown Deborah Nance Deborah Worley

07-03-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Nguyen Leads the River Against Moore

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

2016 Main Event champion Qui Nguyen and Shawn Moore saw a flop of K♠9♣5♠ when Moore bet 1,500 from the cutoff. Nguyen called in the big blind.

Moore bet another 2,200 on the 6♦ turn and Nguyen again called. The river was the Q♠ and Nguyen led out for 15,000.

Moore took a minute before folding as Nguyen took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Moore	66,000 20,000	20,000
Qui Nguyen	52,000 3,100	3,100

Tags: Qui Nguyen Shawn Moore

07-03-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Douras Pips Kuppin by Two

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dathan Kuppin raised to 1,000 in early position, and only Rob Douras called in the hijack.

Both players checked the 4♥K♦6♠ flop, as well as the A♥ turn.

However, on the 3♥ river, Kuppin decided to bet 800. Douras made the call, and his J♦J♣ was enough to beat Kuppin's 9♦9♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dathan Kuppin	79,200
Rob Douras	66,400

Tags: Dathan Kuppin Rob Douras

07-03-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Kenjic Gets Paid by Montalvo

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Heads-up on a board of 8♣8♦9♦2♣ and around 12,000 in the pot, Jovan Kenjic bet 10,000 from the big blind and Oscar Montalvo called on the button.

The river was the 3♦ and Kenjic bet 12,000. Montalvo took a few minutes before calling, and Kenjic turned over 10♦8♠ for trips to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	70,000 10,000	10,000
Oscar Montalvo	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Jovan Kenjic Oscar Montalvo

07-03-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Main Event day 1b More Taxing For This Player Than That One Big Beautiful Bill

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Chuck Sklar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1940858664430207355