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

07-03-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Akkari Doubles Through Lindsay

Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Katie Lindsay raised to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by Andre Akkari from directly behind and David Farber in the cutoff for a three-way pot.

Lindsay continued for 2,000 on the 4♠8♥4♦ flop, which got a call from Akkari and a fold from Farber.

Akkari called a 4,000 barrel from Lindsay on the 2♣ turn and quickly called after Lindsay put him all in for his last 12,700 on the A♠ river.

Lindsay turned over A♣J♦ for aces-up, but Akkari had it beat with A♥4♥ for a full house — awarding Akkari the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Farber	59,000 59,000	59,000
Andre Akkari	40,000 2,500	2,500

Katie Lindsay	33,000 33,000	33,000
Renji Mao	Busted

Tags: Andre Akkari David Farber Katie Lindsay

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 17:49 UTC-8

Anzio Raises the River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

John Adderley raised to 1,000 from middle position and was only called by Eden Anzio in the cutoff.

Adderley checked the Q♣8♥8♣ flop and called after Anzio bet 600. Both players then checked the 5♣ turn leading to the 3♦ river.

This time, Adderley bet 1,800 but Anzio raised to 6,500. Adderley went into the tank but folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Adderley	71,000 71,000	71,000
Eden Anzio	56,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Eden Anzio John Adderley

07-03-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Lesta on Right Side of Cooler

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Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up with Timothy Lilly standing up, and leaving the tournament area, having been all in preflop, and all out postflop. Play was recounted for PokerNews by the table as follows.

Lilly opened up the action with a raise to 1,200, leaving Jose Lesta to make a big raise to 6,100. Lilly then four-bet to 22,000, and Lesta shoved with a 55,000 stack, just covering Lilly's. Lilly made the call to put himself at risk.

Timothy Lilly: K♠K♥ All in
Jose Lesta: A♦A♠

It was the worst case imaginable for Lilly, who couldn't hit a set on the 5♥10♣3♥2♦J♦ runout, ending his Main Event dream on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Lesta	110,000 110,000	110,000
Timothy Lilly	Busted

Tags: Jose Lesta Timothy Lilly

07-03-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Katchalov Sends Tseng Into a Long Tank With Flop Raise

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Chia Tseng was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,000. Eugene Katchalov came back with a four-bet to 11,000 in the hijack, and Tseng called.

The flop came J♦6♠7♥ and Tseng led out for 13,000. Katchalov then raised to 26,000.

Tseng grabbed some of her chips and began shuffling them in her hands as she took several minutes before giving up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	110,000 44,600	44,600

Chia Tseng	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Chia Tseng Eugene Katchalov

07-03-2025 17:51 UTC-8

Pre-Dinner Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
An Kiang	Busted
Adrian Strobel	Busted
Akin Tuna	Busted
George Tatalovich	Busted
Christopher Taylor	Busted
Marvin Rettenmaier	Busted

07-03-2025 17:51 UTC-8

Fabrizio Jams on Speckman

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players were four ways on the 5♥4♠A♣ flop with a pot of around 6,000.

Ross Fabrizio checked the small blind, Martin Ward checked from under the gun and Brian Vu checked early position.

Ryan Speckman bet 10,000 and Ross Fabrizio jammed for his remaining 33,000 stack.

Speckman took some time before making a fold. Fabrizo said "Ace was no good." whilst scooping up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ross Fabrizio	48,300 48,300	48,300
Ryan Speckman	46,300 9,700	9,700
Martin Ward	38,000 7,000	7,000
Brian Vu	37,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Brian Vu Martin Ward Ross Fabrizio Ryan Speckman

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 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 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

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