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

07-03-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Maniable Puts Big Stack to Use

Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up with just under 9,000 in the pot, with a board reading 6♥K♠3♥5♣. Nicolas Maniable bet 5,500 into the middle, and Alan Mulleady swiftly put in the call. Play was heads-up, so the river 2♦ was dealt.

Maniable wasted no time in carving out a huge stack, and placing it into the middle, which was more than enough to put Mulleady all in. Mulleady chuckled to himself, and took a few moments before finding the fold, putting Maniable above the six-figure mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Maniable	105,000
Alan Mulleady	42,000

Tags: Alan Mulleady Nicolas Maniable

07-03-2025 13:23 UTC-8

Korn-fucious Says

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

https://twitter.com/ChancesCards/status/1940802222381564161

Tags: Chance Kornuth

07-03-2025 13:21 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Here is a look at some updated chip counts around the room, courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Go	165,000 165,000	165,000
Brian Tolley	154,700 154,700	154,700
James Gorham	145,000 145,000	145,000

Robert Zeidman	125,800 15,800	15,800
Eben Kurtzman	119,400
Juliet Hegedus	117,000 117,000	117,000
Nicholas Rigby	116,500 56,500	56,500
Joseph Fortin	108,600 61,600	61,600
Jamie Nixon	107,100 42,600	42,600

Nicholas Marchington	99,500 16,500	16,500
Ihab Ali	98,000 18,000	18,000
Maor Zaharagi	94,000 94,000	94,000
James Pillon	91,400 91,400	91,400
David Frutchey	87,000 7,000	7,000
Ian Pelz	84,000 24,000	24,000

Aaron Barone	83,000 23,000	23,000

Christopher Roat	82,500 20,500	20,500
Eric Baldwin	82,200 800	800

Danny Noam	80,000 22,500	22,500
Petko Tsakov	80,000 20,000	20,000
Jeremiah Williams	80,000 5,000	5,000
Kyna England	79,300 79,300	79,300
John Hennigan	79,200 16,900	16,900

David "Bakes" Baker	75,000 75,000	75,000

Ioannis Pentefountas	73,000 7,300	7,300

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Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

07-03-2025 13:03 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The first level of the 2025 WSOP Main Event has concluded, and players are now on a 20-minute break. The field currently stands at 890 entries with 880 players remaining.

Here are some highlights from the opening level:

Play is expected to resume at 2:21 p.m. local time, and the players will come back to 200/300 blind levels with a 300 big blind ante.

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

More First-Level Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	60,000 60,000	60,000

Justin Smith	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Mandara	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jordan Siegel	60,000 60,000	60,000
Qui Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mauricio Pais	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ian Steinman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Pavel Izotov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	60,000 60,000	60,000

Leo Margets	60,000 60,000	60,000

Valentin Vornicu	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gabi Livshitz	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tomas Vaskunas	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Ott Gets Jam Through

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Adam Johnson in the big blind, Jamie Brown in hijack, and Daniel Ott in the cutoff had gathered 10,000 in the pot when the 7♣Q♠2♦ flop was dealt. Johnson bet 3,000, Brown folded, and Ott called.

Johnson sized up to 8,500 on the 6♠ turn, seeing Ott toss in another call. The 3♠ river slowed Johnson down as he checked it over to Ott.

Ott quickly moved all in for 25,700, and Johnson gave it little thought before he tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monika Zukowicz	72,000 9,000	9,000
Jessica Teusl	64,500 4,500	4,500

Kenny Hallaert	62,000 2,000	2,000

Nozomu Shimizu	60,700 700	700
Daniel Ott	58,700 58,700	58,700
Jamie Brown	55,500 55,500	55,500
Adam Johnson (NH)	46,500 46,500	46,500

Tags: Adam Johnson Daniel Ott Jamie Brown

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Rettenmaier Takes a Three-Bet Pot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 500 from under the gun. The small blind called, but Jody Haddad in the big blind three-bet to 2,700. Rettenmaier called, but the small blind folded.

Both Haddad and Rettenmaier checked the flop of 2♦Q♣3♦ leading to the 8♣ that Haddad checked again.

Rettenmaier bet 3,700 and he made Haddad fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier	72,000 4,500	4,500
Jody Haddad	53,200

Tags: Jody Haddad Marvin Rettenmaier

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Colich Frustratingly Folds

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

John Colich raised to 600 in the hijack, Timothy Barchie called on the button and Baris Caliskan three-bet to 2,600 from the small blind. Colich four-bet to 8,200, Barchie folded and Caliskan made the call.

The flop came K♦4♣Q♥, Colich fired out a bet of 6,000, but to his surprise got snap-raised to 16,000, Colich shook his head and made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baris Caliskan	63,000 63,000	63,000
Timothy Barchie	59,200 59,200	59,200
John Colich	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Baris Caliskan John Colich Timothy Barchie

07-03-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Mezhenkov Forces a Fold From Crane

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways on a flop of 4♥5♣A♦, Russell Crane checked from the small blind and Oleksii Mezhenkov checked from the big blind to Olga Iermolcheva, who bet 400. Crane called, but Mezhenkov check-raised to 2500. Iermolcheva folded and Crane called.

The 10♣ fell on the turn and Crane checked. Mezhenkov fired 9,000 into the middle and Crane tanked for a couple of minutes before opting to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Mezhenkov	59,000 59,000	59,000
Olga Iermolcheva	53,500 53,500	53,500
Russell Crane	51,000 51,000	51,000