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

07-03-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ramos	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted
Julio Belluscio	Busted

David Boyaciyan	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Deborah Worley-Roberts	Busted
Valentin Vornicu	Busted
Vincas Tamasauskas	Busted

Silk Fires Three Bullets at Six-Way Pot

David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Six players saw a flop of J♣9♣5♦ when action checked around to Michael Silk who bet 1,600 from early position. Only Ian Carpenter in the cutoff and button Carlos Sanchez called.

Silk bet another 7,000 on the 7♠ turn and Carpenter folded, while Sanchez called to see the 8♥ river. Silk then bet 6,500.

Sanchez took a minute before calling once more, and Silk turned over J♦9♦ for two pair to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Silk	105,000
Ian Carpenter	80,000
Carlos Sanchez	15,000

Tags: Carlos Sanchez Michael Silk Ian Carpenter

07-03-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Ibbetson	140,000
Charles Combes	43,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Thai Ha	133,000 42,000	42,000

Jessica Teusl	42,000 30,300	30,300

Lee Picks Up Small

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Max Neugebauer opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and both Sonny Lee and Steven Saklad called from the small and big blind respectively.

The 8♥K♠J♥ flop was checked to the 6♠ turn.

Both the blinds checked and Neugebauer bet 1,100. Only Lee called from the small blind, taking them heads-up to the river.

The 5♥ river was checked down and Lee turned over K♣7♣. Neugebauer mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Neugebauer	170,000 5,000	5,000

Sonny Lee	39,000 13,300	13,300
Steven Saklad	29,000

Tags: Max Neugebauer Sonny Lee Steven Saklad

07-03-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	250,000 133,500	133,500
Randy Barry	200,000 95,000	95,000
Espen Sandvik	175,000 33,500	33,500

Kevin Rabichow	138,000 15,100	15,100

Denys Chufarin	77,500 37,500	37,500

Kenny Hallaert	30,500 17,500	17,500

Mauricio Pais	16,800 25,200	25,200

Tolley Hits a Flush

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There were roughly 15,000 chips in the pot on a board of 3♣Q♣9♦A♥5♣, Alexander Ziskin who was in early position checked to Brian Tolley who was in the cutoff.

Tolley bet 11,500 on the river, Ziskin went deep into the tank before he called.

Tolley announced "king-high flush" and tabled K♣9♣, and Ziskin mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Tolley	200,000 21,900	21,900
Alexander Ziskin	104,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Alexander Ziskin Brian Tolley

07-03-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Four Bets, Six Checks

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Aaron Johnson opened the action under the gun, with a raise to 1,100. He received three callers, as early position Brian Andrews, middle position Pablo Ching, and button player Farid Bouyahiaoui all stuck in the chips. Daniel James then opted to three-bet to 7,100 from the big blind, forcing a four-bet to 16,500 from Johnson. Action folded back round to James, who asked, "Do you have me covered?" before calling.

Action then checked down to the river, with the board reading 3♥6♣4♣7♣9♦. James' Q♦Q♠ was best. Farid Bouyahiaoui bust shortly after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Ching	183,000 3,000	3,000
Daniel James	96,500
Aaron Johnson	70,000
Brian Andrews	69,000
Farid Bouyahiaoui	Busted

Tags: Aaron Johnson Brian Andrews Daniel James Farid Bouyahiaoui Pablo Ching

07-03-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Schulman Gets A Shove Through

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

John Hennigan raised under the gun to 1,000, which garnered calls from Nick Schulman on the button and Gustavo Barbero in the small blind.

All three players checked the Q♠K♥4♦ flop, which gave Hennigan the green light to put out a bet of 1,000 on the 3♣ turn. Both Schulman and Barbero called, and the three went to a river.

Action checked to Schulman on the 9♥ river, who moved all in for 7,900. Both his opponents folded, and he scooped in the pot without having to show his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo Barbero	96,600 22,100	22,100
John Hennigan	87,100 18,600	18,600

Nick Schulman	14,900 22,100	22,100

Tags: Gustavo Barbero John Hennigan Nick Schulman

07-03-2025 20:55 UTC-8

Sapitavicius Loses With Creative Line

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Arunas Sapitavicius limped in under the gun, after which the action folded to Santiago Trujillo on the button, who made it 1,800 to go. Saptiavicius then three-bet to 6,200, which Trujillo called after much thought.

The 4♣7♣A♥ flop saw Sapitavicius continue for 2,700, and Trujillo tossed in a quick call. Sapitavicius slowed down on the 5♥ turn, and he check-folded to Trujillo's bet of 6,500.