2025 World Series of Poker
In a three-bet pot with roughly 5,000 chips in the middle, small blind Jamie Nixon and cutoff Alexey Shabaldin were looking at a flop of K♦5♥10♣.
Both players checked the flop, but on the turn Q♠, Nixon put out a bet of 2,000, which Shabaldin called.
The river brought the 6♣, and when Nixon continued for 3,800, Shabaldin folded and Nixon pulled in an early pot.
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In a blind versus blind situation, Kevin Kernan and Kenny Hallaert checked a flop of A♣5♥9♣ leading to the 5♠ turn.
Kernan checked again, but the 2016 WSOP Main Event finalist bet 300. Kernan called.
Hallaert sized it up to 600 on the K♦ river, but Kernan check-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joseph Fortin three-bet to 1,800 in the cutoff and Thomas Couture called in the hijack.
The flop came 8♠6♥5♦ and Fortin bet 2,500. Couture called and the 3♥ fell on the turn.
Fortin then bet 2,400 and Couture raised to 12,000. Fortin called to see the 5♣ river, where Couture bet another 16,000. Fortin quickly folded this time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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47,000 |
There were roughly 5,500 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♣5♥10♦, Paul Otto, who was under the gun, bet 2,000 and Andrea Cobbe called in the big blind.
Otto did not slow down on the 10♥ turn and bet 4,000. Cobbe took a moment before he decided to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,000
63,000
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63,000 |
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57,000
57,000
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57,000 |
Govert Metaal opened up the action with a raise to 600 in the small blind, before Douglas Dossett three-bet to 1,200. Metaal put in the call, and the two went off to a flop.
Dossett took the pot with a continuation-bet of 1,200 on the 7♥6♠8♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,700
61,700
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61,700 |
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58,800
58,800
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58,800 |
Niklas Astedt went heads-up to a flop of 10♣7♦7♥ where he bet 400 from the cutoff. Christopher Roat called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 6♥ turn and Roat led out for 1,100 on the A♦ river. Astedt called and Roat showed A♠10♠ for two pair.
"Bad river. Had the best hand the whole way," last year's third-place finisher said as he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000 | |
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58,000
2,000
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2,000 |
So far, 637 players have taken their seats for Day 1b of the Main Event.
The tournament director has advised the dealers to "Shuffle up and deal!" and cards are in the air.
Day 1b of the 2025 WSOP Main Event is officially underway!
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