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

07-03-2025 22:43 UTC-8

Collection of Late Big Stacks

David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	270,000 20,000	20,000
Adrien Guyader	250,000 169,000	169,000
Alessandro Pagliuso	230,000 142,000	142,000
Nicholas Marchington	220,000 45,000	45,000
Clayton Schmeisser	210,000 117,000	117,000
Stephen Friedrich	210,000 64,500	64,500

07-03-2025 22:40 UTC-8

Hizer Collects after Passing Go

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicholas Go opened to 1,600 from middle position and Paul Hizer raised on the button. Go jammed for his remaining 16,500 and Hizer snap called.

Nicholas Go: A♦Q♠ All in
Paul Hizer: A♠K♠

Go needed to improve but missed on the 8♣10♠4♦ flop, and the 6♠ turn didn't change much either. The K♦ river just improved Hizer more, sending Go home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hizer	115,000 55,500	55,500

Nicholas Go	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Go Paul Hizer

07-03-2025 22:39 UTC-8

Mizrachi Grinding to Huge Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Mizrachi and Petko Tsakov had gathered around 10,000 in the middle when the 6♠K♥K♣ flop hit the felt. Mizrachi checked to Tsakov, who bet 2,000. Mizrachi flicked in a call before he led out for the minimum of 600 on the 2♣ turn.

Tsakov called to the 5♠ river, where Mizrachi made another tiny bet of 1,500. Tskaov instantly mucked his cards as Mizrachi added more chips to his mountainous stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	268,000 101,700	101,700

Petko Tsakov	84,000 17,300	17,300

Tags: Michael Mizrachi Petko Tsakov

07-03-2025 22:37 UTC-8

Nguyen Shows the Goods

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aram Oganyan opened up the action to 1,500 under the gun and received calls from Daniel James on his direct left, Qui Nguyen on the button, and Benjamin Wilton in the big blind.

The flop of J♠3♠8♣ checked through, bringing in the K♠ on the turn. The three other players in the hand checked to Nguyen again, and this time the 2016 Champion bet out for 2,500. The other three players folded, and Nguyen showed K♣Q♠ for top pair and a flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel James	153,000 42,000	42,000
Qui Nguyen	140,000 15,000	15,000

Aram Oganyan	72,000 9,500	9,500

Benjamin Wilton	39,500

Tags: Aram Oganyan Benjamin Wilton Daniel James Nguyen Shows Qui Nguyen

07-03-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Dubini Forces a Fold From Leng

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Chao Duan opened to 1,400 from middle position and was called by Vadim Shlez in the hijack and Ryan Leng on the button. Richard Dubini squeezed to 7,000 from the big blind, which got folds from Duan and Shlez, but a call from Leng for a bloated heads-up pot.

Leng called a 10,000 bet from Dubini on the 3♠9♥6♦ flop, but folded after Dubini announced he was all in on the K♥ turn.

"That [king] was either good for me or bad for me," Leng said as Dubini collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Dubini	120,000 21,300	21,300
Chao Duan	41,500 41,500	41,500
Ryan Leng	35,000 18,000	18,000

Vadim Shlez	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Chao Duan Richard Dubini Ryan Leng Vadim Shlez

07-03-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Zeidman Turns Off Light

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a board of 7♦K♠9♦5♠ with 24,000 in the main pot, 36,000 in the side pot and Roscoe Light already all-in, Robert Zeidman checked the 7♥ river and Thad Mcnulty checked back, so all three players' cards went on their backs.

Roscoe Light: K♣J♦ All in
Robert Zeidman: A♥K♥
Thad Mcnulty: 10♠8♠

Light was at risk with two pair, but Zeidman had a better kicker and won the pot against Mcnulty's missed draws. "I didn't cash a single tournament this summer," Light said before leaving the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thad McNulty	230,000 81,000	81,000
Robert Zeidman	130,000 28,500	28,500
Roscoe Light	Busted

Tags: Robert Zeidman Thad McNulty

07-03-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Gibbs Shows Hiroi the Exit

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yukako Hiroi moved all in from early position, for roughly 9,000. Action folded to Damian Gibbs in the big blind, who made the call.

Yukako Hiroi: A♠Q♦ All in
Damian Gibbs: 7♠7♥

Hiroi was left with an impossible task on the 7♣9♦2♣, as she was now drawing dead.

As the dealer was dealing the 4♠ turn and the 5♦ river, Hiroi was already gathering her belongings to leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Gibbs	27,600 12,200	12,200
Yukako Hiroi	Busted

Tags: Damian Gibbs Yukako Hiroi

07-03-2025 22:25 UTC-8

A Sleeping Giant Awakes

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Phil Hellmuth has been resting his eyes in between hands, with his head slumped into his arms on the ledge of the table. When the action folded to him in this particular hand, he awoke to put in a raise on the button to 1,400.

Yukako Hiroi, in the small blind, responded by three-betting to 6,400, and Hellmuth chose to call.

Both players checked the 5♦J♥2♥ flop, moving swiftly onto the turn.

Hiroi checked for a second time on the 5♣ turn, which gave Hellmuth the green light to take over the betting lead. He placed a bet of 7,000, which Hiroi promptly called.

The 2♣ river saw Hiroi check for a third time, but Hellmuth wasn't done yet. He placed another bet, this time for 8,000, and after a moment of thought, Hiroi called.

Hellmuth rolled over Q♠Q♣, which was good enough to beat Hiroi, who mucked her hand.

The pot was pushed in Hellmuth's direction, who stacked his chips and returned to his slumber.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	75,300 25,400	25,400

Yukako Hiroi	11,200 71,500	71,500

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Yukako Hiroi

07-03-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Vasylchenko With Trips and Gets Paid by Chidwick

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 16,000 chips in the pot on 3♦6♦K♠K♥J♥.

Oleg Vasylchenko checked from the big blind to Stephen Chidwick on the button, who fired a bet of 9,000 on the river. After a few moments of thought, Vasylchenko check-raised to 26,000. Chidwick went into the tank before eventually making the call.

Vasylchenko tabled K♦10♠ for three of a kind, Chidwick nodded his head and mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vasylchenko	80,000 80,000	80,000
Stephen Chidwick	63,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Oleg Vasylchenko Stephen Chidwick

07-03-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Britton Gets Off Light Against Correia

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ruben Correia raised to 1,300 in middle position and was called by James Gorham on the button and small blind Simon Britton.

The flop came Q♦2♣4♣ and Correia bet 2,200. Gorham folded, while Britton called to see the 3♥ turn.

Correia then bet 5,000 and Britton again called. Britton checked over to Correia once more on the 5♠ river, and this time Correia checked back.

"Bad runout. I had you crushed," Correia said as he showed 4♥4♠ for a set. Britton tossed king-queen into the muck.

"Expensive river for me," Correia added after the hand.

"It's okay. You don't want to take any more chips off me," Britton added.

"I do. Nothing against you personally, I just like chips," Correia replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	240,000 9,400	9,400
Simon Britton	215,000 35,000	35,000
James Gorham	170,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: James Gorham Ruben Correia Simon Britton