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

07-03-2025 22:15 UTC-8

Crane Doubles Through Hager

Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players were already on the 3♦3♣10♣K♦J♦ river, and Sebastian Crane had moved all in against Michael Hager to his direct left.

Hager had made the call and the players flipped their cards.

Hager showed K♣K♥ for a set of kings, but Crane had made a straight, holding A♥Q♦.

Crane secured the double, but Hager was still sitting with a healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Hager	297,500 125,500	125,500
Sebastian Crane	70,000 500	500

Tags: Michael Hager Sebastian Crane

07-03-2025 22:13 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	Busted

Andrew Brown	Busted

Matthew Russell	Busted
Douglas Wardrip	Busted
Stephane Genet	Busted
Christopher Sims	Busted
Ezen Simon	Busted
Mauricio Pais	Busted
Conor Beresford	Busted
David Farber	Busted
Noah Schwartz	Busted

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Bronze

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	160,000 19,000	19,000

Steve Sebbag	148,000 9,500	9,500
David Litvinoff	134,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Dwyer	130,500 19,500	19,500

Brian Andrews	130,000 61,000	61,000
Pablo Ching	126,000 11,000	11,000
Stephane Guelpa	125,200 1,800	1,800
Lucas Bandeira	125,000 5,000	5,000
Qui Nguyen	125,000 5,400	5,400

Jose Lesta	114,000 1,000	1,000
Daniel James	111,000 14,500	14,500
Paris Sitzoukis	100,200 10,200	10,200
Nicolas Maniable	100,000 76,400	76,400
Gary Otake	95,000 17,000	17,000
Julian Parmann	93,000 51,000	51,000
Javier Perez	90,000 38,900	38,900
Joseph Linville	90,000 16,800	16,800
Fabrice Maltez	85,000 15,000	15,000
Thomas Boivin	80,000 23,400	23,400
Daniel Benor	74,000 34,000	34,000
Scott Dehm	72,500 1,400	1,400
Jordan Siegel	71,000 14,000	14,000
Dana Howard	70,000 6,200	6,200
Jerry Lim	68,200 800	800
Caroline Schallock	66,000 3,000	3,000

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07-03-2025 22:09 UTC-8

Dong Finds Aces For a Double

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jean-Patrick Delorme raised to 1,500 in middle position and Jacob Perry called on the button. Nelson Dong then moved all in for 13,600 in the small blind and Delorme called, while Perry got out of the way.

Nelson Dong: A♥A♣ All in
Jean-Patrick Delorme: 9♣9♥

Dong took out his phone and began filming even before turning over his aces. The board ran out 3♦8♠8♣5♣K♣ and he held on to earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Patrick Delorme	85,000
Jacob Perry	45,000
Nelson Dong	30,000

Tags: Jacob Perry Jean-Patrick Delorme Nelson Dong

07-03-2025 22:07 UTC-8

Marquez Can't Find Fold Button

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Arriving on a 3♥3♠9♠ flop, Ana Marquez fired 2,000 from middle position, and was called by her neighbor Amir Sahebdivani, as well as Jiyang Gan in the cutoff.

Marquez sized up to 6,000 on the 7♠ turn. This time, only Sahebdivani called, as Gan got out of the way. Marquez slowed down on the J♥ river, checking it over to her opponent.

Sahedivani slid in a sizable bet of 17,300, which Marquez reluctantly called after some thought. Sahebdivani announced a flush and tabled Q♠10♠. Marquez showed a lower flush with 6♠5♠ before she paid Sahebdivani his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Sahebdivani	113,000
Jiyang Gan	80,000
Ana Marquez	52,500 28,500	28,500

Tags: Amir Sahebdivani Ana Marquez Jiyang Gan

07-03-2025 22:07 UTC-8

Hall Takes from Furguson

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Patrick Hall opened from middle position to 1,200 and Natalie Ferguson called from the hijack.

The K♦10♠5♣ flop saw Hall bet 1,500 and Ferguson called.

The 10♥ turn saw Hall bet 3,000 and Ferguson made the call.

Hall put 6,000 into the middle after seeing the 2♣ river and Ferguson called.

Hell showed A♠10♣ for a trip tens, beating Furguson's two pair with K♠J♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Hall	78,000 22,400	22,400
Natalie Ferguson	55,600 55,600	55,600

Tags: Natalie Ferguson Patrick Hall

07-03-2025 22:05 UTC-8

Petrov Flushes Waxman Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 6♦3♦9♥ with a bit over 10,000 already in the middle, Mikhail Petrov checked from under the gun to Matt Waxman, who bet 5,000 on the button. Petrov responded with a check-raise to 10,700 and Waxman paused before clicking it back to 16,000 and change.

Petrov shoved and Waxman called all in for less to put himself at risk.

Matt Waxman: A♣A♠ All in
Mikhail Petrov: A♦Q♦

Waxman had the best of it with his aces, but the 4♦ turn immediately completed Petrov's flush draw and left Waxman drawing dead.

An irrelevant Q♠ river made Waxman's elimination official and Petrov grew his stack to 230,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Petrov	230,000 230,000	230,000
Matt Waxman	Busted

Tags: Matt Waxman Mikhail Petrov

07-03-2025 22:05 UTC-8

Akkari Rivers a Full House

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The action was picked up when Andre Akkari in the cutoff was dragging the pot towards him after he doubled up on 5♥10♣9♦6♠9♣ against Dakota Baggett in early position.

Andre Akkari: 10♥10♦ All in
Dakota Baggett: 8♠7♠

Baggett hit a straight but lost to Akkari's full house which allowed the Brazilian player to double his stack and reach 86,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dakota Baggett	231,000 44,000	44,000
Andre Akkari	86,000 41,000	41,000

Katie Lindsay	63,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Dakota Baggett

07-03-2025 22:02 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts After the Break

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Ibbetson	192,000 52,000	52,000
Michael Hager	172,000
Justin Belforti	166,300 88,500	88,500
Michael Mizrachi	166,300 96,300	96,300

Deborah Nance	147,500 29,000	29,000
Harold Hauck	142,500 9,500	9,500
Steve Sebbag	138,500 1,500	1,500
Kevin Gimble	116,600 20,000	20,000
Edward Rosenbaum	114,000 4,900	4,900
Brendan Buckner	114,000 13,800	13,800
Victor Chu	110,000 16,500	16,500
Robert Douras	98,700 31,300	31,300
David Vanreyk	97,200 26,800	26,800
Alexandre Vuilleumier	94,500

Michael Krescanko Jr	92,700 7,300	7,300
Lam Loi	85,300 9,300	9,300
Evan Clark	83,000
Evgeni Tourevski	81,000
Jonah Silverstein	77,500 19,500	19,500
Kyna England	77,000 2,600	2,600
Dana Howard	76,200 23,700	23,700
Anatoly Nikitin	70,000 40,000	40,000
Noah Goldman	70,000 2,900	2,900
Sebastian Crane	69,500 23,600	23,600
Dillon Najor	68,300 24,300	24,300

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07-03-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Mayo Limps In a Winner

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mccabe Mayo was in late position and just called preflop. Christopher Dombrowski raised to 2,500 in the hijack, and Michael Gathy and Daniel Jesudason called in the blinds.

Mayo also called to the 5♦A♦2♠ flop, which checked through. It checked to Mayo again on the 5♠ turn, prompting him to bet 4,000. Dombrowski called, while Gathy and Jesudason mucked their hands.

The 8♦ river was checked to showdown, where Mayo's A♠9♠ raked in the pot.