Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Entries
9,735
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
1,096
Players Left
798
Players Left 1 / 9735
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Tiago Abreu raised to 500 in the cutoff, Kevin Rabichow called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
Abreu fired out a bet of 1,000 when the flop came 6♣Q♠7♠, Rabichow check-called. The 9♠ on the turn resulted in Rabichow check-raising to 7,000, Abreu called.
Rabichow decided to lead on the Q♦ river for 7,000, and Abreu called. Rabichow tabled a flush with 10♠8♠, Abreu decided to table his hand of K♠K♣.
The next hand:
Kevin Rabichow raised to 600 in the cutoff, Yujiro Fukushima called in the small blind and Arif Rahim called in the big blind.
Rabichow fired out a bet of 1,000 when the flop came 2♣10♦J♣, Fukushima called and Rahim folded.
Action checked on the 6♠ turn, but when the K♣ hit the river, Rabichow bet 2,000 and got a quick fold to take his stack to over 80,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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44,000
44,000
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44,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
On a flop of 2♣4♥6♥, Nikita Kuznetsov in the cutoff bet 1,800. It took 20 seconds for Matthew Gouge in the hijack to call then check the 5♦ turn. Kuznetsov checked back.
The 10♦ river completed the board and Gouge led out for 3,800. Kuznetsov quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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54,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Jonathan Fader opened up the action with a raise to 500 from the hijack. Steven O'nan three-bet from the button, and Bassam Elia four-bet to 6,100 from the small blind. Only O'nan made the call.
On a flop of 6♦3♣9♥ Elia kept up the aggression with a bet of 9,000. O'nan called, then called again following Elia's bet of 12,000 on the 5♦ turn. The 10♦ river completed the backdoor flush, and Elia slowed down with a check. O'nan checked behind, and his Q♣Q♦ lost out to Elia's flopped set with 6♠6♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,500
81,500
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81,500 |
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63,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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55,500
55,500
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55,500 |
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35,700
35,700
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35,700 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Justin Belforti opened to 600 and Victor Chu called from the big blind.
The Q♣Q♥10♦ flop saw Chu check-call after Belforti bet 500.
The K♣ turn was checked to the 8♣ river and again to showdown.
Belforti showed A♦10♥ and Chu turned over A♥3♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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69,000
69,000
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69,000 |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
As Shane Martin was heading out of the tournament area, having been eliminated, his vanquisher, Eben Kurtzman, recalled the action that led to his demise.
Martin raised to 600, and Kurtzman called from the big blind.
On a flop of 9♦10♣Q♣, Kurtzman checked and Martin continued for a bet of 1,000. Kurtzman then check-raised to 2,000, but that didn't put an end to the raising. Martin responded with another raise to 7,000, to which Kurtzman responded by moving all in for 59,300.
Martin was the covered player by a couple of thousand and made the call.
Shane Martin: K♣J♥ 
Eben Kurtzman: 10♥9♥
Kurtzman was in trouble, with his opponent having flopped a straight versus his two pair. He was unable to find any help on the 6♠ turn, but the river 10♠ came to his rescue, improving him to a full house and sending Martin to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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119,400
119,400
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119,400 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
In the 904th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are joined by Grosvenor Poker Pro Jamie Nixon at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the latest from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). That includes the WSOP's controversial decision regarding the alleged Millionaire Maker chip dumping between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, which may or may not include lifetime bans. It's a lively debate that examines the situation from multiple angles, including the likely involvement of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
They then take a look at a controversial hand posted by Lexy Gavin-Mather where a dealer error that may have brought a much-needed seven out of the muck had the poker world talking. From there, the trio highlight the historic win by Shiina Okamoto, who successfully defended her Ladies Event title after finishing runner-up three years ago. She also had to put up with Phil Hellmuth Jr., for better or worse, as the crew debated. That wasn't the only historic win, as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship for an unbelievable fourth time. Toss in the first gold bracelet won by Darren Elias, and there were some big winners to be celebrated.
Jamie Nixon then talks about Grosvenor Poker and the upcoming Goliath in Coventry, how his buddy is running a daily bracket of funny poker names, and then Chad explains why there's a giant cutout of Espan Jorstad's head on the set (Hint: it came from the recent GTOWizard party).
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Around 15,000 was already in the pot as Ihab Ali and Clifford Mermell went to the turn on a board of J♠10♥7♣A♣.
Ali then bet 6,100 from the big blind, and Mermell called in the hijack. The river was the A♦ and Ali bet 10,100. Mermell again quickly called.
Ali showed 10♦10♣ for a full house, and Mermell mucked A♠K♦.
"Couldn't get away from that," Mermell lamented as Ali raked in the big pot.
Fernando Romano, who lost most of his stack to Robert Zeidman's quads earlier, was recently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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Busted |
