2025 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
103
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Total Entries
9,735
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,096
Players Left
798
Players Left 1 / 9,735
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Rabichow Cracks Kings

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 6Q7, 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 108, Abreu decided to table his hand of KK.

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 210J, 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.

Tags: Arif RahimKevin RabichowTiago AbreuYujiro Fukushima

Gouge Takes From Kuznetsov

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On a flop of 246, 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.

Tags: Matthew GougeNikita Kuznetsov

Elia Outflops the Ladies

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 639 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 QQ lost out to Elia's flopped set with 66.

Tags: Bassam EliaJonathan FaderSteve O'nan

Belforti Takes Small from Chu

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Justin Belforti opened to 600 and Victor Chu called from the big blind.

The QQ10 flop saw Chu check-call after Belforti bet 500.

The K turn was checked to the 8 river and again to showdown.

Belforti showed A10 and Chu turned over A3.

Tags: Justin BelfortiVictor Chu

Kurtzman Doubles, Martin Eliminated

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Eben Kurtzman
Eben Kurtzman

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 910Q, 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: KJ All in
Eben Kurtzman: 109

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.

Tags: Eben KurtzmanShane Martin

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Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ali Fills Up For a Big Pot Off Mermell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Ihab Ali
Ihab Ali

Around 15,000 was already in the pot as Ihab Ali and Clifford Mermell went to the turn on a board of J107A.

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 1010 for a full house, and Mermell mucked AK.

"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.

Tags: Clifford MermellFernando RomanoIhab Ali