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

07-03-2025 21:58 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Marchington	175,000 3,100	3,100
Randy Barry	172,000 28,000	28,000
Maor Zaharagi	140,000 60,000	60,000
Kevin Rabichow	136,900 900	900

Thai Ha	120,000 13,000	13,000

Robert Gentile	95,000 50,000	50,000
Franciso Fernandez	89,000 12,500	12,500
Baris Caliskan	88,400 44,000	44,000
Matthew Sabia	78,000 10,000	10,000
Paul Otto	74,600
Timothy Barchie	64,200 4,000	4,000
Calvin Steiner	63,000 35,000	35,000
Mark Darner	57,000 1,000	1,000

James Alvarez	56,000 9,000	9,000
Chun Law	54,200 2,200	2,200
John Colich	53,000 29,000	29,000
Andrea Cobbe	50,000 36,600	36,600
Thomas Boshoff	50,000 27,000	27,000
Eden Anzio	50,000 12,000	12,000
John Krupey	46,200 3,000	3,000
Arnaud Fabre	46,000 9,000	9,000
Matt Waxman	43,000 3,000	3,000

Joshua Ladines	42,000 11,000	11,000
Mariano Molino	36,100 28,800	28,800
Brian Green	36,000 9,000	9,000

Douras Blasts Trujillo Off Kings

David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 8♠6♦Q♦, Santiago Trujillo bet 5,000 from early position and Robert Douras called in the hijack.

The turn was the 10♣ and Trujillo bet another 12,200. Douras called and the J♦ fell on the river.

Trujillo then checked over to Douras who bet enough to put Trujillo all in for his last 40,000. Trujillo took a minute before tapping the felt and tossing K♠K♦ into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Douras	130,000 34,800	34,800
Santiago Trujillo	40,000 14,300	14,300

Tags: Robert Douras Santiago Trujillo

07-03-2025 21:54 UTC-8

Selected Counts and Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Woods	185,000 131,000	131,000
Sanchez Gervin	100,000 43,800	43,800
Matthew Levine	94,000 13,000	13,000
Christopher Farmer	88,000 100	100
Agharazi Babayev	77,000 25,000	25,000
James Gregg	74,000 5,500	5,500
Alexey Shabaldin	68,000 13,500	13,500
Benjamin Souriau	56,400 2,400	2,400
Jody Haddad	55,000 1,800	1,800
Travis Hartshorn	35,000 56,000	56,000
Adam Johnson (NH)	33,900 33,900	33,900
Kelly Becker	32,100 7,900	7,900
Benjamin Ane	28,200 11,300	11,300
Jamie Brown	17,300 38,200	38,200
Kitty Kuo	Busted

Sarin Kuraganti	Busted
Martin Wasylocha	Busted
Shawn Daniels	Busted

07-03-2025 21:52 UTC-8

It's Not Fine For Garcia

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The action was picked up when Angel Garcia on the button was already all in and at risk for 12,500 on 10♦8♦8♠J♦ against Damon Fine in the big blind.

Angel Garcia: J♥10♥ All in
Damon Fine: 8♥7♣

Garcia hit two pair on the turn but Fine already flopped trips. The 7♠ river completed the board and Garcia was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damon Fine	120,000 120,000	120,000
Angel Garcia	Busted

Tags: Angel Garcia Damon Fine

07-03-2025 21:51 UTC-8

Pocket Pairs Galore

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jeffrey Tench opened up the bidding with a raise to 1,200 under the gun. David Frutchey and Christine Do called from middle and late positions respectively, before Andres Vasquez three-bet to 5,400 in the hijack. Cutoff player Michael Krescanko Jr then put in a cold four-bet to 13,000. Action folded back round to Vasquez, who was sent into the tank.

After a while, Vasquez decided to give up and show Krescanko Jr his JxJx before folding. In solidarity, Krescanko Jr then showed QxQx to the table. "That hand felt like a set over set hand," said big blind Lam Loi, who admitted to folding 4x4x. The rest of the table then came forward to admit that pocket pairs were all the rage, as Do had folded 6x6x Frutchey let go of 9x9x and Tench had mucked 10x10x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Krescanko Jr	100,000 18,500	18,500
Lam Loi	76,000 1,000	1,000
David Frutchey	52,800 1,200	1,200
Christine Do	41,000 41,000	41,000
Jeffrey Tench	40,000 5,400	5,400
Andres Vasquez	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Andres Vasquez Christine Do David Frutchey Jeffrey Tench Lam Loi Michael Krescanko Jr

07-03-2025 21:49 UTC-8

More Counts From Horseshoe Ballroom

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Levy (US)	119,000 25,700	25,700
Rotem Fartook	108,000 16,500	16,500
Joseph Shalgi	104,500 29,500	29,500
Dimitri Vorbe	100,000 1,000	1,000
Martin Gerloff	91,000 37,400	37,400
Russell Crane	89,600 27,600	27,600
Justin Smith	83,500
David "Bakes" Baker	68,500 3,800	3,800

Eric Baldwin	61,000 14,700	14,700

Nils Pudel	60,800
David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia	55,000 15,000	15,000
Ryan Leng	53,000

Oleksii Mezhenkov	48,100 16,100	16,100
Johnny Chan	48,000 12,500	12,500

Jessica Teusl	40,000

Olga Iermolcheva	35,500
Kenny Hallaert	25,000 5,500	5,500

07-03-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Back With a Bang

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the first shuffle back from the break, Ioannis Pentefountas raised to 1,300 from the cutoff only to see Yulia Lisichkina three-bet to 4,500 from the button. Action folded back to Pentefountas, who made the call.

The dealer revealed a 6♦10♦2♣ flop, and Pentefountas check-called a bet of 3,000.

Pentefountas checked once more on the flush completing J♦ turn, but Lisichkina didn't slow down, flicking out a bet of 11,500. This was when Pentefountas sprang into action, executing a check-raise, moving all in for 32,700.

Lisichkina didn't have an instant response, spending some time to consider the situation. After a minute or two had passed, she opted to fold, preserving her stack for a better spot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Pentefountas	60,700 9,300	9,300
Yulia Lisichkina	27,400

Tags: Ioannis Pentefountas Yulia Lisichkina

07-03-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Go Makes a Big Fold to Fechser

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

According to Nicholas Go, he had bet on the flop from under the gun and Robert Fechser raised on the button. Go called and they both checked the turn.

The two players then arrived on the river with the completed board showing 8♣A♣K♦K♠3♣. Go then bet 10,000 and Fechser moved all in.

"I have trips and the nut flush," Go said, holding K♣9♣ out in front of him as he went deep into the tank. "Just eights. Aces you three-bet pre. Kings you three-bet pre. Would you be doing this with a smaller flush?" Go wondered to himself.

"Sorry, guys. I'm going to need some more time," Go told his tablemates as several more minutes went by. Go eventually took out his camera and snapped a photo of the board before tossing his hand into the muck.

"Can I pick one?" he asked Fechser.

"No," Fechser replied as he returned his cards face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Fechser	120,000
Nicholas Go	32,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Nicholas Go Robert Fechser

07-03-2025 21:44 UTC-8

Sandvik's Tiny Bet Yields no Result

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The pot amounted to 3,900 when Espen Sandvik bet 1,300 from the big blind on the 8♦4♥7♣ flop. Pablo Ching called on the button, and did so too when Sandvik sized up to 2,300 on the 9♣ turn.

The 9♦ river saw Sandvik size down to 1,700, which Ching raised to 12,600. Sandvik made a quick fold, surrendering the pot to Ching.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	174,000 1,000	1,000

Qui Nguyen	130,400 2,600	2,600

Pablo Ching	115,000 15,000	15,000
Aram Oganyan	81,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Espen Sandvik Pablo Ching

07-03-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Chidwick Leads; Chidwick Wins

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Stephen Chidwick raised to 1,300 from early position and was three-bet to 4,200 by Grant Wang on the button. Action folded back to Chidwick, who called.

The flop came 7♦9♠6♦ and Chidwick announced a bet of 2,500. Wang wanted nothing to do with it and let his hand go — awarding the pot to Chidwick, who has breached the six-figure mark with a stack of 102,000.