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

07-03-2025 12:49 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts Horseshoe Red

Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	105,900 25,900	25,900

Yoon Shin	100,100 10,100	10,100
Nicholas Marchington	83,000 19,000	19,000
Gavin Sardini	72,000 7,000	7,000
Paul Otto	65,000 2,000	2,000
Andrea Cobbe	62,000 5,000	5,000
John Krupey	61,200 200	200
Arif Rahim	53,000
Yujiro Fukushima	52,100 3,900	3,900
Shachaf Sholdman	47,000 6,000	6,000
Tiago Abreu	46,200 2,200	2,200
Carlos Ibarra	44,000 10,000	10,000
Shota Kashiyama	43,200 800	800

07-03-2025 12:55 UTC-8

Guelpa Shows Big Bluff

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Jacob Wilson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ryan Speckman opened up the action under the gun with a raise. Alfred Griffin called from early position, Stephane Guelpa called two doors down, and Martin Ward did the same from the small blind. Brian Vu in the big blind isolated to 3,600, and only Guelpa called.

On a flop of 5♣J♦A♠ Vu continued for 4,000, only for Guelpa to put in a check-raise to 11,500. Vu thought, then called, bringing in the K♥ turn, which checked through. Vu checked again on the A♥ river, prompting Guelpa to bet out for 21,000. Vu tanked for a while, before folding.

"Last time," announced Guelpa, before showing 10♥9♥ for a pure bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alfred Griffin	78,000 78,000	78,000
Stephane Guelpa	76,000 76,000	76,000
Martin Ward	51,200 51,200	51,200
Ryan Speckman	47,000 47,000	47,000
Brian Vu	27,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Alfred Griffin Brian Vu Martin Ward Ryan Speckman Stephane Guelpa

07-03-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Astedt Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After seeing a raise to 500 and a call ahead of him, Niklas Astedt raised to 2,700. Ryan Hoenig, directly on his left, made the call, prompting the original raiser and caller to call as well.

Astedt continued with a bet of 2,500 on the 7♦10♦K♣ flop, and only Hoenig made the call.

There was no slowing down on the 8♦ turn, as Astedt put out another bet, this time for 5,100. Undeterred, Hoenig made the call again.

Both players checked the 2♥ river, and when Astedt showed his K♦Q♠, Hoenig flicked his cards back to the dealer face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	67,500 12,800	12,800
Ryan Hoenig	46,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Niklas Astedt Ryan Hoenig

07-03-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Mezhenkov Forces a Fold From Crane

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Dan O'Hair

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways on a flop of 4♥5♣A♦, Russell Crane checked from the small blind and Oleksii Mezhenkov checked from the big blind to Olga Iermolcheva, who bet 400. Crane called, but Mezhenkov check-raised to 2500. Iermolcheva folded and Crane called.

The 10♣ fell on the turn and Crane checked. Mezhenkov fired 9,000 into the middle and Crane tanked for a couple of minutes before opting to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Mezhenkov	59,000 59,000	59,000
Olga Iermolcheva	53,500 53,500	53,500
Russell Crane	51,000 51,000	51,000

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Colich Frustratingly Folds

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Barry Russell

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

John Colich raised to 600 in the hijack, Timothy Barchie called on the button and Baris Caliskan three-bet to 2,600 from the small blind. Colich four-bet to 8,200, Barchie folded and Caliskan made the call.

The flop came K♦4♣Q♥, Colich fired out a bet of 6,000, but to his surprise got snap-raised to 16,000, Colich shook his head and made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baris Caliskan	63,000 63,000	63,000
Timothy Barchie	59,200 59,200	59,200
John Colich	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Baris Caliskan John Colich Timothy Barchie

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Rettenmaier Takes a Three-Bet Pot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 500 from under the gun. The small blind called, but Jody Haddad in the big blind three-bet to 2,700. Rettenmaier called, but the small blind folded.

Both Haddad and Rettenmaier checked the flop of 2♦Q♣3♦ leading to the 8♣ that Haddad checked again.

Rettenmaier bet 3,700 and he made Haddad fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier	72,000 4,500	4,500
Jody Haddad	53,200

Tags: Jody Haddad Marvin Rettenmaier

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Ott Gets Jam Through

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Adam Johnson in the big blind, Jamie Brown in hijack, and Daniel Ott in the cutoff had gathered 10,000 in the pot when the 7♣Q♠2♦ flop was dealt. Johnson bet 3,000, Brown folded, and Ott called.

Johnson sized up to 8,500 on the 6♠ turn, seeing Ott toss in another call. The 3♠ river slowed Johnson down as he checked it over to Ott.

Ott quickly moved all in for 25,700, and Johnson gave it little thought before he tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monika Zukowicz	72,000 9,000	9,000
Jessica Teusl	64,500 4,500	4,500

Kenny Hallaert	62,000 2,000	2,000

Nozomu Shimizu	60,700 700	700
Daniel Ott	58,700 58,700	58,700
Jamie Brown	55,500 55,500	55,500
Adam Johnson (NH)	46,500 46,500	46,500

Tags: Adam Johnson Daniel Ott Jamie Brown

07-03-2025 13:00 UTC-8

More First-Level Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	60,000 60,000	60,000

Justin Smith	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Mandara	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jordan Siegel	60,000 60,000	60,000
Qui Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mauricio Pais	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ian Steinman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Pavel Izotov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	60,000 60,000	60,000

Leo Margets	60,000 60,000	60,000

Valentin Vornicu	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gabi Livshitz	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tomas Vaskunas	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-03-2025 13:03 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The first level of the 2025 WSOP Main Event has concluded, and players are now on a 20-minute break. The field currently stands at 890 entries with 880 players remaining.

Here are some highlights from the opening level:

Play is expected to resume at 2:21 p.m. local time, and the players will come back to 200/300 blind levels with a 300 big blind ante.

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300