2025 World Series of Poker
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
- Zeidman Finds an Early Double
- Kurtzman Spikes River to Send Martin to the Exit
- Astedt In the Field and Chipping Up
- Neugebauer Chooses Aggression
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