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

07-03-2025 13:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Go	165,000 165,000	165,000
Brian Tolley	154,700 154,700	154,700
James Gorham	145,000 145,000	145,000

Robert Zeidman	125,800 15,800	15,800
Eben Kurtzman	119,400
Juliet Hegedus	117,000 117,000	117,000
Nicholas Rigby	116,500 56,500	56,500
Joseph Fortin	108,600 61,600	61,600
Jamie Nixon	107,100 42,600	42,600

Nicholas Marchington	99,500 16,500	16,500
Ihab Ali	98,000 18,000	18,000
Maor Zaharagi	94,000 94,000	94,000
James Pillon	91,400 91,400	91,400
David Frutchey	87,000 7,000	7,000
Ian Pelz	84,000 24,000	24,000

Aaron Barone	83,000 23,000	23,000

Christopher Roat	82,500 20,500	20,500
Eric Baldwin	82,200 800	800

Danny Noam	80,000 22,500	22,500
Petko Tsakov	80,000 20,000	20,000
Jeremiah Williams	80,000 5,000	5,000
Kyna England	79,300 79,300	79,300
John Hennigan	79,200 16,900	16,900

David "Bakes" Baker	75,000 75,000	75,000

Ioannis Pentefountas	73,000 7,300	7,300

Korn-fucious Says

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

https://twitter.com/ChancesCards/status/1940802222381564161

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07-03-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Maniable Puts Big Stack to Use

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Jacob Wilson

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up with just under 9,000 in the pot, with a board reading 6♥K♠3♥5♣. Nicolas Maniable bet 5,500 into the middle, and Alan Mulleady swiftly put in the call. Play was heads-up, so the river 2♦ was dealt.

Maniable wasted no time in carving out a huge stack, and placing it into the middle, which was more than enough to put Mulleady all in. Mulleady chuckled to himself, and took a few moments before finding the fold, putting Maniable above the six-figure mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Maniable	105,000
Alan Mulleady	42,000

Tags: Alan Mulleady Nicolas Maniable

07-03-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vanreyk	101,800 7,800	7,800
David Frutchey	87,000
Justin Belforti	81,100 12,100	12,100
Matthew Kenyon	76,000 15,000	15,000
Dana Howard	76,000 5,000	5,000
Edward Rosenbaum	64,000 5,000	5,000
Jean-Francois Alexandre	63,100 2,900	2,900
Patrick Hall	62,000 4,000	4,000
Calogero Morreale	60,000 3,000	3,000

Gaoming Zhu	57,100 2,600	2,600
Marc Desantis	56,700 800	800
Kevin Gimble	55,700 2,200	2,200
Lam Loi	55,500 3,700	3,700
Steve Sebbag	55,200 1,200	1,200
Sebastian Hellmann	51,800
Victor Chu	44,400 600	600
Nan Min	27,800 5,200	5,200
Steven O'nan	25,500 11,000	11,000

07-03-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Berry Wins a Small One

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Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was on a river of 9♣5♥4♠Q♣A♥ and Gavin Sardini had checked out of the small blind to Hector Berry.

Berry, who won the 2024 edition of the PokerNews Deepstack Championship, bet 2,000 and after some thought, Sardini called. Berry tabled A♦7♦ for a rivered pair of aces.

"Lucky," he said to Sardini. "I was ahead on the flop. You on the turn and then me on the river."

Sardini said nothing, but nodded in agreement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Sardini	70,000 2,000	2,000
Hector Berry	52,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Gavin Sardini Hector Berry

07-03-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Assorted Counts From Horseshoe Red

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	80,000 2,200	2,200

Marvin Rettenmaier	75,000 7,500	7,500
David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia	72,000
David "Bakes" Baker	71,000 4,000	4,000

David Levy (US)	69,000 16,500	16,500
Nils Pudel	68,500 2,500	2,500
Stephen Chidwick	64,000 4,000	4,000

Johnny Chan	63,500 8,500	8,500

Mariano Molino	58,000 12,000	12,000
Artur Martirosian	53,000 2,000	2,000

Renji Mao	33,500 1,500	1,500

Nozomu Shimizu	30,500 23,500	23,500
Simon Shalev	Busted

07-03-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Kaufmann Calls Correctly

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Big blind David Kaufmann and Sarin Kuraganti on the button were heads up on a J♣5♦7♣2♥ turn. Kaufmann checked to Kuraganti, who added 8,000 to the 9,500 pot with a bet.

Kaufmann called after some deliberation, and the 10♠ hit the turn. Kaufmann checked again, and Kuraganti quickly piled in 15,000.

Kaufmann weighed his options once more, ultimately seeing him toss in a call. Kuraganti tabled Q♠J♥ for top pair, but Kaufmann had the better kicker with his A♣J♦, awarding him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	92,500 25,700	25,700
Sarin Kuraganti	49,500 49,500	49,500
Boris Kuzmanovic	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Sarin Kuraganti

07-03-2025 13:39 UTC-8

Shimizu with Sevens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Nozomu Shimizu opened to 800 from middle position and both Benjamin Souriau in the hijack and the button called.

Shimizu continued for 1,200 on the 8♠4♣K♥ flop. Souriau called, while the button folded.

Both players checked the 5♣ turn leading to the 2♠ river that they both checked again. Shimizu revealed 7♦7♣ for a pair and make Souriau muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Souriau	54,000
Nozomu Shimizu	34,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Benjamin Souriau Nozomu Shimizu

07-03-2025 13:39 UTC-8

Nikitin Battles Buckner

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Players were already heads-up on the 5♠2♣6♠ flop with a pot of around 1,200. Anatoly Nikitin was in the big blind and Brendan Buckner in middle position.

Nikitin bet 800 and Buckner called, taking them to the 2♠ turn.

Nikitin bet 1,200 and saw another call from Buckner.

The 5♣ river fell and Nikitin bet 2,000. Buckner took some time, before deciding to fold. Allowing Nikitin to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Nikitin	70,000 10,000	10,000
Brendan Buckner	48,300

Tags: Anatoly Nikitin Brendan Buckner

07-03-2025 13:48 UTC-8

Gregg Tripples

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Barry Russell

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There were roughly 17,000 chips in the pot on 10♠3♣2♦, and James Gregg led all in from the small blind for 17,300. Martin Wasylocha made the call from the big blind and David Woods called in the cutoff.

Action checked to showdown as the board ran out 9♥4♥. Wasylocha tabled J♠J♦, Woods tabled K♠10♣, and Gregg tabled the biggest pair with A♣A♥.