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

07-04-2025 15:06 UTC-8

Sturzeneker Cracks Waterfall's Kings

Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Iago Sturzeneker was in middle position and heads-up against Matthew Waterfall who was under the gun, with roughly 12,000 in the middle and the board reading 10♠3♦3♣4♥A♠. Waterfall checked, Sturzeneker bet 10,500 and Waterfall snap-called.

Sturzeneker showed top pair with A♣Q♣. Waterfall revealed his hand, showing K♥K♠ before conceding the pot to Sturzeneker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Waterfall	118,000 49,800	49,800
Jon Kyte	106,500 28,500	28,500
Sebastian Zalazar	86,000 16,000	16,000
Iago Sturzeneker	52,500 52,500	52,500
Matthieu Rodriguez	47,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Iago Sturzeneker Matthew Waterfall

07-04-2025 14:53 UTC-8

Sternheimer Shows Allen a Set

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Three ways on a flop of Q♣J♠9♥ with over 7,000 already in the middle, Justin Allen checked from under the gun and Lawrence Brandt checked from directly behind. Philip Sternheimer bet 3,600 from the hijack, which got a call from Allen and a fold from Brandt.

Both players checked after the K♦ turn and 3♦ river and Allen tabled A♥K♠ for a pair of kings.

Sternheimer revealed 9♣9♦ for a set of nines and added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	91,000 4,000	4,000

Lawrence Brandt	69,000 16,000	16,000

Justin Allen	39,500 39,500	39,500

Tags: Justin Allen Lawrence Brandt Philip Sternheimer

07-04-2025 14:47 UTC-8

"Big Huni" Makes Big Shove

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Preflop, Gabriel Abusada had reraised Chris Hunichen to 7,000, and Hunichen responded by going all in for 46,400.

Abusada spent about three minutes in the tank talking to his opponent.

"I want to bust you so bad, I have the hand to do it with, too," Abusada told Hunichen.

"What, do you have? Jack-nine?" Hunichen asked.

"No, better than that," Abusada claimed.

"I want you to do what's best for you," Hunichen advised his opponent.

Eventually, despite Abusada's protests, the clock was called. He was given 30 seconds to act, and near the end of his countdown, he folded A♣K♥ face up.

"That's why you don't reraise ace-king," Hunichen said as he passed his cards to the dealer and took in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Echols	112,100 3,600	3,600
Gabriel Abusada	63,000 63,000	63,000
Chris Hunichen	54,200 30,200	30,200

Tags: Chris Hunichen Gabriel Abusada

07-04-2025 14:34 UTC-8

Fitoussi Wins With Nines

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Martin Schutzbank raised to 700 under the gun. Gary Dishongh called in the cutoff, Jason Tiffin did so on the button, and Bruno Fitoussi defended his big blind.

It checked to Tiffin on the 4♠Q♥5♠ flop. He bet 1,700, which Fitoussi and Schutzbank called. Dishongh folded before the 6♠ hit the turn, and the action once again checked to Tiffin.

Tiffin fired 2,100. Fitoussi stuck around and called, while Schutzbank decided to give up. The 5♥ river was checked to showdown, where Fitoussi's 9♠9♣ was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Tiffin	93,000
Gary Dishongh	75,500
Bruno Fitoussi	65,000 6,000	6,000
Martin Schutzbank	60,500
Lewis Spencer	52,000 1,000	1,000
Viktor Blom	48,500 16,000	16,000

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi Gary Dishongh Jason Tiffin Martin Schutzbank

07-04-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Sternheimer Rivers Two Pair

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Remi Derossi raised to 800 from the hijack and was called by Philip Sternheimer in the cutoff and Haim Gabay in the big blind.

Action checked through on the A♠5♥4♥ flop and Gabay checked again to Derossi, who bet 1,900 on the J♣ turn. Both Sternheimer and Gabay called.

The 8♦ completed the board and and Gabay checked a final time. Derossi bet 6,000, which got a quick call from Sternheimer and a tank-fold from Gabay.

Derossi turned over A♥K♣ for top pair, but Sternheimer revealed A♣8♣ for aces and eights to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	95,000 26,000	26,000

Lawrence Brandt	85,000 25,600	25,600

Haim Gabay	55,000 2,000	2,000
Remi Derossi	44,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Haim Gabay Philip Sternheimer Remi Derossi

07-04-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Bronze

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	118,600 3,100	3,100

Sebastian Zalazar	102,000 24,000	24,000
Boris Angelov	85,500 26,500	26,500
Jon Kyte	78,000 7,000	7,000
Raja Chirumamilla	70,000 14,000	14,000
Matthew Waterfall	68,200 700	700
David McGowan	66,000 6,000	6,000
Kenneth Drewry	64,300 2,300	2,300
Samuel Ju	62,000 2,600	2,600
Nick Eastwood	61,000 1,000	1,000

Adrian State	59,000 1,000	1,000
Ryan Feldman	58,600 400	400
Matthieu Rodriguez	57,000 9,000	9,000
Edward Hoitt	55,000 5,500	5,500
Hannah Richardson	53,000 3,500	3,500
Anderson Cardoso	50,000 7,500	7,500
Michael Niegsch	42,500 16,500	16,500
Ming Yew Liow	39,800 3,800	3,800
Robert Russ	Busted

07-04-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Spencer & Blom Happy to Chop the Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Nathan Ivarsen raised to 900 from the button before Lewis Spencer three-bet from the small blind. Viktor Blom cold four-bet out of the big blind to 13,200, which only Spencer called.

Spencer knuckled the action over to Blom on the 3♣5♥J♣ flop, and Blom fired out a small bet of 6,800. Spencer stuck around with a call.

Two checks followed the J♠ turn to see the 6♦ appear on the river. Another round of checks came and Spencer showed A♥K♣ for ace-high. Blom couldn't beat it, as he turned over A♦K♥ for the same hand, and the two chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nathan Ivarsen	70,000 3,000	3,000
Viktor Blom	64,500 1,000	1,000
Lewis Spencer	53,000 1,300	1,300

Tags: Lewis Spencer Nathan Ivarsen Viktor Blom

07-04-2025 13:37 UTC-8

Hunichen Hits Setback

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Daniel Echols under the gun and Chris Hunichen on the button had created a pot of 35,500 when they arrived on the 5♦9♣7♣4♦ turn.

Echols checked to Hunichen, who bet 14,000. After a small tank, Echols moved all in for 36,500.

"Do you have aces?" Hunichen sighed as he quickly called off.

Daniel Echols: A♥A♦ All in
Chris Hunichen: K♥K♣

Hunichen had guessed correctly, and Echols' rockets held on the 4♥ river to secure his double-up, leaving Hunichen with a stack of about 80 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Echols	108,500
Chris Hunichen	24,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Daniel Echols

07-04-2025 13:31 UTC-8

Updated Counts From Paris Black

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Henrik Hecklen	91,000 31,000	31,000
Ramiro Petrone	85,000 14,000	14,000
Matt Hunt	77,700 17,700	17,700
Tristan Wade	72,000 1,000	1,000

Philip Sternheimer	69,000 10,200	10,200

Paul Guilbeau	68,400 7,400	7,400
Jonathan Snyder	65,000
Xixiang Luo	63,000 7,000	7,000

Robert Varkonyi	62,000 7,000	7,000

Alexander Sokolovsky	61,000 5,000	5,000
Chong Fong	61,000 2,000	2,000
Lawrence Brandt	59,400 3,100	3,100

Haim Gabay	57,000 1,800	1,800
Manuel Lopez	57,000 155,005	155,005
Alec Torelli	53,000 11,000	11,000

Tirza Sanders	52,000 6,000	6,000
Nishant Sharma	51,000 9,000	9,000
David Collins	44,000 7,000	7,000

07-04-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Assorted Horseshoe Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

As per the WSOP+ App

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	81,000 21,000	21,000

Jake Cody	75,000 15,000	15,000

Max Pescatori	73,000

Lee Johnson	71,800 21,800	21,800
Heather Alcorn	68,500 8,500	8,500
Gary Blackwood	68,100 8,100	8,100
Samuel Ju	64,600 4,600	4,600
Vanessa Selbst	60,100 100	100

Ognyan Dimov	60,000

Dan Shak	60,000
Bruno Fitoussi	59,000 1,000	1,000
Kelvin Kerber	58,200 1,800	1,800

Ahir Chatterjee	56,000 27,300	27,300
Rutger Hennen	50,900 9,100	9,100
David Susigan	42,200
Katie Swift	25,200 34,800	34,800

Bin Weng	15,700 10,600	10,600