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

07-04-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Bolton Barrels Simao Off a Pot

Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♥6♥7♣ with a bit over 10,000 in the middle, Joao Simao checked from the big blind to Thomas Bolton, who bet 4,000 from early position. Simao called.

The J♣ fell on the turn and Simao checked again. Bolton kept the aggression on for a bet of 7,000 and Simao let his hand go after a bit of thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bolton	48,000 48,000	48,000
Joao Simao	15,000 45,000	45,000

07-04-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Dickner Puts Sternheimer to the Test

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♣3♦K♥3♥4♠ and just over 10,000 in the middle, Philip Sternheimer checked from the small blind and Marco Dickner bet 3,000 from the button. Sternheimer check-raised to 25,200 and Dickner shoved, covering Sternheimer who had a bit over 90,000 behind.

Sternheimer went into the tank until the clock was eventually called. Not long after Sternheimer opted to fold and Dickner showed that he had K♦K♣ for top-boat before the pot was pushed in his direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Dickner	152,000
Philip Sternheimer	92,000 24,200	24,200

07-04-2025 20:13 UTC-8

Event Center Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	146,000 33,600	33,600

Lucas Greenwood	99,700 12,900	12,900

Ryutaro Suzuki	98,000 400	400

Mikki Mase	77,000 10,200	10,200
Bruno Fitoussi	50,500 2,500	2,500

07-04-2025 20:25 UTC-8

Hopping In Late as Exits Start Flowing

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	60,000 60,000	60,000

James Obst	60,000 60,000	60,000

Sam Soverel	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gab Yong Kim	60,000 60,000	60,000
Travis Pearson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Hakim Zoufri	60,000 60,000	60,000
Nam Le	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cesar Del Pino	60,000 60,000	60,000
Bradley Rich	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Ryan Bambrick	Busted

07-04-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Blom Puts Zacconi in the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

With around 10,500 in the middle on a flop of 4♣9♦7♣, Viktor Blom checked from the small blind and faced a bet of 3,000 by Marcio Zacconi out of the big blind. Blom threw in the call.

The 6♣ turn checked through for the Q♣ to roll off on the river. Blom bet 8,500, and after a long tank, Zacconi let go of his hand, and the pot was awarded to Blom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcio Zacconi	114,000 19,000	19,000
Viktor Blom	65,300 29,300	29,300

Tags: Marcio Zacconi

07-04-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Kyte Doubles Through Sturzeneker

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Iago Sturzeneker opened to 1,200 from the button, Easton Oreman called from the small blind and Jon Kyte three-bet to 8,000 from the big blind. Only Sturzeneker called.

The flop came 5♥J♣7♣. and Sturzeneker called a 9,000 continuation bet from Kyte.

Both players checked the 6♦ turn leading to the A♦ river. Kyte checked and Sturzeneker shoved, covering Kyte who had 51,000 behind. Kyte contemplated for a couple minutes before calling off for his tournament life.

Sturzeneker showed 8♥8♠ for a pair and two blockers to the nut-straight. Kyte tabled A♣6♠ for two pair to secure a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	145,000 80,000	80,000
Iago Sturzeneker	116,000 4,000	4,000
Easton Oreman	16,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Easton Oreman Iago Sturzeneker Jon Kyte

07-04-2025 20:44 UTC-8

Jasinevius' Jacks Double Meneguetti

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Renan Meneguetti raised to 1,100 in early position. Ignas Jasinevicius made it 3,200 in the next seat over, which Artashes Kartalyan and Julio Garcia called cold, in the cutoff and on the button, respectively.

Meneguetti then jammed in his stack of 23,000, and Jasinevicius five-bet all in as well. Kartalyan and Garcia got out of the way, and a showdown was ordered.

Renan Meneguetti: K♠K♥ All in
Ignas Jasinevicius: J♣J♦

Meneguetti's kings faced no issues on the 5♣9♠Q♥5♦5♥ runout, and he doubled up with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Picone	166,800 4,400	4,400
Calvin Anderson	126,000 46,500	46,500

Renan Meneguetti	53,700 53,700	53,700
Georgi Sandev	52,500 10,700	10,700
Artashes Kartalyan	29,600 29,600	29,600
Ignas Jasinevicius	27,500 43,900	43,900
Julio Garcia	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Artashes Kartalyan Ignas Jasinevicius Julio Garcia Renan Meneguetti

07-04-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Venclauskas Gives Final Chips to Lundgren

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Steven Venclauskas had pushed in his last 16,000 preflop from early position, and was looked up by Katherene Lundgren in the big blind.

Steven Venclauskas: A♠4♠ All in
Katherene Lundgren: K♠K♥

The 2♥6♦9♥10♥J♠ flop remained free of aces, setting Venclauskas' elimination in stone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katherene Lundgren	75,000 75,000	75,000
Adam Owen	53,800 9,200	9,200
Alex Kulev	36,000 17,200	17,200

Steven Venclauskas	Busted

Tags: Katherene Lundgren Steven Venclauskas

07-04-2025 21:12 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bunch	223,000 82,000	82,000
Bin Weng	211,000 26,500	26,500
Damarjai Davenport	188,000 78,000	78,000
Freddy Deeb	163,000 8,000	8,000

Michael Perrone	142,000 4,000	4,000

Dan Shak	123,000 55,100	55,100
Lara Eisenberg	116,000 20,000	20,000

Calvin Anderson	115,000 11,000	11,000

Johan Schumacher	113,000 84,000	84,000
Matthew Hunt	109,000
James Hundt	109,000 47,000	47,000
Victoria Livschitz	106,000 4,500	4,500
David Pham	103,000 8,000	8,000

Tamas Lendvai	88,000 27,000	27,000

Jasthi Kumar	83,000 25,000	25,000
Craig Trost	79,000 42,000	42,000
Michael Addamo	75,000

Brendan Shiller	73,000 58,000	58,000
Anthony Hu	65,000 900	900
Travis Pearson	63,000 10,000	10,000
Hal Rotholz	61,000 1,000	1,000

Romain Lewis	59,600 43,400	43,400

Michael Newman	53,000 8,000	8,000
Mike Lancaster	46,000 14,000	14,000
Rutger Hennen	42,000 6,000	6,000

07-04-2025 21:30 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Updates

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramiro Petrone	154,500 12,300	12,300
Nishant Sharma	132,500 27,500	27,500
Tirza Sanders	114,700 56,700	56,700
James Leonard	96,000 16,000	16,000

Tristan Wade	95,400 19,400	19,400

Louis Barlow	94,300 32,600	32,600
Henrik Hecklen	87,200 17,200	17,200
Justin Allen	86,400 22,000	22,000
Doron Reuveni	85,000 17,500	17,500
Alexander Sokolovsky	79,300 20,000	20,000
Alec Torelli	66,400 29,400	29,400

Manuel Lopez	60,800 2,500	2,500
Lawrence Brandt	53,800 53,800	53,800

Aaron Gunn	38,500 10,200	10,200
Remi Derossi	25,200 15,000	15,000
Haim Gabay	20,500 26,500	26,500
Dumitru-Adrian Pora	Busted