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

07-04-2025 16:54 UTC-8

Entries and Exits

Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlad Darie	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dawid Smolka	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jun Weng	60,000 60,000	60,000
Marius Kudzmanas	60,000 60,000	60,000

Julien Martini	60,000

Vid Zagar	Busted
Punnat Punsri	Busted

07-04-2025 16:53 UTC-8

Soutavong Cracks Aces with a Flush to Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

After an open to 1,000 by the player under the gun called by Or Nezer to his left, Bruno Soutavong called as well from one seat over. Craig Harris in the small blind three-bet to 3,000 and both Nezer and Soutavong called.

Harris made a continuation bet of 7,500 on the 2♦9♣7♣ flop. Nezer folded, but Soutavong called. Harris fired a second barrel of 35,000 on the 4♣ turn. Soutavong raised all-in for the same amount and Harris quickly said "call".

Bruno Soutavong: K♣Q♣ All in
Craig Harris: A♦A♥

Harris' aces were cracked by Soutavong's flush. The 7♠ river completed the board so the Frenchman doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Soutavong	105,000 105,000	105,000
Craig Harris	8,800 8,800	8,800

Tags: Bruno Soutavong Craig Harris Or Nezer

07-04-2025 16:51 UTC-8

Barlow Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Philip Sternheimer raised to 1,000 from early position and was called by Louis Barlow in middle position, Haim Gabay on the button, and Justin Allen in the big blind.

Allen checked to Sternheimer, who bet 2,100 on the A♦9♣4♦ flop. Barlow called and both Gabay and Allen called.

Action checked through on the Q♣ turn and Sternheimer checked a final time on the A♥ river.

Barlow put a modest 2,000 bet into the middle and Sternheimer studied Barlow a bit before opting to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	88,000 52,000	52,000

Louis Barlow	62,000 16,000	16,000
Justin Allen	60,000 22,000	22,000
Haim Gabay	56,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Haim Gabay Justin Allen Louis Barlow Philip Sternheimer

07-04-2025 16:48 UTC-8

Neto Spikes Turn to Double

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Abilio Neto open-jammed his remaining 7,900 from early position. Steven Alper called in the seat next to him before the rest of the table got out of the way.

Abilio Neto: 9♥9♦ All in
Steven Alper: A♣K♦

Neto seemed to be heading to an early exit after the A♠8♥J♦ flop, but the 9♣ turn saw him hit one of his two direct outs. He locked up the pot, meaning the 6♦ river was rendered meaningless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Alper	53,000
Abilio Neto	15,800

Tags: Abilio Neto Steven Alper

07-04-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Bronze

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Eastwood	136,500 75,500	75,500

Jon Kyte	124,000 17,500	17,500
Yueqi Zhu	120,000 1,400	1,400

David McGowan	117,000 43,000	43,000
Simon Lofberg	110,000 15,000	15,000

Matthew Waterfall	97,000 20,000	20,000
Sean Cha	92,000 8,000	8,000
Raja Chirumamilla	92,000 22,000	22,000
Sebastian Zalazar	90,500 6,000	6,000
Tony Ghaffari	82,000 28,000	28,000
Iago Sturzeneker	70,500 18,000	18,000
Boris Angelov	70,000 15,500	15,500
Thi Ngo	66,500 7,500	7,500
Samuel Ju	66,500 2,700	2,700
Ryan Feldman	66,000 34,500	34,500
Todd Sninski	65,000 3,000	3,000
Easton Oreman	61,500
Kenneth Drewry	58,500 5,800	5,800
Ming Yew Liow	50,200 800	800
Adrian State	42,000 20,000	20,000
Hannah Richardson	39,000 7,500	7,500
Matthieu Rodriguez	39,000 4,000	4,000
Michael Niegsch	34,000 8,500	8,500
Wenbin Chen	31,000 31,000	31,000
Anderson Cardoso	20,700 29,300	29,300

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07-04-2025 16:45 UTC-8

West Floats the Flop

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was joined in a three-bet pot with 7,900 chips in the middle and a flop showing 6♠10♦10♥.

Jhonny Ortiz, the preflop three-bettor and big blind, continued for 1,500, and only Richard West called in the hijack.

The dealer flipped over the 5♦ turn, and Ortiz hit the brakes, checking to his opponent. West accepted the invitation to take over the betting lead, putting out a wager of 4,000. This was enough to see Ortiz fold his hand, returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard West	84,000
Jhonny Ortiz	77,500 52,700	52,700

Tags: Jhonny Ortiz Richard West

07-04-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Sawayanagi Picks Off Bonin's Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 12,000 in the pot, on a completed board of A♣7♦Q♠3♦8♦, Daichi Sawayanagi checked from the small blind, and Eric Bonin bet 9,200 from early position.

After mulling it over for quite some time, Sawayanagi called, prompting Bonin to tap the table, indicating a good call by Sawayanagi. Bonin reluctantly showed 4♥4♠ for a bluff, allowing Sawayanagi to pull in the pot with A♥2♥ for just a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daichi Sawayanagi	80,000 10,800	10,800
Eric Bonin	24,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Eric Bonin Daichi Sawayanagi

07-04-2025 16:43 UTC-8

Owen Chipping Up

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Adam Owen raised to 1,100 under the gun. Adrian Lopez called in late position, and Ole Nygaard tossed in a call from the small blind.

The trio went to a flop of K♦9♣10♦, which they all checked. After Nygaard also checked the 9♥ turn, Owen bet 1,500. Lopez called, while Nygaard folded.

Owen sized up to 3,300 on the 4♣ river. Lopez confirmed the sizing before he let his hand disappear into the muck

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	125,000 17,000	17,000
Adrian Lopez	62,000
Ole Nygaard	29,600 400	400

Tags: Adam Owen Guillermo Lopez Ole Nygaard

07-04-2025 16:42 UTC-8

Kicker Plays

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Barry Russell

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There were roughly 4,000 chips in the pot on a board of 9♠2♣A♠A♣.

Joseph Lucchetta who was in early position bet 1,200, Dirk Stange who was in the big blind made the call, and Maksim Kniter folded under the gun.

Action checked on the 5♥ turn, and Lucchetta tabled K♥Q♣. Stange smirked as he revealed K♠4♠, but Lucchetta’s kicker played, earning him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Lucchetta	87,500 87,500	87,500
Dirk Stange	20,000 20,000	20,000
Maksim Kniter	8,500 8,500	8,500

Tags: Dirk Stange Joseph Lucchetta Maksim Kniter

07-04-2025 16:37 UTC-8

Davenport Bounces Back

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up on the turn in a pot between Damarjai Davenport in the cutoff and Mauro Ferreira in middle position.

With 28,900 in the middle on a board reading 6♠4♦8♥10♠, Ferreira checked over to Davenport who bet 12,100. Ferreira moved all in for 30,300 effective and Davenport called to put himself at risk.

Damarjai Davenport: A♠10♦ All in
Mauro Ferreira: J♣9♣

Davenport held up on the river A♦ to double up at the expense of Ferreira.