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

07-04-2025 16:53 UTC-8

Soutavong Cracks Aces with a Flush to Double Up

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 16:54 UTC-8

Entries and Exits

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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 16:59 UTC-8

Oertling Folds Out Simpson

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Liam Gannon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with 5,800 in the middle with William Oertling in first position and Elvin Simpson in late position.

Oertling checked the turn of 10♠Q♦6♥2♥ over to Simpson who bet 5,000, prompting Oertling to raise to 11,000. Simpson contemplated for a bit before deciding to call.

The river peeled off a 5♦ and Oertly bet 14,500 and Simpson folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Oertling	43,500 14,500	14,500
Elvin Simpson	36,100 21,400	21,400

Tags: Elvin Simpson William Oertling

07-04-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Olson Bets Richardson Out on the River

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Daemon Richardson made it 1,100 from early position and only Justin Olson called from the cutoff.

Richardson check-called a bet of 1,000 from Olson on the A♠7♦Q♣ flop.

The turn came the 5♦ and Richardson check-called another bet from Olson, this time for 2,200.

After Richardson checked the 4♠ river, Olson fired out a big bet of 14,000. Richardson instantly folded and said to Olson "you weren't messing around"

Player	Chips	Progress
Daemon Richardson	129,000 9,000	9,000
Justin Olson	118,000

Tags: Justin Olson Daemon Richardson

07-04-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Dunaway Trips up Luo

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Xixiang Luo opened from middle position and Braxton Dunaway defended his big blind.

Dunaway check-called a 1,000 bet from Luo on the K♥7♠10♣ flop and then Dunaway led out for 1,500 after the 7♣ paired the turn.

The J♣ completed the board and both players checked.

Dunaway tabled 8♠7♦ for trip sevens and Luo sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Braxton Dunaway	110,000

Xixiang Luo	57,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Braxton Dunaway Xixiang Luo

07-04-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Kyte Pays Off Jones

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With two players seeing a board of 9♥K♠10♠4♠8♣ and around 8,000 in the middle, Jon Kyte bet 5,600 from early position and Justin Jones raised to 15,100 from the button.

Kyte briefly went into the tank, mentioning a few hands that he thought Jones could possibly have while doing so. After about a minute Kyte commented that he should fold, but that he put Jones on ace-jack with a spade, before calling.

Jones turned over a flush with 8♠5♠ and Kyte mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	143,500 19,500	19,500
Justin Jones	70,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Justin Jones

07-04-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Marmur With Big Slick

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Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Alejo Castellazzi raised to 1,000 from early position and Joey Padron called before Nathaniel Marmur three-bet to 3,700 one seat over. Action folded to Chad Holloway in the small blind who cold-called. Castellazi and Padron called as well to see four players go to the flop.

The flop was A♠J♦8♠, and everyone checked to Marmur, who bet 4,500. Holloway and Castellazzi folded, while Padron called. Both players checked down the 4♣ turn and 10♦ river.

Marmur showed A♦K♦ and Padron mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Holloway	80,000 8,000	8,000

Nathaniel Marmur	72,000 72,000	72,000
Joey Padron	52,000 52,000	52,000
Alejo Castellazzi	28,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Alejo Castellazzi Chad Holloway Joey Padron Nathaniel Marmur

07-04-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Sokolovsky Loses a Small Battle of the Blinds

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

From the small blind on a board of A♣K♠9♣7♣, Alexander Sokolovsky checked and faced a bet of 800 by Kenneth Quattrocchi out of the big blind. Sokolovsky flicked in the call.

Sokolovsky checked for the last time on the 5♥ river, and Quattrocchi gathered together a bet of 2,700. Sokolovsky picked up the calling chips and thought for a while, but in the end, thought better of it and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Sokolovsky	62,000 1,000	1,000
Kenneth Quattrocchi	45,000

Tags: Alexander Sokolovsky Kenneth Quattrocchi

07-04-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Runner-Runner Straight for Stockdale

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dumitru-Adrian Pora raised to 800 from under the gun and was called by Ervin Tormos in middle position and Bradley Stockdale on the button for a three-way pot.

Pora continued for 800 on the 2♥J♠3♦ flop and both Tormos and Stockdale called.

Everyone checked on the 6♦ turn, but Pora retook the initiative with a 1,200 bet on the 5♦ river.

Tormos and Stockdale called and Pora showed JxJx for a set of jacks. It was no good, however, against the 4♥4♦ of Stockdale for a straight and both Tormos and Pora mucked — conceding the pot to Stockdale.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Stockdale	73,000 73,000	73,000
Ervin Tormos	61,000 61,000	61,000
Dumitru-Adrian Pora	30,000 30,000	30,000

07-04-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Venclauskas Spikes the River to Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Adam Owen in the hijack called an open to 1,000 by the player to his right. The button and the small blind called, but Steven Venclauskas in the big blind raised all-in for 11,800. Owen was the only one to call.

Steven Venclauskas: K♥Q♣ All in
Adam Owen: 9♥9♣

Venclauskas was on the edge of elimination on J♥3♦8♠3♥, but the K♣ river saved him and he doubled up.