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

07-04-2025 23:13 UTC-8

Three's a Crowd

Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Joao Pinto raised in early position to 1,300 and picked up calls from Lindsey McDougall, one seat to his left, and Junichi Kato in the big blind.

Action checked to McDougall on the J♠2♦Q♥ flop, and she placed a bet of 1,500. Both her opponents called, and it was still three to the turn.

All three players checked the 4♥ turn, but Kato put in a bet of 5,500 on the 4♣ river. Pinto folded, and McDougall called.

Kato turned over K♣Q♣, which was only good enough for half the pot as McDougall flipped over K♥Q♦, for the same hand.

The dealer apportioned the pot, and Pinto's invested chips were split between his two opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lindsey McDougall	138,400 8,000	8,000
Joao Pinto	68,000
Junichi Kato	17,400

Tags: Joao Pinto Lindsey McDougall Junichi Kato

07-04-2025 23:12 UTC-8

Kyler Hits Two Pair

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 20,000 chips in the pot on 3♦8♦J♠6♣9♣.

Steven Kyler who was in the cutoff bet 10,000, Domenico Gala who was in the big blind went deep into the tank and eventually called.

Kyler tabled 9♦6♦ for a backdoor two pair and Gala mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Kyler	134,000
Domenico Gala	121,000

Tags: Domenico Gala Steven Kyler

07-04-2025 23:12 UTC-8

Anderson Over 200k

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up on a flop of J♣7♦K♣, Joshua Rotenberg bet 1,200 from early position and Calvin Anderson called from middle position.

Rotenberg check-called a 2,000 bet from Anderson on the 10♣ turn, but check-folded after Anderson announced a bet of 7,000 on the Q♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	205,000 90,000	90,000

Joshua Rotenberg	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Calvin Anderson Joshua Rotenberg

07-04-2025 23:04 UTC-8

Three-Bet Pot For Censi

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Richard Mendoza raised to 2,000 from under the gun and in middle position Agustin Censi three-bet to 4,500 which saw action fold back to Mendoza who called.

The flop rolled out K♣7♣4♦ and Mendoza checked over to Censi who bet 3,500 which Mendoza called.

Mendoza checked the turn J♦ over to Censi who bet 8,000 and Mendoza mucked his cards, ceding the pot to Censi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Mendoza	77,500
Agustin Censi	63,400

Tags: Agustin Censi Richard Mendoza

07-04-2025 23:02 UTC-8

"You Don't Know Who I Am!"

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

“You’ve just missed one of the craziest hands on a Day 1,” a player at Table #479 told PokerNews. According to him, with help from others at the table, Scott Kahler opened from the cutoff and Bin Weng three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind.

Weng checked the 7♥6♦4♠ flop and Kahler bet 4,500. Weng called, then check-called again for 21,000 on the 4♥ turn.

After Weng checked the A♥ river, Kahler moved all-in for roughly 120,000. Weng tanked for a long time before making the call and say: “You guys don’t know who I am!”

What stunned his tablemates was that Weng called with 7♦3♦ for two pair. But it turned out to be the right call, as Kahler only held KxJ♥. He was eliminated and quickly left the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	350,000 136,500	136,500
Scott Kahler	Busted

Tags: Bin Weng Scott Kahler

07-04-2025 23:01 UTC-8

Salorio Goes Three Streets With Kings

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up to the 7♦9♥7♠ flop between Antonio Salorio in the small blind, and Armando Collado under the gun. Salorio bet 5,300, which was called by Callado.

The 5♠ dropped on the turn, and Salorio continued with a bet of 11,500. Collado paused briefly and then made the call.

The Q♦ appeared on the river, and Salorio bet again, this time for 16,000. Collado reluctantly put in the call and then had to muck after seeing Salorio's overpair with K♥K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Salorio	95,000
Armando Collado	44,000

Tags: Antonio Salorio Armando Collado

07-04-2025 22:56 UTC-8

Schuler Wins Some Back After "Massive Punt"

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Daemon Richardson under the gun and Nicholas Schuler in the adjacent seat were heads up in a three-bet pot. Richardson checked to Schuler, who bet 3,000. Richardson tossed in a call, after which both players checked the Q♥ turn.

"I'm glad PokerNews wasn't here to witness my massive punt earlier," Schuler stated as the K♦ river was dealt.

"They should call you 'Duster'. All you've done since you've sat down here is dust it off," Antonius Samuel added, which received some laughter from the table, including Schuler.

Richardson had checked in the meantime, prompting Schuler to toss in 10,000 chips. Richardson made a quick fold, and Schuler took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daemon Richardson	280,000 20,000	20,000
Antonius Samuel	64,300 5,700	5,700
Nicholas Schuler	35,500

Tags: Antonius Samuel Daemon Richardson Nicholas Schuler

07-04-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Pointer Wounds The Dragon

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

David "The Dragon" Pham raised to 1,200 from first position and in the big blind, John Pointer called.

The flop rolled out K♣J♣2♣ and Pointer checked to Pham who bet 1,100. Pointer raised to 5,000 and Pham called.

On the 6♠ turn, Pointer cranked it up to 8,000 and Pham continued.

Pointer bet on the river J♠ to the tune of 17,000 and Pham went into the tank.

After some time he tossed in the call and Pointer turned over A♣6♣ for the nut flush. It was good for the pot as the three-time WSOP bracelet winner tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Pointer	124,000
David Pham	87,500 15,500	15,500

Tags: John Pointer David Pham

07-04-2025 22:51 UTC-8

Cristea Can't Figure it Out

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sorin Cristea raised in middle position to 1,600 and immediately faced a three-bet from David Diaz, one seat to his left. Diaz had made it 5,000, and when action folded back to Cristea, he made the call.

Both players checked the 9♦7♣J♦ flop before Cristea check-called a bet of 3,500 on the 7♦ turn.

When the 10♣ river was dealt, Cristea checked again. Diaz followed up on his turn bet with another, this time for 10,000.

Cristea spent some time in the tank, going back and forth between call and fold. He picked up the chips, looking like he was going to call, but reluctantly folded instead.

Diaz kept quiet as he pulled in the pot, giving nothing away.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Diaz	150,500

Sorin Cristea	121,000 120,888	120,888

Tags: David Diaz Sorin Cristea

07-04-2025 22:50 UTC-8

Nice Pot For Chau

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 12,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♥3♠J♣, Fabien Gun in early position checked to Matthew Parker who was in the cutoff and he fired out a bet of 5,000, Tsz Chau called on the button and Gun folded.

Both players decided to check on the 6♥, and Chau fired out a bet for 15,000 on the 7♠ river.

Parker folded.