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

07-04-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Venclauskas Gives Final Chips to Lundgren

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 20:56 UTC-8

Spencer's Stack on a Downward Spiral

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

From middle position on a flop of 10♦Q♥9♥, Lewis Spencer bet 1,100 and John Bunch called from the big blind.

Two checks followed the 10♠ turn to see the J♥ appear on the river. Bunch led out for 2,700, and this was enough to make Spencer fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bunch	54,000 6,000	6,000
Lewis Spencer	24,600 30,400	30,400

Tags: John Bunch Lewis Spencer

07-04-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Puetz Is Out of the Main Event

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Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There were roughly 21,000 in the pot on 5♠J♥8♠K♣Q♦.

Lucas Blanco Oliver, who was in early position, put Christopher Puetz all in for roughly 30,000 on the river.

Puetz went deep into the tank before finding the call button, but got shown the bad news as Oliver tabled a set with J♠J♦, Puetz tabled A♠K♦ before exiting the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Oliver	133,000 133,000	133,000
Christopher Puetz	Busted

Tags: Christopher Puetz Lucas Blanco Oliver

07-04-2025 20:54 UTC-8

Selbst Raises the River

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Heon Lee opened from early position and was called by Justin Pfeiffer in the hijack. Vanessa Selbst squeezed to 4,600 on the button and both Lee and Pfeiffer called for a bloated three-way pot.

Action checked through on the K♠2♥9♦ flop and 8♦ turn, but Lee led out for 3,000 after the 9♠ completed the board.

Selbst tanked a bit before cutting out a raise to 9,400 and placing it into the middle. Lee let his hand go and Selbst dragged the pot.

Parched from her victory, Selbst also ordered two Fiji bottles of water as she was collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heon Lee	95,000 35,000	35,000
Vanessa Selbst	63,000 22,500	22,500

Justin Pfeiffer	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Justin Pfeiffer Vanessa Selbst

07-04-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Goss Flops Top Set and Doubles

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Jon Towers opened to 1,200 from middle position and received calls from Robert Goss on the button and JJ Liu in the small blind.

All three players checked the 8♦10♠5♣ flop leading to the 6♦ turn. Liu bet 2,000, Towers folded and Goss shoved for 11,900. Liu called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Robert Goss: 10♥10♦ All in
JJ Liu: 9♠9♦

Goss was a massive favorite with top set against Liu's pair of nines and gutshot, and after the K♠ river changed nothing for either player and Goss doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	44,000 44,000	44,000
Jon Towers	38,400 38,400	38,400
Robert Goss	28,400 28,400	28,400

Tags: JJ Liu Jon Towers Robert Goss

07-04-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Nines Are Good for Lang

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

2014 WSOP Main Event finalist Jorryt Van Hoof opened to 1,500 from middle position. Douglas Lang called from the cutoff, but Shohei Kawano in the small blind squeezed to 8,000. Van Hoof folded even before the big blind while Lang made the call.

Kawano bet 6,000 on the 5♦7♣8♠ flop, and the exact same amount on the Q♣ turn. Lang called twice.

The 10♣ river was checked by Kawano with A♥K♣. Lang checked back with 9♠9♦ and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorryt van Hoof	56,000 4,400	4,400
Douglas Lang	55,000
Shohei Kawano	36,000

Tags: Douglas Lang Jorryt Van Hoof Shohei Kawano

07-04-2025 20:50 UTC-8

Ohara Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Masato Ohara opened from under the gun to 1,100 and picked up calls from two players in middle position. Action was then on Ethan Kamps, in the big blind, who put out a three-bet of 3,000. Ohara was interested in playing a bigger pot and four-bet to 7,600. Both the original callers folded, but Kamps made the call.

It didn't take much to blow Kamps off the pot on the flop. Once the dealer had spread the 10♥J♦J♠ flop, and Kamps had checked, Ohara downbet to 3,500. This was too rich for Kamps, who returned his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Ohara	94,500
Ethan Kamps	44,100

Tags: Ethan Kamps Masato Ohara

07-04-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Simpson Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Gilbert Deleon raised to 1,500 from middle position and was called by Ian Simpson in the cutoff and Giovanni Camardella in the small blind.

The flop came 7♠4♦K♥ and it was checked to Simpson, who bet 1,800. Camardella folded, but Deleon called.

Both players checked down on the 6♦ turn and 3♦ flop and Deleon tabled 8♣8♠. His eights were no good, however, as Simpson revealed 10♣10♦ to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Camardella	101,000
Gilbert Deleon	90,000 90,000	90,000
Ian Simpson	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Gilbert Deleon Giovanni Camardella Ian Simpson

07-04-2025 20:47 UTC-8

Morrison Turns Broadway

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Dennis Morrison checked from under the gun on a flop of 2♠K♥J♣, and William Zgorski bet 2,500 from the button. Morrison made the call.

Both players checked the 10♥ turn and the 6♠ came on the river. Morrison had checked blind, which allowed Zgorski to bet 7,000. Morrison didn't take long to check-raise to 25,000, and after a few moments, Zgorski called.

Morrison tabled the nut straight with A♠Q♠, and Zgorski mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Morrison	130,000 32,700	32,700
William Zgorski	27,000

Tags: William Zgorski Dennis Morrison

07-04-2025 20:46 UTC-8

Wysotchanski's Ladies Hold Up

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After Martin Spatt limped in first position, Wagner Wysotchanski raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Joseph Clark called on the button. In the big blind, David Abramowicz moved all in for 41,000 which saw Spatt fold, Wysotchanski shove for more, and Clark folded behind what he said was AxKx.

David Abramowicz: 9♥9♠ All in
Wagner Wysotchanski: Q♣Q♦

The board ran out J♥5♥7♣J♠K♠ and the queens and jacks were good for Wysotchanski to take down the pot and eliminate Abramowicz from the tournament.