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

07-05-2025 16:25 UTC-8

O'Donnell Sends Banerji to the Rail

Sava Krink

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 45,000 already in the pot and the board reading K♦2♠9♠5♥3♣, Neehar Banerji was all-in for over 30,000 from the small blind. Matt O'Donnell, on the button, went deep into the tank before eventually making the call.

Banerji tabled A♥2♣ for just a pair of deuces, while O'Donnell revealed J♣J♥ for a solid pair of jacks. After a brief chip count, Banerji asked, “He had me covered?” The dealer confirmed, and Banerji’s tournament run came to an end as O'Donnell scooped the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt O'Donnell	119,000
Neehar Banerji	Busted

Tags: Matt O'Donnell Neehar Banerji

07-05-2025 16:21 UTC-8

Rivered Flush Shows Slanina the Exit

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was joined with a full board showing K♠A♦5♣Q♠J♠ and 20,800 already in the middle.

Big blind Michal Slanina, flicked out two red chips, good for a bet of 10,000. Action was then on Pejman Niyati, who had entered the pot from early position. He elected to move all in for 49,500, which covered his opponent's stack.

Slanina made a quick decision, moving the rest of his chips into the middle to signify a call.

It was bad news for Slanina, as he showed his 5♥5♦ for a flopped set. This was no good, though, as Niyati had rivered a flush with 10♠7♠, sending his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pejman Niyati	103,400
Michal Slanina	Busted

Tags: Michal Slanina Pejman Niyati

07-05-2025 15:32 UTC-8

Early Departes From Yellow

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Avera	Busted
Oliver Weis	Busted

07-05-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Li Takes Out Barlow

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Jerome Solomon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Brandon Barlow, having suffered a crippling loss earlier, went all in from early position with his last 1,500 in chips.

Ian O'Shea, in the hijack and Nan Li, in the big blind, made the call.

The flop fell 8♠Q♣3♠, prompting O'Shea to bet 7,000. Li called.

Li and O'Shea checked the turn 9♦. When the 7♣ landed on the river, Li bet 9,200, and O'Shea folded.

Li turned over 8♦7♦, giving him two pair, eights and sevens.

Barlow flipped over A♥3♦, and his tournament was over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nan Li	126,000 8,000	8,000
Ian O'Shea	48,000 48,000	48,000
Brandon Barlow	Busted

Tags: Brandon Barlow Ian O'Shea Nan Li

07-05-2025 15:16 UTC-8

De Lucca Sobral Runs Into a Set

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Moments after last year's WSOP Main Event finalist Malo Latinois took his seat at the table, Jonathan Rosa on the button bet 10,000 on a board of 10♠A♦2♦6♥ with 18,000 in the pot. Caio De Lucca Sobral in the big blind raised all-in for 33,000 and Rosa called.

Caio De Lucca Sobral: A♠Q♠ All in
Jonathan Rosa: 10♣10♦

"You have it?" De Lucca Sobral asked with his top pair. Rosa answered that he had it by flipping over his set. The 9♣ river completed the board and De Lucca Sobral was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Rosa	120,000 120,000	120,000
Malo Latinois	60,000
Caio De Lucca Sobral	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Rosa Malo Latinois

07-05-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Ferreira Calls Off Incorrectly

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Brett Slezak

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Henrique Camara Ferreira from early position and Mateusz Moolhuizen from the button were involved in a three-bet pot that had grown to over 30,000 by the river with the completed board reading J♦6♥2♥3♦4♠ after Ferreira had check-called a bet on the turn.

Ferreira checked for a final time to Moolhuizen who bet enough to put Ferreira all-in for his final 20,500. Over three minutes would come off the clock as Ferreira lamented, "Sick spot," before he finally slid forward the call.

Henrique Camara Ferreira: 8♠8♥ All in
Mateusz Moolhuizen: A♠A♥

Ferreira called off with his eights but was always in tough shape against the aces of Moolhuizen who got max value as Ferreira hit the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen	95,000
Henrique Camara Ferreira	Busted

Tags: Henrique Camara Ferreira Mateusz Moolhuizen

07-05-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Peacock Among the Early Big Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Arthur Peacock has already more than doubled his stack as he was responsible for the elimination of Brandy Savage. The cards of the latter were already in the muck when Peacock raked in the pot holding 7♠6♠ on a board of A♠8♣6♦9♦5♥ for a rivered nine-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Peacock	127,500 127,500	127,500
Andrew Moreno	66,000 6,000	6,000
Brandy Savage	Busted

Tags: Arthur Peacock Brandy Savage

07-05-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Bowker Eliminated by Leblanc

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There was a loud celebration in the Horseshoe Blue section and when the live reporting team arrived, With some 15,000 chips in the middle to the J♣9♠3♣Q♥ turn, Kyle Bowker clashed with Brian Leblanc and his K♣10♣ had flopped the flush draw and turned the nut straight.

Leblanc was involved with Q♠Q♦ for the nut straight and the reason for his very vivid outburst was the 9♥ on the river which paired the board and knocked out Bowker in the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Leblanc	126,700 126,700	126,700
Kyle Bowker	Busted

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07-05-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Dauajare Puts Edali in the Blender

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ahmed Edali bet 5,000 from the big blind on a board of 10♠J♥K♥J♠ and David Dauajare raised to 15,000 under the gun. Edali called, and the 7♣ fell on the river.

Dauajare then moved all in for 29,000.

"Man, oh man. I'm going to need three minutes," Edali sighed.

"We'll give you four," tablemate Zi Long Zhang replied.

"This is really, really sick. You seem comfortable," Edali said, spending several minutes muttering to himself the various possibilities of what Dauajare held. He eventually called.

"Ace-queen is no good," Zhang said to Edali, who indeed turned over A♠Q♣ for a straight. Dauajare could only show Q♠9♥ for a smaller straight as he wished the table luck before making his exit.

"I fold ace-queen on the turn there," Zhang added after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Edali	130,000 130,000	130,000
Zi Long Zhang	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matthew Moss	40,000 20,000	20,000
David Dauajare	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Edali David Dauajare

07-05-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Owen's Dream Start to the Main Event

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On his first hand of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, Brad Owen was still greeting his tablemates when Gary Abrahams raised from early position. Owen, who was still unpacking his belongings, three-bet from the hijack, and when it got back to Abrahams, he four-bet to 6,000. Owen responded with a five-bet to 14,000, which Abrahams called.

The dealer spread a flop of 2♦10♣4♣, and Abrahams knuckled the action over to Owen. Owen bet around 8,000, prompting Abrahams to quickly jam around 44,000. Owen snap-called.

Gary Abrahams: K♦K♣ All in
Brad Owen: A♠A♣

It was the ultimate cooler in favor of Owen, who looked poised for a dream start to his Main Event, if he could fade a two-outer on the turn or river.

The Q♥ turn looked scary, but it wasn’t the paint card Abrahams needed. The Q♦ river sealed the double-up for Owen with his bullets and spelled the end of Abrahams’ tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	117,000 117,000	117,000

Gary Abrahams	Busted

Tags: Brad Owen Gary Abrahams