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

07-05-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Owen's Dream Start to the Main Event

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

07-05-2025 12:38 UTC-8

Taylor Wins the First Battle Against Rast

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Esther Taylor made it 600 from the hijack and only Brian Rast called from the big blind.

Rast check-called a bet of 600 from Taylor on the K♦A♥3♥ flop.

The 10♠ turn checked through for the K♠ to roll off on the river. Rast led out for 700 and was met by a raise to 3,000 from Taylor. Rast instantly released his cards, and Taylor pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	61,000 61,000	61,000

Brian Rast	58,500 58,500	58,500

Tags: Brian Rast Esther Taylor

07-05-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Seed Beginning to Sprout

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Brett Slezak

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Huck Seed opened to 500 from under the gun before Andreas Putz three-bet to 1,600 next to act, and Seed called.

"First pot I raise all day and I get reraised," Seed joked, "We must both have aces."

On the Q♣J♣7♥ flop, Seed check-called a bet of 2,000 from Putz as Seed further commented, "Must be a chop."

Seed checked once more on the 5♠ turn before Putz placed out a bet of 6,000. Seed took some time before he put in a massive raise to 50,000, almost enough to put Putz all-in, but he laid it down after a short tank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	79,000 19,000	19,000

Andreas Putz	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Andreas Putz Huck Seed

07-05-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts from Paris Purple & Green

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Some of these chip counts have been taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	120,000 3,000	3,000

Grant Gardner	109,800 49,800	49,800
Josh Arieh	97,000 37,000	37,000

Clement Bonnant	88,200 2,800	2,800
Cassandra Yong	88,000 500	500
Jason Glover	70,700 10,300	10,300
Barak Wisbrod	66,000 6,000	6,000

Steven Buckner	63,000 2,000	2,000
Ryan Laplante	63,000 3,000	3,000

Esther Taylor	63,000 2,000	2,000

Mario Colavita	62,000 2,000	2,000
Vladimir Nex	62,000 3,000	3,000
Tom Verbruggen	61,000 1,000	1,000
Jesse Sylvia	59,000 1,000	1,000
Natalie Teh	58,000 2,000	2,000
Jose Fibla	57,500 22,500	22,500
Marcello Del Grosso	57,000 3,000	3,000
Edgaras Kausinis	55,000 10,000	10,000
Shaun York	54,000 5,000	5,000
Jeff Sluzinski	52,000 13,000	13,000

Brian Rast	51,600 6,900	6,900

Yuriy Kudrynskyy	48,000 9,700	9,700
Michael Wang	45,000 15,000	15,000

Liubomyr Melnyk	40,000 14,000	14,000
Marc Foggin	38,000 22,000	22,000

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07-05-2025 13:33 UTC-8

Some Familiar Faces in Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Killeen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lou Garza	60,000 60,000	60,000

Christian Roberts	60,000 60,000	60,000

Parker Talbot	60,000 60,000	60,000

Fahredin Mustafov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Renan Bruschi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Robert Kuhn	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-05-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Here is a look at some of the chip counts in the Horsehoe Ballroom - White section.

Some of the counts come courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bixi Yao	113,300 53,300	53,300
Thomas Roach	80,000 21,400	21,400
Julio Esquivel	76,900 17,100	17,100
Leo Worthington-Leese	62,300 2,300	2,300
Dean Lyall	60,000
Dimitar Danchev	60,000

Jack Oliver	57,700 2,300	2,300
Wai Kit Lo	56,800 3,200	3,200
Erik Seidel	55,200 4,800	4,800

Travis Davis	54,700 8,100	8,100
Elijah Berg	53,300 6,700	6,700
Matt Glantz	52,600 7,400	7,400

Ludovic Geilich	51,000 9,000	9,000

Ben Miller	42,000 18,000	18,000
Brandon Harris	22,600 37,400	37,400

07-05-2025 13:50 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Brett Slezak

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	85,000 19,000	19,000

Jonah Labranche	83,000 23,000	23,000

Kane Kalas	82,000 22,000	22,000
Eric Blair	81,000 21,000	21,000
Thomas Taylor	74,000
Kristen Foxen	73,000 13,000	13,000

David "ODB" Baker	73,000 13,000	13,000

Brian Hastings	71,000 11,000	11,000

Brian Yoon	68,000

Asher Conniff	67,000 7,000	7,000

Damjan Radanov	63,000
Sean Winter	60,000
Matt Berkey	60,000
Jeremy Ausmus	59,000 1,000	1,000

Kyle Miholich	57,000 3,000	3,000

James Chen	56,000 4,000	4,000

Justin Liberto	55,000 5,000	5,000

Dietrich Fast	54,000 6,000	6,000

Matthew Stout	49,000 11,000	11,000
Blair Hinkle	38,000 22,000	22,000

Dan Heimiller	22,000 38,000	38,000

Jeremy Becker	9,000 51,000	51,000

07-05-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Kornuth Struggling Early; Foxen Arrives

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Chance Kornuth has already fallen down to around 12,000 early in his Main Event, while Mason "Uncle Ron" Hinkle (wearing a yellow shirt that reads "If my nipples are hard, I don't have jacks") is on an extreme short stack.

Alex Foxen and Dan Sepiol, meanwhile, have just started their Main Event in the Paris Black section.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger	110,000

Mike Leah	90,000

Thomas Meehan	62,000
Alex Foxen	60,000

Dan Sepiol	60,000

Craig Varnell	50,000

Daniel Rezaei	42,000

Yannick Schumacher	40,000
Chance Kornuth	12,000

Mason Hinkle	3,000

07-05-2025 14:00 UTC-8

Assorted Counts From Horseshoe Blue

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Andrada	113,000 113,000	113,000
Lachezar Petkov	77,000 77,000	77,000

Oscar Peleg	74,900 74,900	74,900
Blaz Zerjav	70,000 70,000	70,000

Jonathan Tamayo	68,000 68,000	68,000

David Uvaydov	67,000 67,000	67,000
Hugues Girard	64,000 64,000	64,000
Marc MacDonnell	59,500 59,500	59,500
Omar Eljach	59,000 59,000	59,000

Steve Watts	58,000 58,000	58,000
Kahle Burns	54,200 54,200	54,200

Georgios Sotiropoulos	53,000 53,000	53,000

Sergio Aido	51,300 51,300	51,300

Antoine Saout	47,000 47,000	47,000
Anton Wigg	45,000 45,000	45,000
Ari Engel	15,500 44,500	44,500

David Dao	Busted