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

07-05-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts from Paris Purple

Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Some of these Chip Counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	135,000 72,000	72,000

Brad Owen	125,000 5,000	5,000

Grant Gardner	115,000 5,200	5,200
Tuan Nguyen	115,000
Josh Arieh	103,000 6,000	6,000

Sylwia Studniarz	100,000 5,000	5,000
Mario Colavita	81,400 19,400	19,400
Cassandra Yong	80,900 7,100	7,100
Jason Glover	80,000 9,300	9,300
Liubomyr Melnyk	80,000 27,000	27,000
Edgaras Kausinis	80,000 25,000	25,000
Natalie Teh	67,000 24,000	24,000
Clement Bonnant	65,000 23,200	23,200
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	65,000 2,000	2,000
Allen Kessler	62,000
Paz Shkalim	61,000 1,000	1,000
Brian Rast	61,000 9,400	9,400

Quirin Heinz	61,000 4,000	4,000
Vladimir Nex	60,600 1,400	1,400
Ethan Ackerman	60,000 5,000	5,000
Ryan Laplante	59,400 3,600	3,600

Marshall Brenden	55,000 7,000	7,000
Yuriy Kudrynskyy	53,200 47,200	47,200
Steven Buckner	52,000 11,000	11,000
Bryce Yockey	51,000 16,000	16,000

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07-05-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Hisashi Yamanouchi	126,000 4,000	4,000
Bixi Yao	117,500
Robert Kuhn	110,200 1,800	1,800
Marc Goldman	100,100 27,200	27,200
Parker Talbot	99,000 25,000	25,000

Kevin Killeen	88,600 28,600	28,600
Jason Osser	83,700 22,400	22,400
Thomas Roach	77,400 2,600	2,600
Sridhar Sangannagari	74,700 1,700	1,700
Vamsi Magam	74,000 7,500	7,500
Jordan Batt	71,000 8,700	8,700
Shardul Aramudhan	67,700
Leonardo Valenzuela	66,200 17,300	17,300
Fahredin Mustafov	64,300 4,300	4,300
Victor Stauffer	63,800 3,400	3,400
Julio Esquivel	62,600 14,300	14,300
Dean Lyall	61,700 1,700	1,700
Erik Seidel	60,100

Dimitar Danchev	60,000

Renan Bruschi	60,000

Michael McGowan	58,500 3,500	3,500
Travis Davis	58,100 3,400	3,400
Elijah Berg	53,500 200	200
Matt Glantz	52,600

Raul Pantoja	52,400 9,400	9,400

A Few Notable Stacks - Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bixi Yao	117,500 4,200	4,200
Robert Kuhn	112,000 52,000	52,000
Jared Bleznick	72,500

Erik Seidel	60,100 1,900	1,900

Dan Zack	56,900

Jack Oliver	51,700 6,000	6,000
Lou Garza	50,500

Christian Roberts	48,900 11,100	11,100

Leo Worthington-Leese	48,200 6,800	6,800

07-05-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Foxen Forces Out Sued

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

"Check-raise the flop and triple barrel," James Romero told the live reporting team when a bigger pot was brewing on his table. The hand featured Kristen Foxen in the big blind and Kharlin Sued on the button and the board showed J♠8♥3♠K♠J♦. Foxen's final barrel was for 17,000 and Sued went deep into the tank before he folded.

"What did you show Kristen?" Romero jokingly asked and Foxen smiled back when she said "I didn't show".

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Foxen	71,400 8,400	8,400

Kharlin Sued	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: James Romero Kharlin Sued Kristen Foxen

07-05-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Yellow Getting Full

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jeff Madsen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Naor Slobodskoy	60,000

07-05-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Horseshoe Ballroom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	130,000 28,000	28,000

David Carter	110,000 110,000	110,000
Thomas Taylor	107,000 33,000	33,000
Roberto Romanello	107,000 107,000	107,000

Jamie Dwan	105,000 45,000	45,000
Guy Taylor	85,000 85,000	85,000
James Romero	80,000 80,000	80,000
Maxwell Young	75,000 15,000	15,000
Julien Sitbon	72,000 72,000	72,000

Gary Thompson	70,000 70,000	70,000
Kyosuke Nagami	67,000 67,000	67,000
Kami Hudson	63,000 63,000	63,000
Kane Kalas	63,000 19,000	19,000
Brian Yoon	57,300 10,700	10,700

Rainer Kempe	53,000 53,000	53,000

Jennifer Lam	37,000 37,000	37,000
Bob Mather	30,000 30,000	30,000

07-05-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Paris Black

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	160,000 70,000	70,000
Jimmy Setna	150,000 10,000	10,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	130,000 20,000	20,000

Chad Eveslage	100,000 100,000	100,000

Davidi Kitai	100,000 40,000	40,000

Joseph Cheong	100,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Sepiol	90,000 30,000	30,000

Jeff Gross	80,000 5,000	5,000

Loni Hui	70,000 10,000	10,000

Matthew Wantman	70,000 12,000	12,000

Thomas Meehan	70,000 8,000	8,000
Steven Jones	65,000 5,000	5,000

Senthuran Vijayaratnam	65,000 3,000	3,000
Paulina Loeliger	65,000 5,000	5,000
Ryan Riess	65,000 7,000	7,000

Doug Polk	65,000 20,000	20,000

Vanessa Kade	65,000 10,000	10,000
Shannon Shorr	58,000 2,000	2,000

Frank Cucchiara	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jamie Gold	50,000 4,000	4,000

Danny Tang	50,000 50,000	50,000

Calen McNeil	50,000 10,000	10,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	50,000 8,000	8,000

Martin Jacobson	45,000 17,000	17,000

Christian Harder	45,000 15,000	15,000

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07-05-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Wang Shows One Card While Folding

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ethan Ackerman made it 800 from middle position and Liubomyr Melnyk called from the cutoff. Michael Wang squeezed to 4,400 from the big blind, which only Ackerman called.

Heads-up to the 7♣4♥10♣ flop that saw Wang bet out for around 3,000, Ackerman raised to 8,300, which Wang immediately called.

Wang checked the Q♣ turn and Ackerman continued with a bet of 12,000. Wang turned over the 8♠ and folded, allowing Ackerman to pull in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Ackerman	65,000 65,000	65,000
Liubomyr Melnyk	53,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Wang	39,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Ethan Ackerman Liubomyr Melnyk Michael Wang

07-05-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Holtz Gets Value From Cartwright

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Arriving on a 7♠4♠10♠K♠ turn, Mike Holtz fired 5,800 into a pot of 8,800 from the small blind. Kyle Cartwright called in the cutoff, after which the 7♥ river completed the board.

Holtz sized up to 8,000, which Cartwright quickly called. Holtz tabled K♣J♣ for kings and sevens, and Cartwright sent his cards face down to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Holtz	74,400 14,400	14,400

Kyle Cartwright	34,800 25,200	25,200

Tags: Kyle Cartwright Mike Holtz

07-05-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Updates From Yellow Section

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Deardorff	97,000 11,700	11,700
Mustapha Kanit	86,000 26,000	26,000

Jordan Love	78,000 6,600	6,600
Aaron Massey	61,000 1,000	1,000
Alexis Cruz Martinez	55,500 16,500	16,500
Benedict Cullen	44,500 21,300	21,300
Samyo Bounlom	19,300 1,600	1,600