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

07-05-2025 17:59 UTC-8

Assorted Pre Dinner Counts in Horseshoe

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Chornyy	175,000 31,600	31,600
Nick Pupillo	160,000 160,000	160,000

Roberto Romanello	150,000 25,000	25,000

Mark Shutley	135,000 135,000	135,000
Tony Vo	135,000 135,000	135,000
Brian Reinhart	130,000 130,000	130,000
Daniel Wilson	125,000 125,000	125,000
Robert Kuhn	120,000 9,800	9,800
Mateusz Moolhuizen	98,000 15,200	15,200
Roland Israelashvili	85,000 85,000	85,000

Daniela Rodriguez	83,000 83,000	83,000
Kami Hudson	78,000 15,000	15,000
Chris Grigorian	70,000 70,000	70,000
Brad Ruben	65,000 2,000	2,000

Andrey Kotelnikov	65,000 65,000	65,000
Rainer Kempe	65,000 12,000	12,000

Paul Volpe	65,000 65,000	65,000

Lautaro Guerra	61,000 5,000	5,000

Johan Guilbert	54,000 9,000	9,000

Jun Li	50,000 50,000	50,000
Fraser MacIntyre	38,000 16,500	16,500
Yingui Li	35,000 35,000	35,000

Bob Mather	33,000 3,000	3,000
Jennifer Lam	Busted
Oshri Azran	Busted

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07-05-2025 19:20 UTC-8

Post-Dinner Yellow Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Calio	212,400 2,400	2,400
Mark Blake	191,500 20,500	20,500
Mike Allen	191,000 200	200
Shinsuke Suzuki	186,500 10,000	10,000
Nenad Cvetkovic	165,900 70,900	70,900
Jerry Wong	156,900 21,700	21,700

Brett Feder	144,400 600	600
Anthony Mattera	127,800 60,800	60,800
Mario Fata	127,400 67,400	67,400
Andrew Ostapchenko	120,000 22,500	22,500

Masashi Oya	117,500 23,400	23,400

Ronnie Bardah	113,100 13,900	13,900

Christopher Staats	109,500 30,500	30,500

Chris Viox	105,500 5,100	5,100

Daniel Strelitz	100,000 21,500	21,500

Jordan Love	98,000 18,000	18,000
Sylwia Studniarz	96,500 42,500	42,500
Yulian Bogdanov	91,000 5,500	5,500
Ramon Kropmanns	88,000 20,700	20,700
Mike Holtz	86,000 9,000	9,000

Claudio Elizalde	85,000 3,600	3,600
Dominik Panka	84,400 28,900	28,900

Juha Helppi	82,700 15,000	15,000

Alisson Piekazewicz	81,200 35,800	35,800
Adam Levy	80,000 3,900	3,900

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07-05-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts - Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Here is a look at various stacks from around Horseshoe White, courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Griff	153,700 72,500	72,500
Bixi Yao	148,800 31,300	31,300
Marc Goldman	143,200 43,100	43,100
Robert Kuhn	135,000 15,000	15,000
Hisashi Yamanouchi	126,000 19,000	19,000
Sinan Shathaya	122,200 25,200	25,200
Pejman Niyati	113,000 9,600	9,600
Leonardo Valenzuela	110,000 10,500	10,500
Parker Talbot	103,700 34,300	34,300

Jesse Freeman	93,200 45,500	45,500
Sridhar Sangannagari	89,900 15,200	15,200
Kevin Killeen	88,600
Jason Osser	83,700
Pierre Merlin	82,800 2,000	2,000
Kevin Fernandez	81,500 22,200	22,200
Jordan Batt	80,200 9,200	9,200
Julio Esquivel	75,700 13,100	13,100
Vitor Dzivielevski	75,000 23,500	23,500

Thomas Roach	74,500 4,500	4,500
Joseph Cutler	74,400 2,100	2,100
Vamsi Magam	74,000
Travis Davis	70,500 12,400	12,400
Dimitar Danchev	70,200 10,200	10,200

Matt Glantz	70,000 17,400	17,400

Fahredin Mustafov	69,800 5,500	5,500

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07-05-2025 19:29 UTC-8

Foxen Among Latest Bustouts in Paris Black

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Tate	Busted
Alex Foxen	Busted

Victor Paredes	Busted

07-05-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Kuhn	170,000 35,000	35,000
Cade Lautenbacher	170,000

[Removed:548]	168,900 57,700	57,700
Daniel Wilson	166,000 41,000	41,000
Nick Pupillo	164,000 4,000	4,000

Jordan Griff	153,700
James Wicker	142,500 15,500	15,500
Dylan Weisman	132,800 132,800	132,800

Sam Chartier	127,700 58,700	58,700
Hisashi Yamanouchi	126,000
Kevin Allen	120,000 120,000	120,000
Matt Davenport	118,000 118,000	118,000

Jonathan Tamayo	95,000 8,000	8,000

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	90,000
Nevan Chang	75,000

Shiina Okamoto	70,300

Micha Hoedemaker	70,000
Aneris Adomkevicius	65,000
Paul Hoefer	51,000

Olivier Busquet	38,000

07-05-2025 19:43 UTC-8

Updated Chip Stacks in Paris Black; Yau Takes His Seat

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ford	120,000 3,500	3,500
Chad Eveslage	120,000 20,000	20,000

Vanessa Kade	110,000 10,000	10,000
Lexy Gavin-Mather	90,000 40,000	40,000

Thea Booysen	85,000 5,000	5,000
Frederic Delval	80,000 25,000	25,000
Dan Sepiol	80,000 10,000	10,000

Mikita Badziakouski	75,000 75,000	75,000

Ryan Riess	65,000

Rene Nezhoda	65,000 5,000	5,000
Ethan Yau	60,000 60,000	60,000

Eoghan O'Dea	60,000 60,000	60,000
Bob Slezak	55,000 5,000	5,000

Cecile Ticherfatine	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dragos Trofimov	45,000 5,600	5,600
Sylvain Loosli	45,000 2,100	2,100

Loni Hui	45,000 25,000	25,000

Malcolm Franchi	40,000 40,000	40,000
Francis Obadun	30,000 25,000	25,000
Doug Polk	28,000 2,000	2,000

Farah Galfond	25,000 1,800	1,800
Daniel Rezaei	15,000 21,000	21,000

07-05-2025 20:01 UTC-8

Zapolski Leads Into Table Leader

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way to the Q♦9♣3♣8♥ turn, Vernon Barlow made a bet of 1,600 from the big blind. Krzystof Zapolski called in late position before Najeem Ajez raised to 8,500 in the hijack.

Barlow said goodbye to his cards, but Zapolski tossed in a call after some thinking time. The J♣ came on the river, and Zapolski decided to take the initiative with a bet of 11,500.

Ajez tanked for a couple of minutes, but eventually decided to fold his hand, surrendering the pot to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Najeem Ajez	149,500 10,500	10,500
Krzystof Zapolski	101,000
David Peters	86,000 3,500	3,500

Jesse Lonis	67,500 5,500	5,500

Paul Hong	37,000 1,800	1,800
Vernon Barlow	20,200 9,000	9,000
Luis Galvao	15,000

07-05-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Apartoglou's Aggression Gets Kessler to Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Spyridon Apartoglou raised preflop and Allen Kessler defended from the big blind.

Kessler checked the 9♦K♥6♠ flop and Apartoglou bet 1,000. Kessler didn't take long to slide out the call.

When the 10♠ came on the turn, Kessler chose to lead out for 2,400. Apartoglou raised to 6,500, which was enough to get Kessler to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spyridon Apartoglou	85,000 85,000	85,000
Allen Kessler	50,000 15,000	15,000

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07-05-2025 20:29 UTC-8

New in Yellow

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Kamphues	60,000
Max Kruse	60,000

Nicolas Milgrom	60,000

Long Tran	60,000
David Williams	60,000

Dash Dudley	60,000

Isaac Haxton	60,000

Dominick Sarle	60,000

07-05-2025 20:47 UTC-8

Jha Personally Keeping Kornuth Alive

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 9♠7♠4♥, Chance Kornuth bet 1,500 from the cutoff and Mrityunjay Jha called in the big blind.

The turn was the Q♥ and Jha led out for 4,500. Kornuth called to see the 7♣ river, where Jha bet another 6,500, representing most of Kornuth's remaining stack.

Kornuth stopped to take a sip of his tea before calling as Jha showed 10♥8♥ for a missed straight draw. Kornuth turned over A♠9♥ for two pair to win the pot.

"Chance, if you win this tournament, you owe him at least 10 percent," a tablemate said.

"He'll make the Christmas list for sure," Kornuth replied.

"I've doubled him up three times already," Jha added.

"And I still have half of a starting stack," Kornuth said.