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

07-05-2025 12:34 UTC-8

Oberlieben Folds to Bifarella With a Straight on Board

David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Paraskevas Tsokaridis bet 3,500 from the small blind on a flop of 5♥2♥3♠ and Samuel Bifarella called in the big blind. Ken Oberlieben then raised to 9,000 in early position and only Bifarella called.

Both players checked the A♦ turn. The 4♣ river put a straight on board, and Bifarella led out for 23,000. Oberlieben tanked for several minutes until folding as Bifarella took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	90,000 90,000	90,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	55,000 55,000	55,000
Ken Oberlieben	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Ken Oberlieben Paraskevas Tsokaridis Samuel Bifarella

07-05-2025 12:37 UTC-8

Deardorff Doubles Early

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Samyo Bounlom open-raised preflop from the cutoff, and Kristen Deardorff made it 2,000 on the button. Bounloom four-bet to 8,000, which Deardorff called.

Bounlom continued for 7,000 on the 5♥Q♦J♦ flop, and Deardorff called to the 8♥ turn. Bounlom slowed down and checked, seeing Deardorff fire a bet of 21,000.

Bounlom tossed in a calling chip for the 5♣ river to complete the board. Bounlom checked, and Deardorff shoved in her remaining 18,600. Bounlom's tank lasted for several minutes, but eventually he called off.

Deardorff tabled J♠J♥ for jacks-full, leaving the K♥K♣ of Bounlom in the dust. Deardorff doubled to a six-figure stack, while Bounloom still had over 100 big blinds to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Deardorff	108,700 108,700	108,700
Samyo Bounlom	20,900 20,900	20,900

Tags: Kristen Deardorff Samyo Bounlom

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 12:53 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 12:55 UTC-8

Aguero Wins Three-Way Pot with Two Pair

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Sava Krink

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Adil Morkos kicked things off from the button with a raise to 700 and picked up calls from both blinds.

The flop came Q♥6♠J♦ and all three players checked.

When the K♣ landed on the turn, both blinds checked again and Morkos fired out 1,200. Sergio Aguero and Matthew Rogers both came along.

The river brought the 2♣, and this time the action checked through. Rogers revealed K♥10♦ for top pair, but Aguero showed K♠J♥ for two pair to take the pot, while Morkos quietly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adil Morkos	118,000 118,000	118,000
Matthew Rogers (CA)	41,700 41,700	41,700
Sergio Aguero	33,900 26,100	26,100

Tags: Adil Morkos Matthew Rogers Sergio Aguero

07-05-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Cvetkovic on Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With 4,100 in the pot, Nenad Cvetkovic, in the hijack, raised small blind Anthony Mattera's bet of 8,000 to 16,000 on the 8♥3♦7♣ flop. After a long tank, Mattera called.

Mattera took a couple of minutes on the 10♠ turn as well, eventually check-calling the 18,000 Cvetkovic put over the line. Mattera continued checking on the 8♣ river, after which Cvetkovic put his opponent all-in for 26,000.

Mattera acted quickly this time, almost instantly folding his cards. He complimented Cvetkovic's play as he saw the pot being awarded to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nenad Cvetkovic	100,100 100,100	100,100
Jesse Lonis	95,000 35,400	35,400

Masashi Oya	91,500 31,500	31,500

Andrew Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000

David Peters	41,500 5,000	5,000

Anthony Mattera	26,000 26,000	26,000
Oliver Weis	25,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Anthony Mattera Nenad Cvetkovic

07-05-2025 13:06 UTC-8

First Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Sergio Aguero - Shuffle Up and Deal Day 1D

The players are going on their first 25-minute break of the day, with the clock reading 4,096 entries and 4,060 remaining.

Play resumes in Level 2 with blinds of 200/300 with a 300 big blind ante.

Here are some highlights from the first level of play:

07-05-2025 13:51 UTC-8

Finger Shoves the River and Gets It Through

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Sava Krink

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With about 40,000 already in the pot and the board showing 8♣5♥3♠Q♣4♠, Ichiro Izutsu checked from the big blind over to Martin Finger in the cutoff. Finger moved all in for around 46,800, applying maximum pressure and putting Izutsu’s tournament life at risk.

Izutsu went deep into the tank, weighing his options, but in the end, he decided to fold, sending the sizable pot over to Finger without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	122,000 122,000	122,000

Martin Finger	86,800 86,800	86,800

Ichiro Izutsu	34,500 34,500	34,500

Tags: Ichiro Izutsu Martin Finger

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

Tags: Brian Leblanc Kyle Bowker

07-05-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Punjarojanakul Pings a Flush on the River

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Tanupat Punjarojanakul made it 700 from under the gun before Natalie Teh three-bet out of the cutoff to 2,500. Punjarojanakul called to see a flop.

Punjarojanakul check-called a bet of 2,000 from Teh on the 5♣K♥J♥ flop.

The turn came the 6♠ and Punjarojanakul check-called another bet from Teh, this time for 6,500.

When the 4♥ hit the river, Punjarojanakul led out for 11,000. Teh reluctantly called and then mucked after seeing Punjarojanakul's rivered flush holding A♥8♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tanupat Punjarojanakul	67,000 67,000	67,000
Natalie Teh	43,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Natalie Teh Tanupat Punjarojanakul