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

07-05-2025 14:11 UTC-8

Allen Shoves and Shows Bluff

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Benjamin Luber and Mike Allen arrived on the Q♠A♣2♣5♥9♦ river with about 25,000 in the pot. Luber checked in middle position, prompting Allen to move all in from the cutoff.

Luber's stack of 37,300 was covered, and he spent about five minutes in the tank. After several apologies for taking his time, he found a fold.

"Do you want to see it?" Allen asked as he was handed the pot. Luber gave an affirmative answer, and Allen tabled K♦J♥ for a stone-cold bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Allen	98,000
Sarah Ramirez	69,000
Benjamin Luber	37,300

Tags: Benjamin Luber Mike Allen

07-05-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Hall Gets Value on the River

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Four players saw a flop of 4♣7♣3♠ when Galen Hall bet 2,500 from middle position. Only Martin McCloskey in the small blind called.

Both players checked the 5♠ turn. Hall then bet 5,400 on the 5♦ river and McCloskey called.

Hall turned over Q♠Q♣ and McCloskey almost ripped his cards in half before tossing them back to the dealer.

Shannon Shorr and Taylor Paur were recently spotted in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	75,000 15,000	15,000

Shannon Shorr	60,000 60,000	60,000

Taylor Paur	60,000 60,000	60,000

Martin McCloskey	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Galen Hall Martin McCloskey

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

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 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 13:06 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 13:00 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 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 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 12:51 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.