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

07-05-2025 20:47 UTC-8

Nobles Nullified as Maloney Calls With Baloney

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After Cliff Maloney had made it about 8,000 preflop in the cutoff, Robert Nobles slammed in his stack of 42,800 from the button. Maloney made a quick call, covering his opponent by 5,000 or so.

Robert Nobles: K♥K♦ All in
Cliff Maloney: 9♣7♣

Nobles flopped top set on K♣4♣6♠, but the 2♣ turn made Maloney a flush for a big lead. The 8♦ river did not pair the board, setting Nobles' elimination in stone.

Maloney, meanwhile, slammed the table in celebration as the large pot elevated his stack to nearly six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cliff Maloney	96,000
Robert Nobles	Busted

Tags: Cliff Maloney Robert Nobles

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mrityunjay Jha	120,000
Chance Kornuth	30,000 40,600	40,600

Tags: Chance Kornuth Mrityunjay Jha

07-05-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Rast Back to Half the Starting Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After Mykola Kostyrko checked from the big blind on a flop of 5♦Q♣2♣, Brian Rast put out a bet from early position, with Russell Sartin calling from the hijack. Kostyrko check-raised to 7,300, which only Rast called.

Upon seeing the J♣ turn, Kostyrko paused for a long time before checking the action over to Rast, who checked behind.

The A♠ river got another check from Kostyrko, but Rast bet 12,300. Kostyrko deliberated for a while before ultimately folding and allowing Rast to drag in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Sartin	70,000
Mykola Kostyrko	35,200
Brian Rast	30,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Russell Sartin Brian Rast

07-05-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Floor! Penalty?

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Brett Slezak

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Daisuke Sawayama from the small blind and James Chen from under the gun had created a pot of around 13,000 going into the river with the completed board reading Q♠10♠3♠A♦J♥.

Chen had a bet of 17,000 in front of him before Sawayama just called, which caused quite the confusion once the hands were revealed.

James Chen: K♠J♠
Daisuke Sawayama: A♠6♠

Both players had flopped a flush with Sawayama having the best of it. Sawayama still held the stone-cold nuts on the river, despite just calling the bet from Chen. The entire tabled watched in confusion at the situation, as Chen was the one breathing a sigh of relief after getting off easy with the second nuts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daisuke Sawayama	119,000 119,000	119,000
James Chen	32,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Daisuke Sawayama James Chen

07-05-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Lyons Flexes his Muscle

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Craig Waikem raised to 2,000 in the hijack, and Jungsoo Bin answered with a three-bet to 5,000 on the button. Patrick Lyons then four-bet to 15,000 in the big blind, producing a fold from Waikem.

Bin took some time before making the call, and was quickly facing a bet of 50,000 from Lyons on the J♦7♥J♠ flop. Bin slid his cards to the dealer, and Waikem remarked that he folded a jack as Lyons took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Lyons	121,000 121,000	121,000

Craig Waikem	45,000 45,000	45,000
Jamie Kerstetter	38,500 48,800	48,800

Jungsoo Bin	34,000 38,100	38,100

Tags: Craig Waikem Jungsoo Bin Patrick Lyons

07-05-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Too Soon?

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The action was joined with a full board showing 8♣2♣8♦5♣6♣ and slightly over 50,000 already in the pot.

Christopher Morgan had moved all in, covering his opponent's stack of 33,300, and action was on a tortured Kevin Nathan, who was trying to figure it all out.

After a few minutes had passed, Morgan called the clock on Nathan, and the floor staff were duly summoned to uphold the request.

"Clock? Already?" Nathan asked. "It's been three or four minutes now, was Morgan's retort.

Nathan didn't seem to dispute this fact, and the floor staff started the countdown.

As the clock struck zero, Nathan pitched his cards back to the dealer, surrendering the pot to his tablemate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Morgan	90,500

Kevin Nathan	33,300

Tags: Christopher Morgan Kevin Nathan

07-05-2025 21:03 UTC-8

McMahon Rivers Lin

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Brett Slezak

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Ren Lin opened to 1,000 from middle position and Carter McMahon defended his big blind.

On the Q♦6♣5♣ flop, McMahon check-called a bet of 1,000 from Lin.

McMahon then led on the repeat 5♦ turn for 4,000 and Lin stuck around with a call.

On the 6♦ river, McMahon fired again for 10,000, sending Lin into the tank. After a little over a minute, Lin would compliment his opponent on a nice hand as he flicked in calling chips. McMahon tabled 4♦2♦ for a rivered flush which was good as Lin flinged his cards into the muck.

This table has been selected for the main feature table for the PokerGO stream, where they will be moving on the break. Brian Hastings is also sat at the table with a healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter McMahon	125,000 125,000	125,000
Ren Lin	120,000 44,800	44,800

Brian Hastings	85,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Carter McMahon Ren Lin

07-05-2025 21:13 UTC-8

Spasov Sent to Exit

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Simeon Spasov checked the 3♣9♦Q♦10♣ flop from the big blind to Tobey Faugno under the gun, who added 2,000 to the pot of 5,200.

Spasov called to the 5♣ river, where he checked again. Faugno bet 5,000, and Spasov called off after some thought. Faugno showed K♥Q♥ for top pair, and Spasov nodded his head as he sent his cards to the muck.

Spasov was left with two big blinds, which he lost a couple of hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobey Faugno	104,000
Simeon Spasov	Busted

Tags: Simeon Spasov Tobey Faugno

07-05-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Final Break of the Night

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Brett Slezak

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The remaining players are going on their final 20-minute break of the night before completing the final level of night. The clock currently reads 4,969 entries with 4,155 remaining for an average stack of 71,800.

Below are some of the highlights for Level 4 action:

07-05-2025 21:52 UTC-8

Capps Bets "All the Ducks"

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jesse Capps and his rubber ducks took over last year's Main Event, and they're back in full force this year.

Capps went to the 8♣8♦2♠ flop against Edgardo Rosario when Rosario bet 1,200 from the small blind. Capps called in the big blind.

Rosario bet another 2,000 on the 5♣ turn and Capps called. The river was the 7♠ and Rosario moved all in.

Capps only had two ducks in front of him but began pulling out even more from his backpack (with cartoon ducks on it, of course), from yellow and white ones, to one dressed as a hockey player, one sitting on a pool float, and another wearing a princess tiara. "All the ducks," Capps said, pushing them all in the middle as well as his last 7,600.

Capps turned over 8♠7♣ for a full house and Rosario pretended to throw his K♠K♦ across the room before he mucked and handed over the double up.

"Once he started pulling out the ducks, I would've just folded," a tablemate said to Rosario.