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

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 21:02 UTC-8

A Straight to Double for Schiavo

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a board of 5♠Q♦8♠K♦, Tianyi Ma under the gun bet 3,200 and Matthew Schiavo in the big blind raised all-in for 11,300. Ma went deep into the tank, even asking to the dealer how much he had to add to call. After a minute, he decided to call.

Matthew Schiavo: J♣10♥ All in
Tianyi Ma: A♥K♣

Ma called with top pair but Schiavo had a straight. The 10♦ river changed nothing and Schiavo doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tianyi Ma	65,000
Matthew Schiavo	28,000

Tags: Matthew Schiavo Tianyi Ma

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 20:59 UTC-8

Gutierrez Ends Staples' Main Event

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Rajdeep Gill made it 1,200 from early position before Paul Staples jammed his last 11,400 in from the next seat. Miguel Gutierrez cold called from the cutoff, forcing everyone else to fold.

Paul Staples: A♠9♠ All in
Miguel Gutierrez: Q♦Q♠

Staples needed some spades or an ace to beat the pocket queens of Gutierrez. The dealer produced a board of J♥J♣4♦4♠6♣, and Staples was out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Gutierrez	65,000 65,000	65,000
Rajdeep Gill	50,000 50,000	50,000
Paul Staples	Busted

Tags: Miguel Gutierrez Paul Staples

07-05-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Shiue Shooed Leglehuir Away

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Jerome Solomon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Hung-Wei Shiue and Mathieu Leglehuir had a tense battle of the button versus the small blind.

The two went to the flop with 13,000 chips in thanks to Shiue's three-bet.

The board fell 6♠5♦Q♣. Shiue bet 4,500 from the button, Leglehuir called.

The turn brought the 5♠, pairing the board. Shiue fired again, this time 6,500. Leglehuir made another call.

The 6♦ on the river paired the board a second time, and Shiue raised the betting level significantly, putting three green chips out for a bet of 75,000.

Leglehuir folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hung-Wei Shiue	252,700 252,700	252,700
Mathieu Leglehuir	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Hung-Wei Shiue Mathieu Leglehuir

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 20:55 UTC-8

Recent Casualties on Day 1d

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoshitaka Okawa	Busted
Jacob Baumgartner	Busted
Ruslan Dykshteyn	Busted
Ryota Nagata	Busted
Quan Zhou	Busted
Keisuke Sakaguchi	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
Michael Soyza	Busted

Lily Kiletto	Busted
Reiji Kono	Busted
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Busted

Danny Pyke	Busted
Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Farah Galfond	Busted
Peyman Luth	Busted
Jordan Westmorland	Busted
Jamie Vilela	Busted
Marsha Wolak	Busted

Dominik Panka	Busted

Andrey Zaichenko	Busted

Robert West	Busted
Martin Sedlak	Busted
Lucas Reeves	Busted
Jonathan Dimmig	Busted

Heni Mokni	Busted

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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 20:49 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

Observed Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dean Hutchison	99,000 13,000	13,000
Isaac Haxton	85,000 25,000	25,000

Niall Farrell	62,500 9,900	9,900

Eric Mizrachi	52,500 40,200	40,200
Leonard August	40,000 16,000	16,000
[Removed:554]	35,000 4,900	4,900
Arthur Morris	34,600 32,400	32,400