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

07-05-2025 20:47 UTC-8

Jha Personally Keeping Kornuth Alive

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 20:47 UTC-8

Nobles Nullified as Maloney Calls With Baloney

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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 20:45 UTC-8

Liang Gets Value From Rand

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Taiwan's Ruei Jiun Liang bet the K♠6♦5♣4♥ turn for 1,500 to get called by Kevin Rand and did so again for 3,900 on the 7♣ river. Despite the four-liner on the board, he got value from K♦J♣ as Rand sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruei Jiun Liang	50,000
Kevin Rand	31,000 56,500	56,500

Tags: Kevin Rand Ruei Jiun Liang

07-05-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Cukrowicz Four-Bets Ivens

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Nathaniel Katzoff opened to 1,500 in middle position before Todd Ivens three-bet to 4,500 in the hijack. Ilan Cukrowicz took a moment before tossing out a four-bet to 9,000.

Katzoff quickly folded, while Ivens called to the 3♦3♠9♠ flop. Ivens checked to Cukrowicz, who continued for 10,500.

Ivens gave up his hand, and Cukrowicz collected the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilan Cukrowicz	171,000
Dylan Weisman	143,000 10,200	10,200

Nathaniel Katzoff	63,000
Todd Ivens	46,500

07-05-2025 20:44 UTC-8

Primerano Gives to Richter; Noble Takes from Tran

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Laura Fryer

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Barret Noble opened to 1,200 from late position and Linus Richter called from the hijack. Raymond Dandrea also called from the cutoff and Daniele Primerano defended the big blind.

The 4♠J♣7♣ flop was checked by all to the K♣ turn.

All checked again to see the 8♦ river and Primerano bet 3,600. Only Richter called. Primerano showed 4♥5♥ but Richter took the pot with the pair of eights holding 8♥7♥.

In the next hand on the same table Sandy Tran opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Joey Weissman called on the button. Both Primerano and Noble called from the small and big blind respectively.

The 2♥K♠2♣ flop saw the blinds check and Tran bet 2,000, with only Noble making the call.

The 4♠ was turned and checked down to the 6♣ river.

Noble bet 1,700 and Tran mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linus Richter	178,000 178,000	178,000
Cyril Williams	82,500 82,500	82,500
Barret Noble	63,000 63,000	63,000
Raymond Dandrea	55,000 55,000	55,000
Daniele Primerano	41,000 41,000	41,000
Joey Weissman	24,600 54,400	54,400

Sandy Tran	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Barret Noble Daniele Primerano Linus Richter Raymond Dandrea

07-05-2025 20:42 UTC-8

Polk Takes Four-way Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Four players — Gabriel Gutierrez, Andrea Salamone, Vladimir Nex and Doug Polk — were in for 4,200 thanks to a preflop three-bet.

The flop hit 5♠Q♦8♥. Gutierrez checked in the big blind, and so did Salamone under the gun. Nex bet 4,100 from middle position. Polk called from the button.

The turn brought the 10♠. Nex checked and Polk went all in.

It didn't take Nex long to let go of his hand.

Later, Polk said he didn't realize the pot was three-bet preflop.

"We brought our A-game today," he joked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Nex	176,900 116,300	116,300
Gabriel Gutierrez	86,900
Doug Polk	57,000 29,000	29,000

Andrea Salamone	33,000

Tags: Vladimir Nex Gabriel Gutierrez Doug Polk Andrea Salamone

07-05-2025 20:38 UTC-8

Li Eliminated with Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Guangwu Li limped from under the gun, but Brian Reinhart on the button raised to 2,500. The blinds folded and Li raised the bid to 8,500. Reinhart announced "all-in" and Li called off his last 22,500.

Guangwu Li: K♦K♠ All in
Brian Reinhart: A♠K♣

Reinhart hit top pair on 5♥2♦A♥3♠7♦ to eliminate Li, who remained seated for a moment to film the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Reinhart	175,000 45,000	45,000
Francisco Benitez	168,000 168,000	168,000
Erwann Pecheux	60,000 60,000	60,000
Guangwu Li	Busted

Tags: Brian Reinhart Guangwu Li

07-05-2025 20:37 UTC-8

Alexander Prevails in Four-Way Action

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Ted Dowding raised to 1,200 and Dejuante Alexander called. Matthew Hackney three-bet to 4,500 on the button. Greg Mueller in the small blind pondered about the next move and flat-called, Dowding also came along as Hackney sighed upon the sight of three callers.

They checked down the entire board of 9♥7♥5♦4♠J♥ and Mueller showed the A♥Q♦, Alexander ended up winning the pot with the J♣10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	130,000

Matthew Hackney	115,000
Dejuante Alexander	80,000

Tags: Dejuante Alexander Greg Mueller Matthew Hackney Ted Dowding

07-05-2025 20:36 UTC-8

Recent Event Center Eliminations

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jong Kim	Busted
Youngsik Eum	Busted
Orion Gallagher	Busted
Shashi Ramakrishna	Busted
Yu Cen	Busted
Ignacio Sole	Busted
Tammie Hetrick	Busted
Nicolas Leblanc	Busted
Ionnis Oikonomidis	Busted
Ranno Sootla	Busted

Justin Roehl	Busted
Richard Gao	Busted
Andrew Fredericks	Busted
Adrian Moreno	Busted

07-05-2025 20:35 UTC-8

Two Barrells Takes It

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The action was joined as Keanon Simon and Justin Goldman were dealt a flop of 10♣5♣3♦ in a three-bet pot.

Simon checked to Goldman, the preflop aggressor, who placed a bet of 3,500, which Simon called.

The turn brought the A♥, and when checked to him again, Goldman continued the aggression. This time his bet of 5,000 would do the trick, as Simon slid his cards back to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keanon Simon	144,000 144,000	144,000
Justin Goldman	63,600 63,600	63,600

Tags: Justin Goldman Keanon Simon