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

07-05-2025 14:26 UTC-8

Nemetz Battles with Knapp

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action folded to Anastasiia Knapp, who opened the button to 700 and got a call from Stefan Nemetz in the big blind.

The 2♥10♥3♠ flop was checked by both to get to the 7♦ turn. Nemetz bet 500 and Knapp called.

Nemetz bet 1,200 on the 10♦ river, and Knapp folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Nemetz	73,500 73,500	73,500
Anastasiia Knapp	55,700 55,700	55,700

Tags: Anastasiia Knapp Stefan Nemetz

07-05-2025 14:28 UTC-8

Friedman Gets Value from Worthington-Leese

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese opened to 800 on the button, and only Jed Friedman made the call, defending his big blind.

Both players checked the Q♦6♦2♦ flop, which prompted Friedman to take over the betting lead on the Q♥ turn. A bet of 900 was his chosen sizing, and Worthinton-Leese deemed this fair, making the call.

Friedman put out another bet of 1,200 on the J♣ river and gave Worthington-Leese the bad news after he called. Friedman's A♥6♥ was good enough to win the pot as Worthington-Leese mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	54,500 7,800	7,800
Jed Friedman	37,400

Tags: Jed Friedman Leo Worthington-Leese

07-05-2025 14:32 UTC-8

Trips for McGowan

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Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Jason Osser raised to 800 from the cutoff, and only Michael McGowan called from the big blind.

McGowan check-called a bet of 1,000 on the 3♠5♣3♥ flop, before taking over the betting lead on the Q♥ turn, with a bet of 2,800. Osser made the call.

The river came the J♠, and McGowan continued with a bet of 3,000. Osser called once again but soon found himself mucking his cards, unable to beat McGowan's K♠3♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael McGowan	62,000
Jason Osser	61,300

Tags: Michael McGowan Jason Osser

07-05-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Lee Lucky to Still Be In After Ultimate Cooler Against Karimi

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Farhad Karimi raised to 800 in the cutoff before William Dopico three-bet to 2,200 on the button. Jongwook Lee then four-bet to 8,000 in the big blind and Karimi came back with a five-bet to 16,000.

Dopico folded, while Lee called to see the Q♥Q♦8♥ flop. Karimi continued for 6,000 and Lee called before they both checked the 8♠ turn.

Lee led out for 13,000 on the 10♠ river and Karimi called. Lee turned over K♣K♠, but Karimi had A♣A♠ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	130,000 40,000	40,000

Patrik Jaros	120,000 20,000	20,000
Farhad Karimi	65,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Zipprich	63,000 28,000	28,000
Joseph Beasy	50,000 46,000	46,000
Toby Lewis	45,000 15,000	15,000

Brian Tate	40,000 40,000	40,000
Phil Ivey	20,000 21,500	21,500

Jongwook Lee	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Farhad Karimi Jongwook Lee

07-05-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Seaman Raises the River on Heimiller

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Brett Slezak

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Dan Heimiller from the hijack and Jon Seaman from the cutoff were tangled in a pot with 17,000 in the middle to the completed board of A♣10♠7♠6♣2♠.

Once the river card was dealt, Heimiller immediately led for 5,000 before Seaman put in a raise to 15,000, representing the majority of Heimiller's remaining tank. He decided to lay it down after a small tank to be left relatively short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Seaman	95,000
Dan Heimiller	16,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jon Seaman

07-05-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Shkalim Picks Up a Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Zach Shawanda made it 800 from early position with Paz Shkalim calling on the cutoff, and Quirin Heinz calling from the small blind.

After Heinz checked the K♠10♥K♣ flop, Shawanda bet 1,400, which only Shkalim called.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn to see the 2♦ roll off on the river. Shawanda checked and Shkalim bet 4,500. Shawanda tanked briefly before folding and surrendering the pot to Shkalim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quirin Heinz	65,000 65,000	65,000
Paz Shkalim	62,000 31,000	31,000
Zach Shawanda	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Paz Shkalim Quirin Heinz Zach Shawanda

07-05-2025 14:38 UTC-8

Chiu Blasting Away

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a blind-on-blind pot worth about 2,000 chips, Matt Kramer checked to Charlie Chiu, who bet 2,500 on the 3♥7♣J♣4♥ turn. Kramer tossed in a call to the A♠ river, which he also checked.

Chiu fired another over-bet, dropping 12,500 onto the felt. Kramer cut out a call, tossing it in after 30 seconds or so.

Chiu could only show queen-high with Q♦5♦, leaving Kramer to take the pot with A♥9♥ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Kramer	84,000
Charlie Chiu	31,500

Tags: Charlie Chiu Matt Kramer

07-05-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Kiem Forces Out Loeser

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Peter Kiem opened the action with a raise to 700 and Manig Loeser three-bet to 2,500 in the next seat. Once it folded back to Kiem, he four-bet to 7,700 and Loeser called. They headed to the K♦6♥4♦ flop on which Kiem's bet of 4,200 won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Kiem	71,000
Danielle Andersen	54,600
Manig Loeser	53,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Manig Loeser Peter Kiem

07-05-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Kerstetter Takes It Down with River Lead

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Sava Krink

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Vinodan Lingham opened the action with a raise to 900 from the hijack and picked up calls from both blinds.

The flop came 6♦2♣A♦, and after Patrick Martorella folded, Jamie Kerstetter check-called Lingham’s continuation bet of 900.

Both players then checked through the 8♣ turn.

When the 3♠ hit the river, Kerstetter seized the moment and led out for 2,300. Lingham quickly folded, and Kerstetter scooped the pot, flashing the A♠ as she dragged in the chips.