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

07-05-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Wang Shows One Card While Folding

Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ethan Ackerman made it 800 from middle position and Liubomyr Melnyk called from the cutoff. Michael Wang squeezed to 4,400 from the big blind, which only Ackerman called.

Heads-up to the 7♣4♥10♣ flop that saw Wang bet out for around 3,000, Ackerman raised to 8,300, which Wang immediately called.

Wang checked the Q♣ turn and Ackerman continued with a bet of 12,000. Wang turned over the 8♠ and folded, allowing Ackerman to pull in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ethan Ackerman	65,000 65,000	65,000
Liubomyr Melnyk	53,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Wang	39,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Ethan Ackerman Liubomyr Melnyk Michael Wang

07-05-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Driskell Defends

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Fred Goldberg opened to 800 from early position and Kendra Kaufman called from late position.
Frederic Normand raised to 3,400 and Joel Driskell reraised to 13,000.

Goldberg and Kaufman folded, and Normand called, leaving the players to go heads-up to the flop.

The 8♠A♣8♥ flop was bet 6,000 by Driskell. Normand mucked, leaving Driskell to chip up more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Driskell	100,000 100,000	100,000
Fred Goldberg	77,000 77,000	77,000

Kendra Kaufman	65,500 65,500	65,500
Frederic Normand	48,000 12,000	12,000
Blas Suarez	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Frederic Normand Fred Goldberg Joel Driskell Kendra Kaufman

07-05-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Karim Dives Under Start

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Small blind Harrison Shockley made a bet of 5,000 on the J♦2♠A♦8♣ turn, which Michel Karim raised to 11,500. Shockley called to the 2♣ river, which was checked down.

Shockley revealed A♠K♣ for aces and deuces, and he took down the pot when Karim mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	101,500 41,500	41,500

Harrison Shockley	83,500
Michel Karim	57,500 14,000	14,000
Tony Dunst	55,000 5,000	5,000

Yulian Bogdanov	53,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Harrison Shockley Michel Karim

07-05-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Paris Black

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	160,000 70,000	70,000
Jimmy Setna	150,000 10,000	10,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	130,000 20,000	20,000

Chad Eveslage	100,000 100,000	100,000

Davidi Kitai	100,000 40,000	40,000

Joseph Cheong	100,000 30,000	30,000

Dan Sepiol	90,000 30,000	30,000

Jeff Gross	80,000 5,000	5,000

Loni Hui	70,000 10,000	10,000

Matthew Wantman	70,000 12,000	12,000

Thomas Meehan	70,000 8,000	8,000
Steven Jones	65,000 5,000	5,000

Senthuran Vijayaratnam	65,000 3,000	3,000
Paulina Loeliger	65,000 5,000	5,000
Ryan Riess	65,000 7,000	7,000

Doug Polk	65,000 20,000	20,000

Vanessa Kade	65,000 10,000	10,000
Shannon Shorr	58,000 2,000	2,000

Frank Cucchiara	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jamie Gold	50,000 4,000	4,000

Danny Tang	50,000 50,000	50,000

Calen McNeil	50,000 10,000	10,000

Lexy Gavin-Mather	50,000 8,000	8,000

Martin Jacobson	45,000 17,000	17,000

Christian Harder	45,000 15,000	15,000

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07-05-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Pyloore Chips Up Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On the heads-up flop of J♥4♣2♠, Ramaswamy Pyloore check-called for 2,100 against Colin Phoenix and they checked the Q♣ turn. Pyloore bet the 5♦ river for 2,500 and that won the pot uncontested as Phoenix folded. Also on the table are Jeremy Becker and Tamer Kamel, both on a shorter stack, while Michael Ginter leads the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Ginter	113,000 113,000	113,000
Colin Phoenix	93,900 93,900	93,900
Ramaswamy Pyloore	64,000 64,000	64,000
Tamer Kamel	30,500 30,500	30,500
Jeremy Becker	12,900 3,900	3,900

Tags: Colin Phoenix Jeremy Becker Michael Ginter Ramaswamy Pyloore Tamer Kamel

07-05-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Horseshoe Ballroom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	130,000 28,000	28,000

David Carter	110,000 110,000	110,000
Thomas Taylor	107,000 33,000	33,000
Roberto Romanello	107,000 107,000	107,000

Jamie Dwan	105,000 45,000	45,000
Guy Taylor	85,000 85,000	85,000
James Romero	80,000 80,000	80,000
Maxwell Young	75,000 15,000	15,000
Julien Sitbon	72,000 72,000	72,000

Gary Thompson	70,000 70,000	70,000
Kyosuke Nagami	67,000 67,000	67,000
Kami Hudson	63,000 63,000	63,000
Kane Kalas	63,000 19,000	19,000
Brian Yoon	57,300 10,700	10,700

Rainer Kempe	53,000 53,000	53,000

Jennifer Lam	37,000 37,000	37,000
Bob Mather	30,000 30,000	30,000

07-05-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Yellow Getting Full

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jeff Madsen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Naor Slobodskoy	60,000

07-05-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Macintyre Gets Some Chips Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Out of the big blind, Fraser Macintyre bet the 10♣8♣6♠J♠ turn for 1,900 and was called by Phillip Krnyaich. The 8♦ fell on the river and Macintyre bet 5,800, Krnyaich folded the A♦9♠ face-up.

"Not a lot of things have gone my way," the Scotsman said with around one third of the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Chornyy	133,000
Phillip Krnyaich	49,000
Fraser MacIntyre	21,500

Tags: Fraser Macintyre Phillip Krnyaich

07-05-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Duddy Claims Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Robert Fluereci raised to 800 from middle position. Eric Wulff three-bet the pot to 3,000.

Jesse Duddy called from the big blind. Fluereci folded.

Wulff bet 5,500 on the flop of 9♥8♣3♦. Duddy again called. The turn and river brought 5♦5♥ and checks from each player.

Duddy showed A♦K♣ to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Duddy	70,200 70,200	70,200
Eric Wulff	37,000 37,000	37,000
Robert Fluereci	4,200 4,200	4,200

Tags: Eric Wulff Jesse Duddy Robert Fluereci

07-05-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Foxen Forces Out Sued

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

"Check-raise the flop and triple barrel," James Romero told the live reporting team when a bigger pot was brewing on his table. The hand featured Kristen Foxen in the big blind and Kharlin Sued on the button and the board showed J♠8♥3♠K♠J♦. Foxen's final barrel was for 17,000 and Sued went deep into the tank before he folded.

"What did you show Kristen?" Romero jokingly asked and Foxen smiled back when she said "I didn't show".