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

07-05-2025 17:59 UTC-8

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naor Slobodskoy	106,500 46,500	46,500
Yulian Bogdanov	85,500 32,000	32,000
Brian Battistone	82,500 22,500	22,500
Wai Kiat Lee	63,500 3,500	3,500
Dzmitry Urbanovich	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tony Dunst	50,800 4,200	4,200

Alejandro Lococo	Busted

Yannick Jobin	Busted

07-05-2025 17:58 UTC-8

Selected Chip Counts from Paris Purple

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	150,000 99,000	99,000

Esther Taylor	140,000 5,000	5,000

Brad Owen	81,000 44,000	44,000

Phil Laak	70,000

Allen Kessler	65,000 3,000	3,000
Paul Tedeschi	65,000 18,000	18,000
Tom Verbruggen	58,000 16,000	16,000
Brian Rast	55,000 6,000	6,000

Natalie Teh	55,000 12,000	12,000
Clement Bonnant	55,000 10,000	10,000
Jesse Sylvia	51,000 800	800
Jeff Sluzinski	41,000 8,000	8,000

Liubomyr Melnyk	35,000 45,000	45,000
Barak Wisbrod	23,000 12,000	12,000

Michael Wang	20,000 12,000	12,000

07-05-2025 17:58 UTC-8

Ho Hits Runner-Runner Flush to Win Three-Way All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Allan Sannier in middle position and Ahamad Meman in the hijack had already moved all-in when Tony Ho was left with a tough decision. After a long tank, he finally slammed his 32,700-chip stack on the table to call and put himself at risk.

Tony Ho: A♣Q♣ All in
Ahamad Meman: A♦K♦ All in
Allan Sannier: A♠K♥

Ho called with the worst hand, and things didn’t look any better after a flop of 2♦5♣J♥. But luck was on his side as the 6♣4♣ runout gave him a runner-runner flush to triple-up just before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Ho	99,000
Allan Sannier	29,000
Ahamad Meman	9,100

Tags: Ahamad Meman Allan Sannier Tony Ho

07-05-2025 17:57 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was joined as Vitor Dzivielevski was facing a bet of 6,300 from his opponent, Leonardo Valenzuela.

The dealer had provided a 7♠2♣9♠6♥ board, and Valenzuela, in the cutoff, had bet following a Dzivielevski check from the small blind. Dzivielevski made the call, and the players moved on to a Q♦ river.

The river slowed the action down as both players checked. Dzivielevski showed his A♦9♣, which was good enough, and Valenzuela returned his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Valenzuela	120,500 54,300	54,300
Vitor Dzivielevski	98,500 39,500	39,500

Tags: Leonardo Valenzuela Vitor Dzivielevski

07-05-2025 17:56 UTC-8

George Wins Big Pot With Second Pair

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Arriving on the 2♣Q♥9♠3♥ turn with around 17,000 in the middle, Vincent Giuliano bet 7,600 from the small blind, which Christopher George called on the button.

The 6♠ river was checked to showdown. Giuliano only had ace-high with his A♦K♥, leaving George to take the pot iwh A♥9♦ for a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher George	73,000
Vincent Giuliano	32,000

Tags: Christopher George Vincent Giuliano

07-05-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Hosein Busts Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Amin Hosein went all in from the cutoff with his final 5,800 chips. David Scatchard made the call from the small blind.

Amin Hosein: A♦7♥ All in
David Scatchard: 9♣9♥

Suspense wasn't allowed to build, as Scatchard hit a set of nines on the flop and rode out the full runout of 9♠A♠2♣K♠5♦ to put Hosein out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Nguyen	196,500
David Scatchard	85,800
Amin Hosein	Busted

Tags: David Scatchard Amin Hosein

07-05-2025 17:54 UTC-8

Buckner Can't Spike a Flush to Eliminate Goyal

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the turn of a board that showed 5♣8♠6♠9♠ and with around 14,000 in the middle, Steven Buckner jammed from middle position and the action was on Tarun Goyal. The bet was for Goyal's remaining 18,000, and after thinking for a few minutes, Goyal called.

Tarun Goyal: 7♣4♣ All in
Steven Buckner: K♠9♦

Goyal had a straight, but Buckner could still hit a spade on the river to eliminate Goyal just before the dinner break. The river was a blank, allowing Goyal to earn the crucial double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tarun Goyal	50,000 27,000	27,000

Steven Buckner	35,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Steven Buckner Tarun Goyal

07-05-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Spitz Beats Griff in Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On a completed board of Q♠9♠4♣5♥4♥, Howard Spitz checked and then faced a bet worth 4,000 by Jordan Griff. He reluctantly called and Griff showed his A♠10♥, which Spitz had beat with the 10♦9♦ for nines and fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Griff	81,200 8,000	8,000
Howard Spitz	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Howard Spitz Jordan Griff

07-05-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Recent Busts in Horseshoe Red

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Brett Slezak

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Becker	Busted
Mike Dentale	Busted
Dong Suh	Busted
Koji Fujimoto	Busted
Jair Beltran	Busted
Timothy Pai	Busted
Harvey Jackson	Busted
Richard Lowe	Busted
John Duci	Busted

07-05-2025 17:47 UTC-8

Poker GOAT Phil Ivey Busts on Day 1 of WSOP Main Event

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Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Phil Ivey will not be the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. The 11-time WSOP bracelet winner saw his tournament come to an end at the halfway point of Day 1d after losing a battle of the blinds to fellow poker pro Joseph Cheong.

While Ivey has achieved nearly everything the game has to offer, poker's World Championship continues to evade him. His deepest run came in 2009, when he finished seventh at the Main Event final table.

But 2025 won’t be the year he adds the most coveted title in poker to his résumé.

Watch Ivey's Elimination Here