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

07-05-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Stann Steals from Shiina

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Shiina Okamoto opened to 1,000 from early position and Dave Stann three-bet to 2,500 from the hijack.

Okamoto four-bet to 7,000 and Stann five-bet to 20,000. Okamoto called and the players went to the 9♣8♥J♣ flop.

Okamoto checked, Stann checked behind, taking them to the 2♣ turn.

Okamoto took some time before checking, Stann bet 25,000 and Okamoto made a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Stann	109,000 109,000	109,000
Shiina Okamoto	41,500 41,500	41,500

Tags: Dave Stann Shiina Okamoto

07-05-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Ford Running Smooth

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Jerome Solomon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Bradley Craig, under the gun, and Joe Ford, on the button, were each in for 6,500 chips preflop.

The board came 8♣10♠10♦ and Craig bet 5,000. Ford made the call.

Craig checked when the 7♣ came on the turn, opening the way for Ford to bet 7,000. Craig called.

The river brought the first face card of the runout, the Q♦. Craig checked and Ford played with his stack for a bit, then threw out a green 25,000 chip.

Craig considered the call for some time, then moved 25,000 chips forward.

Ford tabled Q♥Q♠ to claim the pot with a full house on the river to chop Craig's stack in half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ford	116,500 116,500	116,500
Bradley Craig	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Bradley Craig Joe Ford

07-05-2025 16:50 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronnie Bardah	127,000 48,000	48,000

Alisson Piekazewicz	117,000 42,000	42,000
Mike Allen	111,000 13,000	13,000
Claudio Elizalde	81,400 14,500	14,500
Christopher Staats	79,000 33,500	33,500

Benjamin Luber	61,600 24,300	24,300
Sarah Ramirez	59,500 9,500	9,500
Andrew Nguyen	38,400 5,000	5,000

Eric Mizrachi	14,500 45,500	45,500

A Bit of Magic by Merlin

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Pierre Merlin opened from early position to 900, and was promptly three-bet by Jesse Freeman to 2,400 in the hijack. The player in the cutoff called, but when action returned to Merlin, he put in a four-bet to 9,000. Freeman called, but the cutoff folded.

The dealer then spread a flop of J♦Q♠5♥, and Merlin started with a check. Freeman took over the betting lead, putting 5,000 into the middle. He was immediately dismayed with the decision, though, as Merlin check-raised all-in for 29,700.

To make matters worse for Freeman, while he was trying to piece the puzzle together, an uninvolved player called the clock on him. This particular trouble was eased when the floor staff agreed he hadn't yet had a reasonable amount of time to make a decision, and no clock was started.

After another minute passed, Freeman made the call and received the bad news.

Pierre Merlin: Q♦J♣ All in
Jesse Freeman: K♠K♦

Freeman had been outflopped by Merlin and would need some help if he were to win the pot.

The turn A♣ offered some extra outs, but the river 7♥ kept Merlin in the lead, securing him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Merlin	80,800 80,800	80,800
Jesse Freeman	47,700 47,700	47,700

Tags: Jesse Freeman Pierre Merlin

07-05-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hisashi Yamanouchi	145,000 19,000	19,000
Javier Fernandez	130,000 130,000	130,000
Jonathan Tamayo	87,000 19,000	19,000

Miltiadis Kyriakides	85,000
Daniel Charlton	72,000 4,700	4,700
Joe Serock	68,000 1,000	1,000

George Wolff	67,000 67,000	67,000

Jakub Michalak	67,000 67,000	67,000
Ashley Frank	63,000
Shiina Okamoto	57,600 16,100	16,100

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	50,200 1,900	1,900

Barry Greenstein	49,000 3,000	3,000

Victor Chong	42,000 42,000	42,000
Ari Engel	41,000 25,500	25,500

Colton Blomberg	41,000 41,000	41,000
Kathrine Brandt	40,400 40,400	40,400
Kahle Burns	38,000 16,200	16,200

David Bach	33,000 33,000	33,000

07-05-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Studniarz Beats Panka in Polish Battle

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sylwia Studniarz and Dominik Panka had created a 17,000 pot when the Q♣6♣4♥3♦ hit the turn. Studniarz bet 5,000, which Panka called after stoically thinking for a while.

The J♠ river was quickly checked down. Studniarz showed 7♦7♣, and Panke forfeited the pot by mucking his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylwia Studniarz	139,000 39,000	39,000
Dominik Panka	55,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: Dominik Panka Sylwia Studniarz

07-05-2025 16:56 UTC-8

Kudrynskyy Back to a Healthy Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three ways to the 10♦5♣9♦ flop, where Paul Tedeschi checked first from the big blind and Yuriy Kudrynskyy bet 2,600 from an early position. Brian Haveson took a few moments before calling from the cutoff, while Tedeschi folded.

The dealer burned a card before revealing the Q♣ on the turn. Kudrynskyy fired a second barrel of 7,800, and this was enough to get Haveson to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Haveson	85,000
Yuriy Kudrynskyy	65,000 11,800	11,800
Paul Tedeschi	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Brian Haveson Paul Tedeschi Yuriy Kudrynskyy

07-05-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Kohan Holds For a Massive Double Off Eslami

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Around 25,000 was in the pot as Nicolas Kohan and Ali Eslami saw a flop of 4♠7♠2♥. Eslami then bet 26,000 from the button, Kohan moved all in for 50,200 in the small blind, and Eslami called.

Nicolas Kohan: A♣A♦ All in
Ali Eslami: 5♠3♠

Kohan was ahead with his aces but needed to dodge Eslami's straight and flush draws to stay alive. The 9♥ turn was safe, while the river came the 5♦ and Kohan earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Kohan	125,000 125,000	125,000
Ali Eslami	25,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Nicolas Kohan

07-05-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Beer O'Clock For Talbot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the river of a A♣8♣6♣A♦3♠ board with around 18,000 in the middle, Parker Talbot bet 32,000. Yu Wu called after only a few seconds of consideration and splashed in more chips than required, after which Talbot verified if it was a call or not.

The call was confirmed and Talbot rolled over the 8♥8♠ for a full house to win the pot. Moments later a fresh beverage arrived at his seat.

"Good timing for the beer," Talbot said after he had taken a long sip while stacking the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	138,000 39,000	39,000

Yu Wu	24,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Parker Talbot Yu Wu

07-05-2025 17:02 UTC-8

Four-Way Three-Bet Pot, Classic Main Event

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Brett Slezak

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jason Jang opened to 1,000 under the gun and was called by Andrey Zaichenko in middle position and Michael Englert in the hijack. In the cutoff, Justin Reeves squeezed to 4,500 and all three opponents called to create a bloated pot.

On the A♥6♣4♥ flop, Jang opted to lead out with a bet of 5,000. Zaichenko and Englert quickly folded while Reeves called.

The 3♣ turn checked through to the 10♥ river which saw Jang lead for 6,000 and Reeves snapped it off.

Jason Jang: A♣K♣
Justin Reeves: A♠K♠

Both had the same hand and the pot was chopped in humorous fashion.