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

07-05-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Mystery Hand Wins the Pot

Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sinan Shathaya and Kevin Fernandez were looking at a 9♥7♠10♣3♠ board, with 3,000 in the middle.

Shathaya put out a bet of 2,200, which was met by a raise to 6,200 by Fernandez. Shathaya called to see a river.

The dealer burned and turned the 9♦, and when Shathaya checked, Fernandez continued for a more substantial 13,000. Shathaya made a quick call, and Fernandez pitched his cards back to the dealer face down, surrendering the pot.

As Fernandez hadn't shown his cards, Shathaya wasn't obliged to reveal his either, and as such, he returned his winning hand face down to the dealer, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sinan Shathaya	97,000 97,000	97,000
Kevin Fernandez	59,300 59,300	59,300

Tags: Kevin Fernandez Sinan Shathaya

07-05-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Daniels Building a Healthy Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With four diamonds to the J♦10♦4♦9♦ turn, Jake Daniels in the small blind bet 5,000 and was called only by Wojciech Barzantny. The duo headed to the 9♠ on the river and Daniels double-checked his cards before he fired a far larger bet of 33,000.

Barzantny pondered about the next move only for a few seconds and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Daniels	135,000
Wojciech Barzantny	62,000

Tags: Jake Daniels Wojciech Barzantny

07-05-2025 17:04 UTC-8

Saliba Loses to Devore's Queens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

James Devore opened to 900 from early position but Vivian Saliba three-bet to 3,200 from two seats over.

Devore called and check-called a continuation bet to 2,000 on the 3♠K♦4♣ flop.

Saliba fired a second barrel of 3,500 on the Q♥ turn, but checked-back the 5♦. She was probably right to do so as Devore flipped over Q♣Q♦ for a set. Saliba threw her cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivian Saliba	119,000 4,000	4,000

James Devore	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: James Devore Vivian Saliba

07-05-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Christensen Sells It

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Patrick Christensen opened to 1,000 from the cutoff and Randolph Sells called on the button.

The 5♦J♠7♠ flop was bet by Christensen to 1,500 and Sells called.

Christensen bet 5,000 on the K♥ turn, which saw Sells fold, passing a small pot to his neighbour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randolph Sells	110,000 110,000	110,000
Patrick Christensen	53,500 53,500	53,500

Tags: Patrick Christensen Randolph Sells

07-05-2025 17:11 UTC-8

Chopin Doubles With Semi-Bluff

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Garret Reisz made it 1,000 under the gun. Mark Blake and Mohammad Siddiqui called in late position before Bastien Chopin three-bet on the button.

Reisz four-bet to 11,000, which folded out Blake and Siddiqui. Chopin called to the K♠9♠Q♥ flop, where he was met with a bet of 5,000 from his opponent.

Chopin then moved all in for 30,500, quickly being called by Reisz, who had him covered.

Bastien Chopin: A♠10♠ All in
Garret Reisz: J♦J♣

Reisz's jacks were ahead for the moment but Chopin had plenty of outs to choose from. The A♥ turn was one of them, and the 5♥ river secured him his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Blake	161,000 10,000	10,000
Brett Feder	145,000 82,700	82,700
Bastien Chopin	97,000
Garret Reisz	71,000
Mohammad Siddiqui	64,000

Tags: Bastien Chopin Garret Reisz Mark Blake Mohammad Siddiqui

07-05-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Loeser Chips Up With a Straight Flush

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the tail end of a K♦9♠6♠2♠8♠ board, Manig Loeser in the big blind bet 15,000. Robert Mclean was on the verge of folding and had already grabbed his cards, then mulled it over before he eventually called.

Another player at the table instantly remarked "straight flush?!" and Loeser indeed showed the goods with 7♠5♠ for the nuts to win a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	95,000 41,500	41,500

Danielle Andersen	72,100 17,500	17,500
Peter Kiem	64,000 7,000	7,000
Robert Mclean	60,100

Tags: Manig Loeser Robert Mclean

07-05-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Your 15 minutes Are Up

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Jerome Solomon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Dan Stavila faced a difficult decision.

After he bet 5,500 on the button with the board reading 3♠9♣5♠6♠6♦, Alexander Bunin check-raised all in with more chips than Stavila behind.

Stavila went deep into the tank.

Tablemates agree that it was a full 15 minutes. Finally, one of them called for the clock. The tournament director came over and gave Stavila 30 seconds to act.

A mere three seconds before his hand was to be declared dead, Stavila placed his chips on the felt to indicate a call.

Bunin showed him the bad news: 9♥9♠. He had rivered a full house.

Stavila turned over K♠2♠, but the king-high flush he made on the turn wasn't good enough.

A player told Bunin that the wait must have been the greatest 15 minutes of his life.

"Yeah, but don't tell my wife," Bunin said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Bunin	107,500 107,500	107,500
Dan Stavila	Busted

Tags: Alexander Bunin Dan Stavila

07-05-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Sleefe Puts Goyal in the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Steven Buckner raised from under the gun to 1,000 with Tarun Goyal calling from middle position. Andrew Sleefe squeezed to 4,500 from the cutoff, which only Goyal called.

Both players checked the 4♥5♠8♦ flop to see the 10♥ hit the turn. Goyal led out for 6,500 and Sleefe made the call.

The 3♦ came on the river and Goyal bet again, this time 10,000. After a few moments, Sleefe jammed for Goyal's remaining 27,000, causing Goyal to go into the tank. Goyal thought for around four minutes before deciding to fold and relinquish the pot to Sleefe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Sleefe	80,000 20,000	20,000
Tarun Goyal	77,000 77,000	77,000

Steven Buckner	27,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Andrew Sleefe Steven Buckner Tarun Goyal

07-05-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Kiwanont Has His Suspicions...

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese started the action with a raise to 1,000 in early position. Both Jeremy Kusnir in the cutoff and Sukhum Kiwanont in the small blind called.

Action checked around on the A♣Q♣Q♦ flop, and again on the 2♣ turn.

When Worthington-Leese checked for a third time on the 3♥ river, Kusnir decided to take a stab at the pot, putting out a bet of 1,600. A suspicious Kiwanont decided to make the call before Worthington-Leese folded.

Kusnir turned over his 9♠8♠, which was no good versus the 5♠5♥ of Kiwanont.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sukhum Kiwanont	58,000
Jeremy Kusnir	40,400
Leo Worthington-Leese	33,500 14,700	14,700

Tags: Leo Worthington-Leese Sukhum Kiwanont Jeremy Kusnir

07-05-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Stanford Strikes With the Dirty Diaper

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Seven time WSOP Circuit ring winner Cody Stanford fired a large bet of more than 35,000 on the river of a board 7♦5♣4♦Q♥A♦ and only had to get through Andrew Dean, who reluctantly folded.

Stanford immediately bemoaned that he wanted Dean to "call so I can show" while his table neighbor told him, "You can still show."

As Stanford grabbed the cards to toss them over, Dean instantly said "oh no you didn't" but was then shown the dirty diaper - 3♠2♦ which had rivered the wheel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cody Stanford	100,000 100,000	100,000
Andrew Dean	94,100 94,100	94,100

Tags: Andrew Dean Cody Stanford