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

07-05-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Benso Folds Face Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sergio Benso raised to 900 in early position, and both the small blind and Kevin Song in the big blind called.

The dealer spread a 7♥6♦A♥ flop, and Song check-called a bet of 1,300 after the small blind had folded.

Both players then checked the 8♣ turn, and the dealer provided the 3♣ river.

Song placed a bet of 5,000, and relatively quickly Benso folded A♦4♦ face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Benso	48,500
Kevin Song	20,400

Tags: Kevin Song Sergio Benso

07-05-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Cade Doubles Through Hoffman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the river of a J♠7♣5♠3♠Q♦ board, Micah Cade bet 5,000 with one T-100 chip behind. Jedidiah Hoffman reluctantly raised and then showed ace-queen after Cade called all-in with the 8♠7♠ for a flush to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jedidiah Hoffman	24,000
Micah Cade	19,500

07-05-2025 17:32 UTC-8

Belcher Puts Nagata to the Test

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Josh Noy

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ryota Nagata opened to 1,000 in middle position, with Connor Belcher next to act and sliding out a three-bet to 2,500. Action folded back to Nagata, who made the call.

Nagata checked the 6♣J♣Q♥ flop, and Belcher continued for 3,000. Nagata called and checked again after seeing the K♦ turn.

Another bet from Belcher followed, this time for 4,500. After taking some time, Nagata called to the 4♣ river.

Nagata led out for 9,500, and Belcher replied by announcing all in. Nataga went into the tank, asking the dealer to spread the pot before taking several minutes to reach a decision. Nagata opted to lay it down, and Belcher collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Belcher	71,000
Ryota Nagata	14,000

Tags: Connor Belcher Ryota Nagata

07-05-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Tang Doubles Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ian Tang in the small blind saw his 13,800-chip stack being called by Zachary Reinbold in the big blind.

Ian Tang: A♥K♣ All in
Zachary Reinbold: J♦J♥

The flop of 7♠9♣Q♣ was no help for Tang, but the A♣ turn followed by the 8♥ river saved him and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Tang	28,400 28,400	28,400
Zachary Reinbold	25,500 25,500	25,500

Tags: Zachary Reinbold

07-05-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Barbosa Clocked Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Nilton Barbosa faced a check-raise all-in from Jan-Henrik Westerhoff, and the decision took him so long that he called for the clock on himself.

The action started on the river with the board showing A♥7♥6♠3♥2♥. Westerhoff checked from the small blind, Barbosa bet 12,000.

Westerhoff moved all in with roughly 45,000 chips.

After taking so long and asking his tablemates to call the clock, Barbosa was given 30 seconds to act. He let the clock run out and his hand was declared dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan-Henrik Westerhoff	61,100 61,100	61,100
Nilton Barbosa	44,800 44,800	44,800

Tags: Jan-Henrik Westerhoff Nilton Barbosa

07-05-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Etayo Wins Small

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Anastasiia Knapp limped from under the gun and Chadwick Lashinski called from the hijack. Both Javier Etayo and Giovanni Petroni also called from the blinds.

Action was checked from the 2♥10♣4♥ flop to see the 5♥ turn and 8♥ river.

Lashinski bet 1,200 and only Etayo called from the small blind.

Lahinski said "good call", before showing K♣9♣ for king high, and Etayo flipped over 8♠2♦ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Petroni	69,000 69,000	69,000
Anastasiia Knapp	58,000 5,000	5,000

Javier Etayo	57,000 57,000	57,000
Chadwick Lashinski	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Anastasiia Knapp Chadwick Lashinski Giovanni Petroni

07-05-2025 17:42 UTC-8

Scaffo's Takes from Konishi

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Akihiro Konishi made it 800 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 2,600 from Matias Scaffo in the middle position. When it folded back to Konishi, he decided he wanted to continue with a call.

The flop came down J♥8♥3♣ and Konishi checked. Scaffo bet 2,500, which Konishi called.

Konishi knuckled the action over to Scaffo again on the K♣ turn. Scaffo fired out a bet of 5,200, and Konishi opted to release his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Scaffo	75,000 75,000	75,000
Akihiro Konishi	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Akihiro Konishi Matias Scaffo

07-05-2025 17:43 UTC-8

Moss Picks Off Sung to Double

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Heads-up on a flop of J♥6♣3♠, Eugene Moss bet 5,000 from early position before Kenny Sung raised to 34,000 in the hijack. Moss took a few minutes before calling for his last 30,100.

Eugene Moss: K♣K♥ All in
Kenny Sung: 8♣8♦

Sung let out a loud expletive once he found out he was dominated by Moss' kings. The board ran out 9♠2♦ and Moss doubled up.

"Nice call," a tablemate told him after the hand.

"Thanks. It probably should be a snap-call," Moss replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riva Arthur	265,000 5,000	5,000

Eugene Moss	65,000 65,000	65,000
Shannon Shorr	65,000 7,000	7,000

Boris Kolev	60,000 60,000	60,000

John Juanda	47,000 9,000	9,000

Kenny Sung	40,000 40,000	40,000
Martin Jacobson	32,000 13,000	13,000

Toby Lewis	28,000 17,000	17,000

Taylor Paur	10,000 10,000	10,000

Dara O'Kearney	Busted

Sara Skinner	Busted
Keith Lehr	Busted

Martin McCloskey	Busted
Ayaz Mahmood	Busted

John Langevin	Busted

Tags: Eugene Moss Kenny Sung

07-05-2025 17:44 UTC-8

Further Yellow Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Ostapchenko	97,500 37,500	37,500

Michael Chafetz	93,000 43,100	43,100
Pavels Spirins	89,500 16,000	16,000
Samy Boujmala	86,500 39,500	39,500
Kristen Deardorff	85,500 11,500	11,500
Daniel Strelitz	78,500 18,500	18,500

Jeff Madsen	62,500 2,500	2,500

Samyo Bounlom	22,100 2,800	2,800

07-05-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Aces for Cutler

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Joseph Cutler raised in middle position, and only Thomas Roach made the call, a couple of seats to his left.

The dealer laid down a Q♥10♦5♦ flop, which both players checked. Cutler then picked his betting lead back up, putting in a wager of 1,200 on the 7♠ turn, which Roach called.

Cutler bet a bigger size of 4,100 on the 3♠ river, and a curious Roach made the call.

Cutler flipped over his A♥A♦, and Roach mucked his hand.