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

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

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 16:49 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 16:48 UTC-8

Shen Flips the Script on the River

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Sava Krink

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Yin Shen opened the action with a raise to 900 from early position, picking up a call from Philip Capron in middle position. Mark Davidoff then three-bet to 3,500 from the hijack, and both Shen and Capron came along.

The flop came 4♠4♣8♦, and after a check from both opponents, Davidoff continued for 4,000. Shen was the only caller, taking the hand to the 8♠ turn, where both players checked.

On the 10♠ river, Shen flipped the script and led out for 5,000. Davidoff didn’t waste much time before mucking his hand, and Shen collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yin Shen	72,000
Mark Davidoff	48,600
Philip Capron	36,800

Tags: Mark Davidoff Philip Capron Yin Shen

07-05-2025 16:47 UTC-8

Raman Hits the River to Avoid Elimination

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ray Attiyah limped under the gun before Stephen Garner raised to 1,500 from middle position. Naing Thu called from the hijack, but Sivakumar Raman squeezed to 7,000 from the cutoff. Preston Johnson jammed for 41,600 from the big blind, which got three folds before Raman called for his stack of roughly 34,000.

Sivakumar Raman: J♣J♦ All in
Preston Johnson: A♠K♣

Raman needed to win the flip to stay alive. The 10♣2♠2♣ flop was great for Raman, but the K♦ turn was a disaster as Johnson improved to top pair. However, the J♠ on the river gave Raman a set and he reacted by bashing the table in celebration. The pot was pushed to Raman and Johnson was left with just 8,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Garner	75,000 75,000	75,000
Sivakumar Raman	75,000 75,000	75,000
Naing Thu	62,000 62,000	62,000
Ray Attiyah	55,000 55,000	55,000
Preston Johnson	8,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Naing Thu Preston Johnson Ray Attiyah Sivakumar Raman Stephen Garner

07-05-2025 16:46 UTC-8

Carter Rivers Quads and Gets Snap-Called

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Brett Slezak

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

David Carter from under the gun and Steven Mast from the cutoff were heads-up to a completed board of K♠K♥J♣10♠K♦ with 8,400 in the middle.

Carter opted to lead for 4,000 and Mast nearly beat him into the pot as he instantly tossed in a chip to call.

Carter then made the grand reveal of A♦K♣ for quad kings as he scooped another pot and has already doubled his starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Carter	125,000 15,000	15,000
Steven Mast	14,000

Tags: David Carter Steven Mast

07-05-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Barbero's Read Is Spot On

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Nacho Barbero squeezed to 5,000 on the button and Sean Jazayeri called from early position. In between them was Daniel Wirgau, who had two T-1,000 chips out in front and called as well after some consideration.

The 7♣5♦2♠ flop was checked to Barbero, who bet 7,000. Jazayeri folded and Wirgau then pushed all in.

"You finally decided to get it in with tens, right?" Barbero murmured, and gave it a few seconds before he folded by adding, "I can't beat tens."

Wirgau collected the pot, but not before revealing his cards - it was the 10♦10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Jazayeri	96,500 22,500	22,500

Daniel Wirgau	57,000 19,500	19,500
Nacho Barbero	47,500 8,900	8,900

Tags: Daniel Wirgau Nacho Barbero Sean Jazayeri

07-05-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Cheong Sends Ivey to an Early Exit

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Phil Ivey's Main Event came to a quick end at the hands of Joseph Cheong, and Cheong filled in the details.

Ivey limped the small blind and Cheong checked his option. The flop came Q♥J♠2♦ and Ivey bet 1,000. Cheong called and the turn was the 7♣.

Ivey then bet 2,500 and Cheong again called. Ivey moved all in for around 5,000 on the 4♦ river and Cheong called. Ivey had Q♣2♣ for two pair, but Cheong had pulled ahead on the turn with Q♠7♦ to send Ivey to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	100,000

Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong Phil Ivey

07-05-2025 16:40 UTC-8

Pho Forces Some Profit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Sokchheka Pho raised to 800 and Alan Dworetsky three-bet to 2,700 in the small blind, Phonsavanh Phannavong in the big blind and Pho called. On the Q♦4♥3♠ flop, it checked to Pho and his bet of 4,500 was called only by Phannavong.

The 10♦ fell on the turn and Phannavong checked before folding to another bet of 6,800 while Dworetsky was shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Dworetsky	66,000
Sokchheka Pho	64,000
Phonsavanh Phannavong	51,800

Tags: Alan Dworetsky Sokchheka Pho

07-05-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Konnikova and Keating Take a Tumble

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jonathan Byrd opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Maria Konnikova called from the cutoff. Zachary Walker three-bet to 4,000 on the button and only Konnikova called.

The players saw the Q♥8♥K♦ flop, and checked to the 9♥ turn. Konnikova checked and Walker bet 4,000, prompting Konnikova to fold.

In the next hand Konnikova opened the hijack to 1,000 and Jesse Klinger called from the small blind.

The 3♥6♦8♠ flop saw Klinger check-call Konnikova's 700 bet.

Both checked the 5♣ turn to see the 10♠ river, and Klinger bet out 2,200. Konnikova mucked, handing over the pot.

The final hand saw David Wells open from early position to 1,000 and Konnikova called, sitting to his direct left.

The J♣9♦J♠ flop saw Wells check, Konnikova bet 1,100 and Wells call.

Both checked the 3♦ turn to get to the 5♣ river, which saw Wells bet 3,500 into the pot. Konnikova folded, and within three consecutive hands had taken quite a tumble in chips.

Alan Keating also recently took a seat at the same table, but sits with just over half starting stack, after also taking a fall.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wells	123,000 47,900	47,900
Jesse Klinger	78,000 78,000	78,000
Jonathan Byrd	62,000 62,000	62,000
Zachary Walker	57,500 57,500	57,500
Alan Keating	35,000 35,000	35,000
Maria Konnikova	27,000 37,600	37,600