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

07-05-2025 15:02 UTC-8

Batt Takes a Small One

Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Sridhar Sangannagari raised to 800 from under the gun, and both the small blind and Jordan Batt, in the big blind, called.

All three players checked on the 4♣A♣4♥ flop, which gave Batt the green light to take over the betting lead on the J♥ turn. When the small blind checked, he put out a bet of 1,500, and only Sangannagari called.

Batt put out another bet of 2,500 on the J♣ river, and this time Sangannagari decided just to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sridhar Sangannagari	73,000 73,000	73,000
Jordan Batt	62,300 62,300	62,300

Tags: Jordan Batt Sridhar Sangannagari

07-05-2025 15:00 UTC-8

Ogeare Leaves Baggaley on Fumes in a Cooler

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

More than 30,000 was already in the middle as Thomas Baggaley and Seymour Ogeare went to the turn on a board of 2♥5♣6♠Q♥. Baggaley then bet 12,500 from the cutoff and Ogeare called on the button.

The river was the 9♥ and Baggaley moved all in. Ogeare snap-called with 4♥3♠ for a flopped straight, while Baggaley tossed 6♣6♥ into the muck as other players at the table let out a collective gasp.

The stacks were counted down and Ogeare had 24,900 remaining. Baggaley had him covered by just 1,500 and was left on an extreme short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seymour Ogeare	105,000 105,000	105,000
Thomas Baggaley	1,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Seymour Ogeare Thomas Baggaley

07-05-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Check-Raise Gets the Job Done for Muehloecker

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Sava Krink

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Thomas Muehloecker opened the action from early position with a raise to 700, but was quickly met with a three-bet to 2,500 from Jose Aguilera in middle position.

The flop came 8♠A♠A♦, and Muehloecker checked to the aggressor. Aguilera continued for 1,200, but Muehloecker responded with a check-raise to 3,600. The pressure was enough, Aguilera quickly released his hand and Muehloecker took it down without further resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	136,500

Thomas Muehloecker	72,000 6,000	6,000
Jose Aguilera	72,000
Yueqi Wang	54,000

Tags: Jose Aguilera Thomas Muehloecker

07-05-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Updates From Yellow Section

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Deardorff	97,000 11,700	11,700
Mustapha Kanit	86,000 26,000	26,000

Jordan Love	78,000 6,600	6,600
Aaron Massey	61,000 1,000	1,000
Alexis Cruz Martinez	55,500 16,500	16,500
Benedict Cullen	44,500 21,300	21,300
Samyo Bounlom	19,300 1,600	1,600

07-05-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Ferreira Calls Off Incorrectly

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Brett Slezak

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Henrique Camara Ferreira from early position and Mateusz Moolhuizen from the button were involved in a three-bet pot that had grown to over 30,000 by the river with the completed board reading J♦6♥2♥3♦4♠ after Ferreira had check-called a bet on the turn.

Ferreira checked for a final time to Moolhuizen who bet enough to put Ferreira all-in for his final 20,500. Over three minutes would come off the clock as Ferreira lamented, "Sick spot," before he finally slid forward the call.

Henrique Camara Ferreira: 8♠8♥ All in
Mateusz Moolhuizen: A♠A♥

Ferreira called off with his eights but was always in tough shape against the aces of Moolhuizen who got max value as Ferreira hit the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Moolhuizen	95,000
Henrique Camara Ferreira	Busted

Tags: Henrique Camara Ferreira Mateusz Moolhuizen

07-05-2025 14:51 UTC-8

Delval Takes His Seat at the Ladies Table

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Women traditionally make up a small percentage of the Main Event field, so it's a statistical anomaly that three of them, Xiaoqiong Liu, Sara Skinner, and Thea Booysen, are seated side-by-side at the same table.

Frederic Delval just arrived to take his seat at this table. "Bonjour monsieur, and madame," he said to his new tablemates.

"Seat 1, the South African. She's a sniper. So good," tablemate Jonathan Kramer said about Booysen, who is doing the best of the trio and is up to around 80,000 so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thea Booysen	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jonathan Kramer	60,000 60,000	60,000
Frederic Delval	60,000 60,000	60,000
Xiaoqiong Liu	57,000 57,000	57,000
Sara Skinner	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Frederic Delval Jonathan Kramer Sara Skinner Thea Booysen Xiaoqiong Liu

07-05-2025 14:51 UTC-8

De Koe Leaves Kudrynskyy Short

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Johannes de Koe made it 800 from the cutoff, and only Yuriy Kudrynskyy called out of the big blind.

Kudrynskyy check-called a bet of 1,500 from De Koe on the 7♦K♦A♦ flop.

The 9♥ landed on the turn, and Kudrynskyy checked again. De Koe bet 3,300, which Kudrynskyy called.

When the J♣ hit the river, Kudrynskyy checked for a final time. De Koe fired 5,000, and after a few minutes in the tank, Kudrynskyy folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes de Koe	62,000 62,000	62,000
Yuriy Kudrynskyy	6,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: De Koe Yuriy Kudrynskyy

07-05-2025 14:47 UTC-8

Lin Takes Two

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Action was followed from the river with two players looking at a 10♦J♠3♦J♥Q♣ board. The pot stood at around 10,500.

Ren Lin checked the small blind and Qi Hu bet 10,000 from the big blind.

Lin asked Hu how much he had behind, taking his time before raising to 32,000. Hu sat back in his seat, and eventually called.

Lin showed J♣Q♠ for the boat, and Hu mucked his hand.

In the next hand, Lin raised the button to 800 and Hu called the small blind. Gary Herstein also defended the big blind.

All players checked the J♠10♠2♦ flop to see the J♣ turn.

Action was checked all the way down to the 7♠ river with Herstein stating "Ace-High", before showing A♦9♣. Hu mucked and Lin showed A♣K♣, just pipping Herstein for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	91,500

Gary Herstein	56,500
Qi Hu	22,500

Tags: Gary Herstein Ren Lin Qi Hu

07-05-2025 14:47 UTC-8

Bader Gets Some Chips Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On the tail end of a Q♣8♥2♣4♣5♣ board, Oron Bader check-raised from 4,000 to 10,500. Early table chip leader Bryan Saltzman called and then mucked when he was shown A♣3♦ for the ace-high flush by Bader in the big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Saltzman	93,000
Oron Bader	55,000

Tags: Bryan Saltzman Oron Bader

07-05-2025 14:46 UTC-8

Spirins Flops Set

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Pavels Spirins raised to 700 in middle position. Samy Boujmala called in the hijack, after which Michael Chafetz defended his big blind. The trio checked the 6♦10♠8♥ flop, causing the 9♠ turn to appear.

Chafetz checked again, prompting Spirins to bet 800. Boujmala quickly mucked his cards, but Chafetz tossed in a call.

The 2♣ river saw Spirins size up to 2,800. Chafetz check-called to showdown, but he mucked his cards when Spirins showed 8♦8♣ for a set of eights.