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

07-05-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Peacock Among the Early Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Arthur Peacock has already more than doubled his stack as he was responsible for the elimination of Brandy Savage. The cards of the latter were already in the muck when Peacock raked in the pot holding 7♠6♠ on a board of A♠8♣6♦9♦5♥ for a rivered nine-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Peacock	127,500 127,500	127,500
Andrew Moreno	66,000 6,000	6,000
Brandy Savage	Busted

Tags: Arthur Peacock Brandy Savage

07-05-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Horseshoe Ballroom Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Garcirreynaldos	118,000 118,000	118,000
Vivian Saliba	101,000 16,000	16,000

Joey Weissman	79,000 19,000	19,000

Parker Talbot	74,000 14,000	14,000

Clement Richez	70,000 70,000	70,000

Peter Jorgne	69,100 69,100	69,100
Joe Serock	67,000 67,000	67,000

Ryan Plant	64,000 64,000	64,000
Kristen Foxen	63,000 10,000	10,000

Simon Wilson	63,000 63,000	63,000
Talal Shakerchi	63,000 3,000	3,000
Erik Seidel	62,000 6,800	6,800

Dario Sammartino	61,000 61,000	61,000
Malo Latinois	60,000
Rehman Kassam	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Uvaydov	60,000 7,000	7,000
Alexandre Reard	60,000 60,000	60,000

Michael Rodriguez	59,000 59,000	59,000
Michael Rocco	59,000 59,000	59,000

Vitor Dzivielevski	59,000 59,000	59,000

Fabrice Bigot	58,000 2,000	2,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	55,000 500	500
Ren Lin	53,000 53,000	53,000

Chris Moorman	53,000 1,300	1,300

Farid Jattin	48,000

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07-05-2025 14:43 UTC-8

Further Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Blue

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	66,000

Kyriakos Papadopoulos	66,000

Marty Mathis	64,000 4,000	4,000
Johan Guilbert	63,000 3,000	3,000

Jan-Peter Jachtmann	54,000 54,000	54,000

Athanasios Polychronopoulos	52,100 52,100	52,100

Farid Jattin	48,000 48,000	48,000

07-05-2025 14:42 UTC-8

Haller Doubles Through Suarez

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Jacob Haller in the big blind was all-in and at risk preflop 20,900 against Guillermo Suarez in the small blind.

Jacob Haller: A♦K♥ All in
Guillermo Suarez: A♣Q♣

Haller's ace-king held on 3♥3♦9♥7♥J♠ and he secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillermo Suarez	44,000
Jacob Haller	42,100

Tags: Guillermo Suarez Jacob Haller

07-05-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Kerstetter Takes It Down with River Lead

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Sava Krink

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Vinodan Lingham opened the action with a raise to 900 from the hijack and picked up calls from both blinds.

The flop came 6♦2♣A♦, and after Patrick Martorella folded, Jamie Kerstetter check-called Lingham’s continuation bet of 900.

Both players then checked through the 8♣ turn.

When the 3♠ hit the river, Kerstetter seized the moment and led out for 2,300. Lingham quickly folded, and Kerstetter scooped the pot, flashing the A♠ as she dragged in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Kerstetter	74,000 14,000	14,000

Patrick Martorella	53,000 53,000	53,000
Vinodan Lingham	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Jamie Kerstetter Patrick Martorella Vinodan Lingham

07-05-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Kiem Forces Out Loeser

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Peter Kiem opened the action with a raise to 700 and Manig Loeser three-bet to 2,500 in the next seat. Once it folded back to Kiem, he four-bet to 7,700 and Loeser called. They headed to the K♦6♥4♦ flop on which Kiem's bet of 4,200 won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Kiem	71,000
Danielle Andersen	54,600
Manig Loeser	53,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Manig Loeser Peter Kiem

07-05-2025 14:38 UTC-8

Chiu Blasting Away

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

In a blind-on-blind pot worth about 2,000 chips, Matt Kramer checked to Charlie Chiu, who bet 2,500 on the 3♥7♣J♣4♥ turn. Kramer tossed in a call to the A♠ river, which he also checked.

Chiu fired another over-bet, dropping 12,500 onto the felt. Kramer cut out a call, tossing it in after 30 seconds or so.

Chiu could only show queen-high with Q♦5♦, leaving Kramer to take the pot with A♥9♥ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Kramer	84,000
Charlie Chiu	31,500

Tags: Charlie Chiu Matt Kramer

07-05-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Shkalim Picks Up a Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Zach Shawanda made it 800 from early position with Paz Shkalim calling on the cutoff, and Quirin Heinz calling from the small blind.

After Heinz checked the K♠10♥K♣ flop, Shawanda bet 1,400, which only Shkalim called.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn to see the 2♦ roll off on the river. Shawanda checked and Shkalim bet 4,500. Shawanda tanked briefly before folding and surrendering the pot to Shkalim.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quirin Heinz	65,000 65,000	65,000
Paz Shkalim	62,000 31,000	31,000
Zach Shawanda	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Paz Shkalim Quirin Heinz Zach Shawanda

07-05-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Seaman Raises the River on Heimiller

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Brett Slezak

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Dan Heimiller from the hijack and Jon Seaman from the cutoff were tangled in a pot with 17,000 in the middle to the completed board of A♣10♠7♠6♣2♠.

Once the river card was dealt, Heimiller immediately led for 5,000 before Seaman put in a raise to 15,000, representing the majority of Heimiller's remaining tank. He decided to lay it down after a small tank to be left relatively short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Seaman	95,000
Dan Heimiller	16,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Dan Heimiller Jon Seaman

07-05-2025 14:35 UTC-8

Lee Lucky to Still Be In After Ultimate Cooler Against Karimi

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Farhad Karimi raised to 800 in the cutoff before William Dopico three-bet to 2,200 on the button. Jongwook Lee then four-bet to 8,000 in the big blind and Karimi came back with a five-bet to 16,000.

Dopico folded, while Lee called to see the Q♥Q♦8♥ flop. Karimi continued for 6,000 and Lee called before they both checked the 8♠ turn.

Lee led out for 13,000 on the 10♠ river and Karimi called. Lee turned over K♣K♠, but Karimi had A♣A♠ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	130,000 40,000	40,000

Patrik Jaros	120,000 20,000	20,000
Farhad Karimi	65,000 65,000	65,000
Stephen Zipprich	63,000 28,000	28,000
Joseph Beasy	50,000 46,000	46,000
Toby Lewis	45,000 15,000	15,000

Brian Tate	40,000 40,000	40,000
Phil Ivey	20,000 21,500	21,500

Jongwook Lee	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Farhad Karimi Jongwook Lee