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

07-05-2025 13:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Apple	83,000 900	900
Anuschka Van Lent	73,000 73,000	73,000
David Fish	72,000 10,000	10,000
Shay Sharabi	52,500 2,500	2,500
Katherine Porrello	36,500 50,500	50,500

Updated Counts in Horseshoe White

Stewart Morrison

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Here is a look at some of the chip counts in the Horsehoe Ballroom - White section.

Some of the counts come courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bixi Yao	113,300 53,300	53,300
Thomas Roach	80,000 21,400	21,400
Julio Esquivel	76,900 17,100	17,100
Leo Worthington-Leese	62,300 2,300	2,300
Dean Lyall	60,000
Dimitar Danchev	60,000

Jack Oliver	57,700 2,300	2,300
Wai Kit Lo	56,800 3,200	3,200
Erik Seidel	55,200 4,800	4,800

Travis Davis	54,700 8,100	8,100
Elijah Berg	53,300 6,700	6,700
Matt Glantz	52,600 7,400	7,400

Ludovic Geilich	51,000 9,000	9,000

Ben Miller	42,000 18,000	18,000
Brandon Harris	22,600 37,400	37,400

07-05-2025 13:38 UTC-8

Cervantes Takes From Moorman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Chris Moorman had raised preflop and was called by Michael Cervantes. By the time the flop showed A♣Q♠2♣, Cervantes check-called a bet of 800 and did so again for 2,200 on the 9♠ turn. They checked the 9♣ on the river when the board paired and Cervantes had the best hand in 5♣3♣ for the flush.

"We'll take it, I should have probably bet," Cervantes said while he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Cervantes	64,000
Chris Moorman	54,300 5,700	5,700

07-05-2025 13:35 UTC-8

Chip Counts in Yellow

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

As per the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Blake	171,000 110,400	110,400
Anson Tsang	109,000 9,700	9,700

Sebastian Gaehl	96,000 36,000	36,000
Masashi Oya	85,000 6,500	6,500

Alisson Piekazewicz	75,000 15,000	15,000
Massoud Eskandari	74,000 14,000	14,000

Ilya Nikiforov	72,000 12,000	12,000
Michel Karim	71,500 11,500	11,500
Dermot Blain	67,500 7,500	7,500
Claudio Elizalde	66,900 6,900	6,900
Jean Autran	66,000 10,000	10,000
Niall Farrell	65,000 5,000	5,000

Juha Helppi	64,000 4,000	4,000

Brett Feder	62,300 1,700	1,700
Alan Goasdoue	60,200 200	200
Ryan Avera	57,400
Chris Da-Silva	56,700 3,300	3,300
Scott Bohlman	48,000 14,500	14,500

Dominik Panka	46,600 13,400	13,400

Chris Viox	43,900 16,100	16,100

Andrew Nguyen	43,400 16,600	16,600

Fabian Gumz	32,000 28,000	28,000
Oliver Weis	16,500 8,500	8,500

07-05-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts and New Faces in Horseshoe Bronze, Silver, and Gold

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Sava Krink

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The chip counts were taken from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Steele	128,700 128,700	128,700

Marc Bougaret	128,000 68,000	68,000
Jia Jun	107,800 107,800	107,800
Fabian Niederreiter	91,200 36,200	36,200
Nathanael Kogel	80,600 80,600	80,600
Brian Ng	79,900 16,400	16,400
Jesse Jones	70,000 70,000	70,000
Thomas Muehloecker	66,000 6,000	6,000
Nikolaos Angelou	60,000 60,000	60,000
Thomas Middleton	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ariel Celestino	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jonathan Jaffe	60,000 60,000	60,000
Maksim Petrov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Maher Achour	53,000 7,000	7,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

07-05-2025 13:33 UTC-8

Some Familiar Faces in Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Killeen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lou Garza	60,000 60,000	60,000

Christian Roberts	60,000 60,000	60,000

Parker Talbot	60,000 60,000	60,000

Fahredin Mustafov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Renan Bruschi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Robert Kuhn	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-05-2025 13:29 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts from Paris Purple & Green

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Some of these chip counts have been taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	120,000 3,000	3,000

Grant Gardner	109,800 49,800	49,800
Josh Arieh	97,000 37,000	37,000

Clement Bonnant	88,200 2,800	2,800
Cassandra Yong	88,000 500	500
Jason Glover	70,700 10,300	10,300
Barak Wisbrod	66,000 6,000	6,000

Steven Buckner	63,000 2,000	2,000
Ryan Laplante	63,000 3,000	3,000

Esther Taylor	63,000 2,000	2,000

Mario Colavita	62,000 2,000	2,000
Vladimir Nex	62,000 3,000	3,000
Tom Verbruggen	61,000 1,000	1,000
Jesse Sylvia	59,000 1,000	1,000
Natalie Teh	58,000 2,000	2,000
Jose Fibla	57,500 22,500	22,500
Marcello Del Grosso	57,000 3,000	3,000
Edgaras Kausinis	55,000 10,000	10,000
Shaun York	54,000 5,000	5,000
Jeff Sluzinski	52,000 13,000	13,000

Brian Rast	51,600 6,900	6,900

Yuriy Kudrynskyy	48,000 9,700	9,700
Michael Wang	45,000 15,000	15,000

Liubomyr Melnyk	40,000 14,000	14,000
Marc Foggin	38,000 22,000	22,000

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07-05-2025 13:25 UTC-8

WSOP Rules in Chip Dumping Controversy; Shiina Okamoto Makes Poker History | PokerNews Podcast #904

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Chad Holloway

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In the 904th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are joined by Grosvenor Poker Pro Jamie Nixon at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to talk about the latest from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). That includes the WSOP's controversial decision regarding the alleged Millionaire Maker chip dumping between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, which may or may not include lifetime bans. It's a lively debate that examines the situation from multiple angles, including the likely involvement of the Nevada Gaming Commission.

They then take a look at a controversial hand posted by Lexy Gavin-Mather where a dealer error that may have brought a much-needed seven out of the muck had the poker world talking. From there, the trio highlight the historic win by Shiina Okamoto, who successfully defended her Ladies Event title after finishing runner-up three years ago. She also had to put up with Phil Hellmuth Jr., for better or worse, as the crew debated. That wasn't the only historic win, as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi won the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship for an unbelievable fourth time. Toss in the first gold bracelet won by Darren Elias, and there were some big winners to be celebrated.

Jamie Nixon then talks about Grosvenor Poker and the upcoming Goliath in Coventry, how his buddy is running a daily bracket of funny poker names, and then Chad explains why there's a giant cutout of Espan Jorstad's head on the set (Hint: it came from the recent GTOWizard party).

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07-05-2025 13:06 UTC-8