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

07-05-2025 21:48 UTC-8

Ponce Takes Out Rezaei

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aaron Kweskin raised on the button to 2,000. Diego Ponce, in the small blind, three-bet to 8,000.

Daniel Rezaei, short-stacked in the big blind, went all in with 4,700 chips. Kweskin folded.

Daniel Rezaei: K♣Q♣ All in
Diego Ponce: A♠K♠

The runout 7♠2♦4♥3♥A♥ ended in a Ponce win and a Rezaei exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Daly	137,800 67,400	67,400

Agustin Coelli	134,000 134,000	134,000
Aaron Kweskin	114,600 114,600	114,600
Diego Ponce	45,200 45,200	45,200
Daniel Rezaei	Busted

Tags: Aaron Kweskin Daniel Rezaei Diego Ponce

07-05-2025 21:51 UTC-8

Lee and Kehoe Split

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Seunghwan Lee on the button was all-in and at risk for 4,800 against Seunghwan Lee in the cutoff.

Seunghwan Lee: A♠8♠ All in
Stephen Kehoe: A♥8♦

Both players had the same hand, so they quickly took their chips back on a board of 10♥K♦7♣2♦Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Kehoe	162,000
Seunghwan Lee	5,600

Tags: Seunghwan Lee Stephen Kehoe

07-05-2025 21:52 UTC-8

Capps Bets "All the Ducks"

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jesse Capps and his rubber ducks took over last year's Main Event, and they're back in full force this year.

Capps went to the 8♣8♦2♠ flop against Edgardo Rosario when Rosario bet 1,200 from the small blind. Capps called in the big blind.

Rosario bet another 2,000 on the 5♣ turn and Capps called. The river was the 7♠ and Rosario moved all in.

Capps only had two ducks in front of him but began pulling out even more from his backpack (with cartoon ducks on it, of course), from yellow and white ones, to one dressed as a hockey player, one sitting on a pool float, and another wearing a princess tiara. "All the ducks," Capps said, pushing them all in the middle as well as his last 7,600.

Capps turned over 8♠7♣ for a full house and Rosario pretended to throw his K♠K♦ across the room before he mucked and handed over the double up.

"Once he started pulling out the ducks, I would've just folded," a tablemate said to Rosario.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Capps	25,000 13,000	13,000
Edgardo Rosario	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Edgardo Rosario Jesse Capps

07-05-2025 21:53 UTC-8

Andrews Loses One to Her Neighbor

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Meng-Ling Lin came in with a raise to 1,200 from early position before Cherish Andrews three-bet to 3,600 from the next seat. After the rest of the table had folded, Lin made the call.

Lin check-called a bet of 2,500 from Andrews on the 8♠3♣K♦ flop.

The 10♥ turn and 2♣ river checked through, and Lin flipped over K♠Q♥ for a pair of kings. Andrews mucked, and Lin pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meng-Ling Lin	110,000 110,000	110,000
Cherish Andrews	66,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Cherish Andrews Meng-Ling Lin

07-05-2025 21:54 UTC-8

Oya Sent to Tank

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a four-bet pot worth 43,000 to the 3♣5♠K♦J♦ turn, Jeffrey Mulder piled in enough chips from the cutoff to put button Masashi Oya all-in. Oya counted his stack of 65,000 multiple times, claiming to have a king.

Eventually, the number one on the Japanese all-time money list let his hand go, showing K♠9♠ as he did so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Mulder	195,000
Masashi Oya	65,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Jeffrey Mulder Masashi Oya

07-05-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Glowny Gets Value From Thome

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up to the K♥Q♠4♦ flop, Grzegorz Glowny check-called a bet of 1,100 by Julien Thome and then checked the J♣ turn for Thome to check it back. They headed to the 6♣ river on which Glowny now led for 5,000.

Thome went into a brief tank and eventually called, but mucked to the J♥J♦ of Glowny.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Glowny	95,000 95,000	95,000
Julien Thome	92,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Grzegorz Glowny Julien Thome

07-05-2025 22:01 UTC-8

Yoder Finds the Double

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

From early position, Bret Yoder jammed for 16,600, and Eran Aydin was the only caller from the hijack.

Bret Yoder: Q♥J♠ All in
Eran Aydin: A♣K♣

Yoder was behind to the Big Slick of Aydin, but he did have two live cards working for him. The J♥4♣3♣ flop gave Yoder a pair of jacks, while Aydin had a flush draw. The 8♠ turn and 10♥ river didn't help Aydin, and Yoder earned the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eran Aydin	61,000
Bret Yoder	33,500

Tags: Bret Yoder Eran Aydin

07-05-2025 22:02 UTC-8

Talbot Starts in the Right Direction

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

When the action got to Parker Talbot, there was already a raise to 1,400 in front of him. He opted to call, and this brought Miltiadis Kyriakides along too, from the button.

The initial raiser checked on the A♦4♠5♦ flop, giving Talbot the green light to take over the betting lead, doing so for 2,000. Kyriakides called, and the initial raiser folded.

Talbot turned the heat up on the 9♣ turn, putting out a bet of 6,000. This was too rich for Kyriakides, who folded, conceding the pot to Talbot.