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

07-05-2025 23:28 UTC-8

Sunny Ending for So

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With the flop showing A♠8♥4♥, Jiawei Mao bet and then called a raise to 10,000 by Sunny So as they headed to the 7♦ on the turn. Mao now checked and So bet 25,000 only for Mao to reluctantly shove and get called by So.

Jiawei Mao: A♣Q♦ All in
Sunny So: A♦K♦

The river was the 2♦ and the kicker played. Both stacks were counted and the 65,700 of So covered to knock out Mao during the final stages of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sunny So	155,000
Jiawei Mao	Busted
Femi Fashakin	Busted

Lachezar Petkov	Busted

Tags: Jiawei Mao Sunny So

07-05-2025 23:29 UTC-8

Lin Puts Mull in the Blender

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 6,000 in the middle on a board of 4♦9♠A♠5♣, Jesse Mull checked from the small blind and Ren Lin put out a pot-sized bet from middle position. After a few moments, Mull made the call.

The J♣ rolled off on the river, and Mull decided to check again. Lin fired out a big bet of 18,400, prompting Mull to go into the tank. After thinking for multiple minutes, Mull folded and allowed Lin to pull in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	134,400 35,900	35,900

Jesse Mull	26,400 26,400	26,400

Tags: Jesse Mull Ren Lin

07-05-2025 23:32 UTC-8

Stevens Stays Alive

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Scott Stevens moved his last 9,300 into the middle, and was at risk when Monty Berger made the call.

Scott Stevens: K♣K♦ All in
Monty Berger: K♠J♥

Berger picked up a pair on the J♣Q♦7♥ flop, and found a straight draw on the 9♥ turn. Stevens saw a safe 6♠ river, doubling his stack at the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monty Berger	123,000
Scott Stevens	22,000

Tags: Monty Berger Scott Stevens

07-05-2025 23:32 UTC-8

Late Bustouts in Paris Black

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Busted
Sean Miller	Busted
Alex Keating	Busted

Nitis Udornpim	Busted
Darryll Fish	Busted
Ali Eslami	Busted

Caleb Piderit	Busted

Atanas Pavlov	Busted
Dragos Trofimov	Busted
Ken Oberlieben	Busted
Thomas Paul	Busted

07-05-2025 23:32 UTC-8

Souki Loses Some to Zarzycki

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three ways to the 10♥8♦6♥ flop, Philippe Souki in the big blind checked and so did the third player in the hand before Robert Zarzycki on the button bet 1,500. Only Souki check-called and did so again for 4,000 on the 5♦ turn. They checked the K♥ on the river and Souki announced a six, but mucked when Zarzycki showed his J♦10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Zarzycki	120,000
Philippe Souki	77,200

Tags: Philippe Souki Robert Zarzycki

07-05-2025 23:33 UTC-8

McGraw Suffers Late Knockout

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Jerome Solomon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Rick McGraw went all in from middle position, getting calls from Corey Wick, also in middle position, and Jason Daly in the hijack.

Wick and Daly checked down through the runout A♠5♦10♠A♦10♣.

McGraw showed 5♥5♣ for a full house, but Wick's A♣9♣ gave him a bigger one and knocked McGraw out of the tournament minutes away from Day 2. Daly had K♠J♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Wick	180,400 26,600	26,600
Jason Daly	89,700 48,100	48,100

Rick McGraw	Busted

Tags: Rick McGraw Jason Daly Corey Wick

07-05-2025 23:35 UTC-8

Liu Crosses Six Figures During Last Hands

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Matthew Liu raised to 1,500 on the button. Mikolaj Zawadzki three-bet to 7,500 in the big blind, which Liu called.

Zawadzki continued for 5,700 on the Q♥8♠10♥ flop. Liu called to the 6♠ turn, which both players checked. The 10♠ river was also checked through, and Liu's J♥J♦ bested Zawadzki's A♥K♦ at showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Liu	105,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	87,000

Tags: Matthew Liu Mikolaj Zawadzki

07-05-2025 23:35 UTC-8

Jensen Eliminated by Barnett

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Matthew Barnett raised to 1,200,000 and Rex Jensen pushed for around 6,000 on the button. Both blinds folded and Barnett called with the A♣Q♦. That flipped against the 5♥5♠ of Barnett and couldn't hold on a board of Q♠9♠2♥2♣6♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Barnett	34,000 34,000	34,000
Richard Gao	Busted
Rex Jensen	Busted

Tags: Matthew Barnett Rex Jensen

07-05-2025 23:40 UTC-8

Bleznick's Aces Brutally Cracked in Six-Bet Pot in WSOP Main Event

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Milko van Winden

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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07-05-2025 23:41 UTC-8

Day 1d Completed

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Out of a field of 4,997 entries, nearly 3,800 players bagged up chips as the action of the final starting day has officially concluded across all of the tournament areas.

Selected chip counts are to follow shortly, the full chip counts will be published later tonight once they become available.