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

Jul 05, 2025

Bardah Back to Six Figures

Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three-way to a flop of Q♣5♠5♣, Changliang Deng checked from the small blind to Ronnie Bardah in late position, who bet 1,800. Aaron Owens then min-raised to 3,600, and Deng called cold.

Bardah also called, after which the 2♣ turn was checked by all three. Deng continued checking on the 8♦ river, but Bardah picked the aggression back up with a bet of 5,600.

Owens snap-folded, but Deng called after some time in the tank. Bardah tabled A♣J♣ for a flush, and Deng flung his cards toward the muck.

Tags: Aaron Owens Changliang Deng Ronnie Bardah

Jul 05, 2025

Lee Takes Small from Kiem

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Peter Kiem opened to 1,200 from under the gun and Stanley Lee three-bet to 4,200 from middle position.

Kiem called and the players saw a J♥10♠K♦ flop.

Kiem to checked, Lee bet 7,000 which saw Kiem fold, passing a small pot to Lee.

Tags: Peter Kiem Stanley Lee

Jul 05, 2025

Madala Shoves the River in Three-Way Pot

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bart Lybaert bet 3,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 10♣9♣Q♥ and Vijayarakesh Madala raised to 11,000 in early position. Peter Morris called in middle position, as did Lybaert.

The turn was the A♦ and Madala bet another 17,000. Only Morris called this time to see the 8♠ river. Madala then moved all in for 30,000.

Morris quickly folded and Madala raked in the pot.

Tags: Bart Lybaert Peter Morris Vijayarakesh Madala

Jul 05, 2025

Bleznick’s Six-Bet Ends With a Bang

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

One of the biggest hands of the day so far just happened in the previous level.

Romain Locquet came in with a raise to 1,100 from early position before Shawn Cunix three-bet to 2,600 from the next seat. After a few folds, Jared Bleznick four-bet to 5,200 out of the big blind. Locquet stared Bleznick down briefly before five-betting to 16,600. Cunix folded, but Bleznick took some time of his own and then meticulously carved out a six-bet of 38,000. Locquet wasn't going anywhere just yet as he called to see a flop.

With almost 80,000 in the pot already, the two players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 4♥9♠3♣. Bleznick was first to act and tossed out a bet of 30,000, which Locquet called.

The dealer delivered the 9♥ on the turn, prompting Bleznick to jam his was 63,900 into the middle. Locquet smirked and then made the call to put Bleznick at risk.

Jared Bleznick: A♥A♦ All in
Romain Locquet: 9♦9♣

Locquet held quad nines, and Bleznick's fate was already set, as he was drawing dead before the river card even arrived. The river was irrelevant, and Bleznick's 2025 WSOP Main Event was over on Day 1, while Locquet moved into one of the top spots on the chip counts with a stack of almost 300,000.

Immediately after his elimination, Jeff Platt caught up with Bleznick to get his feelings and thoughts on the hand. Bleznick, still stunned, said:

"Pretty disappointing, the way i play tournament poker, I want to get a lot of chips early, that was probably the sickest beat I've taken all summer. I enjoyed the table, it was a lot of fun. I'd rather that happen today than four days in."

Tags: Jared Bleznick Romain Locquet Shawn Cunix

Jul 05, 2025

Lamb Doesn't Show to Afriat

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three ways to the A♥6♣6♠ flop, Eric Afriat called a bet of 2,000 and Ben Lamb then check-raised to 5,200 out of the small blind. That forced out the third player in the hand while Afriat called.

The duo headed to the 3♥ turn on which Lamb bet 8,500. Afriat smirked and eventually folded, then asked if Lamb would show his cards while he exposed his A♦10♦. Lamb double-checked his cards once more and then tossed them into the muck before stacking up the pot.

Afriat was not quite happy about that and suggested that he may reveal his dark side because of it.

Tags: Ben Lamb Eric Afriat

Jul 05, 2025

Richez Scores an Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a board of 2♣8♦4♥8♣, Clement Richez in the big blind bet 65,000, more than Zhengyu Guan's stack. From early position, she went into the tank for more than two minutes, counting again and again her 29,500-chip stack. "Ok I trust you," she eventually said to make the call.

Zhengyu Guan: Q♥Q♠ All in
Clement Richez: K♦K♠

Guan ran into a better pair and was eliminated after the J♥ river was revealed.

Tags: Clement Richez Zhengyu Guan

Jul 05, 2025

Weisman Chips Up

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Four-way action to the 7♠J♥3♠ flop saw Nathaniel Katzoff, Timoteo Leonel and Dylan Weisman exchange a bet and calls, while Harry Brooks check-folded in the big blind.

Katzoff and Leonel checked the 8♣ turn, and Weisman fired 11,000 on the button. Only Leonel called to see the 4♣ river, checking to Weisman once more.

After counting out his chips, Weisman announced a bet of 38,000. Leonel took some time before letting his hand go, and Weisman collected the pot.

Tags: Dylan Weisman Harry Brooks Nathaniel Katzoff Timoteo Leonel

Jul 05, 2025

Tran Blasts Out Campins

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Thien Tran bet 2,300 from the button on a flop of Q♠6♥3♥ and Elizabeth Bennett-Martin called in the big blind. Felipe Campins then raised to 8,600 in early position and only Tran called.

Campins checked the 4♥ turn and Tran bet 10,000. Campins called to see the 10♦ river and checked over to Tran again. Tran bet 20,700 this time.

Campins spent a few minutes in the tank but eventually folded as Tran took down the pot.

Tags: Elizabeth Bennett-Martin Felipe Campins Thien Tran

Jul 05, 2025

Haxton Min-Bets, Rudin Profits

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Simon Rudin opened his button, and Isaac Haxton called in the big blind. Both players checked the 7♠3♠J♠ flop to the 10♣ turn, where Haxton led out for 1,100.

Rudin called to the 8♠ river, which saw Haxton bet the minimum of 600. Rudin smiled at his opponent before he put in a raise to 5,000. Haxton quickly let his hand go, shipping the chips to Rudin.

Tags: Simon Rudin Isaac Haxton

Jul 05, 2025

Truong Takes From Oike

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Emi Oike three-bet and was called by Sammy Truong from under the gun as they headed to the Q♦8♥2♣ flop. Truong opted to check to Oike, who bet 4,100. The small check-raise to 10,200 followed and that did the trick for Truong to rake in the pot. He currently sits on nearly two and a half times the average in the final level of Day 1d.

Tags: Sammy Truong Emi Oike