Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 2abc | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-06-2025 19:42 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runge	Busted
William Oswald	Busted
James Priest	Busted
Fernando Cornejo	Busted
Jacob Lin	Busted
Yilong Wang	Busted

Michael Niegsch	Busted
George Kolerich	Busted
Paul Kildal-Brandt	Busted
Raymond Wiley	Busted
Dana Howard	Busted
Todd Rodenborn	Busted
Christopher Costa	Busted
Rob Macdonell	Busted
Hiroyuki Tane	Busted
Amir Hosseinpour	Busted
Shai Arbel	Busted
Carlos Tipton	Busted
Zachary Camp	Busted
Jason Steinhorn	Busted
Ronald Crabtree	Busted
Jerry Lim	Busted
William Molson	Busted
Armando Picozzi	Busted
Gal Bar	Busted

No Diamonds for Takao

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Mark Spradlin raised it up from under the gun and Brandon Takao shipped all in for roughly 13,000 in middle position. The action folded back to Spradlin who quickly called to put Takao at risk.

Brandon Takao: A♦K♦ All in
Mark Spradlin: A♠A♣

The flop came 9♦8♥5♦ and Takao picked up a flush draw against Spradlin's pocket aces. The 9♣ on the turn and the 7♥ on the river were no help to Takao who was bounced from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Spradlin	170,000 32,000	32,000
Brandon Takao	Busted

Tags: Mark Spradlin Brandon Takao

07-06-2025 19:32 UTC-8

Worth the Wait for Richardson

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Laura Fryer

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players were already heads-up on the 7♥5♥3♥ flop with a pot of around 40,000. Paul Douglass moved all in for his remaining 28,500 and action was on Daemon Richardson to make the call or fold.

Richardson moved chips over the line and the players flipped their cards. Richardson went first and said, "I don't even know what I am up against" as he waited for Douglass to show his hand, not realising he has been called.

Paul Douglass: 10♥10♠ All in
Daemon Richardson: K♠K♥

Richardson was ahead, and things stayed that way on the 9♣ turn and 8♦ river, sending Douglass home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daemon Richardson	303,000 183,000	183,000
Paul Douglass	Busted

Tags: Daemon Richardson Paul Douglass

07-06-2025 19:29 UTC-8

Koroupa's Kings Run Into Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Damon Kroupa got his 115,000 chips in preflop and was at risk against Steven Brooks, who had him covered.

Damon Kroupa: K♠K♣ All in
Steven Brooks: A♠A♥

Kroupa had run into the ultimate cooler, and his Main Event ended when the 4♣9♦6♠5♣2♦ board brought no help.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Brooks	300,000 143,300	143,300
Hye Park	121,000 80,200	80,200
Daniel Negreanu	78,000 14,000	14,000

Damon Kroupa	Busted

Tags: Damon Kroupa Steven Brooks

07-06-2025 19:27 UTC-8

Paddock Pointed in the Rail Direction

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Myles Phago

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Brandon Paddock raised to 3,500 from early position only to face a three-bet to 6,500 from John Pointer in middle position. Paddock then four-bet all in for 35,000, and Pointer snap called.

Brandon Paddock: A♠4♦ All in
John Pointer: A♣Q♥

No help for Paddock on the K♣2♦5♥10♥A♦ run out, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Pointer	410,000 129,000	129,000
Daniel Negreanu	92,000 22,500	22,500

Brandon Paddock	Busted

Tags: Brandon Paddock John Pointer

07-06-2025 19:24 UTC-8

"A Hand That Even Kessler Would Be Proud Of"

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Brian Barker opened to 3,000 in the cutoff and was called by Gregory Sly on the button, John Bunch in the small blind, and Ja Sim in the big blind.

The flop rolled out A♦Q♣J♣ and action checked around to Sly who bet 6,000. Bunch raised to 18,000 which folded out Sim while Barker raised to 32,000. Sly moved all in for 38,000 and Bunch jammed all in over the top which saw Barker fold.

Gregory Sly: A♣J♠ All in
John Bunch: K♦10♣

Bunch had flopped Broadway up against Sly's top and bottom pair. The board ran out 9♠3♦ and Bunch's Broadway held up as the best hand while Sly was eliminated.

"That's a hand even Kessler would be proud of," said Bunch as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Bunch	191,000 88,000	88,000
Brian Barker	123,000 6,400	6,400
Ja Sim	112,000 112,000	112,000
Gregory Sly	Busted

Tags: Brian Barker Gregory Sly Ja Sim John Bunch

07-06-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Assorted Post Dinner Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Benor	440,000 99,000	99,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	380,000 80,000	80,000

Christopher Farmer	330,000 217,900	217,900
Kestutis Jungevicius	230,000 43,800	43,800
Artur Koren	225,000 600	600
Alejandro Jauregui	210,000 29,000	29,000
Melanie Weisner	95,000 48,000	48,000
Viktor Blom	70,000 17,200	17,200
Laura Born	55,000 500	500
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Steven Pedlow	Busted
Adam Lender	Busted

07-06-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Gerloff Sends Restovic to the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

All the chips went in the middle preflop between Tonci Restovic, who was at risk for a remaining stack around 22,000, holding A♦7♦, and Martin Gerloff who held 6♥6♠.

Restovic couldn't win the flip to survive as the board revealed K♣5♥K♥3♠3♥ and Gerloff took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Gerloff	103,000 120,300	120,300
Tonci Restovic	Busted

Tags: Martin Gerloff Tonci Restovic

07-06-2025 19:11 UTC-8

Sethi Joins the Rail

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Muskan Sethi open-shoved in middle position for her last 19,000 and it folded to Deborah Nance in the big blind who called:

Muskan Sethi: A♠Q♦ All in
Deborah Nance: A♣K♥

Sethi's hand was dominated and the board 7♥8♥6♥8♦K♣ didn't bring her any help to be eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Deborah Nance	190,000 55,400	55,400
Muskan Sethi	Busted

Tags: Muskan Sethi Deborah Nance

07-06-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Are You Ready?

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Jacob Wilson

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jiwoo Hyul opened up the action with a raise to 3,000. Simas Karaliunas then shoved his remaining 23,000, putting Hyul in a tough spot. "Are you ready?" he asked, upon seeing that there was a reporter at the table. He stood up, and chucked 20,000 into the middle.

Simas Karaliunas: K♥J♣ All in
Jiwoo Hyul: 8♥8♣

The K♣6♦9♦ flop seemed ideal for Karaliunas, but the 8♦ crushed any hope he had left. The 9♠ river boated Hyul up, and Kevin Williams let the table know that he had folded an eight, meaning Hyul hit a one-outer.