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

07-06-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Markholt Falls To Ruzzi

Liam Gannon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lee Markholt raised to 2,200 in the hijack and Matias Ruzzi three-bet to 7,800 on the button. In the big blind, John Monnette pitched his cards and Markholt opted to move all in for 27,500. Ruzzi called.

Lee Markholt: A♣K♣ All in
Matias Ruzzi: 9♥9♣

The board ran out 9♠J♠Q♠J♥3♦ and the nines full of jacks was good for Ruzzi while Markholt was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Ruzzi	316,000 194,700	194,700
John Monnette	52,000 52,000	52,000

Lee Markholt	Busted

Tags: John Monnette Lee Markholt Matias Ruzzi

07-06-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Good Bai

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was joined with 16,000 in the middle, and three players had arrived at the river on a A♣7♣5♣8♦10♦ board.

The player first to act checked, as did Richard Bai in the hijack. Karim Salum then moved all in from the cutoff for 11,900.

He got over the first hurdle, with one player folding, but Bai was less trusting of the bet.

A curious Bai thought through the hand and decided to make the call.

It was probably good news as Salum stood up to leave at the same time as turning over his cards. Sure enough, he showed 7♦6♦, which could not beat Bai's A♥3♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	259,000 59,000	59,000
Karim Salum	Busted

Tags: Karim Salum Richard Bai

07-06-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Gabay Holds to Bust Carreon

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David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Haim Gabay raised to 2,500 in the hijack before John Carreon moved all in for 14,000 in the big blind. "You could afford it," Carreon told Gabay, who eventually called to put Carreon at risk.

John Carreon: A♥8♥ All in
Haim Gabay: A♣Q♠

Gabay had Carreon dominated, but Carreon received some hope on the K♥2♣5♥ flop with the nut flush draw. The 4♦ turn was no help, while the river came the 6♦ and Carreon was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haim Gabay	50,000 35,200	35,200
John Carreon	Busted

Tags: Haim Gabay John Carreon

07-06-2025 13:49 UTC-8

Haikal's Stack Goes Blum

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Donald Blum raised it up from early position and Lee Haikal stuck in a three-bet in the cutoff. The action was back on Blum who four-bet shoved all in and Haikal called off his stack of around 43,000.

Lee Haikal: Q♥Q♣ All in
Donald Blum: K♠K♦

The flop came K♥6♠5♥ and Blum made a set of kings to leave Haikal drawing slim. The K♣ on the turn improved Blum to quads and Haikal was left drawing dead to the irrelevant river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Blum	94,000 27,700	27,700
Lee Haikal	Busted

Tags: Donald Blum Lee Haikal

07-06-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts From Bronze

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Some count have been taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	337,000 70,000	70,000
Dakota Baggett	280,000 9,600	9,600
Hitesh Patel	263,500 242,500	242,500
Lucas Greenwood	178,300 15,300	15,300

Eric Worre	136,500 47,400	47,400
Josselin Gardes	130,500 71,600	71,600
Leon Sturm	130,000 15,000	15,000

Jared Williams	126,100 500	500
Jeffrey Mccauley	121,300 42,300	42,300
Francisco Perez Moreno	103,000 46,600	46,600
Patrick Stacey	102,300 8,700	8,700
Matija Dobric	80,200 16,700	16,700
Brandon Sowers	76,800 15,800	15,800
Justin Delrio	46,200 9,800	9,800
Maximiliano Castagnini	35,300 21,300	21,300
Adrian Lopez	34,300 34,700	34,700
Ari Pelcovitz	33,800 2,200	2,200
Ignacio Moron	22,500 2,500	2,500
Steve Gallo	11,800 33,200	33,200
Caitlin Comeskey	Busted

07-06-2025 13:22 UTC-8

Early Exits

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	Busted

Renan Meneguetti	Busted
Matthew Flynn	Busted
Santiago Plante	Busted
John Fitzpatrick	Busted
Adam Dunmars	Busted
Lucas Lew	Busted
Alec Torelli	Busted

Boris Kuzmanovic	Busted
Jeremy Renz	Busted
Aaron Frei	Busted
Joseph Cook	Busted
Samuel Ick	Busted
Sergi Reixach	Busted
Laura Westfall	Busted

Kyle Ho	Busted
Guy Cicconi	Busted
Wendeen Eolis	Busted
Joel Klasson	Busted
James Casement	Busted
Johnny Skeens	Busted
Hernan Crespin	Busted
Randolph Present	Busted
Ranganath Kanchi	Busted
James McCarty	Busted

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07-06-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Keppler Out

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Eric Keppler opened to 2,000 in cutoff and got a three-bet to 6,200 from the big blind, Donovan Dean. Keppler thought of his options for a few seconds and decided to shove all in for around 50,000. Dean snapped.

Eric Keppler: A♥Q♠ All in
Donovan Dean: K♠K♥

Keppler needed an ace to continue, but the board ran Q♥5♠2♦J♠9♦ ending his main event run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donovan Dean	93,000 70,700	70,700
Eric Keppler	Busted

Tags: Donovan Dean Eric Keppler

07-06-2025 12:59 UTC-8

2017 Champion Among Pre-Break Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Blumstein	Busted

Bharath Mamathambika	Busted
Rory Liffey	Busted
Alexander Dombroff	Busted
Nam Le	Busted
John Frields	Busted
Trevor Teehan	Busted
John Krupey	Busted
Shaun Sturgeon	Busted
Christopher Hatke	Busted
Rahav Magen	Busted
Erik Eisen	Busted
Kevin Ho	Busted
Mark Lambert	Busted
Martin Spatt	Busted
Daniel Chalifour	Busted
Florian Bock	Busted
Shawn Rice	Busted
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Busted
J Compton	Busted
Ryan Mcclintock	Busted
Vamerdino Magsakay	Busted
Eric Keppler	Busted
Ron Ware	Busted

James McCarty	Busted

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07-06-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Nygaard Gets Value From Sharma

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a completed boaerd of K♦9♠3♥2♣7♣, Ole Nygaard led for 1,300 in the small blind and Nishant Sharma raised to 7,200 in the cutoff. Nygaard then reraised to 28,400 and Sharma went deep into the tank before he called.

Nygaard tabled his 9♦9♥ for a set of nines and Sharma mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seungmook Jung	205,000 46,800	46,800
Thi Xoa Nguyen	180,000 125,000	125,000
Nishant Sharma	148,000 8,700	8,700
Ole Nygaard	86,000 41,200	41,200
Marc Joseph	45,000 14,900	14,900
Xuangui Wu	Busted

Tags: Nishant Sharma Ole Nygaard

07-06-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Ladies Hold for Qu

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Myles Phago

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Gilad Rubinsky raised to 2,000 from early position only to face a three-bet from Jiyun Qu in middle position to 5,500. Maciej Gut, also in middle position, then four-bet all in for 23,100. Rubinsky folded, and Qu called.

Maciej Gut: A♣K♦ All in
Jiyun Qu: Q♣Q♦

The flop came 6♥4♣3♣ and was no real danger for Qu, and when the 8♦ peeled off on the turn Gut was drawing to six outs. The 10♠ on the river was not one of them and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	181,000 5,000	5,000

Gilad Rubinsky	122,000 10,900	10,900
Jiyun Qu	115,000 66,400	66,400
Maciej Gut	Busted

Tags: Gilad Rubinsky Jiyun Qu Maciej Gut