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

07-06-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	610,000 5,000	5,000
Alex Lynskey	338,000 107,000	107,000
Christopher Frank	277,000 84,500	84,500

Yuri Dzivielevski	242,000 37,000	37,000

Natalie Hof Ramos	191,000 26,200	26,200
Rayan Chamas	176,000 78,900	78,900
Jason Mercier	172,000 16,000	16,000

Gregory Jensen	163,000 93,400	93,400

Allyn Shulman	120,000 33,000	33,000

Ori Hasson	118,000 62,600	62,600

Kevin Martin	115,000 23,000	23,000

Chris Hunichen	108,000 96,500	96,500

Johnny Chan	95,000 63,500	63,500

Johnny Lodden	68,000 22,000	22,000
JJ Liu	64,000 16,000	16,000

New Batch of Chip Counts from White

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	615,000 59,000	59,000
Thi Xoa Nguyen	400,000 40,000	40,000
Jonathan Wong (NY)	344,000 16,500	16,500
Everett Carlton	340,000 70,000	70,000
Arnaud Mattern	315,000 53,500	53,500
Natasha Mercier	221,000 39,000	39,000
Kohei Arai	216,000 3,000	3,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	205,000 59,000	59,000

Jalil Mekouane	165,000 74,100	74,100
Jason Mercier	156,000 52,000	52,000

Antoine Berruel	150,000 1,500	1,500
Kevin Andriamahefa	132,000 52,500	52,500
Jared Griener	126,000 38,000	38,000
Tirza Sanders	121,000 8,900	8,900
Adrian Mateos	96,000 23,000	23,000

Rebecca Lakepool	89,000 43,000	43,000
Gaetan Balleur	87,000 9,100	9,100
JJ Liu	80,000 44,000	44,000
Tim Reilly	71,000 76,000	76,000
Monika Zukowicz	64,000 14,800	14,800
Russell Rosenblum	46,000 4,000	4,000
Kyna England	42,000 5,500	5,500

07-06-2025 19:49 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Ichinose	440,000 264,600	264,600
Stanislav Halatenko	365,000 283,100	283,100
Long Nguyen	340,000 340,000	340,000
Samuel Stein	325,000 136,600	136,600
Neville Costa	300,000 234,000	234,000
Antonio Vargas	195,000 45,200	45,200
Chih-Wei Fan	180,000 30,000	30,000
Lander Lijo	175,000 65,000	65,000
Nadya Magnus	170,000 110,000	110,000
David Wintersberger	165,000 45,000	45,000
Ami Barer	140,000 20,000	20,000

Raffaele Sorrentino	140,000 15,000	15,000
Chin Wei Lim	50,000 60,000	60,000

07-06-2025 19:41 UTC-8

Some Post-Dinner Chip Stack Updates

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Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Damon Fine	410,000 8,000	8,000
Noel Rodriguez	270,000 20,600	20,600

Erick Lindgren	229,000 3,900	3,900

Stephen Peppin	225,000 10,700	10,700
Robert Varkonyi	71,000 6,500	6,500

Daniel Negreanu	47,000 31,000	31,000

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 19:28 UTC-8

Mateos Moves in the Right Direction

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Stewart Morrison

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

Benjamin Souriau opened to 3,000, which was promptly met by an Adrian Mateos three-bet to 9,000. Souriau called, and the two went to a flop.

The postflop action was short and sweet, as Souriau surrendered the pot following a Mateos continuation-bet of 13,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Souriau	236,000 9,000	9,000
Adrian Mateos	73,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Benjamin Souriau

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 19:19 UTC-8

Souriau Spikes the River

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Stewart Morrison

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

Benjamin Souriau kicked the action from middle position, with a raise to 3,000. Adrian Mateos called from the cutoff, and Kyna England called on the button. When action got to Ruben Pinilla in the big blind, he put in a three-bet to 17,000. Souriau and Mateos called, but England folded.

Pinilla continued with a bet of 12,500 on the 3♥6♦5♣ flop, and both of his opponents made the call.

All three players checked the 8♣ turn, and the dealer added the river A♥ to the board.

Action checked round again, and Pinilla tabled J♠J♦. Souriau then revealed the river had improved him to top pair with his A♣J♣, and when Mateos mucked his hand, the pot was pushed in the direction of Souriau.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Souriau	245,000 212,500	212,500
Ruben Pinilla	110,000 700	700
Adrian Mateos	60,000 6,000	6,000

Kyna England	36,500 92,600	92,600

Tags: Adrian Mateos Benjamin Souriau Kyna England Ruben Pinilla

07-06-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Ajayi Can't Show A Bluff

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Liam Gannon

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

Adedapo Ajayi raised to 4,000 in early position and Scott Stewart called in late position.

The flop rolled out 4♦K♥7♠ and Ajayi bet 3,500 to see Stewart call.

Ajayi checked the turn 2♦ over to Stewart who bet 8,000. Ajayi raised to 22,000 and after a few seconds, Stewart released his hand.

"Show the bluff!" said table mate Vanessa Selbst.

"Is this a bluff?" asked Ajayi as he tabled a K♦ while the pot was being pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adedapo Ajayi	183,000 1,000	1,000
Scott Stewart	136,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Adedapo Ajayi Scott Stewart Vanessa Selbst

07-06-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Pre-Break Chip Update in Horseshoe Blue

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The Blue section in the Horseshoe Ballroom is clearing out fast, with only a few rows left as players prepare to head off on dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Kravchuk	380,000 86,000	86,000

Renmei Liu	310,000 10,000	10,000
Liam Jehu	280,000 55,000	55,000
Tabatha Hilliard	240,000 20,000	20,000
Jeremy Wien	230,000 80,000	80,000

Kevin Rabichow	220,000 40,000	40,000

Hung Nguyen	200,000 20,000	20,000
Angelina Rich	175,000 1,000	1,000
Phil Hellmuth III	150,000 40,000	40,000
Mattia Festa	120,000 20,000	20,000
Aaron Barone	100,000

Atanas Malinov	40,000 90,000	90,000
Sachin Joshi	40,000 21,000	21,000
Victoria Livschitz	30,000 36,500	36,500
Martin Kabrhel	25,000 18,600	18,600

Frank Lagodich	20,000 55,500	55,500
Maxwell Sheridan	Busted
Scott Fitzhugh	Busted