Level 8
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Players in the field have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break.
The action will get back underway at 7:55 p.m. local time.
Here are some highlights from Level Eight:
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 2abc
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2abc
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Entries
9,735
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
2,946
Players Left
1,320
Players Left 1 / 9735
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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♠ 
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 |
|---|---|---|
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191,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
123,000
6,400
|
6,400 |
|
|
112,000
112,000
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112,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Action folded all the way around to the button, who was none other than Martin Kabrhel. "I am all in. Seventeen Million," he announced. In actual fact, it was just 14,000. Franklin Machado on his direct left reshoved, prompting the big blind to get out of the way. "I have casino," said Kabrhel, showing his higher card, "Royale," showing the other.
Martin Kabrhel: K♥Q♣
Franklin Machado: A♥K♦
Machado started celebrating, to which Kabrhel questioned, "Why are you happy? You have three outs after flop." Kabrhel's career in fortune telling was short-lived, as the J♥3♣K♠ flop kept him behind. The 3♠4♦ runout sent him home, as cheers and applause echoed through the Horseshoe Ballroom for their new hero Machado.
"Where's my bounty?" he asked, before letting everyone else know that he was "now the loudest in the room."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
180,200
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180,200 |
|
|
92,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Peter Gurney raised to 3,500 in first position and Stephen Hesse called on the button. In the small blind, Tauan Naves moved all in for 33,500 and Lauren Bunch in the big blind pondered her decision for a bit before folding. Gurney folded and Hesse called to put Naves at risk.
Tauan Naves: Q♣Q♠
Stephen Hesse: J♥J♦
The board ran out 3♠7♥9♣3♦Q♥ and the queens full was good for Naves to double up at the expense of Hesse.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
128,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
70,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
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58,000
31,200
|
31,200 |
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43,500
1,500
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1,500 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Michael Bohmerwald bet 4,000 from middle position on a flop of 9♣9♠5♦ and Andre Akkari called in the hijack, as did Larry Hirschfield in the cutoff. Robert Firestone then raised to 20,000 in the big blind.
Bohmerwald and Akkari folded, but Hirschfield reraised to 44,000. Firestone moved all in, and Hirschfield called for 96,000. "I hope you have nine-ten," Firestone said as they went to reveal their cards.
Larry Hirschfield: K♥9♥
Robert Firestone: Q♣9♦
Both players had flopped trips, but Hirschfield was ahead with his king-kicker. The rest of the board ran out 2♥7♠ and he doubled up. Bohmerwald revealed later that he folded two queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | |
|
130,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
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100,000
21,200
|
21,200 |
|
70,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Jamin Stokes raised to 3,500 in early position, and Nick Eastwood three-bet to 11,000 in the adjacent seat. It folded back to Stokes, who called to the 8♣4♦5♠ flop.
Stokes checked, and Eastwood checked behind, leading to the 7♥ turn appearing. Stokes took the initiative with a bet of 14,000, which Eastwood called.
The 8♥ emerged as the river, and Stokes promptly moved all in for about twice the pot, covering the 122,000 chips of Eastwood.
"Why go all in?" Eastwood pondered. "Why not bet less?"
Eastwood went deep into the tank and tried to get some information out of his opponent, to no avail.
"It smells like bullsh*t,” he eventually said, but some moments later, he opted to fold his hand.
Eastwood requested Stokes to table his hand, and Stokes complied by showing K♣J♣ for a stone-cold bluff. Eastwood admitted he contemplated calling with ace-king but ultimately could not pull the trigger.
"F*ck," he simply stated as the next hand was dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
237,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
190,000
97,700
|
97,700 |
|
170,000
110,600
|
110,600 |
|
156,500
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
122,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
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|
75,000
31,800
|
31,800 |
|
60,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
40,000
39,900
|
39,900 |
|
32,000
64,300
|
64,300 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Watching a couple of hands on Table 473 before it broke, Phil Hellmuth gave an expert lesson in some of his infamous 'white magic' that he so often speaks of...
First off, Hellmuth limped in from the cutoff which allowed the button and the blinds to come along cheaply. The dealer fanned a flop and the action checked to Hellmuth who splashed in a bet of 4,000 which got all of his opponents to fold.
"I had it again," Hellmuth announced after the hand.
On the next hand, Nicholas Roberts limped in from middle position and Hellmuth limped along. Craig Sloan raised to 7,000 in the small blind and only Hellmuth called.
The flop fell Q♣J♦5♥ and both players quickly checked to the 5♠ on the turn. Sloan checked again and Hellmuth made a small bet of 4,000. Sloan called and the 7♥ completed the board with both players checking. Sloan tabled A♥K♣ for just ace-high while Hellmuth turned over 8♥8♣ to claim the pot.
Following that, Jose Lesta opened to 3,500 in early position and Hellmuth made a huge three-bet to 20,000. It folded back to Lesta who gave it some thought before folding and flashing the 10♣. Hellmuth felt the need to show his K♣K♦ as he raked in another pot.
"I bluffed you last time I made it 20,000 so of course I have to have the nuts this time," Hellmuth yapped. "You think I'm sticking in 20,000 without kings?" he rhetorically asked, obviously having done so as a bluff previously.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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261,500
27,400
|
27,400 |
|
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221,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
153,000
18,000
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18,000 |
|
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Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Katie Lindsay opened up the bidding with a raise to 3,000 from early position. Daniel Muniz on her direct left bumped up the price of poker to 12,000. Only Lindsay called, which brought in the flop of 7♥5♥9♠.
Here, Lindsay checked over to Muniz who continued for another 12,000. She called, and the Q♣ turn checked through. Lindsay then took the initiative and popped a single 25,000 denomination chip into the middle on the 9♥ river. Muniz did the same quickly, but his K♦K♥ was no match for the 9♦8♦ of Lindsay.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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303,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
135,000
17,500
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17,500 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun to 3,000 and got calls from all around the table. Amit Zulkowitz in early position, Troy Wallace in middle position, Gilad Rubinsky in late position, and Tabatha Hilliard in the big blind.
The flop came J♦K♦Q♦ and Negreanu checked. Zulkowitz bet 5,000, and Wallace called, as did Negreanu. The turn came the 9♦ and it was checked to Wallace who bet out for 5,000, and both Negreanu and Zulkowitz called.
All players checked the 5♠ that came on the river, and Negreanu tabled A♦A♣ for the second nuts. Zulkowitz had QxKx for two pair but was way behind in third as Wallace flipped over 8♦6♦ for the flopped flush.
Negreanu was quick to get the camera out to let his followers know the action and that he couldn't even bet the second nuts but still happy with scooping up some chips to as he said to his followers, “Get back in the game.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
184,000
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
159,500
14,600
|
14,600 |
|
112,500
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
||
|
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43,000
24,300
|
24,300 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Scott Stewart bet 6,000 from under the gun on a flop of 9♠4♦3♣ and Vanessa Selbst called in the hijack, as did Seunghyun Nam in the big blind.
Stewart bet another 23,000 on the 4♠ turn and only Selbst called this time. The river was the 5♥ and Stewart bet 55,000.
Selbst then moved all in and Stewart, with around 25,000 remaining, tossed Q♣Q♦ into the middle of the cards.
"Is that a call or a fold?" Selbst asked.
"Fold," Stewart replied.
"What?" an amazed Selbst added as she took the pot. "You have to think I'm never bluffing. And you're right."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
88,800
|
88,800 |
|
25,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
