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

07-06-2025 20:54 UTC-8

Barbero Forces a Fold from Lee

Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read A♥8♦7♦ when Gustavo Barbero checked in the big blind to Jao Lee on the button who bet 3,500. Barbero called.

When the 6♠ landed on the turn, Barbero check-raised to 22,000 a bet of 8,000 from Lee. The latter tanked for a minute and called.

The river was the 10♥ and Barbero thought about his move before shoving, putting Lee at risk. Lee ended up folding his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo Barbero	332,000 173,000	173,000
Jae Lee	86,000 59,800	59,800

Tags: Gustavo Barbero Jae Lee

07-06-2025 20:53 UTC-8

2002 Main Event Champion Among Pre-Break Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Owen Savir	Busted
Sung Jin Yun	Busted
Jody Vanwyk	Busted
Lymor Nahshon Davidson	Busted
Richard Thousand	Busted
Zahari Petrov	Busted
Hedi Boussetta	Busted
Charles Calkins	Busted
Kazuomi Furuse	Busted
Rintaro Kagawa	Busted
Eden Anzio	Busted
Vincent Moscati	Busted
Yong Chen	Busted
Robert Varkonyi	Busted

Pasquale Grimaldi	Busted
Giovanni Camardella	Busted
Josef Gulas	Busted
Thomas Bosko	Busted
Eric Smith	Busted
Jinlong Hu	Busted

Martin Donoghue	Busted
Donovan Dicken	Busted
Simeon Tsonev	Busted
Oskar Prehm	Busted
Ardit Kurshumi	Busted

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07-06-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Hickman Moves in the Right Direction

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Stewart Morrison

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

Adam Rude opened in early position to 3,500, which the player in the small blind called. Douglas Hickman then moved all in from the big blind for 34,000. Rude called, and the small blind player folded.

Douglas Hickman: A♦A♣ All in
Adam Rude: 10♦10♣

The flop came a monotone 6♣Q♣4♣, but as both players held a club in their hand, the flush draw was irrelevant.

The turn 4♥ left Rude with one opportunity to find one of his two available outs, but the river J♦ was no help, requiring him to pay Hickman his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Rude	210,000 190,000	190,000
Douglas Hickman	73,000 21,600	21,600

Tags: Adam Rude Douglas Hickman

07-06-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Silver

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Liam Gannon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Pardy	403,000 244,000	244,000

Michael Marder	315,000 16,000	16,000
Vanessa Selbst	293,000 57,000	57,000

Calvin Anderson	271,000 21,000	21,000

Damarjai Davenport	257,000 155,000	155,000
Kao Saechao	196,000 24,000	24,000
John Bunch	176,000 15,000	15,000
Marco Johnson	168,000 52,000	52,000

Greg Raymer	164,000 95,000	95,000

Justin Belforti	163,000 32,000	32,000
Richard Bai	163,000 102,000	102,000
Jack Bittker	156,000 33,000	33,000
Andres Korn	123,000 31,700	31,700

Jessica Teusl	112,000 58,000	58,000

Adedapo Ajayi	103,000 80,000	80,000
Benjamin Krauss	86,000 36,500	36,500
Rutger Hennen	86,000 23,000	23,000
Pierre Calamusa	78,000 126,000	126,000

Olga Iermolcheva	26,000 3,000	3,000
John Monnette	26,000 5,000	5,000

Jon Kyte	22,100 297,900	297,900
Dillon Ott	22,000 46,000	46,000
Blake Borden	Busted

07-06-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Gunn Runs Out of Ammo

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Frank Visser

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

Sviatoslav Belov open-raised preflop from early position, and Aaron Gunn called in the small blind. Gunn check-called Belov's bets on the 3♥Q♥6♥ flop and 6♠ turn, after which the dealer put the 6♣ river on the felt.

Gunn checked for a third time, and Belov put his opponent all in for 27,500. After a small tank, Gunn called for his tournament life.

Belov tabled A♠Q♣ for sixes full of queens, and Gunn left the tournament area after he had tabled A♣3♣ for sixes full of threes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Nakai	610,000 100,000	100,000
Sviatoslav Belov	185,000 35,000	35,000
Aaron Gunn	Busted

Tags: Aaron Gunn Sviatoslav Belov

07-06-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Gervin Leaves the Table in Awe

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Adam Lamers

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

Haruki Arita opened to 3,000 in the hijack and Sanchez Gervin three-bet to 6,000 on the button. Theo Gillis four-bet to 16,000 from the big blind and only Gervin called.

The flop fell 10♦4♣4♦ and Gillis continued with a bet of 7,500. Gervin called and the 9♥ rolled off on the turn. Gillis fired out another bet of 26,000 and Gervin stuck around for the 8♠ on the river.

Gillis counted out a bet of 50,000 on the river and Gervin went into the tank for a couple of minutes before making the call. Gillis turned over A♥K♦ for ace-high while Gervin made the call with 6♠6♦. The table let out some big gasps in shock of Gervin's hero call with an underpair to the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanchez Gervin	312,000 97,000	97,000
Theo Gillis	37,000 99,000	99,000

Tags: Haruki Arita Sanchez Gervin Theo Gillis

07-06-2025 20:51 UTC-8

"Don't Do It"

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Antonio Vargas raised to 3,500 and then faced a three-bet to 12,000 by Roger Fontes in the next seat, which he opted to call. They checked all the way to the K♣8♦8♥10♥2♥ river on which Vargas checked. Fontes bet 10,500 and that won the pot uncontested, as Vargas opted to fold.

"Don't do it," Vargas said when Fontes checked his cards once again - and ultimately revealed the A♥ before stacking up the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	220,000 31,400	31,400
Antonio Vargas	195,000
Joseph Bartholdi	175,000 106,500	106,500
Chris Yakuboff	150,000 34,800	34,800
Roger Fontes	105,000 900	900

Tags: Antonio Vargas Roger Fontes

07-06-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Barby and Lodge Chop up Moore's Stack

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Dan O'Hair

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

Terry Moore, Harry Lodge, and Brent Barby were all all in preflop, with Terry Moore having the shortest stack.

Terry Moore: A♠Q♣ All in
Harry Lodge: A♦K♣ All in
Brent Barby: A♣K♠

The board ran out 10♥9♠J♦J♥Q♠ — leaving Lodge and Barby with Broadway to eliminate Moore late in the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Holloway	185,000 80,000	80,000

Brent Barby	175,000 3,500	3,500
Harry Lodge	173,000 72,000	72,000

Terry Moore	Busted

Tags: Brent Barby Harry Lodge Terry Moore

07-06-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Some Pre-Break Chip Counts

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Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	226,000 3,000	3,000

Noel Rodriguez	163,000 107,000	107,000

Viktor Blom	100,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Negreanu	98,000 14,500	14,500

Robert Varkonyi	57,000 14,000	14,000

07-06-2025 20:48 UTC-8

Beveridge Runs Into a Monster in a Massive Pot

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David Salituro

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

Colin Beveridge got his last 150,000 in the middle from the button as Steven Rivero put in at risk from the big blind.

Colin Beveridge: Q♠Q♣ All in
Steven Rivero: A♠A♥

Beveridge had run his queens into Rivero's aces, while the A♣K♦10♠ flop improved Rivero to a set. Beveridge was left looking to complete a straight draw, but he couldn't connect with the 7♦ turn or 3♠ river and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Rivero	410,000 303,100	303,100
Colin Beveridge	Busted

Tags: Colin Beveridge Steven Rivero