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

07-06-2025 19:58 UTC-8

It's Not a Bluff

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Action was picked up with Nicholas Rigby with 9♦7♥ and Dimitrios Kilintaris 6♦5♦ engaged in a pot of 50,000 and a board of 6♥3♠7♦6♠.

Rigby had top pair but couldn't beat Kilintaris' trips on the turn. Rigby checked, and Kilintaris bet 25,000. Rigby, not believing that his opponent had the goods, said, "That's a bluff," then made the call.

The river 10♥ fell and Kilintaris, after a check, shoved all-in for 66,500. Rigby called just to see that Kilintaris did have the goods.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	259,500 12,000	12,000
Nicholas Rigby	237,000 80,000	80,000
Dimitrios Kilintaris	233,500 78,500	78,500
Rene Knapp	202,500 6,000	6,000
Stefan Jahn	156,000 4,000	4,000
Sean Cronin	84,000 4,000	4,000
Matthew Franklin	68,000 11,500	11,500
Rafael Gonzalez	56,000 3,000	3,000
Yohan Rascar	33,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Dimitrios Kilintaris Nicholas Rigby

07-06-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Stokes Snaps Off Puchol

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David Salituro

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

Nancy Stokes and Alvaro Puchol saw a flop of 5♦10♦J♣ when Stokes bet 11,500 from the button. Alvaro Puchol then moved all in from the big blind and Stokes snap-called for her last 53,000.

Nancy Stokes: A♥J♠ All in
Alvaro Puchol: A♦8♦

Stokes was ahead with her top pair, but she needed to dodge Puchol's nut flush draw. The 8♥ turn gave Puchol more outs with a pair, but Stokes dodged the 5♠ river and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alvaro Puchol	150,000 74,000	74,000
Nancy Stokes	120,000 19,500	19,500

Tags: Alvaro Puchol Nancy Stokes

07-06-2025 19:56 UTC-8

Weng Leads the White Section

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Adam Lamers

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

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

07-06-2025 19:55 UTC-8

Naves Doubles Through Hesse

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Liam Gannon

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♠ All in
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
Peter Gurney	128,000 103,000	103,000
Tauan Naves	70,500 37,500	37,500
Stephen Hesse	58,000 31,200	31,200
Lauren Bunch	43,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Lauren Bunch Peter Gurney Stephen Hesse Tauan Naves

07-06-2025 19:54 UTC-8

Avdee Goes Too Thin on the River

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a board of K♥2♣8♠, both Michael Avdee and Kajetan Renke put in 12,000 each to see the 5♥ turn, where both checked.

The river brought a J♠ and after just a few seconds, Avdee fired 12,000 from early position. Renke was in the cutoff and called within a second.

The call was so fast the Avdee was unaware it had even been made, but once the dealer confirmed it, Avdee flipped A♠J♣ for a rivered pair of jacks. Renke had that beat with his K♣7♥ for a pair kings, and he scooped the pot

Player	Chips	Progress
Kajetan Renke	335,000 222,000	222,000
Michael Avdee	63,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Kajetan Renke Michael Avdee

07-06-2025 19:52 UTC-8

Double for Bullimore

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Stewart Morrison

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

From under the gun, James Bullimore manoeuvred his remaining 35,000 stack into the middle versus small blind Sirish Shetty preflop.

James Bullimore: A♠K♦ All in
Sirish Shetty: A♣J♥

Bullimore had a simple request for the dealer before he dealt any cards: "Please double me up.”

The dealer couldn't control this, obviously, but if he could, a K♠5♣K♥ flop would be a good way to start.

The turn 4♠ saw Shetty drawing dead, and by the time the dealer had put out the 4♥ river, Shetty had already prepared the chips to be pushed across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirish Shetty	93,500 64,600	64,600
James Bullimore	78,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: James Bullimore Sirish Shetty

07-06-2025 19:52 UTC-8

Board Straights, Chop for Rascar and Franklin

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Yohan Rascar went all-in for 19,000 in cutoff and Matthew Franklin in the big blind called.

Yohan Rascar: A♦A♣ All in
Matthew Franklin: A♥K♦

Franklin was complaining about the hand he found himself in. The flop came 4♠2♠6♦ and Rascar's lead was maintained.
The turn 5♣ dropped and with a river 3♣, the pot was split between Rascar and Franklin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rigby	317,000
Chad Power	271,500 20,000	20,000
Rene Knapp	208,500 141,200	141,200
Stefan Jahn	160,000 305,000	305,000
Dimitrios Kilintaris	155,000 20,000	20,000
Sean Cronin	88,000
Matthew Franklin	56,500
Rafael Gonzalez	53,000 10,100	10,100
Yohan Rascar	20,000 96,900	96,900

Tags: Matthew Franklin Yohan Rascar

07-06-2025 19:51 UTC-8

Assorted Gold Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Belcher	490,000 70,000	70,000
Harry Lodge	245,000 125,000	125,000

Tamas Lendvai	201,000 102,700	102,700

Jeremy Wien	176,000 74,000	74,000

Leo Margets	130,000 44,000	44,000

Adam Krach	105,000 42,100	42,100
Dustin Graves	80,000 3,500	3,500

07-06-2025 19:51 UTC-8

Hegedus Regains Against Stearns

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Laura Fryer

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

Juliet Hegedus opened to 3,500 from under the gun and action folded around to Hartt Stearns on the button who three-bet to 10,000. Hegedus called and the players went to the flop.

Both checked the 9♦10♣A♦ flop to see the 5♣ turn.

Hegedus bet 20,000 and Stearns called.

The J♠ river saw Hegedus bet 60,000. Stearns considered, before mucking his hand, allowing Hegedus to take the pot, regaining a top stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	540,000 2,000	2,000
Hartt Stearns	158,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Hartt Stearns Juliet Hegedus

07-06-2025 19:50 UTC-8

New Batch of Chip Counts from White

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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