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

07-06-2025 19:24 UTC-8

"A Hand That Even Kessler Would Be Proud Of"

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 19:24 UTC-8

Assorted Post Dinner Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Benor	440,000 99,000	99,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	380,000 80,000	80,000

Christopher Farmer	330,000 217,900	217,900
Kestutis Jungevicius	230,000 43,800	43,800
Artur Koren	225,000 600	600
Alejandro Jauregui	210,000 29,000	29,000
Melanie Weisner	95,000 48,000	48,000
Viktor Blom	70,000 17,200	17,200
Laura Born	55,000 500	500
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Steven Pedlow	Busted
Adam Lender	Busted

07-06-2025 19:22 UTC-8

No Aces Around Here

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Demetrios Petrou opened to 3,000 and then called a three-bet to 9,000 by Chad Burum. The two players ended up checking through the A♦9♥2♠7♦5♦ board and Burum asked "you don't have an ace, do you?"

That was at the exact moment when he exposed his Q♥Q♠ and it was good enough to scoop the pot, as Petrouo sent the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Burum	144,000 50,700	50,700
Andreas Klatt	125,000 13,600	13,600
Demetrios Petrou	120,000 63,400	63,400
Ole Nygaard	110,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Chad Burum Demetrios Petrou

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 19:18 UTC-8

Columbia Drills the River to Double Through Kitamura

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Dan O'Hair

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

Peter Columbia was already all in and at risk for approximately 25,000 from the cutoff against Asako Kitamura, who had Columbia covered from early position.

Peter Columbia: A♠J♥ All in
Asako Kitamura: A♦K♣

Columbia found himself dominated, and the A♣Q♣3♣ flop and 9♦ turn left him with one foot out the door.

However, the J♠ river was just what Columbia needed — improving him to two pair for the dramatic double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asako Kitamura	88,000 47,000	47,000
Peter Columbia	55,000

07-06-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Coussement Takes from Fewster

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Laura Fryer

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

Miguel Coussement opened to 3,000 from middle position and action folded around to Henry Fewster who defended the big blind.

The K♦7♠10♠ flop saw both check to the 3♠ turn.

Fewster checked, Coussement bet 4,000 and Fewster made the call.

The A♦ river prompted another check from Fewster. Coussement bet out 8,500 and Fewster folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miguel Coussement	210,000 46,700	46,700
Henry Fewster	148,000 40,500	40,500

Tags: Henry Fewster Miguel Coussement

07-06-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Shahar Leads Into Table Leader

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Frank Visser

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

Alon Shahar raised to 3,000 under the gun. Vinicius Camargo then three-bet to 9,000 in middle position, which Shahar called after it had folded back to him.

Camargo continued for another 9,000 on the 10♣6♦9♦ flop, and Shahar check-called. The A♣ turn prompted Shahar to lead out for 17,000.

Camargo took a final look at his cards before he gave up on the pot and tossed them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinicius Camargo	330,000 20,000	20,000
Yiannis Liperis	188,000 100,400	100,400
Nick Eastwood	159,500 57,000	57,000

Jason Won	145,000 94,500	94,500
Broc Kuerzi	137,000 55,500	55,500
Haim Gabay	102,000 52,000	52,000
Alon Shahar	81,000 11,000	11,000
Brandon Merrill	55,000 23,300	23,300
Thyago Amador	55,000 5,200	5,200
Tomas Jozonis	40,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Alon Shahar Vinicius Camargo

07-06-2025 19:16 UTC-8

Moscati Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Alexis Kivu defended the big blind against an open raise by Vincent Moscati from under the gun and checked the Q♠5♦2♦ flop. Moscati continued for 2,500 and then called a check-raise to 6,000. The 5♥ turn was checked and the 2♥ river paired the board.

Once Kivu checked again, Moscati jammed his short stack and got it through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexis Kivu	132,000 1,500	1,500
Vincent Moscati	45,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Vincent Moscati Alexis Kivu

07-06-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Gerloff Sends Restovic to the Exit

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

All the chips went in the middle preflop between Tonci Restovic, who was at risk for a remaining stack around 22,000, holding A♦7♦, and Martin Gerloff who held 6♥6♠.

Restovic couldn't win the flip to survive as the board revealed K♣5♥K♥3♠3♥ and Gerloff took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Gerloff	103,000 120,300	120,300
Tonci Restovic	Busted

Tags: Martin Gerloff Tonci Restovic

07-06-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Some Remaining Horseshoe Blue Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

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

Most of the blue section in Horseshoe has been cleared out with the field down to just 1,815 players on Day 2. Some of the remaining tables include Phil Hellmuth and his son who have nearly identical chip counts and sitting at adjacent tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Kravchuk	433,000 23,000	23,000

Jonathan Azoulay	431,000 78,000	78,000
Stanislav Zegal	398,000 28,000	28,000

Renmei Liu	365,000 55,000	55,000
Michael Mizrachi	345,000 35,000	35,000

Adrien Guyader	326,000 30,000	30,000
Ioana Apostol	292,000 122,000	122,000
Andreas Kniep	252,000 92,000	92,000
Jeremy Wien	250,000 20,000	20,000

Roman Hrabec	197,000 77,000	77,000

Michael Gathy	161,000 36,500	36,500

Aaron Barone	140,000 40,000	40,000

Phil Hellmuth III	136,000 14,000	14,000
Phil Hellmuth	135,000 2,500	2,500

Tags: Phil Hellmuth