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

07-06-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Kyte Flying High in Horseshoe Silver Counts

Liam Gannon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	319,000 73,000	73,000
Damarjai Davenport	259,000 84,000	84,000
Jon Pardy	212,000 19,000	19,000

Michael Marder	145,000
Adedapo Ajayi	143,000
Marco Johnson	138,500 55,500	55,500

Scott Stewart	113,000 10,000	10,000
Dillon Ott	101,500 13,500	13,500
Jack Bittker	86,000 47,500	47,500
Rutger Hennen	54,000 13,500	13,500
Olga Iermolcheva	52,400 12,600	12,600
John Monnette	45,000 7,000	7,000

Greg Raymer	44,000 11,500	11,500

Andre Akkari	19,500 29,000	29,000

Samuel Ju	8,500 6,900	6,900

07-06-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Jauregui Gets Paid With Boat

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Only Alejandro Jauregui and Sorin Cristea were still with cards as action got to the river, with the board reading J♠8♦3♣7♥7♠. Jauregui bet big, choosing a sizing of 30,000 into the 33,000 in the middle.

Cristea deliberated for a while over his decision, before eventually flicking in a single chip to represent a call. Jauregui showed 8♥8♣ for a full house. Cristea mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorin Cristea	183,000 46,300	46,300
Alejandro Jauregui	180,000 47,600	47,600
Bradley Libson	56,000 50,000	50,000
Chad Setser	54,000 8,800	8,800
Vincent Moscati	32,000 33,800	33,800

Tags: Alejandro Jauregui Sorin Cristea

07-06-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Greenwood Eliminated by Fares

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to Hassan Fares in the small blind who open-jammed for 142,000. Lucas Greenwood was in the big blind and took some time, before picking up a stack of chips to make the call, putting himself at risk for his remaining ~83,000.

Lucas Greenwood: Q♥Q♦ All in
Hassan Fares: K♦K♣

The A♠2♣5♥ flop didn't help Greenwood, and he stood from the table as the 10♣ came on the turn.

Greenwood was eliminated after the 7♣ river was placed, stacking up Fares.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Fares	225,000 145,700	145,700
Lucas Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Hassan Fares Lucas Greenwood

07-06-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Big Slick Versus Queens... But Not

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jacques Ortega raised in middle position to 2,500 and action folded to Marijan Rankic in the big blind. Rankic responded with a three-bet to 11,000, and in unusual circumstances, this is where the hand ended.

After Rankic had put the chips out for his three-bet, the dealer instinctively pulled in his cards, adding them to the pile of already mucked cards.

The pot was heads-up, but only one player had cards.

The floor was called, and they ruled that Ortega would win the pot, as the last player with an active hand. Rankic, though, would receive some leniency given the circumstances, and was only forced to pay the 2,500 initial raise.

There were no complaints at the table with regard to the ruling.

Rankic advised it was pocket queens that had been pulled into the muck. "Queens?" asked Ortega, "I had ace-king".

"Maybe it was good for me then", responded Rankic, with both players having avoided the inevitable coin flip.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Ortega	188,000 188,000	188,000
Marijan Rankic	60,400 36,900	36,900

Tags: Jacques Correa Ortega Marijan Rankic

07-06-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Zhang Gets Value on Sanders

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The flop read Q♦J♦4♠ in a three-bet pot when Scott Sanders check-called Yu Zhang for 4,500.

The 7♣ hit the turn and Sanders didn't take long to check-call again, this time for 11,000.

The Q♥ paired the board on the river and Sanders checked. Zhang decided to bet 36,000 and after some thinking, Sanders called but only to muck when he saw J♥J♠ in Zhang's hand for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Zhang	165,000 106,400	106,400
Scott Sanders	73,500 2,000	2,000

Tags: Scott Sanders Yu Zhang

07-06-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Lim Gets Aggressive

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Chin Wei Lim raised to 2,200 from early position and found calls from Joao Biancolini in middle position, Kazuya Watanabe in late position, and Brad Brown in the big blind.

The flop came 3♦J♦3♥, and it was checked to Lim, who continued for 4,000. Brown was the only caller. The turn brought the 7♥, and Brown checked to Lim, who bet 15,000 now. Brown folded, and Lim's aggression won him the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Flynn	280,000 84,800	84,800
Brad Brown	267,200 52,300	52,300
Matthew Hunt	263,000 17,500	17,500
Michael Bailey	163,300 94,700	94,700
Chin Wei Lim	111,400 4,400	4,400

Kazuya Watanabe	79,000 7,800	7,800
Joao Biancolini	58,000 67,000	67,000
Amirpasha Emami	52,900 52,900	52,900

Tags: Brad Brown Chin Wei Lim Joao Biancolini Kazuya Watanabe

07-06-2025 15:18 UTC-8

No Thorns for This Rose

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Brian Carraher raised to 2,000 on the button and Shane Rose three-bet to 8,000 in the small blind. Carraher called and the dealer fanned the flop of Q♥Q♣3♠. Rose continued with a bet of 4,000 and Carraher called.

The turn was the K♠ and both players checked to the 8♥ on the river. Rose tossed in a bet of 10,000 and Carraher flicked in a chip to call. Rose flipped over 7♥6♥ for complete air while Carraher held 9♥9♦ to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Carraher	143,000 19,900	19,900
Shane Rose	133,000 63,900	63,900

Tags: Brian Carraher Shane Rose

07-06-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Updated Counts in the Horseshoe Ballroom

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marte Sandberg	440,000 226,700	226,700
Nicholas Rigby	380,000 26,000	26,000
Jonathan Wong (NY)	370,000 50,000	50,000
James Obst	260,000 81,700	81,700

Kyle Montgomery	220,000 23,000	23,000
Diane Zimmerman	195,000 27,400	27,400
Kevin Andriamahefa	185,000 11,000	11,000
Katie Lindsay	180,000 53,000	53,000
Bradlee Spyhalski	175,000 74,700	74,700
Fabrizio Gonzalez	160,000 113,200	113,200
Ami Barer	160,000 29,500	29,500

Kenny Hallaert	140,000 95,000	95,000

Thomas Boivin	130,000 16,000	16,000
Jamie Nixon	130,000 86,700	86,700

Ronnie Ballantyne	95,000 17,000	17,000
Elan Lepovic	Busted

07-06-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Moscoe Denied a Double; Settles for a Chop

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Raymond Moscoe limp-raised to 6,200 and was called by Brendan Buckner on the button and Johnny Chan in the big blind. On the K♣9♥9♦ flop, Chan check-folded when Moscoe jammed for 15,000 and Buckner called.

Raymond Moscoe: A♦K♠ All in
Brendan Buckner: K♥J♥

Moscoe was well ahead but had to settle on the 10♠ turn and 9♠ river runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Buckner	135,000 59,400	59,400
Johnny Chan	31,500 31,500	31,500

Raymond Moscoe	26,600 200	200

Tags: Brendan Buckner Johnny Chan Raymond Moscoe

07-06-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Nakai's Kings Frustrates Alkhuzai

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Hussni Alkhuzai started the action from the button by raising to 2,100 and got a three-bet from big blind Ryuta Nakai to 8,000. Alkhuzai called.

The flop dropped 6♦10♠2♣ which both players checked. Nakai led out with a 6,000 bet on the turn K♥ sending Alkhuzai to the tank. After a few seconds, he called.

On the river 3♦, Nakai fired 21,100 and Alkjuzai snap- called. Nakai turned over K♠K♦ for a set, visibly upsetting Alkhuzai, who threw his hand in the muck pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Nakai	152,000 43,000	43,000
Hussni Alkhuzai	39,000 87,000	87,000

Tags: Hussni Alkhuzai Ryuta Nakai