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

07-06-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Hellmuth Bluffs Lesta with Four-High

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jose Lesta with A♠10♠ in middle position raised to 2,600 and got called by Phil Hellmuth in hijack with 4♥3♥.

The flop came 10♦5♣K♦. After a check, Hellmuth bet 4,000 and got called by Lesta. The turn 8♦ fell and another check came from Lesta.

Hellmuth cranked up the heat with a 20,000 bet sending Lesta to the tank. He ultimately folded his hand and conceded the pot to Hellmuth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Lesta	231,600 81,100	81,100
Craig Sloan	169,800 6,300	6,300
Callum Roque	152,300 135,970	135,970
Collin Ball	129,800 33,500	33,500
Phil Hellmuth	129,600 21,900	21,900

John Garza	88,000 17,400	17,400
Matthew Kenyon	26,000 4,300	4,300
Kasparas Klezys	24,700 8,000	8,000

Sherisse Korfel	14,800 7,100	7,100

Tags: Jose Lesta Phil Hellmuth

07-06-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Chen Eliminated by Yang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a preflop all-in, Zhan Chen was all-in for around 25,000 after late registering on Day 2abc and he was in rough shape, as Kai Yang left him with only a handful of outs.

Zhan Chen: A♠K♥ All in
Kai Yang: K♦K♣

The Q♣10♥2♠ flop opened the door for more hope with the gutshot straight draw, but the 6♥ turn and 4♥ river were both blanks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kai Yang	215,000 80,000	80,000
Zhan Chen	Busted

Tags: Kai Yang Zhan Chen

07-06-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Bouskila Busts Otero

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michel Bouskila opened from under the gun to 2,400 and Janelle Jacobson called from the cutoff. Guillermo Sanchez Otero moved all in on the button for 13,000 and Bouskila re-jammed, covering both players. Jacobson pondered, before deciding to fold, leaving the players to go heads-up with Otero at risk.

Guillermo Sanchez Otero: A♠K♥ All in
Michel Bouskila: 8♦8♠

The J♥Q♥3♥ flop didn't change anything, although Otero had picked up a straight draw.

There was very little sweat on the 3♣ turn and 3♠ river, and Otero was eliminiated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Bouskila	57,000 57,000	57,000
Janelle Jacobson	23,500 43,200	43,200
Guillermo Sanchez Otero	Busted

Tags: Guillermo Sanchez Otero Janelle Jacobson Michel Bouskila

07-06-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ruben Ramirez raised and table big stack Marte Sandberg three-bet to 8,000 on the button. It folded back to Ramirez and he instantly four-bet to 30,000, Sandberg folded. That brought the stack of former big stack Ramirez back up to the initial starting stack but he busted soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Namhyung Kim	500,000 46,200	46,200
Marte Sandberg	450,000 10,000	10,000
Erick Lindgren	310,000 102,500	102,500

Nikolaos Lampropoulos	300,000 155,000	155,000

Daniel Erlandsson	280,000 64,100	64,100
Ryan Law	245,000 79,700	79,700
Jean Guillette	190,000 51,000	51,000
Samantha Abernathy	62,000 9,100	9,100
Ruben Ramirez	Busted
Zachary Smiley	Busted
Anirban Roy	Busted

Tags: Marte Sandberg Ruben Ramirez

07-06-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Shao Takes a Large Piece of Mercier's Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ketan Shah raised to 2,500 and got called by Bob Shao on the button before Jason Mercier announced a three-bet to 11,400 in the big blind. Shah let it go but Shao called.

The flop revealed 9♠4♥2♣ and Mercier continued for 8,200, which Shao called. On the K♦ turn, Mercier bet again, this time for 19,600 and Shao tanked a minute before calling.

The Q♦ completed the board and Mercier looked at Shao's remaining stack before firing 75,000 in the middle, putting Shao at risk. Shao quickly called for his remaining stack of 56,300.

Mercier tabled A♥K♠ for top pair but Shao held 9♣9♥ for a flopped set of nines to claim the large pot and the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	208,000 112,000	112,000

Bob Shao	200,000 124,800	124,800
Ketan Shah	120,000 31,100	31,100

Tags: Jason Mercier Ketan Shah Shao Takes

07-06-2025 17:25 UTC-8

Angelov Freerolled Out of Main Event

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Boris Angelov, who finished fifth in the 2024 WSOP Main Event, jammed in his last 20,000 from the cutoff, and he was looked up by Derek Kwan on the button.

Boris Angelov: A♦K♣ All in
Derek Kwan: A♥K♥

Both players had the same hand, but Kwan obtained a flush draw on the J♦6♥Q♣2♥ turn. The 5♥ river completed his flush, crushing Angelov's dream of back-to-back final tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Kwan	54,000 31,500	31,500
Boris Angelov	Busted

Tags: Boris Angelov Derek Kwan

07-06-2025 17:25 UTC-8

All Heart, No Hearts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Donovan Dean, playing from the cutoff, and big blind John Barr had already constructed a pot of roughly 50,000 by the time the turn was dealt.

The flop 10♠6♥2♥ was already out, and the dealer added the A♥ turn card to the board.

Barr led out with a bet of 25,000, but Dean seemingly wanted to play a bigger pot, putting in a raise to 69,000.

Action back to Barr, who took some time to consider all of his options. After a minute or so, he moved all in, covering his opponent. There were no theatrics from Dean, who immediately folded.

Barr then windmilled the Q♠ across the table, to show he didn't have a flush. Dean joined in the fun by exposing the K♠ from his hand, implying he was bluffing, too.

"Same hand [as me]?" Barr asked.

"I had king-jack, but I had the jack of hearts" was the response from Dean.

Barr ended the conversation by saying, "I had king-queen", which, in a way, meant he was value betting.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Barr	294,000 132,800	132,800
Donovan Dean	122,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Donovan Dean John Barr

07-06-2025 17:22 UTC-8

O'Hara Sends Out Childs

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

David Childs raised to 2,600 in the cutoff and Peter Gurney called on the button and in the small blind Masato Ohara three-bet to 10,300. Childs raised to 45,000 when action got back to him, folding out Gurny and Ohara jammed for 45,700 effective to see Childs call.

David Childs: Q♣Q♦ All in
Masato Ohara: A♥A♠

The board ran out A♦Q♠4♦4♣8♥ and the aces full of fours was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Ohara	209,000 72,000	72,000
David Childs	Busted

Tags: David Childs Masato Ohara Peter Gurney

07-06-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Lin Shows the Nuts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jacob Lin limped in from under the gun and Tonia Miller called in the cutoff. Brandon Wittmeyer completed from the small blind, and Chase Bricker checked his option in the big blind.

Four players saw the K♦8♦10♠ flop and after Wittmeyer checked, Bricker bet 1,200. Lin raised to 5,000, which got Miller and Wittmeyer to fold, but Bricker called.

A K♣ hit the turn and Bricker check-called a bet of 6,000 from Lin to see the 4♠ land on the river. Bricker checked and then folded to a bet of 12,000 from Lin.

As he was raking in the pot, Lin flipped over K♠10♥ for the nuts.

Kevin Gundersen is seated on the same table and is up to around 360,000 as the dinner break edges a bit closer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gundersen	360,000 166,900	166,900
Chase Bricker	160,000 68,300	68,300
Brandon Wittmeyer	105,000 105,000	105,000

Jacob Lin	57,000 37,500	37,500
Tonia Miller	45,000 63,500	63,500

Tags: Brandon Wittmeyer Chase Bricker Jacob Lin Tonia Miller

07-06-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Is That a Tell?

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Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Brian Whiteman opened up the action with a raise to 2,500 from middle position. Heng Zhang came over the top from the cutoff by making it 7,500 before Richard Ham opted to jam from the big blind, for 26,500.

Action was back on Whiteman, who went into the tank and was clearly in a tough spot. On the other side of the table, Zhang was standing up and recording the table with his tablet-sized phone, despite preflop action not having completed. Whiteman looked at Ham, then at Zhang, and ended up deciding on a fold. Zhang kept recording and snap-called.

Richard Ham: A♣Q♥ All in
Heng Zhang: A♠A♥

It seemed that Ham already knew he was up against the goods, as he too was up and out of his chair before the cards were tabled. He couldn't find a miracle, only a needle on the 9♣3♥3♦J♣Q♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Whiteman	105,000 24,700	24,700
Heng Zhang	65,500 43,200	43,200
Richard Ham	Busted

Tags: Brian Whiteman Heng Zhang Richard Ham