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

07-06-2025 16:37 UTC-8

New Round of Chipcounts from White

Gaelle Jaudon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	580,000 75,000	75,000
Thi Xoa Nguyen	360,000 180,000	180,000
Raoul Kanme	356,000 9,000	9,000
Arnaud Mattern	310,000 26,000	26,000
Everett Carlton	270,000 139,500	139,500
Kohei Arai	219,000 44,000	44,000
Chris Hunichen	204,500 100,500	100,500

Antoine Berruel	197,000 70,000	70,000
Natasha Mercier	182,000 51,000	51,000
Thomas Sherman	171,000 69,000	69,000
Natalie Hof Ramos	164,800 2,800	2,800
Rebecca Lakepool	132,000 8,000	8,000
Sami Bechahed	127,000 45,000	45,000
Jared Griener	88,000 22,600	22,600
Jean-Francois Alexandre	86,000 52,000	52,000
Adrian Mateos	70,000 45,000	45,000

Russell Rosenblum	50,000 46,200	46,200
Muskan Sethi	30,000 18,000	18,000
Fabien Perrot	10,500 10,500	10,500

07-06-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Schubert Smiley After Double

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Jacob Wilson

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

Nico Schubert found himself all in and at risk after his shove was called by Zachary Smiley. The good news is that he was miles ahead, and needed to hope his opponent couldn't improve.

Nico Schubert: K♦K♣ All in
Zachary Smiley: J♥J♦

The board ran out nice and low for Schubert, as the 6♥8♠3♦10♠5♦ runout was without sweat, and he got back above starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chih-Wei Fan	215,000 126,400	126,400
Nico Schubert	75,600 9,700	9,700
Zachary Smiley	28,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Zachary Smiley Nico Schubert

07-06-2025 16:39 UTC-8

Rubinsky Takes from Elliot

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Harry Elliott raised to 3,000 in middle position holding A♠J♥. Gilad Rubinsky with A♦J♣ in the big blind three-bet to 8,200. Elliot made the call to see the flop.

The flop dropped 8♥10♠7♦. Rubinsky led out with pot sized bet of 17,000, which prompted Elliot to bet without hesitation.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilad Rubinsky	278,300 8,800	8,800
John Pointer	271,000
Amit Zulkowitz	166,900
Daniel Negreanu	130,400

Ludovic Poullet	98,200
Joel Isla	64,100
Travis Fujisaka	63,400
Harry Elliott	32,300 8,200	8,200
Brandon Paddock	21,500 600	600

Tags: Gilad Rubinsky Harry Elliott

07-06-2025 16:40 UTC-8

Patel Picks up More from Suzuki

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Laura Fryer

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

Ryutaro Suzuki opened to 1,600 from under the gun and Hitesh Patel called from the hijack.

The 5♠6♥6♣ flop was checked to the Q♦ turn.

Suzuki bet 3,000, Patel called and the 9♠ came on the river.

Suzuki checked, Patel bet 4,000 and Suzuki folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hitesh Patel	287,000 99,700	99,700
Ryutaro Suzuki	66,000 22,500	22,500

Tags: Hitesh Patel Ryutaro Suzuki

07-06-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Hellmuth Takes the Pot Down

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Callum Roque raised to 2,500 with Q♦J♦ in late position. Jesse Lawrence called i the small blind. Phil Hellmuth defended his blind by three-betting to 12,000 holding K♦7♥. Roque called but Lawrence got out of the way.

The flop came 7♦5♣10♥ which both players checked. Hellmuth led out with an 18,000 bet on the turn 4♣ which was enough to take the pot down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	184,300 20,000	20,000

Craig Sloan	176,100 3,000	3,000
Jose Lesta	145,300 2,500	2,500
Callum Roque	128,900 18,800	18,800
Collin Ball	121,000 27,300	27,300
John Garza	79,600 17,000	17,000
Jesse Lawrence	38,800 7,400	7,400
Matthew Kenyon	24,700 600	600
Sherisse Korfel	9,500 3,000	3,000

Tags: Callum Roque Jesse Lawrence Phil Hellmuth

07-06-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Heaton Applies Maximum Pressure

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Stewart Morrison

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

Three players headed to a turn with a pot worth roughly 23,000 in the middle, and the flop action complete on the 5♠4♣4♥ board.

The dealer burned and turned the 7♠ turn, and Kenneth Heaton, in the big blind, placed a bet of 17,500. The player who started the hand under the gun folded, but Nicholas Beecher called from middle position.

When the river came the 10♦, Heaton applied the maximum pressure possible. Covering his opponent's stack, he moved all in, a bet worth an effective 47,300.

Beecher then spent some time in the tank, piecing together the action. Ultimately, he decided a fold was in order and tossed his cards towards the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Heaton	124,100 43,200	43,200
Nicholas Beecher	47,300 300	300

Tags: Kenneth Heaton Nicholas Beecher

07-06-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Belov Smacks the Flop to Double Off Sanechika

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David Salituro

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

Nana Sanechika raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Sviatoslav Belov three-bet to 10,000 in the small blind. Sanechika called and they saw a flop of Q♦3♦7♦.

Belov continued for 7,500 and Sanechika called. Belov bet another 20,000 on the 6♥ turn and Sanechika again called.

The river was the 5♣ and Belov moved all in for 37,200. Sanechika snap-called with K♣Q♥, but Belov had 10♦9♦ for a flopped flush to win the pot and double up.

"Are you a cash game player? Because cash game players don't call in the small blind," a tablemate said to Belov.

"Actually, I'm recreational," Belov replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sviatoslav Belov	150,000 78,500	78,500
Nana Sanechika	85,000 43,700	43,700

Tags: Nana Sanechika Sviatoslav Belov

07-06-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Poullet Picks Up the Pot with Rivered Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Amit Zulkowitz looked down and saw 9♠9♦ and raised to 3,000 in late position. Ludovic Poullet with A♣J♥ called in cutoff, and John Pointer in the big blind holding A♠8♣ joined the other two to see a flop.

The flop came Q♠5♦10♦. After a check, Zulkowitz bet 4,500. Poullet called while Pointer got out of the way.

Both players checked the turn 4♦ and the river J♣. Zulkowitz mucked after Poullet tabled his hand and picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilad Rubinsky	277,700 600	600
John Pointer	266,800 4,200	4,200
Amit Zulkowitz	159,400 7,500	7,500
Daniel Negreanu	130,400

Ludovic Poullet	110,500 12,300	12,300
Joel Isla	64,100
Travis Fujisaka	63,400
Harry Elliott	32,300
Brandon Paddock	21,500

Tags: Amit Zulkowitz John Pointer Ludovic Poullet

07-06-2025 16:50 UTC-8

Gorham Sends Spector Packing

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Christian Zetzsche

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

James Gorham raised from under the gun and called a three-bet by Sean Spector in the big blind. The latter then fired three barrels on a board of K♣3♦2♥5♦A♦, all of which Gorham called. It was 20,000 to go on the turn and around 60,000 shove on the river.

"I don't like it but I call," Gorham immediately said and Spector tabled the A♠K♦ for the top two pair. Gorham had that beat with 2♠2♣ for a set of deuces.

In the next hand, Ilan Boujenah raised to 2,400 and received multiple callers including Gorham in the big blind. The J♥7♦5♣ flop saw Dimitrios Kilintaris bet 3,500 and Brian Andrews called. Gorham check-raised to 16,000 and Boujenah folded while the other two players called.

No more betting action followed on the 9♣ turn and 9♥ river for Gorham to reveal the 7♠5♥. Kilintaris had that beat with the A♣J♦ to claim the last pot before their table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gorham	300,000 166,700	166,700

Brian Andrews	180,000 5,700	5,700
Dimitrios Kilintaris	175,000 62,600	62,600
Ilan Boujenah	75,000 11,300	11,300
Sean Spector	Busted

Tags: Brian Andrews Dimitrios Kilintaris Ilan Boujenah James Gorham Sean Spector

07-06-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Wardrup Pays off Kim

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Myles Phago

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

Brian Wardrup raised to 2,600 from the button and faced a three-bet from Namhyung Kim in the small blind to 8,500. Wardrup made the call, and the players saw the flop of 3♥7♣K♦.

Namhyung Kim bet out for 4,500, and Wardrup called. The turn brought the A♠and both players checked to see the 5♠ fall on the river.

Wardrup was a bit shocked when he saw Namhyung Kim table A♣6♥ for the ribvered gutshot straight as we pithed his cards into he much.