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

07-06-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Simmerman Back in it

Jacob Wilson

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

Jianwei Lin opened up the action from early position with a raise to 2,500. Kevin Williams called from two doors down, before Austin Simmerman shoved for his remaining 14,000 from the cutoff. Simas Karaliunas called on the button, and the other two players surrendered their 2,500 to the dead money pile.

Austin Simmerman: 3♠3♦ All in
Simas Karaliunas: A♠K♣

"The classic" one player at the table said as the dealer prepared the runout. It came 2♦6♣2♥10♠Q♠ and despite the paint scare on the river, Simmerman held on to keep his main event dreams alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianwei Lin	199,000 23,000	23,000
Kevin Williams	175,000 38,200	38,200
Simas Karaliunas	46,000 6,500	6,500
Austin Simmerman	36,000 4,900	4,900

Tags: Austin Simmerman Jianwei Lin Kevin Williams Simas Karaliunas

07-06-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Halebian Gains at Lyubovetskiy's Expense

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Dan O'Hair

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

Andriy Lyubovetskiy raised to 2,800 from the cutoff and was called by Alexios Halebian in the small blind and Breffni Smith in the big blind for a three-way pot.

It was checked to Lyubovetskiy on the 2♣7♦2♠ flop and he continued for a bet of 3,000. Halebian called and Smith folded.

Both players proceeded to check down on the 10♣ turn and 5♥ river and Halebian showed 8♥7♥ for two pair. Lyubovetskiy sent his hand into the muck and Halebian put another dent into the Day 1c chip leader's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	375,000 40,000	40,000

Breffni Smith	230,000 153,200	153,200
Alexios Halebian	100,000 25,800	25,800

07-06-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Brass Turns the Jackpot to Crack Montes' Queens

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Kai Cocklin

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

Santiago Montes wasn't a happy bunny after he just lost a big pot to Corey Brass.

The chips had already flown into the middle on a runout of J♠3♠2♣7♦8♦, where Montes revealed Q♣Q♦. Brass had that beat with 7♥7♠ as he turned a set of sevens, which saw his stack rocket up to around 135,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Brass	135,000 135,000	135,000
Thomas Vanden Berge	125,000 47,100	47,100
Derek Stark	120,000 120,000	120,000
Dawid Smolka	95,000 112,000	112,000
Santiago Montes	75,000 21,000	21,000
Craig Chait	42,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Corey Brass Santiago Montes

07-06-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Sonehara Busts Mccarty

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Laura Fryer

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

Jordan Mcallister opened from under the gun to 2,500, Kazunari Sonehara called from the cutoff and Daniel Dayan also called on the button. Diane Mccarty three-bet to 12,500 and got a single call from Sonehara.

The A♥J♠3♠ flop was bet by Mccarty to 20,000 and Sonehara called.

A 3♦ was turned and Mccarty moved all in for her remaining 96,100 stack.

Sonehara called and showed J♥J♣ for a boat. Mccarty flipped over K♦K♥ and was behind, and looked to the river for some help.

There was no King to save Mccarty on the 9♥ river, and she was left to walk away from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazunari Sonehara	305,000 197,700	197,700
Diane Mccarty	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dayan Diane Mccarty Jordan Mcallister Kazunari Sonehara

07-06-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Isla and Poullet Chops

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Harry Elliott limped under the gun and Ludovic Poullet raised to 2,500 in hijack holding A♥10♥. Joel Isla, int he big blind with K♣10♣ called. Elliott called after.

The flop came 8♦9♥7♣ and all players checked. Isla led with 3,200 on the turn 6♠. Poullet was the only one who called.

Isla kept the pressure with a 4,800 bet on the river 8♥. Poullet called, and the dealer split the pot between the two of them for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilad Rubinsky	286,900 9,200	9,200
John Pointer	275,800 9,000	9,000
Amit Zulkowitz	153,400 6,000	6,000
Daniel Negreanu	129,800 600	600

Ludovic Poullet	113,200 2,700	2,700
Travis Fujisaka	62,800 600	600
Joel Isla	54,300 9,800	9,800
Brandon Paddock	27,500 6,000	6,000
Harry Elliott	22,400 9,900	9,900

Tags: Harry Elliott Joel Isla Ludovic Poullet

07-06-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Fei Falls To Popovych

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Liam Gannon

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

Wesley Fei opened to 2,500 in late position and Serhii Popovych called on the button and in the big blind, Dario Marinelli called.

The flop rolled out 3♣9♥Q♦ and Marinelli checked over to Fei who bet 2,500 and only Popovych called.

Fei checked the 10♠ turn over to Popovych who bet 4,000 and Fei called.

On the river A♠, Fei checked over to Popovych who bet 22,200. Fei responded by moving all in for 89,500 and Popovych went into the tank for a couple minutes. Everntually Fei called the clock and Popovych made the decision to call with eight seconds left on the clock.

Wesley Fei: J♣J♠ All in
Serhii Popovych: 9♠9♣

The set of nines was good for Popovych to eliminate Fei from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Marinelli	93,000 66,700	66,700
Serhii Popovych	22,500 58,300	58,300
Wesley Fei	Busted

Tags: Dario Marinelli Serhii Popovych Wesley Fei

07-06-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Cabrera Polop Continues Stacking

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Frank Visser

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

Ricardo Zamora Martinez made it 2,400 from middle position. Amritraj Singh called in the cutoff, and David Cabrera Polop defended in the big blind. All three players checked the 5♠8♥10♦ flop to the K♥ turn.

Carbrera checked again, after which Zamora bet 4,500. Singh quickly mucked, while Carbrera called. Zamora sized up to 9,000 on the 4♥ river, sending Carbrera into the tank.

Eventually, he check-called again. Zamora tabled A♦Q♠ for ace-high, and Carbrera raked in the pot and some compliments from the table as he had called with 10♠6♠ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera Polop	388,300 34,300	34,300
Richard Bai	265,000
Amritraj Singh	185,000 5,000	5,000
Jacob Naquin	102,200 33,500	33,500
Ricardo Zamora Martinez	91,500 3,000	3,000
Antal Gyori	68,600 26,500	26,500
Ritvars Cekalins	36,500 6,000	6,000
Jerry Lim	23,800 34,500	34,500

Tags: Amritraj Singh David Cabrera Polop Ricardo Zamora Martinez

07-06-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Damelian Leaves Kabrhel with Crumbs

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Adam Lamers

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

Martin Kabrhel raised to 2,500 on the button and was called by Samuel Gagnon in the small blind. Roberto Damelian three-bet to 10,700 in the big blind and only Kabrhel called.

The flop came Q♠7♥2♥ and Damelian led out with a bet of 9,000 which Kabrhel quickly called. The turn was the A♠ and Damelian slowed down with a check. Kabrhel announced all in as the bigger stack and Damelian went into the tank. Two minutes had passed and Kabrhel called the clock. Damelian was down to his last two seconds before making the call for his stack of 32,100.

Roberto Damelian: K♠K♦ All in
Martin Kabrhel: 5♠4♠

Damelian had the best hand thus far but was fading straight and flush draws from Kabrhel. The river was the K♣ and Damelian improved to a set of kings to score a big double up and leave Kabrhel on crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Damelian	106,000
Martin Kabrhel	6,400 64,600	64,600

Tags: Samuel Gagnon Roberto Damelian Martin Kabrhel

07-06-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Ball's Aces Hold, Eliminates Lawrence

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Jesse Lawrence was all-in for 39,300 and was called by Collin Ball taking them to showdown.

Jesse Lawrence: A♦K♠ All in
Collin Ball: A♥A♣

The flop came 3♠K♦9♦. Lawrence had minimal outs to be able to crack Ball's aces. The runout of J♥10♦ didn't help Lawrence at all. Lawrence left the feature table as Ball scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	178,500 5,800	5,800

Craig Sloan	173,100 3,000	3,000
Collin Ball	163,300 42,300	42,300
Jose Lesta	156,000 10,700	10,700
Callum Roque	126,500 2,400	2,400
John Garza	76,600 3,000	3,000
Matthew Kenyon	21,700 3,000	3,000
Sherisse Korfel	12,500 3,000	3,000
Jesse Lawrence	Busted

Tags: Collin Ball Jesse Lawrence

07-06-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Gross Finds the Call to Bust Rogers

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David Salituro

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

John Gross bet 6,200 from the hijack on a flop of 8♠10♠5♦ before Jeffrey Rogers raised to 15,000 in the big blind. Gross called and the 2♥ fell on the turn.

Rogers then moved all in for 16,700 and Gross tanked for a few minutes before calling. Rogers showed Q♣10♣ for top pair, but Gross had Q♥Q♠.

The river was the 6♦ and Gross secured the pot to send Rogers to the rail.