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

07-06-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Garza's Takes the Pot with Kings

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Jose Lesta in hijack raised to 2,500 in hijack with 7♠6♠ and Kasparas Klezys in cutoff called with 10♦10♣. John Garza, in the big blind with K♠K♦ three-bet to 13,700 and only got one customer in Klezys.

The flop came 6♦8♣J♠. Garza bet 12,000. Klezys called. The turn fell 4♠. After some time of thought, Garza bet 30,000, pushing Klezys out of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Sloan	176,100 3,000	3,000
Collin Ball	163,300
Phil Hellmuth	151,500 27,000	27,000

Jose Lesta	150,500 5,500	5,500
John Garza	105,400 28,800	28,800
Kasparas Klezys	32,700

Matthew Kenyon	21,700
Callum Roque	16,330 110,170	110,170
Sherisse Korfel	7,700 4,800	4,800

Tags: John Garza Jose Lesta Kasparas Klezys

07-06-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Big Stacks Collide as Zegal Takes on Mizrachi

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David Salituro

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

Matthew Hahm raised to 2,400 under the gun and Michael Mizrachi called on the button. Stanislav Zegal then three-bet to 11,200 in the big blind and only Mizrachi called.

The flop came Q♥10♥6♥ and Zegal bet 6,700. Mizrachi called to the J♦ turn, where Zegal bet another 32,300. Mizrachi quickly folded this time and Zegal took down the pot as both players currently sit on nearly 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	380,000 111,000	111,000

Stanislav Zegal	370,000 90,000	90,000

Matthew Hahm	40,000 44,300	44,300

Tags: Matthew Hahm Michael Mizrachi Stanislav Zegal

07-06-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Volper Downs Diaz and Gets Trolled

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Adam Lamers

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

Thomas Zanot was in the middle of a conversation with Alexane Najchaus about his recent luck of drawing the $1,000,000 mystery bounty along with his huge seven-figure pai gow score from a couple of years ago. Meanwhile, there was a large pot breaking out between Nikolay Volper and David Diaz with over 100,000 chips in the middle on a board of Q♥6♦4♠Q♦J♥.

Volper checked to Diaz who jammed all in for his last 50,200 and Volper snapped him off. Diaz flipped over A♥Q♣ for trip queens but Volper held 4♣4♦ for a full house.

"You're the luckiest guy in this room!" Zanot joked after the hand, knowing full well that title belongs to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Volper	292,000 157,000	157,000
Alexane Najchaus	55,000 40,800	40,800
Thomas Zanot	30,000 5,100	5,100
David Diaz	Busted

Tags: Alexane Najchaus David Diaz Nikolay Volper Thomas Zanot

07-06-2025 17:17 UTC-8

Firdawcy Three-Bets the River

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Dan O'Hair

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

Hamza Firdawcy raised to 2,500 first to act and was called by Yannik Hofmann in middle position and Jason Wong in the hijack for a three-way pot.

All three players checked on the 8♠10♠Q♦ flop and J♥ turn, but Firdawcy bet 4,000 after the 5♦ completed the board. Hofmann quickly folded, but Wong cut out a raise to 14,000 and placed it into the middle.

Undeterred, Firdawcy made it 30,000 to go and Wong let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yannik Hofmann	132,000 1,700	1,700
Jason Wong	67,000 42,300	42,300
Hamza Firdawcy	58,000 3,200	3,200

Tags: Hamza Firdawcy Jason Wong Yannik Hofmann

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

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 17:22 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 17:25 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 17:25 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 17:26 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.