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

07-06-2025 16:09 UTC-8

More Than Enough Nines for Bareika

Adam Lamers

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

Alexandros Kolonias opened to 2,500 in middle position and was called by Calvin Anderson on the button. Todd Bareika shoved all in for 14,700 in the small blind and Kolonias just called. Anderson threw his cards away and the two remaining hands were shown.

Todd Bareika: 9♥9♣ All in
Alexandros Kolonias: A♣10♥

The flop came 9♦7♠5♦ and Bareika took a stranglehold on the hand with a set of nines. If that wasn't enough, the 9♠ hit the turn to lock up the pot for Bareika before the 4♦ hit the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Kolonias	287,000 101,500	101,500

Calvin Anderson	144,600 35,400	35,400

Todd Bareika	32,500 20,900	20,900

Tags: Todd Bareika Calvin Anderson Alexandros Kolonias

07-06-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Unsal Folds Out Kossew

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Liam Gannon

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

Onur Unsal raised to 2,400 in the hijack and in the cutoff, Jedd Kossew three-bet to 6,100 which saw only Unsal call.

The flop rolled out 8♥4♥Q♣ and Unsal check-called a bet of 5,100 from Kossew.

Both players checked the turn A♣ over to the river J♦ where Unsal bet 9,000. Kossew thought about his decision for forty seconds before tossing his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Onur Unsal	91,000 58,800	58,800
Jedd Kossew	74,500

Tags: Jedd Kossew Onur Unsal

07-06-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Ye Forces a Fold from Swain

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The players folded to Zhihao Ye on the button who raised to 3,000. Paul Kildal-Brandt called in the small blind but Miles Swain decided to three-bet to 11,200. Only Ye made the call.

The flop came A♣8♠J♣ and Swain continued for 8,000. After a minute, Ye raised it to 25,000 and Swain tanked but eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhihao Ye	295,000 90,000	90,000
Paul Kildal-Brandt	40,700 10,500	10,500
Miles Swain	35,500 10,200	10,200

Tags: Miles Swain Paul Kildal-Brandt Zhihao Ye

07-06-2025 16:05 UTC-8

Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Leandro Da Silva	408,000 179,200	179,200
Thomas Eychenne	277,000 155,400	155,400
Leon Sturm	262,500 29,300	29,300

Katie Lindsay	217,000 37,000	37,000
Mike Matusow	175,500 17,300	17,300

Christopher Wallace	146,000 41,200	41,200

Ryutaro Suzuki	88,500 18,100	18,100

07-06-2025 16:04 UTC-8

Ballestero Gets It Done on the River

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Adam Lamers

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

Tomas Szwarcberg raised to 2,400 from under the gun and David Ballestero reraised to 7,200 in the cutoff. Szwarcberg called and the flop of A♦K♦9♣ hit the felt.

Szwarcberg checked-called a bet of 3,600 from Ballestero and the A♣ paired the board on the turn. Szwarcberg checked again and Ballestero checked it back to the 10♣ on the river. Szwarcberg checked for the third time and Ballestero put together a bet of 12,600. Szwarcberg went into the tank for nearly three minutes but finally decided to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Ballestero	144,000 11,800	11,800
Tomas Szwarcberg	65,000 25,300	25,300

Tags: David Ballestero Tomas Szwarcberg

07-06-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Savir Leaves Himself with a Bowl

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Myles Phago

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

Owen Savir raised to 2,500 from late position only to face a three-bet to 7,000 from Steven Gargiulo in the big blind. Savir then four-bet to 21,000, and Gargiulo called.

The flop came 2♣3♥8♠ and both players checked to see the 10♣ turn. Gargiulo bet out for 21,000, and Savir called. Gargiulo checked the 8♥ river, and now Savir tossed out a 30,000 bet.

Gargiulo went deep into the tank for 3-4 minutes, finally called and tabled J♦J♣, which crushed Savir's A♠K♣, who was left with a bowl of rice to play with and just over three big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Gargiulo	220,000 137,000	137,000
Alexis Kivu	83,500 35,300	35,300
Mark Remnant	78,800 2,000	2,000
Owen Savir	4,400 58,300	58,300

Tags: Owen Savir Steven Gargiulo

07-06-2025 16:02 UTC-8

More Chips for Puntas

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a five-way single-raised pot to the A♦7♠4♦ flop, Matthew Rosanbalm bet 2,600 and he was called by Antonio Puntas in the big blind as well as Nils Mallon from an early position. They checked the 7♥ turn and 8♠ river for Puntas to reveal the A♣8♣. Mallon mucked and Rosanbalm sighed as he revealed his A♠Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lara Eisenberg	255,000 133,000	133,000

Nils Mallon	155,000 22,400	22,400
Antonio Puntas	140,000 77,000	77,000
Matthew Rosanbalm	45,000 2,900	2,900

Tags: Antonio Puntas Matthew Rosanbalm Nils Mallon

07-06-2025 16:01 UTC-8

Recent Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Jacob Wilson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Marwan Salamoun	285,000 105,000	105,000
Frank Funaro	220,000 34,000	34,000

Sorin Cristea	190,000 7,000	7,000
Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez	176,000 24,000	24,000
Alejandro Jauregui	173,000 7,000	7,000
Christopher Chaudey	160,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	150,500 54,500	54,500
Narongsak Dhanjaichon	141,000 12,000	12,000
Denys Chufarin	131,000 21,300	21,300

William Beer	125,000 5,000	5,000
Lisa Hamilton	118,100 32,400	32,400

Thomas Boivin	118,000 12,000	12,000
Jason Cross	88,000 32,600	32,600
Zachary Smiley	74,000 29,000	29,000
Clement Kerrien	66,300 17,700	17,700
Bradley Libson	56,000
Doron Reuveni	49,000 19,000	19,000
Georgi Sandev	44,000 17,300	17,300
Chad Setser	43,000 11,000	11,000
Michael Krescanko	42,000 26,000	26,000
Vincent Moscati	32,000
Steven Butler	Busted
Venkat Chivukula	Busted
Eric Ethans	Busted

07-06-2025 16:00 UTC-8

Recent Counts From Horseshoe Gold

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Dan O'Hair

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	415,000 45,000	45,000

Alvaro Puchol	220,000 45,000	45,000
Steven Heard	185,000 93,000	93,000
Franklin Yao	180,000 25,000	25,000
Wenyan Liao	122,000 40,000	40,000
Leo Margets	102,000 13,000	13,000

Arthur Boson	87,000 33,000	33,000
Orion Schmitz	75,000 20,000	20,000
Gaetan Lheureux	72,000 2,000	2,000
Jordan Alpert	65,000
Chad Holloway	57,000 23,000	23,000

Kevin McShea	56,000 11,000	11,000
Dustin Graves	53,000 6,000	6,000
Jessica Vierling	50,000 30,000	30,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein	44,000 3,000	3,000
Eric Baldwin	32,000 10,000	10,000

Philip Sternheimer	25,000 80,000	80,000

07-06-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Roque Rivers a Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

With Q♥9♥, Callum Roque raised to 2,500 in cutoff and Jose Lesta with J♦4♦ called to see a flop.

The flop came K♦8♥2♦ and Lesta checked. Roque bet 1,800 and Lester decided to stay for the turn.

The turn dropped J♥. After a check, Roque fired another 7,000 and Lesta called to see the last card.

The river Q♣ got checked by both players. Roque scooped the pot with a rivered pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Sloan	179,100 111,900	111,900
Phil Hellmuth	167,300 2,700	2,700

Callum Roque	147,700 28,900	28,900
Jose Lesta	140,400 18,400	18,400
Collin Ball	110,700 34,700	34,700
John Garza	76,600 24,400	24,400
Kasparas Klezy	49,200
Matthew Kenyon	27,700 5,000	5,000
Sherisse Korfel	9,500 11,100	11,100

Tags: Callum Roque Jose Lesta