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

07-06-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Bonham	Busted
Matthew Kenyon	Busted
Tu Huynh	Busted
Hakan Varol	Busted
Paul Jager	Busted
Jean Ferreira	Busted
Daniel Brown	Busted
Shane Friedlander	Busted
Blake Robbins	Busted
Bryan Allen	Busted
Mark Abboud	Busted
Han Nguyen	Busted
Harry Elliott	Busted
Brandon Infinger	Busted
Mark Clement	Busted
Kerry Garrecht	Busted
Gabriel Nastasa	Busted
Joseph Presho	Busted
Kyle Collins	Busted
Steven Burkholder	Busted
Fabien Perrot	Busted
Richard Kimball	Busted
Damian Gibbs	Busted
Diane Zimmerman	Busted
Artashes Kartalyan	Busted

Korfel Scores a Double

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Action was picked up with Sherisse Korfel all-in for 12,400 and Callum Roque making the call.

Sherisse Korfel: A♥10♥ All in
Callum Roque: 8♣8♦

Korfel spiked an ace on the flop came A♦J♠K♦. The runout [7d66c] secured Korfel a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Lesta	229,200 13,300	13,300
Craig Sloan	189,800 23,800	23,800
Callum Roque	139,300 16,000	16,000
Collin Ball	126,800 38,500	38,500
Phil Hellmuth	115,600 21,900	21,900

John Garza	88,000 16,800	16,800
Sherisse Korfel	27,200 9,400	9,400
Matthew Kenyon	26,000 26,000	26,000
Kasparas Klezys	24,700 8,000	8,000

Tags: Callum Roque Sherisse Korfel

07-06-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Sloan Eliminates Kenyon with a Full House

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Matthew Kenyon open-shoved all-in for 30,400 on the button and got called by Craig Sloan in the big blind taking them to showdown.

Matthew Kenyon: A♥J♥ All in
Craig Sloan: K♥K♦

The flop came 9♣Q♥4♣ keeping Sloan's lead. Kenyon needed an ace to drop but the turn K♣ gave Sloan a set. The river 9♠ sealed the deal in ending Kenyon's run with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Lesta	234,100 4,900	4,900
Craig Sloan	225,800 36,000	36,000
Callum Roque	139,800 500	500
Collin Ball	126,800
Phil Hellmuth	108,700 6,900	6,900

John Garza	85,000 3,000	3,000
Sherisse Korfel	27,200
Kasparas Klezys	19,200 5,500	5,500

Matthew Kenyon	Busted

Tags: Craig Sloan Matthew Kenyon

07-06-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Pointer Scoops Huge Pot, Eliminates Elliot

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Gilad Rubinsky limped with A♣J♦ in middle position and got a raise to 3,600 from John Pointer holding K♥J♠. Harry Elliott in hijack shoved all in for 7,100 holding 8♠8♦. Both Rubinsky and Pointer called.

The flop came down 4♣8♣Q♥ giving Elliot a set. Both Rubinsky and Pointer checked.

The turn 10♠ dropped, and Rubinsky bet 19,000, creating a side pot. Pointer called. The dealer completed the board with a 9♣ river. Both Rubinsky and Pointer caught a straight on the river, but with Pointer getting the higher straight.

Rubinsky bet 80,000 sending Pointer to the tank. Pointer called, and with the higher straight, he scooped both the main and the side pot, and ended Elliot's tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Pointer	396,600
Gilad Rubinsky	176,900
Amit Zulkowitz	174,100
Ludovic Poullet	126,000
Daniel Negreanu	100,200

Travis Fujisaka	69,700
Joel Isla	58,100
Brandon Paddock	24,500
Harry Elliott	Busted

Tags: Gilad Rubinsky Harry Elliott John Pointer

07-06-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Bechahed Gets Value

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read 7♣7♦8♠ when James Mackenzie bet 2,500 and got called by Sami Bechahed in the cutoff.

Both checked on the K♦ turn and a 8♥ brought two pair on the board on the river. Mackenzie checked and Bechahed bet 13,300. Mackenzie quickly called but only to muck when he saw 7♠5♠ in Bechahed's hand for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sami Bechahed	167,000 40,000	40,000
James Mackenzie	109,400 48,800	48,800

Tags: James Mackenzie Sami Bechahed

07-06-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Buckner Forces a Fold from Chuaprasert

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The board already read 5♥7♣8♣7♥ with around 70,000 in the middle when Brendan Buckner checked. Rittie Chuaprasert fired 50,000 into the pot and Buckner replied by shoving for a stack around 80,000. Chuaprasert considered it for some time but ended up folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Buckner	202,000 67,000	67,000
Rittie Chuaprasert	12,500 46,300	46,300

Tags: Brendan Buckner Rittie Chuaprasert

07-06-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Horseshoe Silver Counts

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Liam Gannon

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Marder	331,000 38,000	38,000
Damarjai Davenport	298,000 39,000	39,000
Jon Kyte	291,000 28,000	28,000
Vanessa Selbst	221,000 25,000	25,000

Adedapo Ajayi	182,000 39,000	39,000
Kao Saechao	172,000 91,700	91,700
Jon Pardy	159,000 53,000	53,000

Scott Stewart	149,000 36,000	36,000
Justin Belforti	131,000 400	400
Jack Bittker	123,000 37,000	37,000
Andres Korn	91,300 18,700	18,700

Greg Raymer	71,000 27,000	27,000

Dillon Ott	68,000 33,500	33,500
Rutger Hennen	63,000 44,000	44,000
Samuel Ju	59,000 28,500	28,500
Lauren Bunch	42,000 26,400	26,400
Olga Iermolcheva	29,000 34,000	34,000
John Monnette	21,000 24,000	24,000

Jorryt van Hoof	Busted

07-06-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Hellmuth Flops Quads, Eliminates Klezys

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Kasparas Klezys raised to 2,500 in hijack with A♣J♣ and got called by Phil Hellmuth holding 4♠4♥ in cutoff.

The flop came 4♣4♦7♣ giving Hellmuth quads and leaving Klezys drawing dead. Klezys fired 2,000, unaware of his situation, and Hellmuth called.

Both players checked the turn 5♥,. The painful 10♣ river fell, and Klezys, who had caught a flush, passed the action to Hellmuth, hoping to trap possibly.

Hellmuth fired 14,700, Klezys went all-in. Hellmuth went, "I call, I've got quads." And with that Klezys left the table as Hellmuth scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Lesta	234,100 4,900	4,900
Craig Sloan	225,200 35,400	35,400
Callum Roque	137,400 1,900	1,900
Phil Hellmuth	130,900 15,300	15,300

Collin Ball	126,800
John Garza	85,000 3,000	3,000
Sherisse Korfel	27,200
Kasparas Klezys	Busted

Tags: Kasparas Klezys Phil Hellmuth

07-06-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Dan O'Hair

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

Players in the field have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break.

The action will get back underway at 7:55 p.m. local time.

Here are some highlights from Level Eight:

07-06-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Updated Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Jacob Wilson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Iago Sturzeneker	280,000
Marwan Salamoun	245,000
Kevin Williams	225,000
Alejandro Jauregui	223,500
Or Anavi	220,000 30,000	30,000
Chih-Wei Fan	210,000
Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez	205,100
Jianwei Lin	202,000
Joseph Bishop	193,000 2,000	2,000
Denys Chufarin	185,000

Frank Funaro	183,000

Joseph Tauber	181,000
Christopher Chaudey	145,000
Narongsak Dhanjaichon	137,300
Nico Schubert	135,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	125,000
Julian Manolio	122,000
Lisa Hamilton	116,100

Michael Krescanko	100,000
Sorin Cristea	90,200
Austin Simmerman	85,000
Clement Kerrien	72,000
Jason Cross	62,000
William Beer	54,000
Thomas Boivin	52,000