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

07-06-2025 18:43 UTC-8

Here's How to Best Sweat Your 25K & ODB Fantasy Team in the PokerNews Live Updates!

Chuck Sklar

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

All summer long, PokerNews will be offering updates from both the 25K Fantasy and ODB Fantasy leagues, which you can read in our dedicated hub here.

But did you know that you're also able to follow all the players from both leagues in our live updates? Every player drafted in the 25K Fantasy, as well as all the ODB Bonus players, have been tagged with special badges that allow you to visit out chip count page and filter by said badges. So, if all you want to see are players from those leagues and how they're doing, it's as simple as clicking the badges and then filtering.

What's more, each tournament has a "$25K Fantasy" tab at the top of the updates. Click that and all you'll see are hands played by players in the 25K Fantasy league.

PokerNews understands that when it comes to fantasy, some readers only care about their team, so we've made it simple to follow all your rostered players with a few simple clicks.

Check out this video to see the filtering options in action:

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-06-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Back in Action

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air!

07-06-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Hegedus Heads Up Horseshoe Bronze After the Break; Some Chip Count Updates

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Laura Fryer

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

According to the WSOP+ App

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	542,000 65,000	65,000
Leon Sturm	243,200 19,300	19,300

Josselin Gardes	228,500 82,800	82,800
Eric Worre	217,500 59,900	59,900
Hartt Stearns	214,000 34,000	34,000
Matija Dobric	195,000 99,800	99,800
Dakota Baggett	195,000 55,000	55,000
Johan Schumacher	154,000 24,000	24,000
Jeffrey Mccauley	142,500 28,900	28,900
Francisco Perez Moreno	131,500 1,800	1,800
Hitesh Patel	100,000 187,000	187,000
Michel Bouskila	96,500 39,500	39,500
Jared Williams	78,500 24,500	24,500
Patrick Stacey	77,500 13,500	13,500
Eugene Yanayt	71,500 3,500	3,500
Curtis Nare	67,000 16,000	16,000
Alexandre Arantes	44,000 7,300	7,300
Jared Bluestein	43,000 8,200	8,200
Konosuke Nakajima	37,000 1,000	1,000
Maximiliano Castagnini	14,000 41,000	41,000
Janelle Jacobson	Busted

07-06-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Chipleaders and Other Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

As per the WSOP+ App

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	556,000 24,000	24,000
Stefan Jahn	465,000 378,200	378,200
Matthew Belcher	463,500 367,500	367,500
Kevin Gundersen	460,000 100,000	100,000
Xiaozhe Liu	454,000 9,000	9,000
David Cabrera Polop	450,000 61,700	61,700
Marte Sandberg	447,000 3,000	3,000
Leandro Da Silva	425,600 17,600	17,600
Namhyung Kim	418,000 82,000	82,000
Eric Clarke	416,200 271,200	271,200
Damarjai Davenport	412,000 114,000	114,000
Oleksii Kravchuk	410,000 30,000	30,000

Diogo Veiga	403,000 226,900	226,900

Braxton Dunaway	403,000 168,200	168,200

Adam Rude	400,000 230,200	230,200
Max Neugebauer	395,000 201,700	201,700

Jonathan Wong (NY)	327,500 29,600	29,600
Brad Brown	292,500 25,300	25,300
Thi Ngo	283,000 57,000	57,000
Sergio Da Silva Veloso	276,500 67,500	67,500
Thomas Flynn	267,000 13,000	13,000
Nicholas Bond	255,000 140,600	140,600
Alejandro Jauregui	239,000 15,500	15,500
Espen Sandvik	235,000 5,000	5,000

Zakary Fellows	227,500 34,800	34,800

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07-06-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Rabichow Still Hungry For Chips After Dinner

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Cleveland Richards moved all in for around 50,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Rabichow put him at risk in the big blind.

Cleveland Richards: 7♥7♣ All in
Kevin Rabichow: Q♣Q♠

Richards was crushed by Rabichow's queens, and no help arrived on the 2♥J♦4♥A♥K♣ board as Rabichow scored the knockout.

"He came back from dinner just for this? One hand?" a tablemate said as Richards left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Rabichow	220,000

Cleveland Richards	Busted

Tags: Cleveland Richards Kevin Rabichow

07-06-2025 19:07 UTC-8

'Rampage' is Losing $850 an Hour Playing Poker This Year

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ethan "Rampage" Yau has been brutally honest about his struggles this year and they continued on poker’s biggest stage.

The popular vlogger, who’s down more than $350,000 in 2025 and averaging an eye-watering $850 an hour in losses, couldn't even survive a single level in the WSOP Main Event, busting on Day 1d.

Last month, Yau admitted he was “ready to quit” three weeks into the 2025 World Series of Poker and the nightmare has showed no signs of slowing down.

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07-06-2025 19:08 UTC-8

It's a Fine Day

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

South Africa's Damon Fine was involved in a heads-up pot to the K♠8♣3♣J♣9♠ river on which his table neighbour Christophe Schild bet 8,500. Fine called after brief consideration and was shown the Q♠8♦ for a pair of eights only. Fine had that beat with the 10♠10♣ and claimed the pot to further grow his decent stack after the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damon Fine	415,000 172,100	172,100
Christophe Schild	125,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Christophe Schild Damon Fine

07-06-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Ajayi Can't Show A Bluff

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Adedapo Ajayi raised to 4,000 in early position and Scott Stewart called in late position.

The flop rolled out 4♦K♥7♠ and Ajayi bet 3,500 to see Stewart call.

Ajayi checked the turn 2♦ over to Stewart who bet 8,000. Ajayi raised to 22,000 and after a few seconds, Stewart released his hand.

"Show the bluff!" said table mate Vanessa Selbst.

"Is this a bluff?" asked Ajayi as he tabled a K♦ while the pot was being pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adedapo Ajayi	183,000 1,000	1,000
Scott Stewart	136,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Adedapo Ajayi Scott Stewart Vanessa Selbst

07-06-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Are You Ready?

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Jacob Wilson

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jiwoo Hyul opened up the action with a raise to 3,000. Simas Karaliunas then shoved his remaining 23,000, putting Hyul in a tough spot. "Are you ready?" he asked, upon seeing that there was a reporter at the table. He stood up, and chucked 20,000 into the middle.

Simas Karaliunas: K♥J♣ All in
Jiwoo Hyul: 8♥8♣

The K♣6♦9♦ flop seemed ideal for Karaliunas, but the 8♦ crushed any hope he had left. The 9♠ river boated Hyul up, and Kevin Williams let the table know that he had folded an eight, meaning Hyul hit a one-outer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiwoo Hyul	215,000 72,100	72,100
Kevin Williams	165,500 59,500	59,500
Simas Karaliunas	Busted

Tags: Jiwoo Hyul Kevin Williams Simas Karaliunas