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

07-06-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Camp Chips Up

Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Camel Meriem opened from under the gun to 1,200 and Robert Lauer called from early position. Zachary Camp defended the big blind and the players went three-ways to the flop.

Action was checked from the 10♣6♦2♠ flop to the K♦ turn.

The turn saw Camp and Meriem check, and Lauer raise to 5,000. Camp called and Meriem folded.

The 8♦ fell on the river and Camp bet out 12,500. Lauer folded and passed the pot to Camp.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Lauer	286,000 166,700	166,700
Zachary Camp	87,000 87,000	87,000
Camel Meriem	41,000 33,800	33,800

Tags: Camel Meriem Robert Lauer Zachary Camp

07-06-2025 14:59 UTC-8

The Snappiest of Calls

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Seeing two limps in front of him, Jon-Michael Gisler raised to 5,500 from the hijack. Both the limpers called, including Brandon Takao, but the rest of the table folded.

Gisler continued with a bet of 8,000 on the 2♣2♦8♦ flop, and only Takao called.

The turn 7♥ saw another check-call from Takao, this time for a more substantial 20,000.

When the dealer burned and turned the 9♣ river, Takao announced "All-in". No sooner had the words left his mouth than Gisler had announced "Call", whilst immediately turning over 9♠9♦ for a rivered full house.

Takao turned over his A♦5♦, as was necessary, before cutting out the chips from his stack to double up his neighbour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon-Michael Gisler	139,400 139,400	139,400
Brandon Takao	35,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Brandon Takao Jon-Michael Gisler

07-06-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Fresh Chipcounts from White

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	365,000 95,000	95,000
Jonathan Wong (NY)	320,000
Jesse Simon	204,000 26,000	26,000
Kevin Andriamahefa	174,000 18,000	18,000
Sarah Lee	157,000 38,200	38,200
Kevin Martin	138,000 42,900	42,900

Jean-Francois Alexandre	138,000 44,900	44,900
Natasha Mercier	131,000 17,000	17,000
Antoine Berruel	127,000 56,200	56,200
Chris Hunichen	104,000 66,000	66,000

Allyn Shulman	87,000 45,500	45,500

Sami Bechahed	82,000 32,900	32,900
JJ Liu	42,000 18,000	18,000
Tsz Liu	22,300 22,300	22,300

07-06-2025 14:58 UTC-8

Selbst Has Yu Notched

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Liam Gannon

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lei Yu raised to 2,500 in first position and Vanessa Selbst called in early position.

The flop rolled out 9♥J♥9♦ and Yu bet 3,000 to see Selbst call.

On the turn 4♣, Yu bet 6,000 and Selbst elected to call a second time.

Both players checked the river 2♦ and Yu turned over 7♠7♦ for nines and sevens. It was no good against Selbst who turned over 8♥8♣ for nines and eights, leaving the WSOP bracelet winner to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	196,000 58,800	58,800

Lei Yu	37,000 23,800	23,800

Tags: Lei Yu Vanessa Selbst

07-06-2025 14:57 UTC-8

Huge River Bet, Huge River Folds

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Four players still held hole cards on the turn, with the board reading J♥2♣K♦8♥ William Beer bet out for 10,000 into a pot of 15,000. Narongsak Dhanjaichon and Eric Ethans stuck in the call, but Jason Cross let go of his hand.

The river 6♥ slowed Beer down, as he checked his option. After some tank, Dhanjaichon fired out a near pot-sized bet of 37,500 into the middle. Ethans took a long time to come to a decision, and after around two minutes he decided to fold. "What did you have?" questioned Beer, who was also clearly in quite the spot. He took a similar amount of time before folding K♣J♣ face up.

"I had that beat," announced Ethans, who let his opponent know that he had folded pocket eights. The two debated about what Dhanjaichon could have had. He didn't let them know, and stayed silent, returning his cards face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narongsak Dhanjaichon	153,000 4,000	4,000
William Beer	130,000 24,700	24,700
Lisa Hamilton	85,700 85,700	85,700

Eric Ethans	75,000 19,500	19,500
Jason Cross	55,400 12,300	12,300

Tags: Eric Ethans Jason Cross Narongsak Dhanjaichon William Beer

07-06-2025 14:56 UTC-8

Rivera Shows Strength

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Henry Liang limped from the small blind, and Ramon Rivera defended his big blind with a 4,000 raise. Liang called to see the flop.

The flop came A♦6♠7♦ and Liang checked. Rivera continued with 2,000, which Liang called again. On the 6♥ turn and after another check, Rivera shot out 10,000, which was good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	174,000 80,200	80,200
Gregory Fishberg	161,000 8,100	8,100
Henry Liang	96,500 11,000	11,000
Ramon Rivera	96,000 20,200	20,200
Daniel Brown	70,000 27,400	27,400
Larry Wright	51,000 6,000	6,000

Karl Hoalst	46,000 24,600	24,600
Chanracy Khun	22,000 15,400	15,400

Tags: Henry Liang Ramon Rivera

07-06-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Hunt's Bullets Take Out Clark

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Myles Phago

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Evan Clark raised from under the gun to 2,500, and Matthew Hunt three-bet from early position to 6,500. Action then folded to Chin Wei Lim, who four-bet to 14,500 from late position. Clark then five-bet jammed all in.

Hunt asked for the count, which totaled 36,500 and then flat called. Lim got out of the way.

Evan Clark: A♣K♥ All in
Matthew Hunt: A♥A♦

The 3♥K♦3♣ flop gave Clark the slightest glimmer of hope but this faded when the 2♠ came on the turn and was extinguished fully when the 7♥ peeled off on the river and he was sent packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Hunt	280,500 160,500	160,500
Chin Wei Lim	107,000 18,900	18,900

Evan Clark	Busted

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Evan Clark Matthew Hunt

07-06-2025 14:54 UTC-8

Anderson Surrenders to Malinov; Mercier Rivers the Nuts For a Bustout

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David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♠4♦8♣, Calvin Anderson bet 5,200 from the cutoff and Atanas Malinov called in the hijack.

Both players checked the 7♠ turn before Malinov bet 19,000 on the 9♣ river. Anderson shot out of his seat to take a good look at Malinov's remaining stack, taking off his sunglasses and headphones as he spent several minutes considering the decision. He eventually folded and Malinov took the pot.

At the same time at another table, Jason Mercier and Jon Towers arrived at the river on a board of 10♥9♠J♥5♠K♣ with around 25,000 in the pot when Mercier moved all in from the button.

Towers took a minute before calling for his last 35,000 in early position, and Mercier showed A♥Q♠ for the rivered straight. Towers tossed J♣10♣ into the muck as he made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	320,000 167,000	167,000

Tabatha Hilliard	220,000 8,500	8,500
Calvin Anderson	180,000

Atanas Malinov	130,000 44,000	44,000
Jon Towers	Busted

Tags: Atanas Malinov Calvin Anderson Jason Mercier Jon Towers

07-06-2025 14:52 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth & Son Both Kicking Along on Day 2 of WSOP Main Event

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

For all-time bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth, it all started with a victory in the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, a year before the birth of his son Phillip Hellmuth III. Now at the 2025 WSOP, both Hellmuths are searching for a world championship on Day 2abc of the $10,000 WSOP Main Event as Hellmuth III makes his Main Event debut.

Before he was moved to the feature table, the elder Hellmuth found himself in the back corner of the Horseshoe Ballroom, while his son sat on the other side of the room in the same Blue section. Both are wearing Aria hoodies, but only one is blowing up at his opponents.

Read About the Hellmuth's in the Main Event!

Tags: Phillip Hellmuth III Phil Hellmuth

07-06-2025 14:52 UTC-8

Remitio Gives the Lowdown

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joshua Remitio just got moved into the Horseshoe Events Center and took his seat at Table 420. Once that current hand was finished, he was asked by Montgomery Cole to give some background information.

"Since you're the new guy at the table, can you tell us a little bit about your play style?" Cole asked.

"I'll bluff the flop and the turn, but never the river," Remitio replied. "I three-bet aces and seven-deuce, the rest I just flat-call."

Little does Cole know, that he could go back and see many of the hands Remitio played en route to his fourth-place finish in the 2021 WSOP Main Event where he cashed for $2.3 million. That was the start of Remitio's poker career which has now seen him claim three gold bracelets in the online streets in the past two years.

"Now your turn. You guys have to give me the lowdown," Remitio bargained, but didn't get much help.