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

07-06-2025 14:25 UTC-8

Lee Wins a Pot

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Yuhsiang Wong opened to 2,000 in hijack and got the blinds Jonathan Wong and Jae Lee, in small and big, respectively, to call.

They saw the flop of 3♠7♣2♦ which they all checked. After a check from Wong on the 6♦ turn, Lee bet 4,000 which was enough for the other two players to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wong (NY)	320,000 134,200	134,200
Kevin Andriamahefa	192,000 74,000	74,000
Yuhsiang Wong	183,000 72,700	72,700
Gustavo Barbero	166,000 42,900	42,900
Raymond Yu	58,000 26,800	26,800
Jordan Glazer	54,000 12,000	12,000
Jae Lee	26,700 36,900	36,900
Zhenyu Zhu	10,400 22,600	22,600

Tags: Jae Lee Jonathan Wong Yuhsiang Wong

07-06-2025 14:24 UTC-8

Three Premium Hands...Can the Best One Win?

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Adam Lamers

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

There was a three-way all in on Table 440 where all of the chips got in the middle preflop and all three players turned over premium pocket pairs. Casey Carroll was the short stack with 17,400 and Alan Sanchez was at risk for 19,900, while Nicolas Tartaglia had both players covered.

Casey Carroll: A♠A♦ All in
Alan Sanchez: J♥J♣ All in
Nicolas Tartaglia: Q♥Q♣

The flop came A♥J♠4♠ to give Carroll a set of aces but he still had a sweat with Sanchez picking up a set of jacks. However, the A♣ on the turn improved Carroll to quads and his two opponents were drawing dead to the 4♥ on the river.

Carroll earned himself a triple up while Sanchez took down the small side pot. No players were eliminated on this hand but Sanchez was seen leaving the tournament area just moments later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Tartaglia	114,300 66,100	66,100
Casey Carroll	53,500 10,400	10,400
Alan Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Alan Sanchez Casey Carroll Nicolas Tartaglia

07-06-2025 14:23 UTC-8

Power Picks Rigby's Pocket

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Myles Phago

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

In some blind on blind action, Chad Power made up from the small blind, and Nicholas Rigby raised to 3,000 from the big blind, Power called.

Both players checked the 7♥J♥Q♦ flop and saw the 3♥ peel off on the turn. Power check-raised Rigby's 2,500 delayed continuation to 10,000, and Rigby called.

The river brought the 7♦, and Power flipped out a bet of 16,000. Rigby called and mucked his cards when Power tabled Q♣8♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Rigby	406,000 151,000	151,000
Chad Power	251,500 7,600	7,600

Tags: Chad Power Nicholas Rigby

07-06-2025 14:23 UTC-8

Miral Can Catch the Frisbee

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Wayne Frisbee never recovered from the earlier setback and eventually got it in preflop in a classic flip against Can Miral.

Wayne Frisbee: Q♦Q♠ All in
Can Miral: A♣K♣

The board ran out K♦7♠5♥4♥A♥ and that spelled the end for Frisbee in the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Can Miral	95,000 54,400	54,400
Wayne Frisbee	Busted

07-06-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Felted

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Dan O'Hair

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Phiniotis	Busted
Kenneth Zuspan	Busted
Robert Douras	Busted
Jamal Safiedine	Busted
John Carreon	Busted
Edward Leblanc	Busted
Elia Bybee	Busted

Grant Wang	Busted
Moonho Seo	Busted
Brian Robinson	Busted
Richard Marting	Busted
Edward Ross	Busted
Antonius Samuel	Busted
William Bales	Busted
Go Kato	Busted
Alan Bostick	Busted
Quincy Borland	Busted

Aaron Motoyama	Busted
Sarah Cook	Busted
Nikita Kuznetsov	Busted
David Urban	Busted
Ralph Wong	Busted
Aaron Woodcock	Busted
Peter Priest	Busted
Paul Otto	Busted

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07-06-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Ronyecz Sends Qoku to the Rail

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Laura Fryer

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

Players were already heads-up and on the 10♠Q♠Q♥ flop with a pot of around 15,000.

Erion Qoku had moved all in from the hijack for his remaining 19,600 and action was on Nicholas Ronyecz in the small blind to make the call. Ronyecz moved a chunk of his stack across into the pot and the players flipped their hands.

Erion Qoku: A♣J♦ All in
Nicholas Ronyecz: K♦K♣

Qoku was at risk and behind but was hoping for an ace to come in or the gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately, Ronyecz was holding two of the kings.

The 2♦ turn and 10♥ river didn't do anything to save Qoku and he was eliminated in the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Ronyecz	92,000 53,500	53,500
Erion Qoku	Busted

Tags: Erion Qoku Nicholas Ronyecz

07-06-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Zappulla Gets There the Hard Way

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Stewart Morrison

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

Paul Zappulla opened under the gun to 2,300, which garnered calls from two players in middle position. Action then folded to Jack Gerberich in the big blind, who moved all in for 27,500. Only Zappulla called, and the cards were turned onto their backs.

Jack Gerberich: J♣J♥ All in
Paul Zappulla: A♦K♠

The flop 2♦5♠4♠ gave Zappulla extra outs, adding a straight draw to his two overcards.

The turn 8♠ brought yet more outs for Zappulla, who now had a flush draw he could hit.

The dealer turned and burned the Q♠, and it was bad news for Gerberich, as his pocket jacks weren't able to hold on and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Zappulla	171,300 12,100	12,100

Jack Gerberich	Busted

Tags: Jack Gerberich Paul Zappulla

07-06-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Markholt Falls To Ruzzi

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Liam Gannon

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

Lee Markholt raised to 2,200 in the hijack and Matias Ruzzi three-bet to 7,800 on the button. In the big blind, John Monnette pitched his cards and Markholt opted to move all in for 27,500. Ruzzi called.

Lee Markholt: A♣K♣ All in
Matias Ruzzi: 9♥9♣

The board ran out 9♠J♠Q♠J♥3♦ and the nines full of jacks was good for Ruzzi while Markholt was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matias Ruzzi	316,000 194,700	194,700
John Monnette	52,000 52,000	52,000

Lee Markholt	Busted

Tags: John Monnette Lee Markholt Matias Ruzzi

07-06-2025 14:17 UTC-8

A Bunch of Chips on the Table

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Table big stack Eric Bunch raised to 2,000 and received two callers as they headed to the 8♥7♣2♥ flop. No betting action led to the 6♣ turn on which Adrien Guyader bet 7,500. That was enough to win the pot for Guyader, who is one of several big stacks at this table.

Only one and a half rows of tables remain in Paris Yellow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Bunch	361,000 66,000	66,000
Adrien Guyader	275,000 38,500	38,500
Francisco Javier Dopazo	210,000 20,000	20,000
Steffen Schroeter	125,000 115,400	115,400
Leandro Bustillo	115,000 15,400	15,400
Jon Vallinas	42,000 3,700	3,700

Tags: Adrien Guyader Eric Bunch

07-06-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Difficult Fold for Taylor

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

The board already showed 8♦K♥A♣10♦Q♦ with a pot containing around 70,000. Steven Taylor checked to Jackson Spencer who bet around 75,000, putting Taylor at risk for his remaining stack worth 26,500.

Taylor went deep into the tank and eventually folded after the clock had been called, revealing A♥K♦ for top two pair. Spencer grabbed the pot without showing his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jackson Spencer	144,000 43,500	43,500
Steven Taylor	26,500 25,800	25,800

Tags: Jackson Spencer Steven Taylor