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

07-06-2025 20:09 UTC-8

Chip Counts out of Horseshoe Red

Jacob Wilson

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Bishop	390,000 197,000	197,000
Iago Sturzeneker	315,000 35,000	35,000
Jiwoo Hyul	225,000 10,000	10,000
Lorenzo Santos Rodriguez	222,000 16,900	16,900
Christopher Chaudey	210,000 65,000	65,000
Chih-Wei Fan	190,000 10,000	10,000
Joseph Tauber	190,000 9,000	9,000
Jianwei Lin	181,000 21,000	21,000
Or Anavi	180,000 40,000	40,000
Clement Kerrien	179,000 107,000	107,000
Alejandro Jauregui	175,000 35,000	35,000
Narongsak Dhanjaichon	171,000 33,700	33,700
Marwan Salamoun	166,500 78,500	78,500
Raffaele Sorrentino	145,000 5,000	5,000
Kevin Williams	130,000 35,500	35,500
Brian Whiteman	130,000 25,000	25,000
Denys Chufarin	113,500 71,500	71,500

Nico Schubert	113,000 22,000	22,000
Julian Manolio	110,500 11,500	11,500
Michael Krescanko	105,000 5,000	5,000
Frank Funaro	102,500 80,500	80,500

Thomas Boivin	87,000 35,000	35,000
Sorin Cristea	87,000 5,000	5,000
Lisa Hamilton	85,000 31,100	31,100

Li Zhang	84,000 24,000	24,000

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07-06-2025 20:10 UTC-8

Zukowicz Chipping Down

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

James Gorham raised to 4,000 and it folded to Monika Zukowicz in the big blind who called.

Zukowicz led out for 3,000 on the flop 2♠3♦6♦ and after some thinking, Gorham raised it to 12,000. Zukowicz quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gorham	282,000 18,000	18,000

Monika Zukowicz	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: James Gorham Monika Zukowicz

07-06-2025 20:11 UTC-8

Lastiwka Gets Prasatik to Fold an Overpair

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Kai Cocklin

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

Hamza Firdawcy opened from under the gun to 3,000 and got caleld by Dana Prasatik in the small blind & Christopher Lastiwka in the big blind.

The trio saw a flop of 9♣2♣3♦, which checked over to Firdawcy. He fired out 2,000, then Prasatik raised to 6,000. Lastiwka then shoved covering both players, which got a quick fold from Firdawcy. Prasatik had around 27,000 remaining in her stack and after thinking it over, she flashed 10♦10♠ before she folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Lastiwka	115,000 72,500	72,500
Ivan Uzunov	105,000 86,200	86,200
Jason Wong	65,000 2,000	2,000
Dana Prasatik	27,000
Hamza Firdawcy	22,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Christopher Lastiwka Dana Prasatik Hamza Firdawcy

07-06-2025 20:11 UTC-8

McShea Leads Twice

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Dan O'Hair

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

Kevin McShea opened to 3,500 from under the gun and called a three-bet of 9,000 from Manuel Reyes, who was in middle position.

The flop came K♠8♥5♠ and McShea led out for 12,000. Reyes clicked it to 24,000 and McShea called.

McShea shoved for his last 29,500 after the A♥ fell on the turn and Reyes re-checked his hole cards before sending them into the muck.

At another table, Chad Holloway has enjoyed a nice level and has built his stack from 15,000 to over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin McShea	108,000 66,000	66,000
Chad Holloway	105,000 65,000	65,000

Manuel Reyes	83,000 13,600	13,600

Tags: Kevin McShea Manuel Reyes

07-06-2025 20:11 UTC-8

Mekouane Holds On

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Stewart Morrison

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

Songpyng Twu raised in early position to 3,000, and only Jalil Mekouane made the call, defending his big blind.

Melouane check-called a bet of 2,500 on a 3♥8♦7♥ flop, and they moved on to a A♠ turn.

When Melouane checked for a second time, Twu continued with a bet of 3,000. Again, Melouane called.

Twu gave up on the A♦ river, checking back. Melouane turned over K♣7♦, and Twu mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jalil Mekouane	174,000 9,000	9,000
Songpyng Twu	90,000

Tags: Jalil Mekouane Songpyng Twu

07-06-2025 20:12 UTC-8

Hirschfield Coolers Firestone For a Double

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David Salituro

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

Michael Bohmerwald bet 4,000 from middle position on a flop of 9♣9♠5♦ and Andre Akkari called in the hijack, as did Larry Hirschfield in the cutoff. Robert Firestone then raised to 20,000 in the big blind.

Bohmerwald and Akkari folded, but Hirschfield reraised to 44,000. Firestone moved all in, and Hirschfield called for 96,000. "I hope you have nine-ten," Firestone said as they went to reveal their cards.

Larry Hirschfield: K♥9♥ All in
Robert Firestone: Q♣9♦

Both players had flopped trips, but Hirschfield was ahead with his king-kicker. The rest of the board ran out 2♥7♠ and he doubled up. Bohmerwald revealed later that he folded two queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Hirschfield	210,000
Michael Bohmerwald	130,000 45,000	45,000

Robert Firestone	100,000 21,200	21,200
Andre Akkari	70,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Michael Bohmerwald Larry Hirschfield Robert Firestone

07-06-2025 20:14 UTC-8

Zhang Turns The Straight

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Liam Gannon

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

Shotaro Kobayashi raised in late position to 3,000 and in the cutoff, Hongru Zhang three-bet to 9,000 and only Kobayashi called.

Both players checked the flop of 7♠8♥6♦ over to the turn 4♥ where Kobayashi check-called a bet of 5,000 from Zhang.

Kobayashi bet 8,000 on the river and Zhang wasted little time in calling.

At showdown Kobayashi showed 10♣10♠ for a pair of tens, but it was no good against Zhang's A♥5♥ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shotaro Kobayashi	425,000 5,000	5,000

Hongru Zhang	189,000 31,200	31,200

Tags: Hongru Zhang Shotaro Kobayashi

07-06-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Stokes Puts "Easty" in Blender

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Frank Visser

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

Jamin Stokes raised to 3,500 in early position, and Nick Eastwood three-bet to 11,000 in the adjacent seat. It folded back to Stokes, who called to the 8♣4♦5♠ flop.

Stokes checked, and Eastwood checked behind, leading to the 7♥ turn appearing. Stokes took the initiative with a bet of 14,000, which Eastwood called.

The 8♥ emerged as the river, and Stokes promptly moved all in for about twice the pot, covering the 122,000 chips of Eastwood.

"Why go all in?" Eastwood pondered. "Why not bet less?"

Eastwood went deep into the tank and tried to get some information out of his opponent, to no avail.

"It smells like bullsh*t,” he eventually said, but some moments later, he opted to fold his hand.

Eastwood requested Stokes to table his hand, and Stokes complied by showing K♣J♣ for a stone-cold bluff. Eastwood admitted he contemplated calling with ace-king but ultimately could not pull the trigger.

"F*ck," he simply stated as the next hand was dealt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamin Stokes	237,000 153,000	153,000
Charles Papandreou	190,000 97,700	97,700
David Alvarez	170,000 110,600	110,600
Evan Zhang	156,500 54,000	54,000
Nick Eastwood	122,000 28,000	28,000

Matias Sobrino	75,000 31,800	31,800
Robin Gerard	60,000 29,500	29,500
Claude Gaudet	40,000 39,900	39,900
Michael Minetti	32,000 64,300	64,300

Tags: Jamin Stokes Nick Eastwood

07-06-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Nakai Keeps Climbing

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Gaelle Jaudon

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

Ryuta Nakai raised and called the all-in from Ran Bi who had a remaining stack around 25,000.

Bi had good hopes for a double-up as he held Q♣Q♠ and was facing A♣10♥ in Nakai's hand, but the board showed A♥3♠8♥10♣4♥ to give two pair to Nakai and Bi joined the exit.