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

07-07-2025 14:17 UTC-8

Simonsen Sends Saleh Home

Laura Fryer

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

Players were already heads-up on the 4♥4♦2♦Q♦ turn with a pot of around 25,000. Brandon Simonsen bet 12,000 from middle position and Steven Saleh called from late position after around a minute.

The 10♠ river prompted Simonsen to move in for his remaining 26,500 chips.

Saleh went into the tank and took around two minutes before moving his 26,000 stack over the line into the pot to call.

Simonsen showed 7♦6♦ for the flush, which he made on the turn. Saleh threw his hand to muck but then showed he was behind with 8♠8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Simonsen	95,000 54,400	54,400
Steven Saleh	Busted

Tags: Brandon Simonsen Steven Saleh

07-07-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Serrano Fades Kaushik

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Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Amit Kaushik all in for his last 35,600 from the small blind up against Diego Serrano from the hijack with the covering stack.

Amit Kaushik: K♣Q♠ All in
Diego Serrano: 10♥10♣

Kaushik picked up a few additional outs on the 9♣6♣4♣ flop, but did not improve on the A♦7♦ runout. He exited the tournament while Serrano rose to one of the biggest stacks in the white section of Horseshoe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Serrano	274,000 172,700	172,700
Amit Kaushik	Busted

Tags: Amit Kaushik Diego Serrano

07-07-2025 14:26 UTC-8

Panagopoulos Makes the Right Call and Holds to Bust Gardenhire

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Brett Slezak

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

Justin Gardenhire from the cutoff and Ioannis Panagopoulos from the button were tangled in a big pot with 64,500 in the middle on the turn with the board reading J♦5♣2♠8♠.

Gardenhire would lead all-in for his final 39,200, sending Panagopoulos into the tank. After over two minutes, Panagopoulos counted out the calling chips and put them into the middle.

Justin Gardenhire: A♠10♠ All in
Ioannis Panagopoulos: 10♦10♣

Panagopoulos made the right call with his tens but needed to fade the flush draw and overcard of Gardenhire. Luckily for him, the river was the 9♦ as Panagopoulos held on to scoop a massive one and eliminate Gardenhire.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Panagopoulos	180,000 64,000	64,000
Justin Gardenhire	Busted

Tags: Ioannis Panagopoulos Justin Gardenhire

07-07-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Mercedes Takes Navarro for a Ride

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Jerome Solomon

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

Jose Navarro went all in with his last 33,200 chips from the hijack with the board already at the turn 4♦8♥J♣9♥. Mercedes Osti, on the button, made the call.

Jose Navarro: J♦10♣ All in
Mercedes Osti: Q♣10♦

Navarro had top pair and an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him. Osti's straight was already and it was the nuts.

Navarro made a meaningless straight with the 7♠ on the river.

"Well, I did hit it," Navarro said. "What else can you do?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Mercedes Osti	108,100 62,600	62,600
Jose Navarro	Busted

Tags: Jose Navarro Mercedes Osti

07-07-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Steiner Five-Bets Into kings

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Frank Visser

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

Fan Zhang raised under the gun, Fabian Steiner three-bet in the next seat over, and Zhang four-bet to 14,200. Steiner then five-bet jammed for 56,800, which Zhang called with a slightly covering stack.

Fabian Steiner: A♥K♦ All in
Fan Zhang: K♠K♣

Steiner received no help on the 6♠3♠8♦7♦7♥ runout, sending him to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fan Zhang	120,000 34,600	34,600
Jakub Sterba	62,000 10,700	10,700
Rob Hollink	55,300 55,300	55,300

Mark Radoja	41,100 13,900	13,900

Sachin Bhargava	29,500 57,700	57,700
Fabian Steiner	Busted

Tags: Fabian Steiner Fan Zhang

07-07-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Four-Bet Gone Wrong for Ji

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Brett Slezak

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

Min Ji opened the cutoff before Terrance Reid three-bet to 6,500 from the button. With the action back on Ji, he put in a four-bet to 12,700, and Reid called.

On the 9♠6♠3♥ flop, Ji led for 10,000 before Reid raised to 22,000. Ji would then shove for 106,000 and Reid snapped it off as the covering stack.

Min Ji: 9♥8♦ All in
Terrance Reid: 9♦9♣

Ji had flopped top pair but was in dire straits against the top set of Reid. Nothing changed on the 5♥J♣ runout as Ji hit the exit in a questionable manner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terrance Reid	285,000 130,000	130,000
Min Ji	Busted

Tags: Min Ji Terrance Reid

07-07-2025 14:57 UTC-8

Maceiras Eliminated by Ohashi

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Hideaki Ohashi raised and earned three callers to the Q♣5♠2♠ flop on which Juan Maceiras checked out of the big blind. Ohashi continued for 3,000 into 9,500 and two opponents called. Maceiras Lapido then check-jammed for 58,800 and Ohashi went all-in over the top to isolate.

Juan Maceiras: Q♦2♦ All in
Hideaki Ohashi: 5♦5♣

The J♣ turn and 9♥ river changed nothing and that spelled the end for the Spaniard. Two years ago, Maceiras finished eighth in the WSOP Main Event for a seven-figure payday but has now been ousted on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideaki Ohashi	175,000 79,300	79,300
James Noy	55,000 12,700	12,700
Glenn Cruze	39,200 39,200	39,200
Juan Maceiras	Busted

Tags: Hideaki Ohashi Juan Maceiras

07-07-2025 14:58 UTC-8

Tamaki Sends Mandryk to the Rail

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Brett Slezak

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

Shoichiro Tamaki opened from the hijack and Nicholas Mandryk called in the cutoff. In the small blind, Michael Vinokur put in a three-bet and both opponents called to create a bloated three-way pot.

On the 10♥10♦6♠ flop, Vinokur led for 7,000 and Tamaki called before Mandryk put in a small raise to 17,000. Vinokur would fold after a long tank with what he later said was aces, and Tamaki called again.

The turn brought the 9♦ as Tamaki checked in flow to Mandryk who jammed for 88,400 and Tamaki snap-called.

Nicholas Mandryk: Q♦J♦ All in
Shoichiro Tamaki: J♠10♠

Mandryk held an open-ender with a flush draw against the trip tens of Tamaki, who needed to fade many outs to drag a massive pot. Many from the table stood up to sweat the river card as the fate of each player awaited, and dealer peeled the 9♠ to give Tamaki a full house. Mandryk was left with nothing as he exited the room after a massive collision in a pot worth almost 250 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shoichiro Tamaki	290,000 223,900	223,900
Michael Vinokur	205,000 74,900	74,900
Nicholas Mandryk	Busted

Tags: Michael Vinokur Nicholas Mandryk

07-07-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Paris Black

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	355,000 151,400	151,400
Lautaro Guerra	220,000 15,000	15,000

Artem Riabov	217,000 127,800	127,800
Mike Takayama	200,000 6,500	6,500

Daniel Becker	195,000 128,600	128,600
Tobias Matuschek	170,000 9,000	9,000
Justin Liberto	125,000 88,600	88,600

Chad Awerbuch	105,000 44,000	44,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	100,000 53,000	53,000

Monika Zukowicz	95,000 5,000	5,000
Bob Bounahra	95,000
Mike Leah	94,900 31,300	31,300

Shyam Srinivasan	90,000 45,000	45,000
John Holley	90,000 14,200	14,200
Leo Soma	87,000 92,600	92,600

Huawei Lin	85,000 52,500	52,500

Christopher Kokkinos	80,000 48,400	48,400
Andjelko Andrejevic	75,000 15,000	15,000

Shiva Dudani	70,000 30,000	30,000
Fabian Gumz	65,000 34,100	34,100
Grant Gardner	65,000 14,000	14,000
Soulier Dylan	Busted
Andrius Mazurkevicius	Busted

07-07-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Updates From Red Section

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Penza	248,100 10,400	10,400
John Juanda	110,500 10,500	10,500

Cristian Gutierrez	90,600 45,100	45,100

Mitchell Hynam	88,500 26,200	26,200

Dustin Dirksen	85,000 85,000	85,000
Eric Mizrachi	60,500 500	500
Nick Guagenti	47,000 4,000	4,000

Jans Arends	Busted