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

07-07-2025 19:45 UTC-8

Lo and Behold

Christian Zetzsche

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

As one of the far shortest stacks in the field, Yu Lo was all-in and at risk for only 7,000 on the live stream table.

Yu Lo: 4♦4♣ All in
David Williams: A♠6♦

The A♥J♣7♠ flop improved Williams to the superior pair, who then also improved to two pair with the 6♥ turn. The river was the 3♥ and that spelled the end for Lo.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Camp	485,500 21,500	21,500
Riva Arthur	436,500 223,500	223,500

Lifu Zhang	119,000 31,000	31,000
Thomas Winschel	93,000 40,500	40,500
Michael Debs	81,000 4,000	4,000
Raymond Ross	79,500 7,000	7,000
David Williams	73,000 500	500

Xiaoyao Ma	28,000 7,000	7,000
Yu Lo	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Farewell, Farrell

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Frank Visser

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

Niall Farrell open-shoved for 17,500 in early position.

"It's time for a big boy move," he commented as the action folded to Timur Margolin in the small blind. He called with the covering stack, and the players showed down.

Niall Farrell: A♣K♦ All in
Timur Margolin: 7♠7♣

Margolin flopped a set on 4♠7♥10♠, and Farrell was left drawing dead on the K♠ turn. The triple crown winner would not add a WSOP Main Event win to his resume, and he said his goodbyes as the 3♥ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	140,000 68,000	68,000

Niall Farrell	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:42 UTC-8

Tse Loves the Ladies

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Myles Phago

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

Patrick Steele raised to 3,000 from middle position only to be three-bet by Man Tse to 9,000 in late position and then four-bet to 28,000 by Christopher Meyers in the big blind.

Steele folded, and Tse thought for a short while before he announced that he was all-in. He had Meyers covered. Meyers snap called.

Christopher Meyers: K♠K♦ All in
Man Tse: Q♣Q♥

It was not the flop Meyers wanted to see when the 6♥2♠Q♠ peeled off. The 4♦ on the turn did nothing to change matters, and when the 5♠ bricked out on the river, Meyers was sent to the rail in a nasty fashion

Player	Chips	Progress
Man Tse	249,000 144,000	144,000
Patrick Steele	215,000 127,700	127,700

Christopher Meyers	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:41 UTC-8

McKeehen, Davies Headline Notable Eliminations

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Adam Lamers

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

Coming back from the dinner break, the field on Day 2d has been trimmed to less than 3,000 players still remaining with the better part of two levels still to play. 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen was among the notables who will not be advancing to Day 3 of this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Thomsen	Busted
Tom Seck	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted
Jason Aden	Busted
Beka Iordanishvili	Busted
Gregory Milliron	Busted
Raul Martinez Gallego	Busted
Zichuan Huang	Busted
Robert Bull	Busted
Ryan Hiller	Busted

Joe McKeehen	Busted

Andrew Karkenny	Busted
Florian Bordet	Busted
Alfred Gillette	Busted
Stuart Marshak	Busted
John Shushok	Busted
Helma Weber	Busted
Andrew Frankenberger	Busted

Liya Gerasimova	Busted
Maurice Hawkins	Busted
Edmund Chan	Busted
John Iemolo	Busted

William Smith	Busted
Garry Gates	Busted
Rajiv Sakaria	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:39 UTC-8

Garcia Catches Asadabadi on the Flop

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Laura Fryer

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

Pedro Garcia opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and Arash Asadabadi moved all in for his remaining 38,000 stack. Garcia called and the players flipped their hands.

Arash Asadabadi: Q♣Q♠ All in
Pedro Garcia: 8♠8♥

Asadabadi was looking to hold but, Garcia took the lead on the 7♣8♦3♠ flop.

There was no redemption for Asadabadi as the turn came 2♣ and the river saw the 10♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Garcia	160,000 114,100	114,100
Arash Asadabadi	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:29 UTC-8

O'Donnell Eliminates Squizzato

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Liam Gannon

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

Aciton was picked up on the flop in a pot between Michael Squizzato from under the gun, Jeremy Ausmus in middle position, and Kenneth O'Donnell in late position.

The flop read 7♣J♠Q♣ and Squizzato moved all in for 28,000 which saw Ausmus call. O'Donnell moved all in for 72,000 effective and Ausmus went into the tank for some time before folding what he said was ace-queen.

Michael Squizzato: A♣A♦ All in
Kenneth O'Donnell: 7♥7♦

O'Donnell held up on the 4♥4♣ runout and Squizzato was eliminated from the tournament while Ausmus was left as one of the shorter stacks at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth O'Donnell	284,000 70,500	70,500

Jeremy Ausmus	44,000 32,500	32,500

Michael Squizzato	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:20 UTC-8

Various Updated Stacks

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Frank Visser

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

As per the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carmen Raiche-Marsden	395,000 148,000	148,000
Hung-Wei Shiue	391,000 16,000	16,000
Kristaps Kalva	370,000 38,300	38,300
Jason Zipfel	360,000 275,500	275,500
Cristian Gutierrez	323,500 66,500	66,500

Brad Owen	280,000 28,000	28,000

Dong Chen	260,000 12,500	12,500

Arnaud Enselme	250,000 28,700	28,700

Jesse Lonis	209,000 89,000	89,000

Joe McKeehen	169,500 24,500	24,500

Rob Hollink	165,000 27,000	27,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	156,500 6,500	6,500

Farid Jattin	145,000 125,000	125,000
Pete Chen	135,500 23,500	23,500

Alan Goasdoue	128,000 22,000	22,000
John Juanda	123,000 11,800	11,800

Rellie Sigua	109,000 81,300	81,300
Ilya Nikiforov	100,000 8,500	8,500
Dustin Dirksen	95,000 15,500	15,500
Nick Guagenti	94,500 20,500	20,500

Tony Gregg	74,500 15,500	15,500
Sergio Benso	66,000 109,200	109,200
Daniel Lazrus	59,500 76,500	76,500

Kyle Julius	56,500 500	500

Jakub Sterba	56,000 9,200	9,200

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07-07-2025 18:00 UTC-8

Pandilica Flipped Out by Alvarado

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Carlos Alvarado opened to 2,500 with the 9♦9♣ and Florin Pandilica jammed the cutoff with the A♣K♠ for 31,000. The other 9♥9♠ were folded behind and it folded back to Alvarado, who made the call.

The two over cards for Pandilica failed to connect with the 10♥6♦2♣2♥7♥ and that spelled the end for the Romanian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Rebello	164,600 3,300	3,300
Carlos Alvarado	156,900 47,800	47,800
Patrick Leonard	148,500 55,900	55,900

Jia Jun	127,600 11,100	11,100
Tong Li	92,900 31,000	31,000

Andrew Rosen	88,000 9,400	9,400
Andres Carrera	62,100 17,500	17,500
Christos Patras	45,400 8,600	8,600
Florin Pandilica	Busted

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07-07-2025 18:00 UTC-8

Strang Out

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Action was picked up with Fabio Sanchez and Mark Strang in an all-in showdown.

Mark Strang: A♦10♠ All in
Fabio Sanchez: A♠Q♦

Sanchez had Strang dominated. Nothing changed when the flop came 6♦5♦9♠. Strang got additional outs for a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw on the turn 7♦. But the A♣ fell ending his tournament life. He left the table as Sanchez scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Sanchez	148,000 55,600	55,600
Mark Strang	Busted

Tags: Fabio Sanchez Mark Strang

07-07-2025 17:58 UTC-8

Two Players At Risk, Both Survive

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Stewart Morrison

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

Jeffrey Korn kicked the action off with a raise under the gun to 2,500. On his immediate left, Matthew Cannuli wasted little time in moving all in for 18,600. The action then folded to Shuofei Geng in the small blind. Geng requested a count of the all-in stack and, with his new information, made the call.

The preflop action wasn't complete yet, though, as Korn responded by moving all in himself, for a total of 23,300. Geng made the call, and the three players turned the cards onto their backs.

Matthew Cannuli: A♣J♥ All in
Jeffrey Korn: A♥K♣ All in
Shuofei Geng: K♥Q♥

A promising situation for Korn, who had both players dominated. The A♦9♠Q♦ flop only strengthened his position to receive a near triple up.

The turn, however, shot Cannuli into the lead, as the dealer flipped over the J♣.

The river J♠ sealed the deal for Cannuli, as Korn watched his plans for a triple go up in flames.

The dealer tidied the pot up, sending Cannuli three times as many chips as he had started with, 9,400 in the direction of Korn, who had won the side pot, and nothing to Geng.

To add salt to the wound, Korn would be eliminated just a few hands later.