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

07-07-2025 14:43 UTC-8

Mercer Shows Strength

Gabrielle Barredo

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

Luther Tran started the action with 2,100 under the gun and got a three-bet from the man to his left, Bradley Mercer to 4,800. When action folded back to him, Tran called.

The dealer unfurled Q♥A♠A♥. Tran checked, and Mercer bet another 5,000 into the pot. Tran didn't hesitate to let go of his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Hurley	107,000 64,000	64,000
Waheed Feda	104,000 65,800	65,800
Luther Tran	86,000 86,000	86,000
Justin Nguyen	83,000 83,000	83,000
Nicholas Verderamo	67,000 34,900	34,900
Richard Foudy	49,800 14,400	14,400
Sean An	45,600 45,600	45,600
Ryan Jones (NC)	35,000 11,000	11,000
Bradley Mercer	12,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Bradley Mercer Luther Tran

07-07-2025 14:45 UTC-8

Devereux Folds Out Sharrak

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Liam Gannon

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

Billy Sharrak opened to 2,000 from early position and David Prociak called in middle position. Gareth Devereux in the cutoff and Christopher Vitch in the big blind called as well.

The flop rolled out A♥5♦5♥ and Vitch checked over to Sharrak who bet 2,500 and only Devereux called.

Sharrak bet 8,000 on the turn J♦ and Devereux called.

On the river A♦, Sharrak checked over to Devereux who bet 13,000 and Sharrak folded after some thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Sharrak	165,000 3,700	3,700
Gareth Devereux	142,000 10,600	10,600
Christopher Vitch	119,000

David Prociak	19,500 27,100	27,100

Tags: Billy Sharrak Christopher Vitch David Prociak Gareth Devereux

07-07-2025 14:47 UTC-8

Ausmus Holds to Double

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Stewart Morrison

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

The action was joined as middle position player Jeremy Ausmus had moved all in for 37,400, and Jeffrey Thone, who had already put in a preflop raise to 14,000 from the button, made the call.

Jeremy Ausmus: K♠K♣ All in
Jeffrey Thone: A♣Q♣

It was a very safe runout for Ausmus, as the dealer spread a 5♥7♦3♦9♠5♣ board, earning Ausmus a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	77,300 27,800	27,800

Jeffrey Thone	52,500

Tags: Jeffrey Thone Jeremy Ausmus

07-07-2025 14:59 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kei Nitta	323,000 79,000	79,000
Andrew Ostapchenko	195,000 38,500	38,500

Sergio Benso	160,000 34,000	34,000
Kyle Julius	93,500 74,500	74,500

Vivian Saliba	62,000 49,000	49,000

Stephen Dauphinais	58,500 68,600	68,600
Aaron Duczak	42,000 48,400	48,400
Frederik Thiemer	17,600 1,400	1,400

07-07-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Ajez Faces an Overbet

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

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

With around 5,000 in the middle on a flop of 3♠10♣3♥ Najeem Ajez checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 1,000 out of Joseph Krasner from middle position.

The 5♣ rolled off on the turn and Ajez check-called another bet from Krasner, this time for 4,000.

The Q♣ hit the river, and Ajez checked for the last time before Krasner put out a huge overbet of 35,000. Ajez looked visibly perplexed by the bet and took a few moments before choosing to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Najeem Ajez	160,000 25,500	25,500
Joseph Krasner	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Joseph Krasner Najeem Ajez

07-07-2025 15:08 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts from Paris Yellow

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Riva Arthur	362,000

Bryce Yockey	250,500 27,500	27,500

Tiffany Wong	164,500 142,500	142,500
Liv Boeree	135,000 3,500	3,500

Jessie Bryant	75,000 9,000	9,000
Mike Holtz	30,600 10,100	10,100

07-07-2025 15:08 UTC-8

Youngster Chipping Up

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jerome Solomon

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

Garry Gurevich, one of the youngest players in the field, has more than doubled his chip stack in one and a half levels of play on Day 2.

Gurevich, who turned 21 three months ago, picked up a huge double-up when he made a straight against Roberto Saenz' overpair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gurevich	350,800 208,700	208,700
Leonardo Valenzuela	291,200 97,700	97,700
Zachary Zaret	262,000 262,000	262,000

Kane Kalas	74,800 34,800	34,800

Tags: Garry Gurevich Roberto Saenz

07-07-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Arieh Makes the Correct Call to Leave Audoli Short

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Dan O'Hair

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

Heads-up on a board of J♦9♠7♥5♣ with approximately 20,000 already in the middle, Baptiste Audoli bet 16,000 from the big blind and Josh Arieh called from the hijack after a bit of thought.

The Q♦ filled the river and Audoli fired 45,000 into the middle — sending Arieh deep into the tank.

Arieh asked the dealer to spread the pot and he counted out his own stack, clearly struggling with the decision.

After a couple of minutes, Arieh stuck in a call and Audoli could only turn over 10♥4♥ for a bluff.

Arieh revealed A♠9♣ for a pair of nines and was awarded the pot.

"You're sick," Kornuth said to Arieh from across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	240,000 59,500	59,500

Baptiste Audoli	20,000 68,700	68,700

Tags: Baptiste Audoli Josh Arieh

07-07-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Paris Black

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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