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

07-07-2025 17:10 UTC-8

The River For The Win(ter)

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Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up on a flop in a pot between Osmin Dardon in late position and Sean Winter in the cutoff.

The flop read 10♣6♣2♣ and Dardon checked over to Winter who bet 7,500 and Dardon called.

On the turn J♥, Dardon checked over to Winter who bet 17,000 and Dardon called.

"I have a pair," said Dardon after both players checked the 8♦ river. Neither one of them turned over their hands immediately.

"I believe you," said Winter as he waited for Dardon to turn over his hand. Dardon showed 4♥4♠ for a pair of fours, but it was second best against Winter's 9♠8♠ for a pair of eights.

"You rivered me?" asked Dardon as he stared at the board, while Winter raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	129,000 27,000	27,000
Osmin Dardon	73,000 4,300	4,300

Tags: Osmin Dardon Sean Winter

07-07-2025 17:10 UTC-8

Pocket Deuces Triple Up as Ace-Kings Clash

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Sava Krink

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

Loni Hui opened the action under the gun with A♠K♥, and Ethan Eramian flatted in middle position holding the same hand, A♣K♠. Zhannan Ge then looked down at 2♠2♥ in the cutoff and shoved his last 14,700 into the middle.

Back on Hui, she sized up Eramian’s stack and four-bet to 63,800. Eramian snap-called, setting up a three-way showdown.

The board ran out 8♣8♦6♥5♥3♥, missing both ace-kings entirely and allowing Ge's pocket deuces to hold for a full triple-up. Hui and Eramian, both holding top-tier starting hands, had to settle for chopping the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Locquet	549,300 33,000	33,000
Joseph Baghdalian	242,400 6,500	6,500
Daniel Ivers	166,200 3,000	3,000
Loni Hui	138,100 22,000	22,000

Andrew Fleming	115,500 2,500	2,500
Keun Kwak	114,700 25,200	25,200
Ethan Eramian	49,100 17,700	17,700
Zhannan Ge	47,100 29,400	29,400
Jakub Michalak	46,100 3,500	3,500

Tags: Ethan Eramian Loni Hui Zhannan Ge

07-07-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Apartaglou Ascends With Aces

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Frank Visser

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

In a three-bet pot worth 25,300, Spyridon Apartoglou bet 8,000 from the small blind on the 5♣4♣Q♦ flop. Martin Sturc called in early position, and did so too when Apartoglou sized up to 21,000 on the 8♦ turn.

The 10♠ river saw Apartoglou pile in a bet of 48,000. Sturc spent some time in the tank before he decided to call off. Apartoglou tabled A♦A♣ for the preflop nuts, and Sturc sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spyridon Apartoglou	220,100 44,500	44,500
Joseph Wagganer	175,500 68,000	68,000
Tony Le	120,100 66,200	66,200
Guy Taylor	114,500 44,700	44,700
Nina Krasilnikova	78,000
Martin Sturc	70,000 43,200	43,200
David Hoag	50,000 12,900	12,900
William Smith	41,500 62,000	62,000
Jed Friedman	27,000 3,200	3,200

Tags: Martin Sturc Spyridon Apartoglou

07-07-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Kade Loses One to Onoufriou

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Tim Baker

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

Vanessa Kade made it 2,400 from the cutoff and only Antonios Onoufriou called from the big blind.

Onoufriou check-called a bet of 1,200 from Kade on the 10♥9♥6♥ flop.

The turn came the Q♣ and Onoufriou check-called another bet from Kade, this time for 7,000.

Both players checked the 6♦ river and Onoufriou flipped over Q♦9♦ for two pair, queens and nines. Kade mucked, allowing Onoufriou to pull in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Kade	170,000 61,700	61,700
Antonios Onoufriou	70,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Vanessa Kade

07-07-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Zeng Coolers Cabrini for the KO

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Brett Slezak

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

Action picked up on the turn with a little over 8,000 in the middle in a hand between Andre Cabrini from the small blind and Linglin Zeng from the big blind.

With the board reading A♦9♣7♠Q♥, Cabrini led for 5,000 before Zeng min-raised to 10,000. Cabrini then shoved for his remaining 22,500 and Zeng snapped it off.

Andre Cabrini: 9♦7♦ All in
Linglin Zeng: 9♠9♥

It was a brutal cooler with Cabrini flopping two pair, only to be drawing dead against Zeng's set of nines. The two saw the irrelevant 5♥ on the river as Cabrini left the room in unfortunate fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linglin Zeng	255,000 72,600	72,600
Andre Cabrini	Busted

Tags: Andre Cabrini Linglin Zeng

07-07-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Tamayo Jams The River

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Liam Gannon

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

Heitor Saraiva raised to 2,500 in late position and Jonathan Tamayo called on the button which saw Bryan Buonocore call in the big blind.

Action checked through on the 10♠4♠4♣ flop to the J♠ turn where Buonocore bet 2,400 and Saraiva folded. Tamayo responded by raising to 7,500 and Buonocore called.

Buonocore checked the 6♦ river over to Tamayo who moved all in for 16,800 effective. After some thought he tossed his cards into the muck, ceding the pot to the defending WSOP Main Event champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heitor Saraiva	265,000 264,741	264,741
Jonathan Tamayo	143,000 25,000	25,000

Bryan Buonocore	16,800 73,800	73,800

Tags: Bryan Buonocore Heitor Saraiva Jonathan Tamayo

07-07-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Owen Flops Set in Four-Way Pot

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Frank Visser

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

James Minghini raised to 2,500 in early position. Keith Carter called in middle position, as did poker vlogger Brad Owen on the button. Joshua Mccully defended his big blind, and he led out for 2,800 on the 6♥2♦4♥ flop.

Minghini tossed in a call, after which Carter folded. Owen also came along to the 10♣ turn, which was checked to him. Owen fired a bet of 14,000, which only Mccully called.

Owen sized up to 30,000 on the A♣ river.

"Oh, Bradley," Mccully sighed as he went deep into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he called off. Owen revealed 6♦6♣ for a set of sixes, and Mccully quickly added his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	184,200 72,800	72,800

Sunny So	175,000 96,000	96,000
Brendan Howard	155,000 82,800	82,800
Jarod Minghini	117,000 45,300	45,300
Joshua Mccully	78,300 2,800	2,800
Keith Carter	62,000
Roberto Bendeck	54,300

Dennis Quinn	19,500 14,400	14,400

Tags: Brad Owen James Minghini Joshua Mccully Keith Carter

07-07-2025 15:41 UTC-8

Late Registration Set to Officially Close

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Adam Lamers

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

The last level of late registration has come to an end and the remaining 3,595 players are going on another 20-minute break. Players hoping to register still must be seated and checked in when the cards go back in the air. Over 750 players have registered on Day 2d thus far and that number will be confirmed once the registration period closes. Here is a look at what happened in the last level:

07-07-2025 15:29 UTC-8

Zhao Spikes the River to Double

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Brett Slezak

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

Jiaming Zhao, who once famously entered a €5,200 Eight Game Mix tournament at EPT Barcelona and almost cashed despite not knowing any of the games, looking up the rules on his phone between hands and receiving tips via Google Translate, opened to 2,000 from early position.

He was called by Bruce Carter in middle position before Craig Tobin made it 6,000 to go on his left. Gerard Cassis cold-called on the button, and the others came along as well.

Four ways to the 10♦9♠8♣ flop, it checked to Tobin who bet 10,000. Cassis folded after a long tank before Zhao moved all-in for 41,000. Carter quickly folded before Tobin snapped it off as the covering stack to put Zhao at risk.

Jiaming Zhao: J♥9♥ All in
Craig Tobin: A♠A♦

Zhao held middle pair and an open-ender against the overpair of Tobin. Nothing changed on the K♠ turn before the J♣ river gave Zhao two pair, and he collected the full double in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaming Zhao	108,500 8,700	8,700
Gerard Cassis	51,000 33,200	33,200
Bruce Carter	28,000 46,700	46,700
Craig Tobin	12,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Bruce Carter Craig Tobin Gerard Cassis Jiaming Zhao

07-07-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Arieh Makes the Correct Call to Leave Audoli Short

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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.