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

07-07-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Ace on the Flop Kills the Action

Adam Lamers

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

Loni Hui opened to 3,500 from under the gun and picked up a caller along the way. Romain Locquet three-bet to 21,000 from the small blind and only Hui called.

The flop came A♦6♣6♦ and both players checked to the 5♣ on the turn and the 9♠ on the river. Locquet checked for the third time and Hui quickly knuckled it back. Locquet tabled K♥Q♥ but Hui turned over J♥J♣ to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Locquet	585,000 31,000	31,000
Loni Hui	175,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Romain Locquet Loni Hui

07-07-2025 21:03 UTC-8

Duffy in Decline

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Stewart Morrison

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

Ciaran Duffy opened the action with a raise on the button to 3,000. Only Jerry Wong made the call, defending his big blind.

The dealer burned and turned three, revealing a Q♦J♥Q♣ flop. Wong started with a check, but when Duffy continued for 2,000, Wong check-raised to 5,000. Duffy called, and the two took a turn.

Wong checked for a second time on the 10♦ turn, which saw Duffy place a bet of 8,500. Wong, though, executed the double check-raise, moving all in covering his opponent.

A frustrated Duffy folded his hand, showing he had the A♠ in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	228,000 54,300	54,300

Ciaran Duffy	21,500 107,000	107,000

Tags: Ciaran Duffy Jerry Wong

07-07-2025 21:02 UTC-8

Higgins Gains from Garcia

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Laura Fryer

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

Pablo Garcia opened to 3,000 from middle position and Matthew Higgins called from the hijack. Both Luis Carmona and Abbas Moradi also called from the button and big blind, respectively.

The J♠J♣2♣ flop was checked to Higgins who bet 6,000 and only Garcia called.

The 4♥ was turned and Garcia check-called a 11,000 bet from Higgins.

Garcia check-called a 6,500 bet from Higgins on the 9♠ river.

Higgins showed A♣J♦ having flopped trips. Garcia mucked his hand and passed the pot to Higgins.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Higgins	87,000 24,000	24,000
Pablo Garcia	28,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Abbas Moradi Luis Carmona Matthew Higgins Pablo Garcia

07-07-2025 21:02 UTC-8

Praud Runs Into Aces

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Jerome Solomon

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

Daniel Hirose raised to 5,000 under the gun. Nicolas Praud, seated to his immediate left, shoved all in.

Bruno Fuentes called from the small blind.

Hirose and Fuentes checked the flop of Q♦J♦7♥. When the 5♠ hit on the turn, Fuentes bet 20,000.

Hirose quickly folded, leaving Praud and Fuentes heads-up going to the river.

Nicolas Praud: A♣Q♥ All in
Bruno Fuentes: A♦A♥

Praud needed a queen, but got the 3♣ instead and his Main Event was over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Fuentes	396,000 216,000	216,000
Daniel Hirose	50,000 80,300	80,300
Nicolas Praud	Busted

Tags: Bruno Fuentes Daniel Hirose Nicolas Praud

07-07-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Achimas Saved by the River

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Petru Achimas jammed his short stack of 23,000 and Srikanth Koneru isolated by reshoving on the button.

Petru Achimas: K♣J♠ All in
Srikanth Koneru: A♠10♦

The Q♠6♥2♠ flop failed to connect either player as did the 5♥ turn. However, Achimas was saved by the K♦ on the river to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Srikanth Koneru	51,000 24,500	24,500
Petru Achimas	50,000 17,500	17,500

07-07-2025 20:59 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts from Horseshoe White

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Grupp	625,000 75,000	75,000
Hyunsick Jang	390,000 130,000	130,000
Bryce Yockey	300,000 49,500	49,500

Joseph Cheong	285,000 25,000	25,000

Davis Harari	255,000 95,000	95,000
James Calderaro	220,000 30,000	30,000

Daniel Lowery	200,000 10,000	10,000
Tony Miles	170,000 30,000	30,000
Esther Taylor	160,000 10,000	10,000

Vanessa Kade	145,000 20,000	20,000
Grant Gardner	135,000 70,000	70,000
Takashi Ogura	120,000
Stefan Dimitrov	120,000 10,000	10,000
Brek Schutten	100,000 30,000	30,000

Caleb Blackwell	90,000 20,000	20,000
Thomas Muehloecker	82,000 18,000	18,000
Christopher Kojack	81,500 5,500	5,500
Andrew Lichtenberger	80,000 30,000	30,000

Najeem Ajez	70,000 100,000	100,000
Brian Hastings	62,000 25,000	25,000

Jen Harman	54,000 76,000	76,000

Christian Cheng	35,000 14,300	14,300
Ren Lin	22,000 78,000	78,000

07-07-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Zipfel Losing Piles as Cader Doubles

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Frank Visser

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

Mounir Tajiou raised to 3,000 in middle position. Adam Cader sat in the next seat and made it 10,000 to go, after which Jason Zipfel four-bet to 20,000. Tajiou let his hand go, but Cader moved all in for 48,000.

Zipfel made a quick call, and the cards were tabled.

Adam Cader: A♠K♣ All in
Jason Zipfel: A♥Q♠

The 5♦7♣5♠8♥ board had the table rooting for a chop, but the river fell the 5♥, securing the win for Cader's Big Slick and doubling him up.

Zipfel, meanwhile, had lost about two-thirds of his former big stack since the start of Level 9, most of which seemed to have ended up in Daniel Martin's possession.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Martin	385,000 385,000	385,000
Mounir Tajiou	202,000 17,000	17,000
Jason Zipfel	125,000 235,000	235,000
Adam Cader	103,000 5,800	5,800

Tags: Adam Cader Jason Zipfel Mounir Tajiou

07-07-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Emmett Takes From Bazeley

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Liam Gannon

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

Jake Bazeley raised to 3,500 on the button and Randall Emmett called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 4♥8♣3♥ and Emmett check-called a bet of 5,000 from Bazeley.

Both players checked the turn 10♦ to the river 10♣ where Emmett led out for 7,500 and Bazeley thought for some time before folding.

"I debated calling with ace-high again," said Bazeley after the hand.

"I was praying you would," replied Emmett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randall Emmett	226,000 102,000	102,000
Jake Bazeley	33,000

Tags: Jake Bazeley Randall Emmett

07-07-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Battistone Takes Out Schneible

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Jerome Solomon

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

Gianluca Cabitza raised to 5,000 from the cutoff. Jordan Schneible moved all in from the button and Brian Battistone called in middle position.

Cabitza and Battistone checked down to through the river on a runout of 7♣2♠K♠9♣10♦.

Cabitza flashed AxQx. Schneible had a pair 8♥8♠, but Battistone with K♣J♦, hit a pair of kings on the flop and it held for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Cabitza	175,000 45,200	45,200
Brian Battistone	171,000
Jordan Schneible	Busted

Tags: Brian Battistone Gianluca Cabitza Jordan Schneible

07-07-2025 20:50 UTC-8

Zhang Welcomes Kim to the Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sean Perry raised to 3,500 with the J♠7♠ and Zilong Zhang three-bet to 11,000 with the A♥J♣ in the hijack, Robert Kim flat-called in the big blind and Perry folded. Both players checked the J♦10♠2♥ flop to the 5♠ turn on which Kim bet 12,500. Zhang raised to 42,000 and Kim folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	281,500 32,000	32,000
Robert Kim	70,000 10,300	10,300
Sean Perry	61,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Robert Kim Sean Perry Zilong Zhang