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

07-07-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Delval Takes Three-Way Three-Bet Pot

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Frederic Delval raised to 1,700 under the gun. Cheng-Jyun Yang made it 6,200 in the next seat over, which Rajiv Sakaria cold-called in middle position. It folded back to Deval, who called, and Yang called as well.

The trio checked through the 2♠2♣10♠ flop, after which Delval bet 5,000 on the 6♣ turn. Yang made a quick fold, but Sakaria flicked in a call.

The 8♦ river saw Delval size up to 13,000. After some deliberation, Sakaria called off. Delval showed Q♠Q♥, and Sakaria's cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Delval	165,000 58,900	58,900
Andrew Ostapchenko	156,500 3,500	3,500

Michael Graffeo	130,500 35,200	35,200
Cheng-Jyun Yang	88,500 9,000	9,000
Fabrizio Nolano	83,000 59,100	59,100
Rajiv Sakaria	37,000 7,000	7,000
Jesse Lonis	36,400 4,900	4,900

Soheb Porbandarwala	29,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Cheng-Jyun Yang Frederic Delval Rajiv Sakaria

07-07-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Smith Gets Three Streets From Marnell

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Russell Marnell defended his big blind against a cutoff raise by Ryan Smith and check-called the J♥7♠5♥ flop for 2,500. On the A♠ turn, the same action repeated for 4,000 and Marnell also paid off 14,000 on the 7♣ river. Smith tabled the A♥A♦ for aces full to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Smith	125,000 44,800	44,800
Russell Marnell	50,400 42,500	42,500

Tags: Russell Marnell Ryan Smith

07-07-2025 13:05 UTC-8

Mothes Sends Out Staker

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Liam Gannon

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Connor Belcher raised to 2,000 in middle position and Nichlaus Staker in the cutoff three-bet to 8,000. In the small blind, Pierre Mothes raised to 18,500 which saw Belcher fold while Staker moved all in fro 35,000, earning a quick call.

Nichlaus Staker: A♥J♦ All in
Pierre Mothes: A♠K♠

The board ran out 6♥6♠7♥K♥3♦ and the kings up was good to eliminate Staker from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Mothes	135,000 66,300	66,300
Nichlaus Staker	Busted

Tags: Connor Belcher Nichlaus Staker Pierre Mothes

07-07-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Wooden Takes from Andrejevic

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was picked up with Andjelko Andrejevic betting 9,000 into a pot of around 12,000 on a completed board of 4♠8♣A♥5♠7♠. Action was with Charles Wooden who was deep in thought considering his options.

Andrejevic waited patiently until finally Wooden made the call. Andrejevic showed one card 8♦ which prompted Wooden to show J♠J♣. Andrejevic threw his hand into the muck without showing the other card as the dealer pushed the pot to Wooden.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Wooden	83,500
Andjelko Andrejevic	33,000 16,200	16,200

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Charles Wooden

07-07-2025 13:06 UTC-8

Notable Names - Horseshoe Gold

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Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	179,000 95,500	95,500

Davidi Kitai	149,500 27,600	27,600

Noah Boeken	124,000 3,700	3,700
Waheed Ashraf	119,000 39,100	39,100
David Williams	75,500 14,000	14,000

John Templeton	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tony Dunst	45,300 6,700	6,700

Alexander Seibt	45,000 15,000	15,000
Scott Bohlman	45,000 29,500	29,500

Jason Somerville	44,700

07-07-2025 13:08 UTC-8

Wills Sees Out Shaulov

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Mark Radoja raised to 1,600 in late position. Dustin Wills three-bet to 4,500 in the hijack, and Yuri Shaulov four-bet all in to 14,500 after some minutes in the tank.

Radoja quickly folded his hand, but Wills called after getting a count.

Yuri Shaulov: K♥J♥ All in
Dustin Wills: K♦Q♠

Wills flopped pair on Q♣9♥5♣, and Shaulov bricked his gutshot on the 4♦ turn and 7♦ river, knocking him out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dustin Wills	65,500 5,500	5,500
Mark Radoja	55,000 12,100	12,100

Yuri Shaulov	Busted
Steven Benjamin	Busted

Tags: Dustin Wills Mark Radoja Yuri Shaulov

07-07-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Drama Ensues as Nguyen Shows a Card in Nine Minute Hand

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Brett Slezak

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Vinh Nguyen limped under the gun before William Phillips raised to 2,800 from the cutoff. Nguyen responded with a limp-reraise to 6,000, and Phillips called.

On the 10♣9♣3♣ flop, Nguyen bet 5,500 and Phillips put in the call.

Drama then ensued after the 5♠ turn was dealt. Nguyen instantly jammed his remaining stack of 28,000 into the middle, sending Phillips into the tank.

As Phillips was thinking, Nguyen asked the table, "What's the penalty for showing my hand. What is it? I want to show one card."

The floor was called over to officiate the situation as Nguyen continued, "I need to know what the consequences are."

The floor just shook his head with no response as Nguyen showed the A♥.

Nguyen kept his mouth active as he added, "Are you drawing? Please don't draw. You know I don't have a set, you know I don't have a flush. I'll give you a $100 freeroll that I don't have a club in my hand. I don't want a club I don't have a club."

Phillips finally chimed in, "I'll be quicker to make my decision if you're quiet."

Nguyen obliged, and Phillips would then fold his hand before Nguyen tabled the Q♠ as he had just ace-queen high with no club.

In the post-mortem, Phillips lamented, "I had ace-king with the king of clubs, nice hand."

The floor made his return to inform Nguyen that he will be on a minimum of a one round penalty once play resumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Phillips	61,500 18,700	18,700
Vinh Nguyen	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Vinh Nguyen William Phillips

07-07-2025 13:10 UTC-8

First Break of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The opening level of Day 2d has been completed and the remaining 4,030 players are going on their first 25-minute break of the day. Over 500 players have taken advantage of the late registration available for the first two levels today, with plenty more expected to join over the next two hours. Here is a look at the highlights from the first level:

07-07-2025 13:20 UTC-8

Is Poker’s Newest Villain Martin Kabrhel Unstoppable After Huge Win? | PokerNews Podcast #905

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In the 905th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Rec Poker's Jim Reid at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Martin Kabrhel, who topped a massive field in the Mini Main Event to claim his fourth gold bracelet. Love him or hate him, poker's newest villain/hero is consistent and seemingly here to stay!

Then learn what Daniel Negreanu had to say about the alledged chip dumping that occurred between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll in the 2025 WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament, David Lappin's critical Op-Ed of Negreanu's take, and a couple of wild hands including Barstool Mintzy's bad beat and the unbelievable end to the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic Championship.

The hosts then take a look at some of the notable players who fell on Day 1 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, including Chris Moneymaker and Faraz Jaka, before highlighting some recent bracelet winners in Michael Wang and Aaron Kupin. Maria Ho then talks about releasing Pokerriculum, and viewers/listeners have a chance to win a free copy of the game.

Chad then remembers Eric “Goldy” Goldstein, who passed away unexpectedly, before Jim Reid shares what Rec Poker is all about.

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07-07-2025 13:23 UTC-8

Quads Crack Flopped Top Set for Monster Day 2 Pot in WSOP Main Event

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Jon Sofen

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Rosen Apostolov hit the dream flop on Day 2d of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with top set against middle set. But he'd end up losing his entire stack in the hand.

The $10,000 buy-in World Championship event, at the time of publishing, was closing in on the end of registration. More than 9,500 players bought in, only about 600 short of last year's record 10,112 entries. At worst, the 2025 edition will go down as the third-largest WSOP Main Event ever.

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Tags: Rosen Apostolov Omar Mehmood