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

07-07-2025 20:34 UTC-8

Even More Counts in Red Section

Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Penza	380,000 55,000	55,000
Andrew Sleefe	350,000 10,000	10,000
Theodore Doukas	200,000 72,600	72,600
Farid Jattin	165,000 20,000	20,000
Duy Ho	140,000 68,500	68,500
Asher Conniff	135,000 50,000	50,000

Mitchell Hynam	81,000 7,000	7,000

Roger Jensen	60,000 8,400	8,400

07-07-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Royal Flush for the Win

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jerome Solomon

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

Patricia Moore went all in from the cutoff against Joseph Henry in the big blind.

Patricia Moore: Q♥Q♣ All in
Joseph Henry: J♠10♠

Moore hit a set on the flop, but disaster was waiting on the turn. The runout of K♠9♥Q♠A♠3♦ gave Henry the rare royal flush and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Henry	163,000 127,000	127,000
Patricia Moore	Busted

Tags: Patricia Moore Joseph Henry

07-07-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Wigg Spikes the River

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

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

Anton Wigg made it 3,500 from the cutoff and only Brandon Eisen called from the big blind.

Eisen knuckled the action over to Wigg on the 9♥8♠4♥ flop, and Wigg bet 5,000. Eisen tossed in the call.

The 2♦ came on the turn and Eisen checked again. Wigg threw out an overbet of 25,000, which caused Eisen to ponder for a while before making the call.

Eisen checked for the last time on the A♦ river and Wigg immediately checked behind. Eisen tabled 10♣10♦ for a pair of tens, but lost the pot to Wigg's A♣3♥ for a rivered pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Eisen	230,000 82,900	82,900
Anton Wigg	160,000 105,400	105,400

Tags: Anton Wigg Brandon Eisen

07-07-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Shabelnyk Denied a Double Knockout

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

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

Valentyn Shabelnyk raised it up from the cutoff and then called the shove by Clifford Mills in the small blind for 24,500 and Srikanth Koneru for 44,0000 in the big blind.

Clifford Mills: A♦6♠
Srikanth Koneru: A♣J♦ All in
Valentyn Shabelnyk: A♥K♥

The 9♦7♠3♥3♦7♥ runout kept both short stacks alive via a split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	249,500
Christian Chung	211,000 115,500	115,500
Anton Jancaj	178,500 31,000	31,000
Valentyn Shabelnyk	135,500 13,000	13,000
Sean Perry	62,500 71,000	71,000
Srikanth Koneru	44,500 8,000	8,000
Petru Achimas	32,500 4,500	4,500
Daniel Lim	28,500 11,000	11,000
Clifford Mills	25,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Clifford Mills Srikanth Koneru Valentyn Shabelnyk

07-07-2025 20:29 UTC-8

Bateman Doubles with Aces

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Stewart Morrison

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

Craig Bateman started the action with a raise to 3,000 from middle position. Play then folded around to Carlos Lucero in the small blind, who put in a three-bet to 10,000. When the action returned to Bateman, he took a moment or two before moving all in for 42,000.

Lucero didn't seem to like the situation he had found himself in. He took stock of his stack, reconfirmed the count of the all-in stack, before taking some more time to decide. After a couple of minutes, he made the call and received instant bad news.

Craig Bateman: A♠A♥ All in
Carlos Lucero: A♣Q♣

There was no help to be found for Lucero as the dealer delivered a 2♥9♠3♦5♠8♣ board to the felt, any Bateman was duly paid his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Lucero	152,000 30,200	30,200
Craig Bateman	87,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Carlos Lucero Craig Bateman

07-07-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Guagenti Wins Crucial Flip

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Frank Visser

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

Nick Guagenti was down to 22,000, which he got in preflop against Nicholas Schultz.

Nick Guagenti: A♣K♦ All in
Nicholas Schultz: J♠J♦

Guagenti found an ace on the A♠2♣6♠ flop, and made trips on the A♦ turn. The 4♠ river was of no use to Schultz, who was left with about ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	55,000 35,000	35,000

Nicholas Schultz	15,000 300	300

Tags: Nicholas Schultz Nick Guagenti

07-07-2025 20:27 UTC-8

Mathis Spinning from a Single Chip

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Adam Lamers

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

Marty Mathis was down to his last 500 chips and was forced all in from the small blind. Arthur Peacock raised from middle position and everyone else folded. Mathis turned over 10♠9♣ and was up against the 6♥6♦ of Peacock. A ten on the turn was good enough for Mathis who eventually made a straight on the river to claim the pot.

On the next hand, Peacock made it 3,000 again and Mathis stuck in his stack of 3,000 chips on the button. The rest of the table folded once again.

Marty Mathis: A♣7♠ All in
Arthur Peacock: A♥5♥

The board ran out A♦10♥4♦2♠10♦ and Mathis held the better kicker for another double up to 10,000 chips.

"Ok, let's slow our roll," Mathis said as he took one hand off.

However, following that he was all in again for 10,000 in middle position. Peacock was in the big blind and took a moment to call after some speech play back and forth.

Marty Mathis: A♠4♦ All in
Arthur Peacock: 8♠7♥

The flop came A♥K♦2♥ and Mathis took another big lead with a pair of aces. The 6♦ on the turn left Peacock drawing dead to the Q♠ on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Peacock	285,000 2,000	2,000
Marty Mathis	22,500 37,500	37,500

Tags: Arthur Peacock Marty Mathis

07-07-2025 20:26 UTC-8

Yamakawa Pays Off Ribeiro

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Brett Slezak

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

Three-ways to the A♠8♣4♠ flop, Ryuichiro Yamakawa led for 7,000 from the hijack, Joseph Volz folded in the cutoff, and Jorge Ribeiro called on the button.

On the 10♠ turn, Yamakawa slowed with a check before Ribeiro fired out a bet of 16,000, and Yamakawa quickly called.

Yamakawa checked once more on the 2♣ river before Ribeiro sized up to 41,000. Yamakawa would think it over for around 30 seconds before he cut out calling chips and placed them into the middle. He got the bad news immediately as Ribeiro tabled Q♠J♠ for the second nut flush as he scooped up a substantial pot to cross 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuichiro Yamakawa	255,000 154,200	154,200
Jorge Ribeiro	235,000 154,600	154,600
Joseph Volz	110,000 25,200	25,200

Tags: Jorge Ribeiro Joseph Volz Ryuichiro Yamakawa

07-07-2025 20:23 UTC-8

Bobrosky Goes Down

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jerome Solomon

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

Joshua Bobrosky from the button and William Phillips in the big blind were all in preflop.

William Phillips: 9♦9♠ All in
Joshua Bobrosky: K♣J♦

Bobrosky failed to connect with the runout of 2♦7♦8♣5♣A♠ and took a huge hit. He was left with just one 5,000 chip.

His chip and a chair didn't last long. He went all in with a three bet on the next hand from the cutoff.

Felipe Olivieri called before Vinh Nguyen raised the pot to 13,000. Olivieri made the call for a side pot.

Nguyen and Oliveiri checked down the action to the river.

Olivieri had only queen high Q♣8♣. Bobrosky showed 5♥5♦. Nguyen scooped the pots with 7♥7♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vinh Nguyen	155,000 102,000	102,000
Felipe Olivieri	80,000 18,000	18,000
William Phillips	35,500 26,000	26,000
Joshua Bobrosky	Busted

Tags: Felipe Olivieri Joshua Bobrosky Vinh Nguyen William Phillips

07-07-2025 20:18 UTC-8

Macdonald Runs Down Hall

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Laura Fryer

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

Tom MacDonald opened from late position to 3,000 and action folded around to Zachary Hall in the big blind who three-bet to 12,500. MacDonald four-bet to 27,000 and Hall five-bet jammed for around 170,000, covering MacDonald's remaining 105,000 stack.

MacDonald snap called and showed pocket aces. Hall showed his kings and the players went to the board.

Tom MacDonald: A♥A♦ All in
Zachary Hall: K♠K♣

The rainbow J♠J♥3♣ didn't give Hall much to work with, and there was no change on the 8♠ turn and 5♥ river. MacDonald held to secure his double up, leaving Hall to take a tumble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Macdonald	210,000 107,500	107,500
Zachary Hall	68,000 99,700	99,700

Tags: Tom MacDonald Zachary Hall