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

07-07-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Pflock Flying North

Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Levi Berger all in and at risk for his last 71,000 from the button up against Pascal Pflock in the hijack.

Levi Berger: K♥K♣ All in
Pascal Pflock: A♦A♣

The board ran out 8♦5♦3♠J♣Q♥ and the aces held up for Pflock to eliminate Berger from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Pflock	279,000 104,000	104,000
Levi Berger	Busted

Tags: Levi Berger Pascal Pflock

07-07-2025 14:17 UTC-8

Simonsen Sends Saleh Home

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Laura Fryer

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

Players were already heads-up on the 4♥4♦2♦Q♦ turn with a pot of around 25,000. Brandon Simonsen bet 12,000 from middle position and Steven Saleh called from late position after around a minute.

The 10♠ river prompted Simonsen to move in for his remaining 26,500 chips.

Saleh went into the tank and took around two minutes before moving his 26,000 stack over the line into the pot to call.

Simonsen showed 7♦6♦ for the flush, which he made on the turn. Saleh threw his hand to muck but then showed he was behind with 8♠8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Simonsen	95,000 54,400	54,400
Steven Saleh	Busted

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07-07-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Serrano Fades Kaushik

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Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Amit Kaushik all in for his last 35,600 from the small blind up against Diego Serrano from the hijack with the covering stack.

Amit Kaushik: K♣Q♠ All in
Diego Serrano: 10♥10♣

Kaushik picked up a few additional outs on the 9♣6♣4♣ flop, but did not improve on the A♦7♦ runout. He exited the tournament while Serrano rose to one of the biggest stacks in the white section of Horseshoe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Serrano	274,000 172,700	172,700
Amit Kaushik	Busted

Tags: Amit Kaushik Diego Serrano

07-07-2025 14:21 UTC-8

Etayo Spikes River to Double Up

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Frank Visser

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

After each player had committed 16,000 before the flop, Javier Etayo checked from the small blind on the 5♥7♣3♥ flop, after which Jason Shellum bet 31,000 in the big blind.

Etayo then moved all in for 61,000 in total, and Shellum quickly called off with the covering stack

Javier Etayo: A♠4♠ All in
Jason Shellum: Q♠Q♥

The 7♠ turn remained safe for Shellum's ladies, but the A♥ river brought "Barry" to double up Etayo. Shellum paid his opponent in disbelief, seeing about half his stack move to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monty Klistoff	275,000 134,000	134,000
Brian Yoon	245,000 11,000	11,000

Ali Ghofrani	215,000 34,700	34,700
Javier Etayo	155,000 83,000	83,000
Chris Heald	137,000 23,600	23,600
Jungsoo Bin	101,000 24,800	24,800
Jason Shellum	75,100 101,000	101,000
Jesse Sylvia	71,500 5,000	5,000

Tags: Jason Shellum Javier Etayo

07-07-2025 14:22 UTC-8

Adomkevicius Rivers the Nuts

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Tim Baker

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

Heads-up to a flop of 6♠K♦A♦ where OIigenes Duarte checked from the big blind and Aneris Adomkevicius bet 3,500 from the cutoff. Oligenes put in the call.

The 4♠ dropped on the turn and both players checked for the Q♣ to appear on the river. Duarte bet out for 3,500, and was met by a raise to 12,000 from Adomkevicius. Duarte thought for quite some time before making the call. Adomkevicius showed the nuts with J♦10♣ and Duarte mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aneris Adomkevicius	130,000 53,300	53,300
Origenes Duarte	18,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Aneris Adomkevicius

07-07-2025 14:25 UTC-8

More Eliminations on Day 2d

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jian Zhang	Busted
Ethan Guttenplan	Busted
Justin Gardenhire	Busted
Zesheng Chu	Busted
Cody Brinn	Busted
David Daneshgar	Busted

George Ryan Niedzwicki	Busted
Johan van Rietschoten	Busted
Christopher Blik	Busted
Phillip Lee	Busted
Atvars Altens	Busted
Zachary Vankeuren	Busted
Cameron Collins	Busted
Andre Plaza Marcano	Busted
Hassan El Hakim	Busted
Juan Capobianco	Busted
Tan Le	Busted
Jacob Riggin	Busted
Alejandro Garcia	Busted
Jonathan Aburto	Busted
Jose Navarro	Busted
Michael Watson	Busted

Padraig Oneill	Busted
Samuel Preis	Busted
Balazs Muskovszky	Busted

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07-07-2025 14:26 UTC-8

Panagopoulos Makes the Right Call and Holds to Bust Gardenhire

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Brett Slezak

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

Justin Gardenhire from the cutoff and Ioannis Panagopoulos from the button were tangled in a big pot with 64,500 in the middle on the turn with the board reading J♦5♣2♠8♠.

Gardenhire would lead all-in for his final 39,200, sending Panagopoulos into the tank. After over two minutes, Panagopoulos counted out the calling chips and put them into the middle.

Justin Gardenhire: A♠10♠ All in
Ioannis Panagopoulos: 10♦10♣

Panagopoulos made the right call with his tens but needed to fade the flush draw and overcard of Gardenhire. Luckily for him, the river was the 9♦ as Panagopoulos held on to scoop a massive one and eliminate Gardenhire.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Panagopoulos	180,000 64,000	64,000
Justin Gardenhire	Busted

Tags: Ioannis Panagopoulos Justin Gardenhire

07-07-2025 14:27 UTC-8

Nan Li Catches up the Hard Way

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Stewart Morrison

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

With 11,500 chips already in the middle, small blind Noah Bitton and big blind Nan Li were looking at a flop of 10♥3♣2♥.

Bitton checked, which prompted Li to place a bet of 4,000. Bitton then responded by moving all in for 21,700. Li took some time to come to a decision, but ultimately decided to make the call.

Noah Bitton: J♥10♦ All in
Nan Li: 10♣5♣

The situation looked good for Bitton to find a double up, but the turn 10♠ brought some opportunities for Li to chop the pot.

Sure enough, the river 3♠ gave both players a full house, meaning they each took half of the pot back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nan Li	237,000 62,500	62,500
Noah Bitton	27,200 21,500	21,500

Tags: Nan Li Noah Bitton

07-07-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Mercedes Takes Navarro for a Ride

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Jerome Solomon

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

Jose Navarro went all in with his last 33,200 chips from the hijack with the board already at the turn 4♦8♥J♣9♥. Mercedes Osti, on the button, made the call.

Jose Navarro: J♦10♣ All in
Mercedes Osti: Q♣10♦

Navarro had top pair and an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him. Osti's straight was already and it was the nuts.

Navarro made a meaningless straight with the 7♠ on the river.

"Well, I did hit it," Navarro said. "What else can you do?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Mercedes Osti	108,100 62,600	62,600
Jose Navarro	Busted

Tags: Jose Navarro Mercedes Osti

07-07-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Steiner Five-Bets Into kings

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Frank Visser

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

Fan Zhang raised under the gun, Fabian Steiner three-bet in the next seat over, and Zhang four-bet to 14,200. Steiner then five-bet jammed for 56,800, which Zhang called with a slightly covering stack.

Fabian Steiner: A♥K♦ All in
Fan Zhang: K♠K♣

Steiner received no help on the 6♠3♠8♦7♦7♥ runout, sending him to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fan Zhang	120,000 34,600	34,600
Jakub Sterba	62,000 10,700	10,700
Rob Hollink	55,300 55,300	55,300

Mark Radoja	41,100 13,900	13,900

Sachin Bhargava	29,500 57,700	57,700
Fabian Steiner	Busted

Tags: Fabian Steiner Fan Zhang