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

07-07-2025 19:45 UTC-8

Lo and Behold

Christian Zetzsche

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

As one of the far shortest stacks in the field, Yu Lo was all-in and at risk for only 7,000 on the live stream table.

Yu Lo: 4♦4♣ All in
David Williams: A♠6♦

The A♥J♣7♠ flop improved Williams to the superior pair, who then also improved to two pair with the 6♥ turn. The river was the 3♥ and that spelled the end for Lo.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Camp	485,500 21,500	21,500
Riva Arthur	436,500 223,500	223,500

Lifu Zhang	119,000 31,000	31,000
Thomas Winschel	93,000 40,500	40,500
Michael Debs	81,000 4,000	4,000
Raymond Ross	79,500 7,000	7,000
David Williams	73,000 500	500

Xiaoyao Ma	28,000 7,000	7,000
Yu Lo	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:45 UTC-8

What the Main Event Will Do to You

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Adam Lamers

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

Tobey Faugno raised it up from early position and Troy Neptune called from the small blind. The flop came A♥Q♦3♦ and Neptune check-called a small bet from Faugno.

The turn brought the 4♦ and Neptune checked again. Faugno threw in a bet of 15,000 and Neptune check-raised to 45,000. Faugno announced all in as the bigger stack which sent Neptune into the tank.

"I have the second nuts, but I can't beat an ace-high flush," Neptune pondered out loud over the course of nearly five minutes. While the rest of the table sat in silence, Neptune continued to deliberate until the clock was called. With only seconds left to act, Neptune threw his K♦8♦ face up into the muck.

"You have to show the cameras," one player said to Faugno. Despite PokerNews not having any cameras at the table, Faugno did show his 10♦9♦ for a smaller flush which sent Neptune spinning.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobey Faugno	185,000 117,200	117,200
Troy Neptune	60,500 24,000	24,000

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07-07-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Farewell, Farrell

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Frank Visser

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

Niall Farrell open-shoved for 17,500 in early position.

"It's time for a big boy move," he commented as the action folded to Timur Margolin in the small blind. He called with the covering stack, and the players showed down.

Niall Farrell: A♣K♦ All in
Timur Margolin: 7♠7♣

Margolin flopped a set on 4♠7♥10♠, and Farrell was left drawing dead on the K♠ turn. The triple crown winner would not add a WSOP Main Event win to his resume, and he said his goodbyes as the 3♥ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	140,000 68,000	68,000

Niall Farrell	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:43 UTC-8

Jesse Lonis Makes $1M WSOP Main Event Prop Bet to Win It All

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Eliot Thomas

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

Reigning GPI Player of the Year and current 2025 frontrunner Jesse Lonis has revealed he’s locked in a $2,000 bet on himself to win the WSOP Main Event at 500-to-1 (+50,000) odds with none other than poker's all-time money list fifth place Mikita Badziakouski.

Chung Doubles Through Lim

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Over on the secondary table, Christian Chung three-bet to 10,000 and then called all-in for 44,500 when Daniel Lim jammed.

Christian Chung: K♥K♦ All in
Daniel Lim: A♥K♣

The 8♠2♥2♦7♦7♥ board kept the kings in the lead and Lim was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	249,500
Anton Jancaj	209,500 3,500	3,500
Valentyn Shabelnyk	148,500 1,000	1,000
Sean Perry	133,500
Christian Chung	95,500 48,000	48,000
Srikanth Koneru	52,500
Petru Achimas	37,000
Clifford Mills	24,000 1,000	1,000
Daniel Lim	17,500 44,500	44,500

07-07-2025 19:42 UTC-8

Panev Calls Off Correctly For Tournament Life

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Brett Slezak

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

Julien Martini from under the gun and Ivaylo Panev from the cutoff were heads-up to a completed board of K♦9♥5♥7♥J♣ with just under 50,000 in the middle.

Martini led with big enough bet to put Panev all in for his final 34,000. After almost two minutes, Panev put a stack into the middle to call off his stack.

Ivaylo Panev: K♠J♠ All in
Julien Martini: A♠A♥

Martini had the overpair but Panev rivered two pair and made the correct call on the end as he secured the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	205,000 205,000	205,000

Ivaylo Panev	115,000 95,400	95,400

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07-07-2025 19:42 UTC-8

Tse Loves the Ladies

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Myles Phago

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

Patrick Steele raised to 3,000 from middle position only to be three-bet by Man Tse to 9,000 in late position and then four-bet to 28,000 by Christopher Meyers in the big blind.

Steele folded, and Tse thought for a short while before he announced that he was all-in. He had Meyers covered. Meyers snap called.

Christopher Meyers: K♠K♦ All in
Man Tse: Q♣Q♥

It was not the flop Meyers wanted to see when the 6♥2♠Q♠ peeled off. The 4♦ on the turn did nothing to change matters, and when the 5♠ bricked out on the river, Meyers was sent to the rail in a nasty fashion

Player	Chips	Progress
Man Tse	249,000 144,000	144,000
Patrick Steele	215,000 127,700	127,700

Christopher Meyers	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:41 UTC-8

McKeehen, Davies Headline Notable Eliminations

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Adam Lamers

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

Coming back from the dinner break, the field on Day 2d has been trimmed to less than 3,000 players still remaining with the better part of two levels still to play. 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen was among the notables who will not be advancing to Day 3 of this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Thomsen	Busted
Tom Seck	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted
Jason Aden	Busted
Beka Iordanishvili	Busted
Gregory Milliron	Busted
Raul Martinez Gallego	Busted
Zichuan Huang	Busted
Robert Bull	Busted
Ryan Hiller	Busted

Joe McKeehen	Busted

Andrew Karkenny	Busted
Florian Bordet	Busted
Alfred Gillette	Busted
Stuart Marshak	Busted
John Shushok	Busted
Helma Weber	Busted
Andrew Frankenberger	Busted

Liya Gerasimova	Busted
Maurice Hawkins	Busted
Edmund Chan	Busted
John Iemolo	Busted

William Smith	Busted
Garry Gates	Busted
Rajiv Sakaria	Busted

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07-07-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Two Straights Chop It Up

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Table chip leader William Camp raised to 3,000 with Q♣10♠ and Thomas Winschel defended the big blind with the Q♠8♠. They checked the K♦J♠10♦ flop to the 9♥ turn on which Winschel bet 10,000 and Camp called.

Winschel also bet the 7♠ river for 22,000 with 54,500 behind and Camp then pushed all-in. The reluctant call by Winschel with the second nuts followed and they chopped the pot.

Shortly after,

Player	Chips	Progress
William Camp	507,000 390,900	390,900
Riva Arthur	213,000 149,000	149,000

Thomas Winschel	133,500 43,300	43,300
Lifu Zhang	88,000 77,300	77,300
Raymond Ross	86,500 22,300	22,300
Michael Debs	85,000 21,500	21,500
David Williams	72,500 12,500	12,500

Xiaoyao Ma	35,000
Yu Lo	8,000 8,000	8,000