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

07-07-2025 15:08 UTC-8

This is Lai's Moment

Adam Lamers

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

"Yes!" someone shouted in the Bronze section of the Horseshoe Events Center. After arriving at Table 603, it was Jun Lai who had his hands in the air with all of his chips in the middle. However, the hand wasn't finished and his opponent, Michael Thompson, was still drawing live.

The board read A♥9♦6♣J♣ and Lai was indeed ahead with A♠J♠ for two pair but Thompson held A♣K♣ for a possible better two pair along with a flush draw. Lai was out of his seat already when the 7♦ completed the board.

"Yes!" Lai shouted again. "This is my moment!"

"Nice hand," Thompson acknowledged despite being dwindled down to just over 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Lai	90,000 90,000	90,000
Michael Thompson	11,500 47,600	47,600

Tags: Jun Lai Michael Thompson

07-07-2025 15:08 UTC-8

Youngster Chipping Up

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Jerome Solomon

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

Garry Gurevich, one of the youngest players in the field, has more than doubled his chip stack in one and a half levels of play on Day 2.

Gurevich, who turned 21 three months ago, picked up a huge double-up when he made a straight against Roberto Saenz' overpair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gurevich	350,800 208,700	208,700
Leonardo Valenzuela	291,200 97,700	97,700
Zachary Zaret	262,000 262,000	262,000

Kane Kalas	74,800 34,800	34,800

Tags: Garry Gurevich Roberto Saenz

07-07-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Arieh Makes the Correct Call to Leave Audoli Short

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Dan O'Hair

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

Heads-up on a board of J♦9♠7♥5♣ with approximately 20,000 already in the middle, Baptiste Audoli bet 16,000 from the big blind and Josh Arieh called from the hijack after a bit of thought.

The Q♦ filled the river and Audoli fired 45,000 into the middle — sending Arieh deep into the tank.

Arieh asked the dealer to spread the pot and he counted out his own stack, clearly struggling with the decision.

After a couple of minutes, Arieh stuck in a call and Audoli could only turn over 10♥4♥ for a bluff.

Arieh revealed A♠9♣ for a pair of nines and was awarded the pot.

"You're sick," Kornuth said to Arieh from across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	240,000 59,500	59,500

Baptiste Audoli	20,000 68,700	68,700

Tags: Baptiste Audoli Josh Arieh

07-07-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Paris Black

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyal Gheba	355,000 151,400	151,400
Lautaro Guerra	220,000 15,000	15,000

Artem Riabov	217,000 127,800	127,800
Mike Takayama	200,000 6,500	6,500

Daniel Becker	195,000 128,600	128,600
Tobias Matuschek	170,000 9,000	9,000
Justin Liberto	125,000 88,600	88,600

Chad Awerbuch	105,000 44,000	44,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	100,000 53,000	53,000

Monika Zukowicz	95,000 5,000	5,000
Bob Bounahra	95,000
Mike Leah	94,900 31,300	31,300

Shyam Srinivasan	90,000 45,000	45,000
John Holley	90,000 14,200	14,200
Leo Soma	87,000 92,600	92,600

Huawei Lin	85,000 52,500	52,500

Christopher Kokkinos	80,000 48,400	48,400
Andjelko Andrejevic	75,000 15,000	15,000

Shiva Dudani	70,000 30,000	30,000
Fabian Gumz	65,000 34,100	34,100
Grant Gardner	65,000 14,000	14,000
Soulier Dylan	Busted
Andrius Mazurkevicius	Busted

07-07-2025 15:18 UTC-8

McIlvain Holds to Eliminate Haynes

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Stewart Morrison

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

Jason Somerville kicked the action off by limping in from middle position. Matthew Haynes responded from the cutoff by moving all in for 15,100. Action then folded to Andrew McIlvain in the small blind, who called, before Somerville got out of the way.

Matthew Haynes: A♠7♠ All in
Andrew McIlvain: 10♠10♦

There wasn't much help on the flop for Haynes, short of a backdoor flush draw when the dealer spread J♥10♥2♠.

That door slammed shut when the 2♣ turn guaranteed Haynes' elimination from the event before the dealer had even flipped over the Q♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Mcilvain	180,200 45,200	45,200
Jason Somerville	105,500 60,800	60,800

Matthew Haynes	Busted

Tags: Andrew McIlvain Jason Somerville Matthew Haynes

07-07-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Su Beats Wang

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Liam Gannon

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

Timothy Su opened to 2,200 from the hijack and in the big blind Nicholas Wang called.

The flop rolled out 10♠9♦3♥ and Wang check-called a bet of 1,900 from Su.

On the turn A♥, Wang checked a second time over to Su who bet 4,000 and Wang called.

Both players checked the river 9♥ to see Wang turn over 4♣4♠ for nines up. It was no good against Su who turned over Q♣10♣ for tens up and the 8th place finisher from the 2019 WSOP Main Event took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Wang	243,000 170,900	170,900
Timothy Su	95,600 10,500	10,500

Tags: Nicholas Wang Timothy Su

07-07-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Updates From Red Section

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Penza	248,100 10,400	10,400
John Juanda	110,500 10,500	10,500

Cristian Gutierrez	90,600 45,100	45,100

Mitchell Hynam	88,500 26,200	26,200

Dustin Dirksen	85,000 85,000	85,000
Eric Mizrachi	60,500 500	500
Nick Guagenti	47,000 4,000	4,000

Jans Arends	Busted

07-07-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Caution for Deepstacks

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Jerome Solomon

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

In a battle of deepstacks, Jerome Dumayet bet 7,000 from middle position on a board of 3♠6♠9♣. Antonio Galiana raised to 18,000 from the big blind. Dumayet called.

After play was checked down through the river and turn of 5♣6♥, Galiana showed K♣J♣ and Dumayet tabled A♠7♠ for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Galiana	306,400 97,500	97,500

Jerome Dumayet	244,200 49,200	49,200

Tags: Antonio Galiana Jerome Dumayet

07-07-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Selected Counts from Horseshoe White

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Miles	210,000 102,800	102,800
Ren Lin	138,000 8,000	8,000

Blaise Bourgeois	88,000 31,100	31,100

JC Tran	85,000 44,300	44,300

Brian Hastings	75,000 5,000	5,000

Siarhei Chudapal	70,000 21,500	21,500
Steve Watts	65,000 27,600	27,600
Thomas Muehloecker	45,000 30,500	30,500
Ben Yu	30,000 22,100	22,100

Manuel Fritz	22,000 96,600	96,600
Jen Harman	10,000 65,000	65,000

07-07-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Baron Puts Two in the Tank

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Adam Lamers

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

Parminder Kumar raised it up from the hijack and was called by Randall Emmett on his left and Isaac Baron in the big blind. The flop came A♠9♣6♠ and the action checked to Emmett who bet 2,500. Both Baron and Kumar called to see the 8♥ on the turn.

Baron led out with a bet of 7,500 and picked up calls from Kumar and Emmett. The river was the Q♥ and Baron fired out another bet of 10,000. Kumar thought for nearly two minutes before opting to fold and Emmett took even longer before his cards also hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Baron	238,000 88,000	88,000

Randall Emmett	113,000 7,000	7,000
Parminder Kumar	18,500 30,700	30,700

Tags: Isaac Baron Parminder Kumar Randall Emmett