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

07-07-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Showdown Pot for Locquet on the Feature Table

Christian Zetzsche

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

Romain Locquet opened to 2,500 with the K♠K♣ and was called by Daniel Ivers one seat over with the A♦Q♦, Loni Hui came along holding the 3♥3♦ and Jakub Michalak in the big blind defended the 9♣5♣.

The 10♣9♥2♠ flop was checked to the Q♥ turn and Michalak checked again. Locquet bet 6,500 and was called by Ivers only as they headed to the 7♦ on the river. Locquet bet another 15,000 and was paid off to shoe the winning overpair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Locquet	584,400 32,100	32,100
Joseph Baghdalian	259,900 14,500	14,500
Daniel Ivers	141,600 27,000	27,000
Loni Hui	135,600 14,200	14,200

Andrew Fleming	118,000 2,500	2,500
Keun Kwak	111,700 3,000	3,000
Ethan Eramian	44,800 19,000	19,000
Jakub Michalak	42,400 1,300	1,300
Zhannan Ge	30,100 12,400	12,400

Tags: Daniel Ivers Jakub Michalak Loni Hui Romain Locquet

07-07-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Chen Fills Up to Take Commanding Lead Over Table

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up to the A♣9♥A♦ flop, Gabriel Cansino checked from middle position to Dong Chen in the hijack. Chen bet 3,200, and Cansino called.

The 10♥ on the turn saw Chen size up significantly. His bet of 22,500 was again check-called by Cansino, and Cansino checked the Q♠ river as well.

Chen took some time before he settled on a bet of 25,700, which was quickly called by Cansino. Chen showed A♠10♠ for a full house, besting the A♥K♥ of Cansino, who was left with less than a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Chen	272,500 155,000	155,000

Rob Hollink	192,000 145,700	145,700

Ilya Nikiforov	91,500 68,500	68,500
Boris Vaynberg	90,200 16,300	16,300
Oliver Martin	80,000 54,500	54,500
Gabriel Cansino	57,000 27,100	27,100
Yin Shen	35,300 50,000	50,000
Jiacong Zhang	18,500 36,800	36,800
Sushil Krishan	13,400 13,400	13,400

Tags: Dong Chen Gabriel Cansino

07-07-2025 17:42 UTC-8

Estanislau Doubles Through Suvarna

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Laura Fryer

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was followed from when Santhosh Suvarna was in the cutoff and called Joao Estanislau's shove for his remaining 25,000 chips on the button.

Joao Estanislau: A♦J♥ All in
Santhosh Suvarna: K♥K♦

Suvarna wasn't ahead for long, as Estanislau flopped two jacks on the J♣Q♣J♦ board.

The 4♣ turn wasn't good for Suvarna and Estanislau secured his double after seeing the 6♥ fall on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	105,000 10,000	10,000

Joao Estanislau	53,500 42,600	42,600

Tags: Joao Estanislau Santhosh Suvarna

07-07-2025 17:42 UTC-8

Nigbolu's Stack Growing

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Matthew Davenport bet 24,000 chips on the button with a flop of 9♠9♣A♥. Cenk Nigbolu, the chip leader at the table, called from the big blind.

They checked the J♣ on the turn and the 6♣ river. Nigbolu showed 3♥3♣ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cenk Nigbolu	382,400 176,900	176,900
Matthew Davenport	96,100 21,900	21,900

Tags: Matthew Davenport Cenk Nigbolu

07-07-2025 17:42 UTC-8

Miller Gets One Through

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Stewart Morrison

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Wendell Barnes started the action with a raise to 2,500. Only Clifford Miller, on his immediate left, made the call.

The dealer provided a K♦8♥6♦ flop, on which Barnes continued for 2,200. Miller was happy to play for it all, though, moving all of his 26,500 chips into the middle.

Barnes took a minute or so to make a decision, but ultimately chose just to let go of his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wendell Barnes	149,000 15,000	15,000
Clifford Miller	36,000 13,100	13,100

Tags: Wendell Barnes Clifford Miller

07-07-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Robble Wins a Small Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Brian Hastings came in with a raise to 2,400 from middle position with Takashi Ogura calling out of the small blind, and Mykel Robble defending his big blind.

Ogura led out for 3,000 on the 7♠2♣4♥ flop, which Robble and Hastings called.

Everyone opted to check the 5♥ turn to see the 7♥ appear on the river. Ogura checked, and Robble bet 10,200. Hasting and Ogura quickly tossed their cards into the muck, allowing Robble to drag in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takashi Ogura	120,000 58,000	58,000
Mykel Robble	90,000 74,800	74,800
Brian Hastings	37,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Mykel Robble Takashi Ogura

07-07-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Henry Finds an Ace to Eliminate Simmons

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Brett Slezak

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Sampson Simmons opened the button to 2,500 and Jason White called in the small blind. In the big blind, Joseph Henry squeezed to 12,400. Simmons would then jam for 25,900. White tanked for a while before he folded what he later said was ace-queen. Henry would then tank for almost two minutes before he flicked in the additional 13,500 to call.

Sampson Simmons: Q♦Q♣ All in
Joseph Henry: A♥Q♠

Simmons was in good shape to double until the A♠10♠9♠ flop gave Henry top pair. As the 7♦ turn was dealt, White broke an unwritten rule as he exclaimed, "It's over, I folded a queen!" The 2♣ completed the board and Simmons was sent to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Henry	290,000 205,300	205,300
Jason White	125,000
Sampson Simmons	Busted

Tags: Jason White Joseph Henry Sampson Simmons

07-07-2025 17:37 UTC-8

Further Changes in Red

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Penza	325,000 76,900	76,900
Cristian Gutierrez	224,000 133,400	133,400

Pete Chen	112,000 12,000	12,000

John Juanda	111,200 700	700

Eric Mizrachi	93,000 32,500	32,500
Tony Gregg	90,000 800	800
Mitchell Hynam	88,000 500	500

Nick Guagenti	74,000 27,000	27,000

Martin Stausholm	54,000 20,800	20,800

07-07-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Blackwell Takes from Calderaro

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With around 25,000 in the middle on a board of 4♥K♣A♠2♥, James Calderaro bet 20,000 from middle position, and Caleb Blackwell called on the button.

The board-pairing K♠ river got checked by both players, and Blackwell revealed A♣9♠ for a pair of aces to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Calderaro	190,000 130,000	130,000

Caleb Blackwell	110,000 23,200	23,200

Tags: Caleb Blackwell James Calderaro

07-07-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Chinta Leaves Dangoor In the Danger Zone

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Cary Katz raised to 2,500 in late position and Mateos Sahakian in the hijack and Daniel Dangoor in the cutoff called. On the button, Venkata Chinta three-bet to 6,500 and all three of them called.

Action checked over to Chinta on the J♣K♥6♠ flop who bet 12,000 and only Dangoor called.

On the turn 2♣, Dangoor check-called a bet of 17,000 from Chinta.

Both players checked the river 4♠ to see Chinta's A♣J♠ take down the pot.