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

07-07-2025 15:16 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Paris Black

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 15:12 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 15:08 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 15:08 UTC-8

This is Lai's Moment

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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

Updated Chip Counts from Paris Yellow

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Myles Phago

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Riva Arthur	362,000

Bryce Yockey	250,500 27,500	27,500

Tiffany Wong	164,500 142,500	142,500
Liv Boeree	135,000 3,500	3,500

Jessie Bryant	75,000 9,000	9,000
Mike Holtz	30,600 10,100	10,100

07-07-2025 15:05 UTC-8

Park Knows How Takayama Plays

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Mike Takayama opened to 2,200 in middle position and got called by Jibok Park to see the flop.

Both players checked the flop of K♠6♥3♥. The turn 7♠ dropped and Park checked once again. Takayama bet 3,000 which was enough to make Park fold.

Adin Aragon, who was also on the table, started asking Takayama what he had and the latter showed one card K♦. Park chimed in saying that he knew how Takayama played, which was why he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	193,500 108,500	108,500

Jibok Park	140,000 75,000	75,000
Marco Zevola	83,500 14,700	14,700
Stephane Viget	80,000 40,400	40,400
Adin Aragon	60,400 1,500	1,500
Austin Moseley	60,000 60,000	60,000
Thien Wu	55,000 55,000	55,000
Huawei Lin	32,500 36,300	36,300

Joel Hernandez	17,500 126,600	126,600

Tags: Adin Aragon Jibok Park Mike Takayama

07-07-2025 15:04 UTC-8

Lonis Bets Into Flopped Trips

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Frank Visser

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

Jesse Lonis opened to 2,200 from middle position. Steven Hamm called on the button, and Rajiv Sakaria defended his big blind. Lonis continued for 2,300 on the A♠K♦K♠ flop, seeing Hamm call and Sakaria check-call.

It then checked to Hamm on the 7♥ turn, who fired a bet of 6,000. Sakiria called, prompting Lonis to get out of the way. The 8♥ river was quickly checked to showdown, where Hamm's K♥10♠ awarded him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Hamm	130,000 93,000	93,000
Jesse Lonis	91,500 55,100	55,100

Rajiv Sakaria	32,300 4,700	4,700

Tags: Jesse Lonis Rajiv Sakaria Steven Hamm

07-07-2025 15:04 UTC-8

Mitchell Takes on the River

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Laura Fryer

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

Martin Knorr opened from late position to 2,200 and Brandon Mitchell called from the hijack. Joel Micka made the bet 7,500 from the cutoff and both players called.

The A♥J♦6♠ flop was checked to Micka who bet 8,200. Knorr folded, but Mitchell called.

A 4♥ came on the turn and Mitchell checked. Micka bet 25,000 and Mitchell called.

The J♥ river prompted Mitchell to bet and Micka quickly threw his cards into the muck, passing the pot to Mitchell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Knorr	220,000 50,000	50,000
Brandon Mitchell	210,000 101,200	101,200
Joel Micka	120,000 4,100	4,100

Tags: Brandon Mitchell Joel Micka Martin Knorr

07-07-2025 15:03 UTC-8

A Real Casino Royale for Dellemann

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Adam Lamers

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

A completed board of A♦Q♥J♣K♣Q♣ was spread across the felt with only a small pot of around 4,500 in the middle. Benjamin Dellemann led out with a bet of 2,000 but his opponent quickly threw his cards away.

However, Dellemann couldn't help but show his A♣10♣ for a Royal Flush as he picked up a small pot.

"First one," Dellemann said about his Royal Flush.

"No better time than the Main Event," another player responded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Dellemann	28,500 15,100	15,100

Tags: Benjamin Dellemann

07-07-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Ajez Faces an Overbet

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Tim Baker

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

With around 5,000 in the middle on a flop of 3♠10♣3♥ Najeem Ajez checked from the big blind and then called a bet of 1,000 out of Joseph Krasner from middle position.

The 5♣ rolled off on the turn and Ajez check-called another bet from Krasner, this time for 4,000.

The Q♣ hit the river, and Ajez checked for the last time before Krasner put out a huge overbet of 35,000. Ajez looked visibly perplexed by the bet and took a few moments before choosing to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Najeem Ajez	160,000 25,500	25,500
Joseph Krasner	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Joseph Krasner Najeem Ajez