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

07-07-2025 23:14 UTC-7

River Saves Stefan from Elimination

Stewart Morrison

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There had been a raise to 4,000 from a player in middle position and one caller before the action got to Aaron Stefan. Stefan chose to move all in for 55,500, a bet which Khoi Nguyen called from the cutoff. With this new information, both the original raiser and caller folded.

Aaron Stefan: A♦K♣ All in
Khoi Nguyen: 9♠9♥

Things went smoothly for Nguyen on the 8♥7♣8♦ flop and the J♦ turn. However, the A♥ river turned the tides in favour of Stefan, improving him to a higher pair and securing him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Stefan	124,000
Khoi Nguyen	65,500 65,500	65,500

Tags: Aaron Stefan Khoi Nguyen

07-07-2025 23:17 UTC-7

Last Level Eliminations

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Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Woo	Busted
Edgar Varas	Busted
Rafael Farah	Busted
Ashira Lavine	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted
Joshua Greenberg	Busted
Javier Becerril	Busted
Juan Tellez	Busted
Elanit Hasas	Busted
Chantepy Brenden	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted

Bryan Saltzman	Busted
Michael Hindi	Busted
Luther Tran	Busted
Michael Reardon	Busted
Benjamin Barrows	Busted

Thien Wu	Busted
Christopher Paolino	Busted
Hratch Mkrtumyan	Busted
Jason Johnson	Busted
Joseph Lind	Busted
Sivakumar Raman	Busted
Bernd Gleissner	Busted

Timoteo Leonel	Busted
Ankush Mandavia	Busted

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07-07-2025 23:21 UTC-7

Itai Seen Out by Ladies

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Diego Vazsorgatto made it 4,000 in late position. Masatoshi Itai then committed his stack of 41,000 in the hijack, which Meerwais Hussaini called in the cutoff.

Vazsorgatto let his hand go, and the cards were tabled.

Masatoshi Itai: 7♥7♣ All in
Meerwais Hussaini: Q♥Q♦

Itai's sevens received no help on the 6♠9♣J♣A♠5♠ board, and he booked a late elimination on Day 2d.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meerwais Hussaini	250,000 158,100	158,100
Eric Wasserson	215,000 51,000	51,000

Diego Vazsorgatto	175,000 62,200	62,200
Eric Mizrachi	82,000 36,500	36,500
Daniel Lazrus	67,000 147,000	147,000

Masatoshi Itai	Busted

Tags: Diego Vazsorgatto Masatoshi Itai Meerwais Hussaini

07-07-2025 23:21 UTC-7

Malkoun Gets Best of Three-way

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Jerome Solomon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Nathan Thrush went all in on the flop of 8♦2♣10♦ from the big blind. Daniel Strelitz and Peter Malkoun went all in as well, both from middle position, with Strelitz holding the largest stack.

Nathan Thrush: 9♦7♦ All in
Peter Malkoun: 8♥8♠ All in
Daniel Strelitz: J♥J♠

Malkoun had the lead with a set of eights, Strelitz had a pair of jacks and Thrush had an open-ended straight flush draw.

The turn and river came 2♠4♦, to give Malhoun the huge triple-up, and send Thrush home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Malkoun	180,000 66,200	66,200
Daniel Strelitz	95,000 53,000	53,000

Nathan Thrush	Busted

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Nathan Thrush Peter Malkoun

07-07-2025 23:22 UTC-7

Shabelnyk Tries to Squeeze All Chips Out of Perry

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Valentyn Shabelnyk opened to 4,000 with K♠K♥ and Robert Kim called with the A♥10♣. Sean Perry on the button three-bet to 12,000 holding the A♣Q♣ and the initial raiser four-bet small to 24,000. Kim got out of the way and Perry was suspicious of being lured into the pot according to the table chat, but came along to the 9♣7♠5♠ flop.

The continuation bet of 16,000 followed by Shabelnyk and Perry stuck around to the 3♦ turn. Shabelnyk slowed down and checked, Perry checked back and they headed to the 10♥ on the river. Shabelnyk pushed all-in and Perry folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentyn Shabelnyk	207,000 71,500	71,500
Sean Perry	57,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Robert Kim Sean Perry Valentyn Shabelnyk

07-07-2025 23:23 UTC-7

Singh Cranks Up the Heat

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jeevandeep Singh opened to 4,500 and got one caller in the big blind Anthony Farelli.

They saw a flop run 8♦K♥J♥. Farelli check-called Singh's bet of 3,500 leading them to the turn.

After another check on the 4♥ turn, Singh upped the pressure to 6,000. Unfazed, Farelli stayed on to see the last card.

With action passed to him once again on the river 5♣, Singh fired 13,000 which was enough to make Farelli fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Farelli	225,000 23,800	23,800
Jeevandeep Singh	120,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Anthony Farelli Jeevandeep Singh

07-07-2025 23:27 UTC-7

Achimas Runs Out of Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Robert Kim raised and Sean Perry three-bet to 10,000 which Petru Achimas called out of the small blind. Kim then jammed all-in to force out Perry, while Achimas decided to call all-in for 29,500.

Petru Achimas: Q♠9♠ All in
Robert Kim: K♥K♦

The A♥J♥8♠A♠9♥ board provided no help despite the sweat advice by Aaron Zhang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Kim	97,000 27,000	27,000
Sean Perry	42,500 14,500	14,500
Petru Achimas	Busted

Tags: Aaron Zhang Petru Achimas Robert Kim Sean Perry

07-07-2025 23:27 UTC-7

Oh Yes Ono

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Jerome Solomon

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yuya Ono raised all in for 24,000 preflop from the big blind, and was called by Gary Margolis in the cutoff.

Yuya Ono: A♦10♣ All in
Gary Margolis: Q♦J♦

The runout 10♥8♠3♣10♦K♥ was in Ono's favor, as he ended with three tens and the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Margolis	115,000 21,000	21,000
Yuya Ono	51,000 34,800	34,800

Tags: Gary Margolis Yuya Ono

07-07-2025 23:28 UTC-7

Pacheco Doubles; Eghi Busts Soon After

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a flop of 7♠9♠6♦ and with around 50,000 in the middle, Aaron Pacheco got his 55,000 into the middle from the button with Jorge Eghi trying to bust him out of the big blind.

Aaron Pacheco: 9♥7♥ All in
Jorge Eghi: 5♣5♥

Pacheco had top two pair against the straight draw and set outs of Eghi. The 10♣ turn and 6♠ river were safe for Pacheco, and he doubled up through Eghi. Eghi was left with just 20,000 and eliminated in the next orbit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Pacheco	130,000 84,700	84,700
Jorge Eghi	Busted

Tags: Aaron Pacheco Jorge Eghi

07-07-2025 23:34 UTC-7

Studniarz Hits Gross River

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read 9♠K♠5♣7♥ when Jeffrey Gross moved his last 66,500 into a pot of 85,000 from the big blind.

Sylwia Studniarz was in the cutoff and deliberated her options. Eventually, she made a reluctant call to put her opponent at risk.

Jeffrey Gross: A♣K♥ All in
Sylwia Studniarz: K♦10♠

Gross needed to fade just three outs to secure his double-up, but Studniarz made her two pair on the 10♥ river. Gross took the beat in stride, wishing his former tablemates good luck before the tournament area.

"Rather lucky than smart," Studniarz concluded as she raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Elyashar	385,000 298,500	298,500
Sylwia Studniarz	315,000 286,500	286,500
Bryan Dickson	155,000 41,000	41,000
Ryan Casaly	132,000 28,900	28,900
Brandon Fishman	96,000 48,000	48,000
Christophe Morbee	81,500 25,500	25,500
James Allen	63,500 3,400	3,400
Brent Sheirbon	39,500 61,500	61,500
Jeffrey Gross (NJ)	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Gross Sylwia Studniarz