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

07-07-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Malkoun Gets Best of Three-way

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 22:21 UTC-8

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 22:17 UTC-8

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

River Saves Stefan from Elimination

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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 22:13 UTC-8

Barnard Takes from Ivens

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Joseph Barnard limped in the small blind and the big blind Todd Ivens checked what he had behind before checking his option.

The dealer unfurled K♦8♥10♣. Barnard led out with 3,000 and Ivens called. On the turn 5♣, Barnard continued the pressure with a 9,000 bet which was enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	163,000 135,500	135,500
Joseph Barnard	55,000 19,200	19,200

Tags: Joseph Barnard Todd Ivens

07-07-2025 22:13 UTC-8

Turner (Pearl) Jams The River

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Liam Gannon

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

Jon "Pearljammer" Turner raised to 4,500 in middle position and Phillip Mighall raised in the hijack to 15,000 which saw only Turner continue.

On the flop Q♠3♦5♥, Turner checked over to Mighall who bet 12,000 and Turner called.

Turner took the betting lead on the Q♦ turn and sized up to 26,500 which Mighall called.

The river peele off a 7♠ and Turner jammed all in for 51,000, effective and Mighall folded. Turner raked in the pot while wearing a shirt for the band Pearl Jam.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	186,000 66,000	66,000

Phillip Mighall	51,000 37,200	37,200

Tags: Jon Turner Phillip Mighall

07-07-2025 22:13 UTC-8

Zhang Forces Out Jancaj

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The action was picked up on the Q♠3♦2♥6♣ turn with 22,000 in the middle and Anton Jancaj having checked with the 9♥9♣. Zilong Zhang bet 11,500 with 4♠4♦ and Jancaj called after brief consideration to then check the A♥ on the river.

Zhang now bet big with all his green T-25,000 chips and Jancaj folded the superior pocket pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zilong Zhang	393,500 41,000	41,000
Anton Jancaj	60,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Anton Jancaj Zilong Zhang

07-07-2025 22:11 UTC-8

Touitou Shows Why Everybody Loves Jacks

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Brett Slezak

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

Steven Touitou opened the hijack to 4,000 before Eric Adelstein three-bet to 10,000 from the big blind. With the action back on Touitou, he announced all in as the covering stack for 112,000 effective. Adelstein had to make a decision for his tournament life, and after a minute's tank he slid his chips forward to call.

Eric Adelstein: 9♠9♦ All in
Steven Touitou: J♥J♦

Adelstein was in rough shape with his dominated pair. Nothing changed on the A♥K♦4♠ flop as Adelstein was already out of his seat by the time the 10♣ turn was dealt. The 2♦ river could not save him as he hit the rail late on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Touitou	310,000 187,800	187,800
Eric Adelstein	Busted

Tags: Eric Adelstein Steven Touitou

07-07-2025 22:10 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Bronze

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Javier	510,000 412,900	412,900
Alexandros Theologis	505,000 50,000	50,000
Pavels Spirins	503,000 82,000	82,000
Yulian Bogdanov	410,000 30,000	30,000
Matthew Wantman	342,000 237,000	237,000

David Martin	338,000 158,000	158,000
Arthur Peacock	325,000 5,500	5,500
Adrien Delmas	275,000 262,320	262,320
Isaac Haxton	240,000 177,000	177,000

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	228,000 53,000	53,000
Randall Emmett	227,000 1,000	1,000
Jason Wheeler	158,000 88,000	88,000

Antoine Labat	141,000 29,000	29,000
Ryan Hohner	116,000 57,900	57,900
Jacob Bazeley	103,000 59,000	59,000
Doug Polk	62,500 12,500	12,500

Lacey Jones	52,000 31,200	31,200
Cherish Andrews	49,000 137,000	137,000

07-07-2025 22:10 UTC-8

A Few Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Carmen Raiche-Marsden	457,000 54,000	54,000
Kristaps Kalva	295,000 75,000	75,000
Timur Margolin	215,000 35,000	35,000

Mehdi Chaoui	55,000 39,500	39,500
Christopher Staats	49,000 16,000	16,000