Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-08-2025 23:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Joachim Koeberl	Busted
Kevin Clemot	Busted
Maxim Lykov	Busted

David Williams	Busted

Bill Wolfe	Busted
Brian Ksenak	Busted
Roger Jensen	Busted
Vittorio Abbate	Busted
Mitchell Jacko	Busted
Songpyng Twu	Busted
Marius Gierse	Busted
Dennis Kim	Busted
Alejandro Herrera	Busted
Louis Leboisselier	Busted
Yixuan Macko	Busted
Vincent Lavollee	Busted
Manish Ralh	Busted
Mikhail Petrov	Busted
Jesse Tinsley	Busted
Joshua Field	Busted
Maor Zaharagi	Busted

Williams Sends Home Two

Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sirish Shetty moved all in for 60,000 in middle position and Stephan Nussrallah called in late position. In the cutoff, Benjamin Williams jammed and action folded around to Nusrallah who called for his last 315,000 total.

Sirish Shetty: K♣J♦ All in
Stephan Nussrallah: A♣K♠ All in
Benjamin Williams: Q♥Q♣

The board ran out Q♠9♥2♦3♥6♣ and the set of queens was good for the pot to bring the field two closer to the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Williams	1,425,000 1,010,000	1,010,000
Sirish Shetty	Busted
Stephan Nussrallah	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Williams Sirish Shetty Stephan Nussrallah

07-08-2025 23:00 UTC-8

Kings Versus Kings Sends Home 2004 Champion Raymer

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Seun Oluwole called under the gun and Weston Wells raised to 18,000 in early position and Nicholas Bond called in middle position. Greg Raymer raised to 70,000 to see Oluwole fold and Wells raised to 150,000. Bond folded and Raymer moved all in for 440,000 which saw Wells call to put the 2004 Main Event champion at risk.

Greg Raymer: K♣K♦ All in
Weston Wells: K♥K♠

What looked like a chop was flipped on its head as the flop ran out 10♠8♠6♠ to give Wells a freeroll and flush draw to boot. The turn 2♠ locked up the pot for Wells before the A♦ river and the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion was eliminated from the tournament.

"Fossilman" signed a fossil for Wells as he wished his table mates luck, departing the field fifty or so spots away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weston Wells	1,290,000 1,237,000	1,237,000
Nicholas Bond	780,000 84,000	84,000
Seun Oluwole	235,000 145,500	145,500
Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Nicholas Bond Seun Oluwole Weston Wells

07-08-2025 22:53 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Blum	Busted
Tobey Faugno	Busted
Allen Patatanyan	Busted
Carlotta Ceccatelli	Busted
Nolan King	Busted
Marte Sandberg	Busted
Alex Gelinski	Busted
Liron Altman	Busted
Philip Cooley	Busted
Marshall Davey	Busted
Max Jones	Busted
Lynda Hernandez	Busted
Kristen Deardorff	Busted
Jacob Ferro	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted

Junhao Shen	Busted
Soojo Kim	Busted
George Yutuc	Busted
Nicolas Veloza	Busted
Kevin McShea	Busted
Hao Che Cheng	Busted
James Kozono	Busted
James Schaeffer	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Steven Rivero	Busted

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07-08-2025 22:48 UTC-8

Lee Falls to Nguyen

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

JJ Liu opened to 12,000 from early position and Thi Xoa Nguyen called from middle position. Ricky Lee was in the hijack and bumped it up to 38,000, which both Liu and Nguyen called.

The flop came 3♦Q♣9♠ and when the action checked to Lee, he shoved for 99,000. Liu folded, but Nguyen called.

Ricky Lee: A♣K♦ All in
Thi Xoa Nguyen: J♣9♣

Nguyen had flopped a pair and turned trips with the 9♥, which left Lee drawing dead. A meaningless 3♣ filled out the board, and Lee made his way to the exit empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thi Xoa Nguyen	1,200,000 290,000	290,000
Jon Seaman	540,000 300,000	300,000
Gerry Fordham	330,000 141,000	141,000
JJ Liu	240,000 165,000	165,000
Ange Besnainou	200,000 49,500	49,500
Anzhela Vasylenko	195,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	150,000 45,500	45,500
Ricky Lee	Busted

Tags: JJ Liu Ricky Lee Thi Xoa Nguyen

07-08-2025 22:11 UTC-8

Some Level 15 Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Guerrero	Busted
Ivan Zhechev	Busted
Walter Ripper	Busted
Phonsavanh Phannavong	Busted
Ryan Slanicka	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted
Joshua Russell	Busted
Jonathan Lewis	Busted
Timothy Chang	Busted
Fredric Stockfield	Busted
Michael Hager	Busted
Derek Winebarger	Busted
Dustin Sampey	Busted
Gabriel Post	Busted
Luke Mcintosh	Busted
Joel Micka	Busted
Randy Crow	Busted
Sorin Cristea	Busted
Jacob Marlman	Busted
Ciaran Mccullagh	Busted
Thomas Rosa	Busted
Zane Desilva	Busted
Lawrence Pettit	Busted
Paul Hizer	Busted

Matthew Inglese	Busted

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07-08-2025 21:52 UTC-8

Setrakian's Main Event Ends to Quads

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shant Setrakian was all in for his final 98,000 from middle position and at risk against Soojo Kim from the button.

Shant Setrakian: A♥Q♣ All in
Soojo Kim: 9♥9♦

It was a coinflip scenario for a brief amount of time before the Q♦9♠9♣ flop gave Kim quad nines. Setrakian was drawing to running queens but he could not find his ladies as the board ran out 5♣8♠ and Setrakian was eliminated in brutal fashion as the bubble draws one step closer.

"We did our part. Now we just need every other table to bust one person and we'll be there," joked a tablemate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soojo Kim	450,000 243,000	243,000
Shant Setrakian	Busted

Tags: Shant Setrakian Soojo Kim

07-08-2025 21:47 UTC-8

Chung Cracks Aces With Kings to KO Polk

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, Doug Polk was all in for 243,000 from the cutoff and up against Luke Chung who covered him from the hijack.

Doug Polk: A♠A♦ All in
Luke Chung: K♠K♦

Polk was a massive favorite to double up with pocket aces but was left drawing to two outs after the 6♣K♣3♣ flop gave Chung a set of kings. Polk couldn't make a set of his own as the rest of the board ran out 7♦10♦ and was eliminated in brutal fashion while Chung was pushed another sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Chung	1,506,000 258,000	258,000
Doug Polk	Busted

Tags: Doug Polk Luke Chung

07-08-2025 21:14 UTC-8

Some Penultimate Level Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justas Vaiciulionis	Busted

Robert Akpik	Busted
Ivan Wong	Busted
Martin Carnero	Busted
Gaetan Lheureux	Busted
Laith Salem	Busted
Stuart Ruff	Busted
Ludovic Uzan	Busted
Benjamin Chalot	Busted
Brett Stern	Busted
Eric Wasserson	Busted

Ethan Stephenson	Busted
Mitchell Scholefield	Busted
Yijing Wang	Busted
John Castaldo	Busted
Rene Knapp	Busted
David Melius	Busted
Gary Wilkes	Busted
Marc Henriquez	Busted
Eric Haddad	Busted
Jungsoo Bin	Busted
Heng Tong	Busted
Jeremy Goldman	Busted
Felix Mcpeake	Busted
Roman Emelyanov	Busted

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07-08-2025 21:13 UTC-8

Chung Finds the Right Call to KO Lheureux

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Luke Chung opened to 10,000 from the button and Gaetan Lheureux defended from the big blind.

The flop came 6♣2♣5♠ and Lheureux check-called a 13,000 continuation bet from Chung.

Lheureux checked the Q♣ turn and Chung bet 30,000. Lheureux shoved for 103,000 and Chung called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Gaetan Lheureux: A♣5♦ All in
Luke Chung: 8♠8♣

Lheureux had a pair of fives and was drawing to the nut-flush while Chung was ahead with a pair of eights. The 10♦ river changed nothing for either player and Lheureux was sent to the rail while Chung claimed the last of his chips.