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

07-08-2025 12:21 UTC-8

Many More to Exit

Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Brin	Busted
Robert James	Busted
Ryan Page	Busted
Casey Yontz	Busted
Callum Gordon	Busted
David Hoag	Busted
Jiaming Zhao	Busted
Naoto Takeya	Busted
Danith Ham	Busted
Jeremy Joseph	Busted
Michael Wang	Busted

Lorell Pascual	Busted
Franklin Machado	Busted
Karl Hoalst	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Victoria Volynsky	Busted
Dimitri Vorbe	Busted
Thomas Metz	Busted
Mark Newman	Busted
Dustin Dirksen	Busted
Rene Cifuentes	Busted
Garrett Greer	Busted
Gary Dishongh	Busted
Cyril Sarrouf	Busted
Mike Leah	Busted

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07-08-2025 12:14 UTC-8

Chan Hero Calls to Eliminate Ashelm

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Brett Slezak

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Robert Ashelm from the small blind and Lok Chan from the cutoff were heads-up to the completed board of Q♣8♥6♥2♥5♥ with around 135,000 in the middle already.

Ashelm would lead all-in for 73,000, sending Chan into the tank. He was clearly pained by the decision as he apologized to the table for taking so much time. In actuality, he took just over a minute before he stuck in the call.

Robert Ashelm: 5♦5♣ All in
Lok Chan: 3♠3♥

Ashelm had rivered a set but had no heart in his hand as Chan made an impressive hero-call with just the three of hearts to drag a massive one and eliminate Ashelm.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lok Chan	660,000 61,500	61,500

Robert Ashelm	Busted

Tags: Lok Chan Robert Ashelm

07-08-2025 12:03 UTC-8

Elizalde Sent to the Rail

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Barry Russell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked as Nadya Magnus put Claudio Elizalde all in on a board of 10♠6♥Q♦7♠2♦, both had checked on the flop, Magnus bet 16,000 on the turn and shoved 110,000 on the river after Elizalde checked.

Elizalde took his time before he eventually made the hero call. Magnus tabled K♥K♦ for an over pair to the board, and Elizalde tabled 10♥9♥ for second pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadya Magnus	289,000 134,500	134,500
Claudio Elizalde	Busted

Tags: Claudio Elizalde Nadya Magnus

07-08-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Death by Quads for Nikzad

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Isaac Rodgin opened to 5,000 from under the gun, Omid Nikzad called from middle position and Dario Dussan Guzman called from the cutoff.

The flop came 4♦J♣9♥. Rodgin bet 7,000, Nikzad shoved for 24,000, Guzman folded 7♠7♣ and Rodgin snap-called with a covering stack to put Nikzad at risk.

Omid Nikzad: J♦10♦ All in
Isaac Rodgin: 9♠9♣

Nikzad was drawing dead by the turn and was sent to the rail after the 9♦K♥ runout improved Rodgin to quad nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Rodgin	169,500 40,000	40,000
Dario Dussan Guzman	140,500 14,000	14,000
Omid Nikzad	Busted

Tags: Dario Dussan Guzman Isaac Rodgin Omid Nikzad

07-08-2025 11:45 UTC-8

Kyte Sends Godena to the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jarryd Godena raised to 5,000 from the hijack, and was promptly met with a three-bet one seat to his left. It was Jon Kyte who had put in the raise, upping the price of poker to 16,000. Action folded back to Godena, who moved all in for 102,000, and Kyte made the immediate call.

Jarryd Godena: A♠K♥ All in
Jon Kyte: J♣J♦

There was no help to be found for Godena when the board ran out Q♥9♣7♠7♣8♠, giving Kyte's stack an early boost and sending Godena to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	340,000 108,000	108,000
Jarryd Godena	Busted

Tags: Jarryd Godena Jon Kyte

07-08-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Harman Dodges Outs to Eliminate Wu

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jennifer Harman raised to 5,000 and Tung-Jung Wu three-bet all in for 40,500. Harman counted out her chips and thought over her decision before calling.

Tung-Jung Wu: K♣Q♥ All in
Jennifer Harman: 9♦9♠

Harman was ahead but would have to dodge outs after the flop came J♣10♥7♣. She covered some of them with her pocket pair, and the 10♦6♦ runout sent Wu to the rail as the Hall of Famer chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Harman	140,000 84,000	84,000

Tung-Jung Wu	Busted

07-08-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Some Early Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shimon Trakhtenberg	Busted
Dustin Lee	Busted
Mohamed Hammi	Busted
Jeremy Bertrand	Busted
Jason Pasinski	Busted
Iago Sturzeneker	Busted
Hamza Firdawcy	Busted
Stephen Graner	Busted
Gabriel Megda	Busted
Spyridon Apartoglou	Busted
Michael Paradise	Busted
Mark Kelly	Busted
Yevgeniy Yakubov	Busted
Dustin Fox	Busted
Raymond Mancini	Busted
Tony Clough	Busted
Saymon Dias	Busted
Joseph Szoke	Busted
Aaron Lein	Busted
Malcolm Franchi	Busted
Anthony Graham	Busted
Calvin Steiner	Busted
Steven Fassberg	Busted
Dana Karlson	Busted
Sambuddha Ghosh	Busted

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07-08-2025 11:37 UTC-8

Down on the Farm

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

High-stakes pro Michael Rocco took to farming after a series of near misses last year, and the beat he just received in the Main Event likely has him dreaming of crops and fields.

Picking up the action on a flop of Q♦6♥4♥ in a three-way pot, Greg Raymer bet in early position and Michael Rocco called in the cutoff as Hung Nguyen called on the button.

Raymer bet 20,000 on the 7♠ turn and Rocco shuffled his chips behind rose-tinted sunglasses before moving all in for around 134,500. Nguyen folded and the 2004 Main Event champion called.

Michael Rocco: 5♣3♣ All in
Greg Raymer: 6♠6♦

Rocco had turned a straight on Raymer's set of sixes, but the dealer put down the Q♠ river to improve Raymer to a full house. Rocco, visibly frustrated, flicked his chips toward the pot as he stood up from his seat.

Rocco regained his composure moments later and left on a light note. "You guys don't mind if I play with that 25,000 chip, do you?" he joked as he pointed to a green chip that the dealer had yet to give Raymer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Raymer	400,000 174,000	174,000

Hung Nguyen	90,000 68,000	68,000
Michael Rocco	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Hung Nguyen Michael Rocco

07-08-2025 11:37 UTC-8

Schoonover Tank-Jams Into Vo's Flush

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Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gary Tomes opened to 6,000 from the hijack and picked up two callers in Dustin Schoonover from the small blind & Viet Vo in the big blind.

The flop fell 3♥A♠8♠ and once it checked to Tomes, he continued for 7,000. Schoonover then check-raised to 17,000, Vo cold-called, and Tomes got out of the way.

A K♠ landed on the turn and Schoonover checked it over to Vo, who bet 34,500. Schoonover had just under 80,000 in his stack and was in the tank for around four minutes while he contemplated how to proceed. He looked like he was going to call, then fold, but eventually decided to shove for 79,500.

"Oh my god, what the hell," said a shocked Vo, who was laughing to himself at the situation.

"All that time in the tank, it's probably going to work for you," he added. Eventually, after spending a few minutes in the tank himself, Vo called.

"Do you have a flush?" asked Schoonover. "Yeah, I got it," replied Vo.

Dustin Schoonover: A♣K♥ All in
Viet Vo: 9♠3♠

Schoonover couldn't believe it and was up and out the door as soon as the 4♠ hit the river. Vo, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief that his flush was good, which brought his stack to around 240,000.

"Nice hand," said one of the table. Vo responded, "Man, I thought he had it. All that tanking was going to work out for him."

Player	Chips	Progress
Viet Vo	240,000 124,000	124,000
Gary Tomes	120,000 33,000	33,000
Dustin Schoonover	Busted

Tags: Dustin Schoonover Gary Tomes

07-08-2025 11:25 UTC-8

Gruber Busts Early

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Samuel Gruber raised to 34,000 from late position and on the button, Tom Fuchs called.

The flop rolled out 7♠4♠5♥ and both players checked to the turn 4♥ where Gruber check-called an all in bet for 2,500.

Samuel Gruber: 9♣8♣ All in
Tom Fuchs: A♥A♠

Gruber was drawing to a straight to survive, but it did not materialize on the river 4♦ and Gruber became one of the day's first eliminations.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Fuchs	234,000 56,000	56,000

Samuel Gruber	Busted

Tags: Samuel Gruber Tom Fuchs