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

07-08-2025 21:12 UTC-8

Stokes Eliminated

Barry Russell

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

David Kaufmann raised in middle position to 10,000, Jamin Stokes three-bet on the button to 25,000, Kaufmann four-bet to 45,000, Stokes five-bet shoved for 170,000, and Kaufmann snap-called.

Jamin Stokes: Q♣Q♦ All in
David Kaufmann: A♣A♠

Great flop for both players as Stokes flopped and set and Kaufmann the nut flush draw on 2♠Q♠3♠, the 7♦ turn kept Stokes in the lead, but the 6♠ on the river eliminated him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	360,000 5,000	5,000
Jamin Stokes	Busted

Tags: David Kaufmann Jamin Stokes

07-08-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Neugebauer Applies Pressure, Pardy Bows Out

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Sava Krink

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

With the board showing 4♣Q♦3♦K♥Q♣ and around 280,000 in the pot, Max Neugebauer and Ivan Poroliev were locked in a heads-up battle. Neugebauer led out for 75,000 as the first to act, putting the pressure on Poroliev, who took his time to consider the spot.

After a long tank, Poroliev eventually released his hand, conceding the pot to Neugebauer, who quietly added a healthy boost to his stack.

Just a few hands later, Jonathan Pardy hit the rail from the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	865,000 60,000	60,000
Stephen Dauphinais	796,000 431,000	431,000
Max Neugebauer	673,000 17,000	17,000

Ivan Poroliev	318,000 51,000	51,000
Jonathan Pardy	Busted

Tags: Ivan Poroliev Jonathan Pardy Max Neugebauer

07-08-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Upreti's Jacks Hold to Bust Thomas

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Tim Baker

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

Kanishka Upreti made it 10,000 from under the gun and Aaron Thomas jammed for 106,000 out of the small blind. Upreti made the call to put Thomas at risk.

Aaron Thomas: A♦Q♦ All in
Kanishka Upreti: J♠J♥

Thomas was already out of his seat heading to the 6♥5♥6♠ flop. The 10♣ fell on the turn, and Thomas needed an ace or queen on the river to survive. The river was the 9♥, and all of Thomas' chips headed over to Upreti.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kanishka Upreti	280,000 201,500	201,500
Aaron Thomas	Busted

Tags: Aaron Thomas Kanishka Upreti

07-08-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Rich No More as Torgersen Finds a Three-Outer

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Kai Cocklin

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

Angelina Rich had her stack of 72,000 in the middle and was put at risk by Ryan Torgersen.

Angelina Rich: A♦Q♠ All in
Ryan Torgersen: K♠Q♥

Rich was in the lead and was a big favorite to double up, but the Q♦K♣2♦ flop had other ideas as Torgersen made two pair.

No ace arrived on the 4♠J♥ runout, which meant Rich was eliminated as the money bubble looms ever closer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umang Dattani	900,000 412,500	412,500
Ryan Torgersen	600,000 432,500	432,500
Angelina Rich	Busted

Tags: Angelina Rich Ryan Torgersen

07-08-2025 20:56 UTC-8

Patel Apologizes For The Rockets

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Liam Gannon

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

Wu Guangbiao moved all in from the small blind for 64,000 and Milan Patel in the big blind looked down at his cards.

"Sorry bro," he said as he put in the chips to call.

Wu Guangbiao: K♣Q♦ All in
Milan Patel: A♣A♠

No waiting for Patel as the flop of A♦7♠8♣ gave him top set and it held up on the 2♥3♣ runout to eliminate Guangbiao from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milan Patel	689,000 223,500	223,500
Wu Guangbiao	Busted

Tags: Milan Patel Wu Guangbiao

07-08-2025 20:52 UTC-8

Jankowski, Wantman, & Dufour All Hit a Set

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Kai Cocklin

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

Simon Burns just recalled a big pot that happened not so long ago, which resulted in the elimination of Matthew Wantman.

John Jankowski had raised to 11,000 preflop and got a call from Wantman, Derek Dufour, and the big blind. They went to a flop of 10♦9♦3x, where once the action got to Jankowski, he bet 60,000. Wantman then shoved, Dufour called, and Jankowski also called, creating a pot of around 500,000.

The players then took it to showdown on the A♦Q♦ runout, which put four to a flush out there.

Wantman flipped 9x9x for a set of nines, Dufour held 10x10x with a set of tens, and Jankowski took it down with AxAx with his set of aces!

Player	Chips	Progress
James Bagley	1,000,000 107,000	107,000
John Jankowski	950,000 668,000	668,000
Derek Dufour	420,000 2,500	2,500
Simon Burns	300,000 172,500	172,500
Matthew Wantman	Busted

Tags: Derek Dufour John Jankowski Simon Burns

07-08-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Santalucia Falls To Carney

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Liam Gannon

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

Daniel Carney raised to 12,000 from middle position and on the button, Dominick Santalucia moved all in for 110,000 and Carney called.

Dominick Santalucia: A♠Q♥ All in
Daniel Carney: A♦K♦

The board ran out 10♦7♣3♥8♠6♦ and the ace-king held up for Carney to eliminate Santalucia.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Carney	495,000 25,000	25,000
Dominick Santalucia	Busted

Tags: Daniel Carney Dominick Santalucia

07-08-2025 20:48 UTC-8

Grande Ends Ivers' Run

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Brett Slezak

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

Avery Grande opened to 11,000 from middle position before Ian Ivers jammed for 54,000 from the big blind. Grande confirmed the count before he put a stack into the middle to call.

Ian Ivers: A♣9♦ All in
Avery Grande: K♥10♥

Ivers was ahead with ace-high but the Q♥8♠8♥ flop gave Grande a flush draw. However, it was the 10♦ turn that gave Grande the lead. Ivers could not find an ace on the 3♠ river as his Main Event dream must wait another year.

Player	Chips	Progress
Avery Grande	620,000 474,000	474,000

Ian Ivers	Busted

Tags: Avery Grande Ian Ivers

07-08-2025 20:47 UTC-8

The River Doesn't Mattern

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Arnaud Mattern raised to 11,000 and Nikolay Volper called one seat over on the button. Ryan Jones then jammed the big blind for 71,000 and Mattern reshoved to force out Volper.

Ryan Jones: A♣8♣ All in
Arnaud Mattern: K♦Q♦

The 7♦6♦5♦ flop left Jones drawing dead to runner-runner straight flush, but the 3♣ turn sealed his fate to make the 4♠ river meaningless, as Mattern's flopped flush had already locked up the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Volper	415,000 40,500	40,500
Arnaud Mattern	327,000 132,000	132,000
Ryan Jones	Busted

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Nikolay Volper Ryan Jones

07-08-2025 20:38 UTC-8

Another Round of Eliminations

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideaki Ohashi	Busted
Luigi Soncin	Busted
Makoto Osa	Busted
Mandeep Sah	Busted
[Removed:528]	Busted
John Padilla	Busted
Zhiyuan Xu	Busted
Robert Belke	Busted
Daniel Sindelar	Busted
Ryan Jones (NC)	Busted
Shannon Shepherd	Busted
Tomas Flanagan	Busted
Boris Vaynberg	Busted
Jonathan Turner	Busted
Anton Markov	Busted
Jonathan Depa	Busted
Tarun Gulati	Busted
Gilsoo Kim	Busted
Jeremy Kusnir	Busted
Christian Chung	Busted
Angelo Mollame	Busted
Yuhsiang Wong	Busted
Paul Serekis	Busted
Tracie Osborn	Busted
Sungwoo Tae	Busted

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