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

07-08-2025 20:25 UTC-8

Rodriguez is Steede-ly Building His Stack

Christian Zetzsche

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

"Ouch, that hurts," Jacob Steele said as he vaulted out of the chair moments after he was eliminated by Alejandro Rodriguez. Both players still had their cards exposed with the K♣Q♠ for Steede and the K♠3♠ for Rodriguez. They had broadway until the A♥Q♣J♠10♠ turn but the 7♠ river gave Rodriguez the winning flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Rodriguez	600,000 50,000	50,000
Jacob Steede	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Rodriguez Jacob Steele

07-08-2025 20:27 UTC-8

Bullock’s Bold Bet Backfires

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Sava Krink

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

With just 56,000 behind, Jason Bullock shoved all in from middle position. Kyle Lorenz, sitting in the cutoff, asked for a count and then made the call. The rest of the table got out of the way, and the cards were turned over.

Jason Bullock: Q♠J♣ All in
Kyle Lorenz: K♠K♣

Bullock needed to connect in a big way to stay alive, but the 8♠7♣4♠ flop offered little hope. The 2♦ on the turn already sealed his fate. Drawing dead going into the river, Bullock could only watch as his tournament came to an end, with Lorenz’s kings holding firm.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Lorenz	255,000 102,500	102,500
Jason Bullock	Busted

Tags: Jason Bullock Kyle Lorenz

07-08-2025 20:35 UTC-8

Ace Not High Enough for Allen

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Sava Krink

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

Vincent Giuliano opened from the button, but things escalated quickly in the blinds. Michael Allen shoved for around 119,000 from the small blind, only to be met with an almost instant re-shove from Gustavo De Lima in the big blind, who had him covered. Giuliano got out of the way, and the two blinds were left to battle it out.

Michael Allen: A♥3♥ All in
Gustavo De Lima: A♠Q♣

It was a rough spot for Allen, dominated by De Lima’s superior ace. The board ran out 7♠9♠8♦J♠6♠, offering no help, and Allen was sent to the rail while De Lima added more chips to his growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo De Lima	570,000 170,000	170,000
Vincent Giuliano	180,000 20,000	20,000
Michael Allen	Busted

Tags: Gustavo De Lima Michael Allen Vincent Giuliano

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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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 20:48 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 20:49 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 20:52 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