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

07-08-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Lapka’s Aces Hold Against Rawtani

Sava Krink

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With around 42,000 in the pot and the board showing 10♠2♠Q♥K♦, Nitesh Rawtani checked it over to Justin Lapka, who tossed out a bet of 15,000. Rawtani made the call, taking them to the river.

The 8♠ completed the board, and Rawtani checked once more. Lapka took his time before deciding to check back, bringing the hand to a showdown.

Rawtani revealed Q♠J♦ for a pair of queens and a missed straight draw, but Lapka turned over A♠A♦ for the overpair, good enough to take the pot. Rawtani was left with less than a starting stack as Lapka dragged in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Lapka	170,000 85,000	85,000
Nitesh Rawtani	46,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Justin Lapka Nitesh Rawtani

07-08-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Lyons Wins Without Showdown

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jon Kyte opened to 9,000 from the button with A♥K♦ and received calls from Pat Lyons in the small blind with 9♦7♦ and Justin Smith in the big blind with K♥9♠.

The flop came 6♣7♥4♥. Lyons bet 10,500 with top pair, Smith folded and Kyte called with two overcards and the backdoor nut-flush draw.

Lyons continued for 25,500 on the 10♣ turn and Kyte snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pat Lyons	390,500

Jon Kyte	362,000 34,500	34,500
Justin Smith	245,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Justin Smith Pat Lyons

07-08-2025 16:06 UTC-8

Some Updated Stacks - Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Here is a look at some updated stacks in Horseshoe White. Some of these stacks have been provided courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Locquet	787,500 524,500	524,500
Alberto Destrade	746,000 360,000	360,000
Delmiro Toledo	680,000 397,500	397,500
Gregory Zarefes	647,500 2,500	2,500
Jason Mercier	645,000 400,000	400,000

Ibrahim Senoussi	625,000
Brandon Sheils	413,000 86,500	86,500
Ebony Kenney	400,500 127,500	127,500
Richard Green	380,500 59,500	59,500
Andreas Putz	356,500 30,500	30,500
Patrick Lyons	352,000 352,000	352,000

Brad Owen	330,000 29,000	29,000

Jon Kyte	327,500 32,500	32,500
Stephen Chidwick	283,000 32,500	32,500

Stephen Lardner	188,500 6,500	6,500
Carl Shaw	181,000 14,000	14,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	165,000 22,000	22,000

Dillon Ott	165,000 65,000	65,000
Dylan Linde	151,500 109,000	109,000

Davidi Kitai	148,000 6,500	6,500

Dan Shak	135,500 12,000	12,000
Ioannis Panagopoulos	102,000 60,000	60,000

07-08-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Hellmuth Among the Recent Casualties

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Zhang	Busted
Mccabe Mayo	Busted
Leo Lombardozzi	Busted
Guifang Liu	Busted
Daniel Demula	Busted
Zhihao Ye	Busted
Naohito Tamaya	Busted
Fabio Chaves	Busted
Mamoon Al Rubayee	Busted
Michael Steva	Busted
Masato Ohara	Busted
Ronald Lane	Busted
David Moll	Busted
Edward Jordan	Busted
Brian Roff	Busted
Vitaly Lunkin	Busted

Shota Tomori	Busted
Daniel Buckley	Busted

James Romero	Busted
Stephan Kribben	Busted
Timothee Rey	Busted
Mariyan Stoychev	Busted
Jeremy Kerbel	Busted
Robert Zeidman	Busted
Joseph Volz	Busted

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07-08-2025 15:19 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Horseshoe Event Center

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Jakubowicz	830,000 368,000	368,000
James Calderaro	700,000 425,000	425,000

Christopher Trang	675,000 267,500	267,500
Yosef Fox	650,000 424,500	424,500

Daniyal Gheba	625,000 75,000	75,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	475,000 105,500	105,500

Rene Knapp	375,000 102,000	102,000
Mounir Tajiou	370,000 251,500	251,500
Raffaele Sorrentino	350,000 10,000	10,000
Damon Fine	335,000 16,000	16,000
Ben Jackson	260,000 83,000	83,000
Antonios Onoufriou	250,000 7,500	7,500
Tanith Rothman	225,000 10,000	10,000
Nicholas Rigby	200,000 153,500	153,500
Vanessa Selbst	190,000 29,500	29,500

Robert Bickley	170,000 118,500	118,500
Sergio Aido	110,000 55,000	55,000

Jason Somerville	110,000 38,500	38,500

Luke Schwartz	90,000 60,000	60,000
Leo Margets	90,000 52,500	52,500

07-08-2025 15:13 UTC-8

Rothman's Four is Good; Chen and Arieh Building on #654

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Over on Table #654, there are a lot of big names like Josh Arieh, Liv Boeree, Yuhang Chen, and many more.

Tanith Rothman just opened from early position to 6,500 and got a call from Yuhsiang Wong in the big blind.

The flop came 4♣9♥Q♥ and Wong check-called a bet of 7,500 from Rothman.

Both then checked to showdown on the 3♦5♥ runout, where Wong showed K♥10♣ for a missed gutshot. Rothman then flipped A♠4♠ for a pair of fours, which earned her the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhang Chen	470,000 30,000	30,000
Josh Arieh	440,000 61,000	61,000

Javier Etayo	300,000 157,500	157,500
Liv Boeree	270,000 13,000	13,000

Tanith Rothman	235,000 29,500	29,500
Yuhsiang Wong	200,000 47,500	47,500
Grzegorz Glowny	180,000 51,500	51,500
Nicolas Veloza	150,000 39,000	39,000
Matthew Nowicki	95,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Liv Boeree Tanith Rothman Yuhang Chen Yuhsiang Wong

07-08-2025 15:13 UTC-8

Zukowicz Rivers Two Pair in Blind Battle

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Sava Krink

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In a blind-versus-blind clash, the board read 6♣5♦5♠J♦Q♦ with around 27,000 already in the middle. Nitesh Rawtani checked over to Monika Zukowicz, who fired out a bet of 12,000. Rawtani snap-called, only to be met with bad news.

Zukowicz turned over Q♠6♦ for rivered two pair, queens and sixes. Rawtani, clearly frustrated, mucked his hand without showing, and the pot was pushed to Zukowicz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monika Zukowicz	383,000 172,000	172,000
Nitesh Rawtani	104,000 161,000	161,000

Tags: Monika Zukowicz Nitesh Rawtani

07-08-2025 14:47 UTC-8

Negreanu Fires Two Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu opened to 6,000 from early position with 9♦9♣ and Roger Stamey defended from the big blind with 7♥5♣.

The flop came 8♦A♠4♠. Stamey checked, Negreanu bet 5,000 and Stamey called.

Negreanu continued for 10,000 when checked to on the A♦ turn and this time Stamey opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Stamey	148,000 14,000	14,000
Daniel Negreanu	61,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Roger Stamey

07-08-2025 14:47 UTC-8

The End of Bunch

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Stewart Morrison

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sebastien Aube raised on the button to 7,000, and was met by a three-bet from John Bunch in the big blind. Bunch had raised to 23,500, but quickly saw Aube move all in.

Bunch made the call, and as the shorter of the two stacks, with 92,000, he was the player at risk.

John Bunch: 6♠6♥ All in
Sebastien Aube: A♥K♣

The flop 3♣2♦Q♥ was good for Bunch, but the A♣ turn saw Aube take the lead.

There was no help for Bunch on the 2♣ river, and he headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Aube	466,500 114,500	114,500

John Bunch	Busted

Tags: John Bunch Sebastien Aube

07-08-2025 14:40 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe White and Red

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Theologis	650,000 50,000	50,000
David Gradic	650,000 155,000	155,000
Guy Leathley	610,000 206,000	206,000
Sergio Veloso	530,000 251,000	251,000
Claudio Lorenzi	530,000 234,000	234,000
Francesco Morales	430,000 107,500	107,500
Jon Kyte	360,000 16,500	16,500
Chih-Wei Fan	345,000 65,000	65,000
Oscar Carrasco	285,000 157,000	157,000
Dillon Ott	230,000 98,000	98,000
Jamie Nixon	215,000 30,000	30,000

Michael Liang	185,000 10,500	10,500

Espen Sandvik	185,000 61,000	61,000

Nick Yunis	168,000 56,500	56,500
Yueqi Zhu	167,000 12,000	12,000

Michael Berk	155,000 155,000	155,000
Taylor Black	155,000 19,000	19,000
Tom Middleton	150,000 23,500	23,500
Tamon Nakamura	95,000 114,000	114,000