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

07-08-2025 14:31 UTC-8

Stamey Puts Negreanu to the Test

Ryan Lashmar

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

Daniel Negreanu opened to 6,000 from middle position with A♣Q♦ and Roger Stamey three-bet shoved for 48,500 from the big blind with J♦10♦, slightly covering Negreanu. After about a minute Negreanu mucked his hand and the pot was pushed to Stamey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Stamey	184,000 22,500	22,500
Daniel Negreanu	42,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Roger Stamey

07-08-2025 14:28 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts from Blue

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Sava Krink

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Grupp	535,000 83,000	83,000
Konstantin Puchkov	505,000 115,500	115,500

Kenneth O'Donnell	485,000 28,000	28,000

Viktor Blom	460,000 173,000	173,000
Scott Baumstein	320,000 38,000	38,000

Masato Yokosawa	310,000 10,000	10,000
Nadya Magnus	286,000 3,000	3,000
Monika Zukowicz	275,000 109,000	109,000
Nitesh Rawtani	265,000 85,000	85,000
Anson Tsang	220,000 220,000	220,000

Eric Siegel	217,000 56,500	56,500

Kevin Gerhart	180,000 182,500	182,500

Jamie Walden	160,000 10,000	10,000

Jennifer Harman	138,000 20,000	20,000

Michael Noori	91,000 122,500	122,500

Cedric Schwaederle	90,000 93,000	93,000

07-08-2025 14:19 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mcadam	Busted
Taisho Takahashi	Busted
Sergei Petrushevskii	Busted
Anders Karlsen	Busted
Timothy Sheehan	Busted
Ricardo Nuno	Busted
Katherene Lundgren	Busted
Mykhailo Lendel	Busted
Dimitrios Anastasakis	Busted
Rupom Pal	Busted
Cassandra Yong	Busted
Matthew Obrien	Busted
Moran Merdinger	Busted
Corey Wright	Busted
Robert Valden	Busted
Ryan Miller	Busted

Alan Carr	Busted
Daniel Muniz	Busted
Shannon Fahey	Busted
Kerry Bell	Busted
Andrew Ding	Busted
Randall Emmett	Busted
Christian Kropac	Busted
Gregory Orlick	Busted
Benjamin Purer	Busted

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07-08-2025 14:13 UTC-8

Zulker Drills a One-Outer to Knock Out Hellmuth

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Michael Zulker opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Leon Sturm called from early position. Phil Hellmuth three-bet shoved for 93,000 from the hijack, Zulker called with a covering stack and Sturm mucked 8♠8♣.

Phil Hellmuth: A♠K♦ All in
Michael Zulker: Q♠Q♦

It was a classic race that Zulker was ahead of on the 3♠4♣J♣ flop. Hellmuth became a huge favorite after making top pair on the K♣ turn, leaving Zulker drawing to just one out given that the Q♣ was folded preflop. The Q♥ river gave Zulker his one out to a set, eliminating the 17-time bracelet winner from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	508,500 40,500	40,500

Michael Zulker	244,500 107,000	107,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Leon Sturm Michael Zulker Phil Hellmuth

07-08-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Zulker Takes from Hellmuth

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Phil Hellmuth limped in from middle position, Michael Zulker limped behind from the small blind and Michael Garner checked from the big blind.

All three players checked the 6♠3♣6♣ flop leading to the 10♣ turn. Action checked around to Hellmuth who bet 8,000. Zulker called while Garner folded J♦8♣.

Both players checked the 6♥ river. Hellmuth had king-high with K♥J♠ while Zulker had Q♥10♥ for sixes full of tens to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Garner	339,000 2,500	2,500
Michael Zulker	203,500 113,500	113,500
Phil Hellmuth	103,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Michael Garner Michael Zulker Phil Hellmuth

07-08-2025 13:46 UTC-8

Queen-High Good for Sande

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Connor Richards

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

Calvin Anderson raised in the cutoff and Leonard Sande defended in the big blind.

Sande checked on the flop of 5♥6♥A♠ and Anderson continued for 4,000. Sande called. Sande checked again on the K♠ turn and Anderson checked back.

Both players checked again on the 3♣ turn and Sande announced queen-high, which was good as he showed Q♥J♥ to win the pot as Anderson mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	320,000 7,500	7,500

Leonard Sande	180,000 20,500	20,500

Tags: Calvin Anderson Leonard Sande

07-08-2025 13:45 UTC-8

[Removed:549] and Gandhi Play a Big Flip

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Kai Cocklin

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

Shishir Gandhi opened up to 7,000 from early position and [Removed:548] three-bet the cutoff to 24,000. When it got back to Gandhi, he put in a four-bet to 55,000. [Removed:549] didn't need too long to think before he shoved for 233,000, which gave Gandhi a tough decision.

After confirming the count, Gandhi counted out his own stack and had a little over 320,000 in front of him. A few moments later, he announced a call.

[Removed:548]: A♥K♣ All in
Shishir Gandhi: Q♥Q♠

Gandhi had the edge with his pocket queens, but had to fade the dreaded overcards to in the pot, and if he did so, he would have heaps in front of him. [Removed:549] took a sip of coffee then watched the dealer put out a flop of 9♦4♦8♠, which wasn't great news for the Austrian player.

However, what was great news for [Removed:549] was seeing the A♠ land on the turn, which gave him top pair and left him one card away from a huge double-up. No drama arrived on the 5♦ river, and Gandhi was forced to cough up the chips and send them across the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	473,500 240,500	240,500
Shishir Gandhi	88,500 179,000	179,000

Tags: Shishir Gandhi

07-08-2025 13:39 UTC-8

A Selection of Counts in Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

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

Here is a look at some of the stacks in Horseshoe White, courtesy of the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Green	440,000 90,000	90,000
Andreas Putz	387,000 180,500	180,500
Jon Kyte	376,500 31,500	31,500
Brad Owen	359,000 38,000	38,000

Brandon Sheils	326,500 56,500	56,500
Ebony Kenney	273,000 67,000	67,000
Dylan Linde	260,500

Stephen Chidwick	250,500 106,500	106,500

Jason Mercier	245,000 15,000	15,000

Carl Shaw	167,000

Ioannis Panagopoulos	162,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	143,000 37,000	37,000

Noah Boeken	65,000 71,000	71,000
Kane Kalas	53,500 53,500	53,500

07-08-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Wheeler Doubles to Leave Alexandre on Fumes

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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 and Jean-Francois Alexandre called from the cutoff. Jason Wheeler three-bet to 21,000 from the button and Negreanu folded 9♣7♣. Alexandre four-bet shoved, slightly covering Wheeler who started the hand with 123,500. Wheeler snap-called and was at risk.

Jason Wheeler: K♠K♣ All in
Jean-Francois Alexandre: J♦J♣

Wheeler's kings held up on the 4♣9♥K♥3♦10♦ runout and he doubled up, leaving Alexandre with just over one big blind. Alexandre was eliminated shortly afterward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	260,500

Daniel Negreanu	64,000

Jean-Francois Alexandre	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Wheeler Jean-Francois Alexandre

07-08-2025 13:30 UTC-8

Some Chip Count Updates From Blue

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Sava Krink

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

As reflected in the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Bond	816,000 91,500	91,500
David Jackson	780,000 336,000	336,000

Michael Mizrachi	686,000 354,500	354,500

Ramon Pessoa	612,000 68,000	68,000
Fernando Rodriguez	607,000 72,000	72,000
Bin Weng	564,500 64,000	64,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	509,000 196,500	196,500

Kevin Javier	500,500 119,500	119,500
William Camp	415,000 143,000	143,000
Martin Finger	407,000 37,000	37,000

Matthew Wantman	369,500

Adam Hendrix	368,000 229,500	229,500
Phua Wei	356,000 26,000	26,000
Dean Lyall	316,500 193,500	193,500
Alexandros Kolonias	290,000 36,000	36,000

Scott Margereson	281,500 106,500	106,500
Ryan Otto	276,000 126,000	126,000

Pierce McKellar	235,000 35,000	35,000
Lexy Gavin-Mather	234,000 36,000	36,000

Thomas Boivin	195,500 4,500	4,500
Mike Matusow	146,500 74,500	74,500

Jack Hardcastle	129,500 30,500	30,500
Brian Hastings	123,000 57,500	57,500

Juha Helppi	99,500 9,500	9,500

Asher Conniff	21,200 151,800	151,800

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