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

07-08-2025 13:05 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Sara Allgood	Busted
Christopher Frank	Busted

Changle Lin	Busted
Luke Vrabel	Busted
Thad McNulty	Busted
Roger Lussier	Busted
Kenji Hamamoto	Busted
Steven Cardarelli	Busted
Paul Tschernia	Busted
Huihan Wu	Busted
Bradley Hinson	Busted
Antoine Goutard	Busted
Adam Kievman	Busted
Li Chengbei	Busted
Nicolas Tartaglia	Busted
Oghenovo Constare	Busted
James Leonard	Busted

Mark Murphy	Busted
Julie Marriott	Busted
Marc Spitaleri	Busted
Yuchen Fan	Busted
Baptiste Line	Busted
Kostya Zaks	Busted
Benjamin Wallace	Busted
Tabatha Hilliard	Busted

Matusow Takes a Pot

Barry Russell

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

There were roughly 13,500 chips in the pot on 8♣10♠8♠Q♥ when Mike Matusow led for 4,500. Samuel Roussy-Majeau called in early position.

Matusow led again for 15,000 when the 3♥ hit the river, Roussy-Majeau took his time before he made the fold. Matusow tabled the a straight with 10♥9♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Roussy-Majeau	255,000 12,000	12,000
Mike Matusow	72,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Mike Matusow Samuel Roussy-Majeau

07-08-2025 12:49 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominic Ricciardi	Busted
Shinsuke Suzuki	Busted
Enrique Read	Busted
Dongyeol Choi	Busted
Antonio Espinosa	Busted
Arkadi Onikoul	Busted
Draxton Amador	Busted
Colten Yamagishi	Busted
Douglas Songer	Busted
Francisco Perez	Busted
Viorel Tonef	Busted
Michal Poprawa	Busted
Weiran Pu	Busted

Jose Noceda	Busted
Julian Milliard	Busted
Bastien Chopin	Busted
Tyler Warken	Busted
Robert Bastic	Busted
Eric Tipsword	Busted
Olivier Chaume	Busted
Eduardo Sanchez (AG)	Busted
Andres Morales	Busted
Will Failla	Busted
Olivier Busquet	Busted
Oddgeir Torekaasa	Busted

More for Sturm

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Michael Garner opened to 5,000 from the hijack with K♦J♣ and Leon Sturm called from the cutoff with A♠K♥. Phil Hellmuth called from the small blind with 7♠7♥ before Michael Ginn three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind with A♦Q♣. Garner folded before Sturm four-bet shoved, covering all remaining players. Hellmuth folded and after a few minutes of contemplation Ginn folded as well, conceding the pot to Sturm.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	572,500 127,000	127,000

Michael Garner	298,500 20,000	20,000
Michael Ginn	129,000 24,500	24,500
Phil Hellmuth	77,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Leon Sturm Michael Garner Michael Ginn Phil Hellmuth

07-08-2025 12:21 UTC-8

Many More to Exit

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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 12:16 UTC-8

Ginn's Cowboys Get No Action from Hellmuth's Ace-King

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Phil Hellmuth opened to 5,000 from early position with A♥K♠ and Michael Ginn three-bet to 15,000 from middle position with K♥K♦. Hellmuth quickly mucked his ace-king and the pot was pushed to Ginn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Ginn	153,500 34,500	34,500
Phil Hellmuth	93,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Michael Ginn Phil Hellmuth

07-08-2025 11:57 UTC-8

Negreanu Doubles Through Wheeler

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Jason Wheeler opened to 5,500 from under the gun, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 30,000 from the button, Wheeler shoved with a covering stack and Negreanu, who had 16,000 behind, called and was at risk.

Daniel Negreanu: K♠K♥ All in
Jason Wheeler: A♠Q♦

Negreanu remained ahead with pocket kings on the 3♠3♣2♣5♥3♦ runout to double up through Wheeler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	116,000 64,000	64,000

Daniel Negreanu	98,000 35,500	35,500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Wheeler

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

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.