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

07-08-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Davila Doubles w/ Cowboys

Connor Richards

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

Julian Penza opened to 10,000 in early position and Felipe Davila three-bet jammed a stack of 108,000 from the next seat. Penza called.

Felipe Davila: K♥K♦ All in
Julian Penza: Q♣Q♠

Davila was in great shape to double up and walked away from the table as the board ran out a safe 9♣4♥2♠5♠10♠ to earn him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Davila	230,000 92,500	92,500
Julian Penza	120,000 117,000	117,000

Tags: Felipe Davila Julian Penza

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

Wang Gets the Better of Braddock

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Stewart Morrison

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

David Wang kicked off the action with a raise in middle position to 11,000. A big-stacked Oliver Braddock was sitting directly on his left and chose to three-bet to 33,000. When play returned to him, Wang made the call.

The dealer burned and turned three, revealing a 6♣7♣A♥ flop.

Wang checked in flow, but put in a check-raise to 68,000 after Braddock had continued for 20,000.

Braddock gave his response some thought before ultimately deciding to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Braddock	840,000 60,000	60,000
David Wang	358,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: David Wang Oliver Braddock

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 20:44 UTC-8

Hernandez Spikes River Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Lynda Hernandez defended her big blind against Isaac Baron and they got it in after the 9♣8♣5♠ flop with Hernandez at risk for 63,000.

Lynda Hernandez: 9♠8♠ All in
Isaac Baron: 5♦5♥

The A♣ turn was a blank but the 8♦ river saved Hernandez with the superior full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Baron	595,000 155,000	155,000

Lynda Hernandez	145,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Lynda Hernandez Isaac Baron

07-08-2025 20:44 UTC-8

Celaya Shoves into Polk

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Doug Polk opened to 10,000 from the cutoff with 10♣6♣ and Raul Celaya defended from the big blind with 9♠7♥.

The flop came 7♦5♦9♣ and Celaya check-called a 13,000 bet from Polk.

Celaya checked the K♠ turn and Polk bet 38,000. Celaya shoved for 193,000 and Polk mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doug Polk	307,000

Raul Celaya	285,000

Tags: Doug Polk Raul Celaya

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 20:36 UTC-8

Arbaugh Finds a Double

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Brett Slezak

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

Alex Bergfors opened from the cutoff and Brian Arbaugh defended his big blind.

On the A♥J♠4♣ flop, Bergfors continued for 8,000 before Arbaugh clicked it to 20,000. Bergfors inquired about the size of Arbaugh's remaining stack before he quickly announced all in and Arbaugh snapped it off for 71,000 total.

Brian Arbaugh: 4♥4♦ All in
Alex Bergfors: A♦6♥

Bergfors had paired his ace but Arbaugh flopped bottom set to take a commanding lead. The 5♥ turn sealed the double for Arbaugh as the Q♣ river changed nothing and Arbaugh dragged some much-needed chips, while Bergfors still retains a very comfortable stack as the largest at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Bergfors	960,000 61,000	61,000
Brian Arbaugh	172,000 53,500	53,500

Tags: Alex Bergfors Brian Arbaugh

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