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

07-08-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Zulker Takes from Hellmuth

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 13:55 UTC-8

Lindsay Outkicks Lazrus

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The turn showed 7♣6♦3♥6♣ and Katie Lindsay bet 16,000 for Daniel Lazrus to call. Both then checked the 8♦ on the river and Lindsay tabled the A♥Q♠. Lazrus checked his cards again and then tossed them into the muck, exclaiming "ace ten of clubs".

Player	Chips	Progress
Katie Lindsay	190,000 41,000	41,000
Daniel Lazrus	90,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Daniel Lazrus Katie Lindsay

07-08-2025 13:57 UTC-8

Deviren Doubles

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Sava Krink

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

With around 18,000 already in the pot, the flop came 10♣9♦5♥ and action quickly escalated. Itay Katz led out from the big blind with a bet of 15,000, only for Vedat Deviren in early position to raise it up to 40,000, leaving himself just 9,000 behind.

Katz went deep into the tank before deciding to shove, and Deviren snap-called to put himself at risk.

Vedat Deviren: A♦10♥ All in
Itay Katz: K♠10♠

Both players had top pair, but Deviren’s ace kicker had him in the lead. The A♥ on the turn improved his hand to two pair, and the Q♥ river changed nothing, locking up the double-up for Deviren.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vedat Deviren	116,000 52,500	52,500
Itay Katz	83,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Itay Katz Vedat Deviren

07-08-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Ciltan Falls To Gabriel

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Liam Gannon

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

Dan-Florin Ciltan raised all in from the cutoff for 39,000 and Thomas Gabriel called on the button.

Dan-Florin Ciltan: 9♥9♠ All in
Thomas Gabriel: A♥A♠

The board ran out J♦4♥J♥3♠J♠ and the jacks full of aces was good for the pot to eliminate Ciltan from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Gabriel	451,000 208,500	208,500
Dan-Florin Ciltan	Busted

Tags: Thomas Gabriel Dan-Florin Ciltan

07-08-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Cooler Flop Sees Zarnoch Take Out McCurdy

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Brett Slezak

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

Yingge Yan opened from early position and was called by Heitor Saraiva in the hijack, Maxwell McCurdy in the small blind, and Corey Zarnoch in the big blind.

On the 6♥5♥2♠ flop, the action checked all the way to Saraiva who put out a bet before McCurdy check-raised to 35,000. In the big blind, Zarnoch would jam all-in. It folded back to McCurdy who snap-called for his remaining 74,000 total.

Maxwell McCurdy: 5♠5♣ All in
Corey Zarnoch: 4♥3♦

It was a cooler scenario as McCurdy flopped middle set but was behind the flopped straight of Zarnoch. The board ran out 10♦9♠ as McCurdy could not find his needed board pair, and was sent to the exit in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Zarnoch	325,000 125,000	125,000
Heitor Saraiva	300,000 106,500	106,500
Yingge Yan	133,000 57,000	57,000
Maxwell McCurdy	Busted

Tags: Corey Zarnoch Heitor Saraiva Maxwell McCurdy Yingge Yan

07-08-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in Horseshoe Red

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	670,000 158,000	158,000
Sylwia Studniarz	550,000 182,500	182,500
Roman Hrabec	530,000 196,000	196,000

Susan Faber	510,000 56,000	56,000

Amit Sharma	485,000 314,000	314,000
Drew Gonzalez	440,000 25,000	25,000

Dan Sepiol	370,000 58,000	58,000

Nishant Sharma	330,000 118,500	118,500
Farid Jattin	330,000 31,000	31,000
Cord Garcia	300,000 300,000	300,000

Luigi Shehadeh	295,000 37,000	37,000
Rahul Rastogi	280,000 65,000	65,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	255,000 77,000	77,000

Francois Pirault	240,000 19,500	19,500
Arnaud Mattern	195,000 35,000	35,000
Darren Kramer	175,000 1,000	1,000
Samantha Abernathy	160,000 54,000	54,000
Jedd Kossew	145,000 9,000	9,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	120,000 15,000	15,000
Vineet Pahuja	115,000 1,500	1,500

Jimmy D'Ambrosio	110,000 110,000	110,000
Brek Schutten	100,000 120,000	120,000

Mikki Mase	90,000 10,500	10,500
Katerina Lukina	90,000 32,000	32,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	80,000 25,000	25,000

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07-08-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Fernandez' Two Pair No Good

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Stewart Morrison

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

Action was multiway with roughly 20,000 in the middle and the incomplete board showing 5♠4♥8♠.

When the action checked to Luis Fernandez on the button, he elected to move all in for 14,000. Both the small blind and Gregory Katayama in the cutoff called.

The dealer then provided the A♦ turn, which both active players checked.

Katayama placed a bet of 27,000 on the J♥ river, but swiftly pulled it back when the small blind player folded.

When Katayama turned his cards over, revealing A♠J♠, Fernandez sat back in his chair and laughed. He then showed that he had been rivered, turning over A♣5♣ for a worse two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Katayama	215,000 93,000	93,000
Luis Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Gregory Katayama Luis Fernandez

07-08-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Nice Pot for Choi

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Barry Russell

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

Zhihao Ye raised in early position to 6,000, Yoon Choi on his direct left three-bet to 19,000, action folded to Ye who four-bet to 50,000, Choi called.

Ye bet 20,000 when the flop came 7♠9♦Q♣, Choi called. Choi decided to shove 69,000 chips when the 6♣ hit the turn, Ye went deep into the tank but decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoon Choi	209,000 43,000	43,000
Zhihao Ye	121,000 167,500	167,500

Tags: Yoon Choi Zhihao Ye

07-08-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Enjamio and Zanette Chop It Up

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Sava Krink

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

Nicolas Enjamio opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from the hijack, and Giovanni Zanette responded with a three-bet to 16,000 on the button. Enjamio made the call, and the two went heads-up to the flop.

The 4♣2♦10♣ flop saw Enjamio check it over to Zanette, who continued for 18,000. Enjamio called without much hesitation.

On the 6♥ turn, the action followed the same pattern, check from Enjamio, bet of 40,000 from Zanette, and another call.

The J♥ river slowed things down, and both players checked it through. They tabled identical hands, Ax10x with a pair of tens and top kicker, resulting in a chopped pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Enjamio	328,000 60,500	60,500
Giovanni Zanette	183,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Giovanni Zanette Nicolas Enjamio

07-08-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Lendvai Gets Paid on Every Street by Song

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Kai Cocklin

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

A big hand just played out between Yiqian Song and Tamas Lendvai, which the latter recalled after the pot was pushed his way.

Song opened to 6,500 from the hijack and Lendvai three-bet to 21,500 from the small blind. Song called.

On the 3♣9♥8♥ flop, Lendvai bet 25,000, which Song called. Lendvai bet again for 65,000 on the 4♦ turn, and again Song called.

When the K♠ hit the river, Lendvai shoved for 104,500, which sent Song deep into the tank. Several minutes passed and Lendvai eventually called the clock on his opponent. During the 30-second countdown, Song called.

Lendvai then flipped K♣K♦ for a rivered set, and Song's K♥J♥ went into the bin.