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

07-08-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Gonzales Flops Quads to Crack Aces

Connor Richards

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

Michael Gonzales raised in the hijack and Wendell Barnes three-bet in the cutoff. Gonzales called.

Gonzales checked on the flop of J♥10♣J♠ and Barnes continued for 17,000. Gonzales called. Gonzales checked again on the 3♣ turn and Barnes bet 30,000. Gonzales check-raised all in and Barnes called. "If you've got the jack you've got the jack."

Michael Gonzales: J♦J♣ All in
Wendell Barnes: A♣A♦

Gonzales had flopped quads to have Barnes drawing dead with aces and the table reacted in disbelief as the Q♣ river bricked off to earn the Utahn a double.

"How does that happen?" Mallory Klaus reacted.

Jongtae Kim was in the one seat and hadn't seen Barnes' cards in the eight seat. When the dealer pulled them in, Kim reacted with the same disbelief his tablemates had shown 30 seconds earlier.

"You had aces? Wow!" Kim said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gonzales	200,000 119,000	119,000
Wendell Barnes	50,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Jongtae Kim Mallory Klaus Michael Gonzales Wendell Barnes

07-08-2025 14:06 UTC-8

Straight Flush for Garner

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Michael Zulker opened to 6,500 from early position with J♦10♦ and Michael Garner three-bet to 18,000 from middle position with A♠K♣. Zulker called.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of J♣Q♣2♣9♣10♣. Zulker bet 35,000, Garner raised to 100,000 with his rivered straight flush and Zulker mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Garner	413,000 74,000	74,000
Michael Zulker	137,500 66,000	66,000

Tags: Michael Garner Michael Zulker

07-08-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Wisbey Dodges Bullets

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Will Shillibier

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

The button opened and Jonathan Wisbey called in the small blind. Paul Dimascio three-bet to 26,000 from the big blind and Wisbey was the only caller.

Wisbey then check-called 17,000 on the A♣10♦8♠ flop and 32,000 on the A♥ turn.

The river 10♠ double-paired the board and both players checked. Wisbey tabled 8♣8♦ for a full house, eights full of aces, with Dimascio showing K♠K♦.

"I guess I should have bluffed," said Dimascio, refering to the runout where any ace would have counterfeit Wisbey's full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wisbey	385,000 132,500	132,500
Paul DiMascio	170,000 136,500	136,500

Tags: Paul Dimascio Jonathan Wisbey

07-08-2025 14:08 UTC-8

Zheng Sees Through Zhou's Bluff

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Tim Baker

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

Yinan Zhou made it 6,000 from middle position with only Tianyu Zheng calling from the button.

Zhou started out with a check on the 4♠10♦3♣ flop, and Zheng bet 6,000. Zhou made the call.

Both players checked the A♠ turn to see the 6♥ come on the river. Zhou led out for 15,000, which Zheng called.

Zhou showed king-high with K♣J♠, and lost the pot to Zheng's 7♦6♦ for a pair of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tianyu Zheng	315,000 148,500	148,500
Yinan Zhou	200,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Tianyu Zheng Yinan Zhou

07-08-2025 14:09 UTC-8

Preflop Raising Wars

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Andy Tsai tangled with Antoine Labat and four-bet only for the latter to five-bet shove. Tsai asked for his four-bet to be pulled in to check how many chips more he had to call. That was deemed to be another 158,500 on top and Tsai eventually folded.

Another five-bet unfolded between Huabao Chen and Nishant Sharma. The former made it 66,000 to go and then folded when Sharma clicked it back to more than 130,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nishant Sharma	340,000 128,500	128,500
Antoine Labat	291,000 141,000	141,000
Andy Tsai	195,000 80,000	80,000
Huabao Chen	140,000 89,500	89,500

Tags: Andy Tsai Antoine Labat Huabao Chen Nishant Sharma

07-08-2025 14:13 UTC-8

Toma Eliminated by Williams

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Over on table 520, a preflop raising war unfolded in which Tsugunari Toma and Benjamin Williams got their stacks into the middle for the following showdown.

Tsugunari Toma: 10♠10♥ All in
Benjamin Williams: Q♣Q♥

The A♠7♣3♥2♣A♣ board changed nothing and both stacks were counted. Williams' 231,000 covered and that spelled the end for Toma in the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Williams	415,000 132,000	132,000
Tsugunari Toma	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Williams Tsugunari Toma

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 14:17 UTC-8

Barattini Cracks Tsujisaka's Aces

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Brett Slezak

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

Action picked up heads-up to the turn with a little under 70,000 in the middle in a hand between Juan Barattini from middle position and Tetsuya Tsujisaka from the hijack.

With the board reading 10♣6♣3♦9♠, Barattini checked to Tsujisaka who bet 30,000. Barattini responded with a check-jam for 96,000 effective as the slightly covering stack, and Tsujisaka snapped it off.

Tetsuya Tsujisaka: A♠A♥ All in
Juan Barattini: 6♠6♦

"Are you kidding me?" Tsujisaka lamented as he saw the bad news and he sheepishly revealed his aces.

Tsujisaka pleaded with the dealer "One time, baby!" as the 5♣ landed on the river which improved neither player, and Tsujisaka's Main Event dream was cut short holding pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Barattini	315,000 41,000	41,000
Tetsuya Tsujisaka	Busted

Tags: Juan Barattini Tetsuya Tsujisaka

07-08-2025 14:18 UTC-8

Fernandez Triples Up

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Liam Gannon

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

Scott Boxenhorn raised to 7,000 from early position and Rahul Rastogi called in the hijack. On the button, Daune Fernandez moved all in for 48,500 and both Rastogi and Boxenhorn called.

The flop rolled out 9♦8♥2♥ and Boxenhorn check-folded to a bet of 30,000 from Rastogi.

Daune Fernandez: A♠Q♣ All in
Rahul Rastogi: J♠J♦

Fernandez ended up improving on the 10♦J♥ runout to make a queen-high straight and he survived his all in confrontation.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rahul Rastogi	212,000 68,000	68,000
Daune Fernandez	153,000 29,000	29,000
Scott Boxenhorn	141,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Daune Fernandez Rahul Rastogi Scott Boxenhorn

07-08-2025 14:19 UTC-8

Eskandari Eliminated, Jackson Close to 1,000,000 Chips

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Barry Russell

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

David Jackson raised in early position to 6,000, Massoud Eskandari shoved 104,000 from the big blind, Jackson called.

Massoud Eskandari: 7♥7♦ All in
David Jackson: A♦K♦

Great start for Jackson as the flop came 10♣4♣A♠, Eskandari could not find a seven as the board ran out 2♠Q♦, and his main event run came to an end.