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

07-08-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Payne Rides With Butch and Sundance

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs with Robert Eichele all in and at risk for his last 76,000 from the small blind against Joshua Payne from under the gun.

Robert Eichele: A♥Q♥ All in
Joshua Payne: K♥K♦

The board ran out K♣J♣8♦A♦3♠ and the set of kings was good for Payne to eliminate Eichele from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Payne	411,000 228,000	228,000
Robert Eichele	Busted

Tags: Joshua Payne Robert Eichele

07-08-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Full House Beats Jacked Up Dreams

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Sava Krink

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Olivier Rebello opened the action from middle position with a raise to 8,000 and found two callers in Harlan Karnofsky on the hijack and Kurt Jewell on the button.

The trio checked through a paired 10♥10♠Q♥ flop.

On the Q♣ turn, Rebello took a stab with a bet of 12,000, and both Karnofsky and Jewell stuck around.

The 9♦ river saw the action freeze again, with all three players checking it down to showdown.

Rebello showed K♦J♣ for king-high and a missed straight draw. Karnofsky turned over J♥10♣ for tens full of queens, and Jewell, after initially hesitating, eventually tabled J♦J♠, chuckling, “All the jacks are out, huh?”

Karnofsky claimed the pot with the full house while Rebello and Jewell were left empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harlan Karnofsky	690,000 403,000	403,000
Kurt Jewell	255,000 46,000	46,000
Olivier Rebello	230,000 84,500	84,500

Tags: Harlan Karnofsky Kurt Jewell Olivier Rebello

07-08-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Joiner Catches Lyons Speeding

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Pat Lyons opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Hugh Joiner three-bet to 30,000 from the button. Lyons called.

Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of J♠K♥5♥7♠7♣. Lyons bet 76,000 into the 70,000 pot and Joiner called.

Lyons had 2♠2♦ for two pair, sevens and twos. Joiner had a higher pocket pair with 8♠8♣ to take a sizable pot from Lyons.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugh Joiner	297,000 150,000	150,000
Pat Lyons	276,000 114,500	114,500

Tags: Hugh Joiner Pat Lyons

07-08-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Nine-to-Five Job Haunts Sinclair

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Martin Alcaide raised and was called by both players in the blinds including Long Nguyen and Jack Sinclair, the latter very short-stacked. On the K♥9♦2♦ flop, it checked to Alcaide and he bet 11,000 for Nguyen to call and Sinclair to fold.

The J♠ turn saw Nguyen check and then fold when Alcaide bet 50,000.

One hand later, Nguyen raised the button to 10,000 and then called when Sinclair jammed 21,000 only from the small blind.

Jack Sinclair: 8♣8♠ All in
Long Nguyen: 9♣5♥

"One over card," Nguyen laughed when the cards were revealed and he improved right away on the 9♥6♦2♥ flop. The 2♦ turn and 6♠ river were blanks and that was it for Sinclair.

"Nine five?" Daniel Marin asked his table neighbour and Nguyen only smirked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Alcaide	445,000 185,000	185,000

Long Nguyen	290,000 138,500	138,500
Jack Sinclair	Busted

Tags: Daniel Marin Jack Sinclair Long Nguyen Martin Alcaide

07-08-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Polk Bests Kornuth

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was on a turn of K♥K♦4♠9♣ with 130,000 in the pot already. Doug Polk was in the big blind and check-called a bet of 28,000 from Chance Kornuth.

Both players checked the 10♦ and Polk tabled K♣J♣ for flopped trips. Kornuth smiled and mucked as Polk took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	515,000 65,000	65,000

Doug Polk	420,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Doug Polk

07-08-2025 16:58 UTC-8

Hulme Takes the Wind Out of Kite

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andrew Hulme shoved from the cutoff for 64,000 and Walan Kite called on the button.

Andrew Hulme: K♠J♠ All in
Walan Kite: 10♣10♦

Hulme had to win a flip, and the flop of 3♠9♠Q♥ gave him a lot more outs to do so. The A♠ on the turn sealed the deal as Hulme improved to the nut flush, which left Kite drawing dead.

The 6♠ on the river was just a formality, and Hulme doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ritvars Cekalins	435,000 327,500	327,500
Jasper van Moorsel	345,000 240,000	240,000
Ryuta Ichinose	290,000 234,500	234,500
Shane Klasnimi	280,000 24,500	24,500
Samantha Cohen	255,000 190,000	190,000
Andrew Hulme	138,000 47,000	47,000
Earl Castleman	75,000 71,000	71,000
Phillip Sills	70,000 35,500	35,500
Walan Kite	60,000 13,500	13,500

Tags: Andrew Hulme Walan Kite

07-08-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Barbero Thinks It Over

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was on a A♠8♥6♣4♥Q♣ river between Jerry Wong and Gustavo Barbero.

Wong had bet 115,000 which was about as much as was in the pot and Barbero was thinking his options over. He eventually called but mucked, saying he had held AxKx, when Wong tabled A♣8♣ for a flopped two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gustavo Barbero	450,000 62,300	62,300
Jerry Wong	330,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Gustavo Barbero Jerry Wong

07-08-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Kassouf Takes from Kade

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Vanessa Kade opened to 8,000 from early position with A♣10♣ and Will Kassouf three-bet to 21,000 from middle position with A♦J♥. Kade called.

The flop came 6♠5♦7♦ and Kade check-folded to a 20,000 continuation bet from Kassouf.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Kassouf	712,000 49,000	49,000
Vanessa Kade	182,500 99,500	99,500

Tags: Vanessa Kade Will Kassouf

07-08-2025 16:56 UTC-8

Players No Longer in the Tournament

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eusebiu Jalba	Busted
Michael Brenden	Busted
Asako Kitamura	Busted
Richard Scott	Busted
Steven Brooks	Busted
Lance Streng	Busted
Ronen Aviani	Busted
William Kean	Busted
Brian Brunner	Busted
Adam Thompson	Busted
John Harth	Busted
Tirza Sanders	Busted
Michael Crook	Busted
Ethan Ackerman	Busted
Kamel Mokhammad	Busted
Joseph Bartholdi	Busted
Logan Tackentien	Busted
Joseph Erwin	Busted
Damjan Radanov	Busted
Shyamsundar Challa	Busted
David Enda	Busted
Brad Sailor	Busted
Dimitrios Kilintaris	Busted
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

Srinivasa Godavarthy	Busted