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

07-08-2025 23:15 UTC-8

Neugebauer Rockets Up the Counts Late on Day 3

Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Max Neugebauer may have just taken the chip lead late on Day 3!

In a pot that had around 90,000 in it on a 7♥9♥Q♥ flop, Bin Weng checked from under the gun and Neugebauer bet 25,000 from middle position. Weng called.

A 9♦ hit the turn and again Went went into check-call mode after Neugebauer fired out 90,000.

When the J♥ put four hearts on the board, Weng checked for a third time. Neugebauer didn't slow down, though, as he put out a bet of 200,000 on the river. Weng went into the tank for some time and counted out his stack to see he had around 650,000 behind. Eventually, he called.

Neugebauer then flipped A♥A♣ for the nut flush, and Weng launched his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Neugebauer	1,750,000 1,077,000	1,077,000

Ivan Poroliev	540,000 222,000	222,000
Bin Weng	450,000 415,000	415,000
Stephen Dauphinais	450,000 346,000	346,000

Tags: Bin Weng Max Neugebauer

07-08-2025 23:15 UTC-8

Umerova Sniffs Out the Bluff

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Sava Krink

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jeremiah Wheeler opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 18,000, and Safiya Umerova defended her big blind.

The flop came 10♦Q♠9♠, and Umerova checked. Wheeler continued for 32,000, and Umerova stuck around with a call.

Both players checked the 3♠ turn.

On the K♥ river, Umerova checked once more, and Wheeler launched a sizable bet of 80,000 into the middle. Umerova didn’t hesitate, she called.

With the dealer announcing showdown, Umerova waited patiently, as Wheeler had made the last aggressive move. After a pause, Wheeler finally tabled 6♥5♣ for a stone-cold bluff. Umerova revealed Q♥8♠ for a pair of queens, enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Safiya Umerova	799,000 419,000	419,000

Jeremiah Wheeler	360,000 155,500	155,500

Tags: Jeremiah Wheeler Safiya Umerova

07-08-2025 23:14 UTC-8

Liu Wins the Pot but Accepts a Penalty

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Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action picked up to the completed board of A♣J♠5♣Q♦A♠ in a pot between Richard Sheils from the small blind and Tian Liu from the big blind with around 75,000 in the middle.

Liu had a bet of 50,000 in front of him before Sheils raised to 130,000, sending Liu deep into the tank.

Over three minutes would pass as Liu eventually revealed the A♥ from his hand and set it on the table face-up. The clock was eventually called as the floor informed Liu to protect his hand, and he eventually called with ten seconds left.

Richard Sheils: 2♥2♣
Tian Liu: A♥2♦

Liu made the right call with trip aces against the bluff of Sheils. The floor then told Liu that he would be on a one-round penalty for exposing his hand, which he graciously accepted as he collected a substantial pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tian Liu	1,175,000 302,000	302,000
Richard Sheils	265,000 102,000	102,000

Tags: Richard Sheils Tian Liu

07-08-2025 23:13 UTC-8

Celaya Takes from Girouard

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

James Girouard opened to 12,000 from the hijack and Raul Celaya defended from the big blind.

The flop came K♦J♦6♣ and Celaya check-called a 13,000 bet from Girouard.

Both players checked the 6♦ turn and 4♠ river. Girouard had two pair, jacks and sixes with A♦J♥ but Celaya had kings up with K♠7♠ to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Girouard	767,000 364,500	364,500

Raul Celaya	557,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: James Girouard Raul Celaya

07-08-2025 23:10 UTC-8

Late Night Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sam Jakubowicz checked the 8♣8♥2♠A♦ turn for 18,000 and the 7♣ river was checked for the French player to win the pot with the A♥5♥. One table over, Tomas Szwarcberg has even more chips at his disposal and they are among the largest stacks in the field right now.

Near the top of the leaderboard sits Juliet Hegedus, who continues to add chips every other minute to her growing tower.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	1,775,000 175,000	175,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	1,540,000 51,000	51,000
Sam Jakubowicz	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Yong Han	1,300,000 210,000	210,000
Antonios Onoufriou	1,125,000 375,000	375,000
Christopher DeMaci	850,000 250,000	250,000
Brandon Sheils	700,000 182,000	182,000
Cord Garcia	650,000 400,000	400,000

Jason Mercier	515,000 145,000	145,000

Dillon Ott	500,000 264,000	264,000
Chad Awerbuch	375,000 220,000	220,000
Michael Mizrachi	150,000 186,000	186,000

Tags: Juliet Hegedus Sam Jakubowicz Tomas Szwarcberg

07-08-2025 23:05 UTC-8

Reid's Main Event Continues

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With roughly 100,000 in the pot on a board of 4♠10♥5♥2♥, Terrance Reid was all-in for his last 120,000 with Jiwoo Hyul being the player trying to bust him.

Terrance Reid: A♣A♦ All in
Jiwoo Hyul: Q♥10♦

Reid was ahead right now with aces, but Hyul had a lot of cards he could hit on the river to send Reid home earlier than he would have liked. The dealer burned a card then slowly delivered the 4♦ on the river. Reid's aces held up, and he doubled up through Hyul.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiwoo Hyul	550,000 115,000	115,000
Terrance Reid	360,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Jiwoo Hyul Terrance Reid

07-08-2025 23:04 UTC-8

King's Kings Crash Into Aces

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Nolan King raised in middle position and the button called before Ihab Ali three-bet in the big blind. King four-bet jammed and the button folded before Ali called with a bigger stack.

Nolan King: K♥K♦ All in
Ihab Ali: A♣A♦

King had run kings into aces and couldn't improve as the board ran out 4♦6♣7♣5♦J♣ to mark his elimination with the money bubble approaching.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihab Ali	900,000 539,500	539,500
Nolan King	Busted

Tags: Ihab Ali Nolan King

07-08-2025 23:00 UTC-8

Kings Versus Kings Sends Home 2004 Champion Raymer

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Seun Oluwole called under the gun and Weston Wells raised to 18,000 in early position and Nicholas Bond called in middle position. Greg Raymer raised to 70,000 to see Oluwole fold and Wells raised to 150,000. Bond folded and Raymer moved all in for 440,000 which saw Wells call to put the 2004 Main Event champion at risk.

Greg Raymer: K♣K♦ All in
Weston Wells: K♥K♠

What looked like a chop was flipped on its head as the flop ran out 10♠8♠6♠ to give Wells a freeroll and flush draw to boot. The turn 2♠ locked up the pot for Wells before the A♦ river and the 2004 WSOP Main Event champion was eliminated from the tournament.

"Fossilman" signed a fossil for Wells as he wished his table mates luck, departing the field fifty or so spots away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weston Wells	1,290,000 1,237,000	1,237,000
Nicholas Bond	780,000 84,000	84,000
Seun Oluwole	235,000 145,500	145,500
Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Nicholas Bond Seun Oluwole Weston Wells

07-08-2025 22:55 UTC-8

Celaya Gets the Best Hand to Fold

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Eddie Blumenthal opened to 13,000 from the hijack with J♦J♣, Raul Celaya three-bet to 40,000 from the button with 10♠10♣ and Blumenthal called.

The flop came 2♥2♦K♦ and Blumenthal check-folded to a 55,000 continuation bet from Celaya.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Celaya	529,000 244,000	244,000
Eddie Blumenthal	335,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Eddie Blumenthal Raul Celaya

07-08-2025 22:54 UTC-8

They Got Him: Doug Polk Busts WSOP Main Event on Brutal Aces vs. Kings Bad Beat

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Jon Sofen

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Doug Polk lost an 80-big blind pot near the money bubble on Day 3 in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) thanks to a brutal bad beat.

The co-owner of Austin, Texas' The Lodge Card Club had quite the roller coaster ride in his only tournament of the summer. But it ended in brutal fashion. He did, however, get in one last ClubWPT Gold promotion on his way out of the feature table area.

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Tags: Doug Polk