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

07-08-2025 12:33 UTC-8

Duckworth Picks Off Giuliano's Bluff

Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 30,000 already in the pot on a completed board of 7♦Q♠9♠3♦A♦, Vincent Giuliano was first to act from middle position and chose to place out a bet of 22,500. Tim Duckworth, who was seated directly to the left of Giuliano in the hijack, tossed in the call.

Giuliano flipped over a busted flush draw with K♠6♠, and lost the pot to Duckworth's A♣Q♦ for top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Giuliano	160,000 115,500	115,500
Tim Duckworth	125,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Tim Duckworth Vincent Giuliano

07-08-2025 12:32 UTC-8

Gonzalez Wins On River

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jeremy Kerbel raised to 6,000 from late position and on the button, Drew "BetOnDrew" Gonzalez called while Denys Bazeliuk called in the big blind.

The flop rolled out J♥J♠Q♣ and action checked through to the K♣ turn. Action checked around to Gonzalez who bet 10,000 and only Kerbel called.

On the river 9♠, Kerbel checked over to Gonzalez who bet 27,000 and Kerbel folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Gonzalez	415,000 135,000	135,000

Denys Bazeliuk	241,000 3,500	3,500
Jeremy Kerbel	68,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Denys Bazeliuk Drew Gonzalez Jeremy Kerbel

07-08-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Goh Plays the Situation?

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thomas Winschel announced a raise in middle position and threw in 5,000. What he hadn't seen, though, was that a player had already raised to 5,000 before him. He was happy just to call, but as per the rules, he was forced to raise to 7,500.

Action then folded to Linus Goh in the cutoff, who, with his new information, put in a four-bet to 28,000.

The original raiser folded, and after a brief pause for thought, Winschel returned his cards to the dealer, abandoning his chips already in the middle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linus Goh	110,000 134,000	134,000
Thomas Winschel	45,000 58,500	58,500

Tags: Linus Goh Thomas Winschel

07-08-2025 12:30 UTC-8

Sitbon Sits on 70k in Paris Black

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	460,000 33,500	33,500

Cliff Josephy	415,000 44,500	44,500

Nick Pupillo	410,000 74,500	74,500

Matt Affleck	360,000 41,000	41,000
Everett Carlton	320,000 105,000	105,000
Kathy Leibert	200,000

Doug Polk	190,000 60,000	60,000

Jack Bittker	190,000 69,000	69,000
Ashley Frank	75,000 67,500	67,500
Julien Sitbon	70,000 83,500	83,500

Mallory Klaus	60,500 7,500	7,500
DJ Mackinnon	26,000 26,000	26,000

07-08-2025 12:29 UTC-8

No Bing for Pinguelo as Tens Get Cracked

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Sava Krink

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nicholas Pinguelo opened the action from middle position with a raise to 27,000, leaving himself just 2,500 behind. Sitting right next to him, Sorin Ionut Morariu made the call, and with no other takers, the two went heads-up to a flop of 8♦4♦J♥.

Pinguelo wasted no time and tossed in his last 2,500, which Morariu snap-called.

Nicholas Pinguelo: 10♣10♦
Sorin Ionut Morariu:A♦K♥

Pinguelo was ahead with his pocket tens, but the A♠ on the turn flipped the script, giving Morariu top pair. The 9♣ river offered no help, and with that, Pinguelo’s tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorin Ionut Morariu	237,000 188,500	188,500
Jennifer Harman	118,000 22,000	22,000

Knute Lentz	87,500 121,000	121,000

Nicholas Pinguelo	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Pinguelo Sorin Ionut Morariu

07-08-2025 12:25 UTC-8

Rangel Wishes Kottler a Happy Birthday

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Barry Russell

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up with roughly 200,000 chips in the pot on a board of 2♥4♠5♣7♣5♠.

Jeremy Kottler was in the big blind and he bet 100,000 on the river. Michael Rangel, who was in the cutoff, went deep into the tank, and the clock was called.

Rangel had a few seconds left before he flicked in the call and heard "I've got a straight", Kottler turned over A♠3♠ for a flopped straight, Rangel said "happy birthday" as he tabled the 5♥, Kottler responded back with "my birthday is not for another six months".

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Kottler	530,000 82,000	82,000
Lexy Gavin-Mather	270,000 200,000	200,000

Scott Margereson	175,000 106,500	106,500
Michael Rangel	160,000 160,000	160,000
Mike Matusow	97,000 49,500	49,500

Cherish Andrews	29,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Jeremy Kottler Michael Rangel

07-08-2025 12:24 UTC-8

Hui Doubles With Rockets

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♠7♠5♣ and 54,000 in the middle, Dario Dussan Guzman checked from early position and Loni Hui bet 18,000 from middle position. Guzman shoved with a covering stack and Hui called with 72,000 behind, putting herself at risk.

Loni Hui: A♥A♣ All in
Dario Dussan Guzman: 10♥10♣

Hui's aces remained ahead of Guzman's tens on the 2♣6♣ runout, securing the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loni Hui	216,000 78,500	78,500

Dario Dussan Guzman	69,000 71,500	71,500

Tags: Dario Dussan Guzman Loni Hui

07-08-2025 12:22 UTC-8

Naets Among the Latest Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The cards of Sylvain Naets were just mucked by the dealer while the chips were sent over two spots to Juan Pablo Nuno Sanchez on the button. Jordan Mazer mentioned "ace nine versus ace-queen, twenty six thousand five hundred" to recap the action.

Sanchez's A♦Q♥ were still exposed and they ended up best on the K♣6♦2♣7♥7♦ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Sanchez	270,000 81,000	81,000
Sylvain Naets	Busted
Haoxin Tong	Busted

Tags: Jordan Mazer Juan Pablo Nuno Sanchez Sylvain Naets

07-08-2025 12:21 UTC-8

Many More to Exit

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Brin	Busted
Robert James	Busted
Ryan Page	Busted
Casey Yontz	Busted
Callum Gordon	Busted
David Hoag	Busted
Jiaming Zhao	Busted
Naoto Takeya	Busted
Danith Ham	Busted
Jeremy Joseph	Busted
Michael Wang	Busted

Lorell Pascual	Busted
Franklin Machado	Busted
Karl Hoalst	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Victoria Volynsky	Busted
Dimitri Vorbe	Busted
Thomas Metz	Busted
Mark Newman	Busted
Dustin Dirksen	Busted
Rene Cifuentes	Busted
Garrett Greer	Busted
Gary Dishongh	Busted
Cyril Sarrouf	Busted
Mike Leah	Busted

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07-08-2025 12:20 UTC-8

Are the Poker Gods on Doug Polk's Side?

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

"Are they listening?" Doug Polk asked tablemate Ryan Depaulo during a conversation about the so-called 'Poker Gods'

"I hope," replied Depaulo. "You can have your own conception of the Poker Gods."

"Jeez Ryan," said Polk. "We're half-way through level one!"

"What is God?" said Depaulo jokingly.

Getting back to the poker, Polk raised to 5,000 from under the gun and got two callers including Mario Rodriguez. The three players checked the J♠9♥7♥ flop and the turn was the K♦. Rodriguez check-called a 7,000 bet from Polk, with the third player folding.

The river J♥ also went check-check. Rodriguez tabled A♠10♣ but was pipped by the A♦Q♥ of Polk whose queen played and he took down the pot.

"You don't like to fold," Polk said to Rodriguez as he chipped up above 130,000.