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

07-08-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Blum	Busted
Tobey Faugno	Busted
Allen Patatanyan	Busted
Carlotta Ceccatelli	Busted
Nolan King	Busted
Marte Sandberg	Busted
Alex Gelinski	Busted
Liron Altman	Busted
Philip Cooley	Busted
Marshall Davey	Busted
Max Jones	Busted
Lynda Hernandez	Busted
Kristen Deardorff	Busted
Jacob Ferro	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted

Junhao Shen	Busted
Soojo Kim	Busted
George Yutuc	Busted
Nicolas Veloza	Busted
Kevin McShea	Busted
Hao Che Cheng	Busted
James Kozono	Busted
James Schaeffer	Busted
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Steven Rivero	Busted

Lee Falls to Nguyen

Kai Cocklin

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

JJ Liu opened to 12,000 from early position and Thi Xoa Nguyen called from middle position. Ricky Lee was in the hijack and bumped it up to 38,000, which both Liu and Nguyen called.

The flop came 3♦Q♣9♠ and when the action checked to Lee, he shoved for 99,000. Liu folded, but Nguyen called.

Ricky Lee: A♣K♦ All in
Thi Xoa Nguyen: J♣9♣

Nguyen had flopped a pair and turned trips with the 9♥, which left Lee drawing dead. A meaningless 3♣ filled out the board, and Lee made his way to the exit empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thi Xoa Nguyen	1,200,000 290,000	290,000
Jon Seaman	540,000 300,000	300,000
Gerry Fordham	330,000 141,000	141,000
JJ Liu	240,000 165,000	165,000
Ange Besnainou	200,000 49,500	49,500
Anzhela Vasylenko	195,000 100,000	100,000
Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss	150,000 45,500	45,500
Ricky Lee	Busted

Tags: JJ Liu Ricky Lee Thi Xoa Nguyen

07-08-2025 22:47 UTC-8

Mizrachi Runs Kings Into Aces, Loses Near 1M Chip Pot in Main Event

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Eliot Thomas

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

Michael Mizrachi has lost one of the biggest pots of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, as the seven-time bracelet winner couldn’t find a fold with pocket kings against pocket aces in a nearly million-chip clash.

One of the top stacks after the dinner break of Day 3, “The Grinder” saw his Main Event hopes take a significant hit after Alaskan-based Joey Padron scored a massive double-up and collected the 884,000 chip pot.

Barry Shove Takes it Down

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Stewart Morrison

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

Asko Muratovic raised in middle position to 14,000 before facing a three-bet from Thomas Barry on the button. Barry made it 40,000, which Muratovic elected to call.

The dealer spread a 2♣10♦4♣ flop, and Muratovic checked. After brief consideration, Barry then moved all in for 81,000.

Muratovic went into the tank, letting a few minutes pass by before finally deciding just to let go of his cards, returning them to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asko Muratovic	356,000 41,000	41,000
Thomas Barry	176,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Asko Muratovic Thomas Barry

07-08-2025 22:43 UTC-8

Just a Cooler, Nothing You Can Do

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Barry Russell

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

Miki Vea raised to 15,000 in early position, Craig Pollak three-bet to 45,000 in the hijack, Philippe Noble cold-called in the big blind, and Vea made the call.

The flop came 3♥J♠9♠, and Pollak shoved for 139,000, Noble called and Vea folded.

Craig Pollak: A♠A♣ All in
Philippe Noble: 9♣8♣

The board ran out K♦A♥, and Pollak took his chip count to over 400,000 near the money bubble. Scott Baumstein said to Noble, "Just a cooler, nothing you could do," as the chips were being scooped towards Pollak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miki Vea	510,000 313,500	313,500
Craig Pollak	410,000 26,500	26,500
Philippe Noble	400,000 228,000	228,000

Tags: Craig Pollak Miki Vea Philippe Noble Scott Baumstein

07-08-2025 22:42 UTC-8

The Weight of ICM Decisions

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Sava Krink

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

$10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em-World Championship

The action was picked up on the river with the board reading 9♦Q♣A♥7♣K♠ and around 100,000 in the pot. Masanori Izu checked as first to act, and Rodrigo Jim moved all in, covering Izu and putting his tournament life on the line.

As players inched closer to the money, the ICM pressure began to rise, and Izu clearly felt it. He let out a sigh and stood up from his seat, visibly conflicted. For nearly three minutes, he stood motionless, eyes fixed on the board. Then, in a surprising move, he turned over one card, the A♣, without saying anything, still holding his cards in the hand.

The dealer immediately called the floor. Since no one at the table reacted and no action had technically occurred, a second floor was called. During the confusion, Izu revealed his second card, the A♦, still holding both cards in his hand and saying nothing. Technically, his hand was not tabled, and it wasn’t considered official action.

A third floor supervisor arrived, and after another few minutes of silence, Jim called the clock. The floor gave Izu 30 seconds to act.

Instead of making a decision, Izu asked, “Can I take a picture?”. He pulled out his phone and recorded a video, filming his pocket aces, the board, himself, and his opponent. With a grin into the camera, Izu finally tossed his cards into the muck, giving up the hand, but not without leaving the table a story to remember.

After the hand, Izu received a two-round penalty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodrigo Jim	330,000 26,000	26,000
Masanori Izu	115,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Masanori Izu Rodrigo Jim

07-08-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Bartha Sniffs Out a Bluff as The Mouth Gives his Commentary

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Brett Slezak

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

Samuel Roussy-Majeau from the button and Liviu-Rodrig Bartha from the big blind had created a substantial pot of around 185,000 going into the turn with the board reading A♣K♥4♠2♠ after Bartha check-raised the flop.

Bartha led with a bet of 100,000 and Roussy-Majeau put in the call.

On the Q♥ river, Bartha elected to check it over to Roussy-Majeau who took some time before he cut out a bet of 100,000, sending Bartha deep into the tank as this represented almost half of his remaining stack.

After almost three minutes, Bartha stuck in the call as Roussy-Majeau pointed to Bartha to concede as Bartha tabled A♥4♦ for a flopped two pair which faced a tough spot on the river.

"I absolutely knew you had ace-four," Mike Matusow commented, "It's face up. That one hundred was a very blender bet, buddy."

Player	Chips	Progress
Liviu-Rodrig Bartha	595,000 303,500	303,500
Samuel Roussy-Majeau	130,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Liviu-Rodrig Bartha Samuel Roussy-Majeau

07-08-2025 22:41 UTC-8

Polop Squeezes Out Some Value

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Tim Baker

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

Wagner Wysotchanski made it 15,000 from early position with Alen Tenorio calling from the cutoff and David Cabrera Polop defending his big blind.

All three checked the 6♠9♥Q♥ flop to see the 8♣ came on the turn. Polop led out 34,000, which only Wysotchanski called.

When the 5♠ hit the river, Polop fired out 42,000 into the middle. Wysotchanski called and then mucked when Polop revealed two pair with 8♥6♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wagner Wysotchanski	1,050,000 230,000	230,000
Alen Tenorio	850,000 324,000	324,000
David Cabrera Polop	750,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Alen Tenorio David Cabrera Polop Wagner Wysotchanski

07-08-2025 22:41 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts - Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

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

A selection of updated chip counts, taken from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Locquet	958,000 38,000	38,000
Alberto Destrade	795,000 120,000	120,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	760,000 117,000	117,000
Jon Kyte	699,000 131,000	131,000
Delmiro Toledo	643,000 99,000	99,000
Richard Green	634,000 253,500	253,500
Andreas Putz	621,000 133,000	133,000
Ebony Kenney	522,000 34,000	34,000
Brandon Sheils	518,000 103,000	103,000
Everett Carlton	476,600 148,400	148,400
Surminder Singh	444,000 291,000	291,000
Jason Mercier	370,000 355,000	355,000

Carl Shaw	327,000

Dillon Ott	236,000
Gregory Zarefes	205,000
Charles Eichner	184,000 4,500	4,500
Dylan Linde	150,000

Stephen Lardner	124,000 31,000	31,000

07-08-2025 22:38 UTC-8

Ilyas Scores a Late Night Double

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Kevin Williams opened to 15,000 and Semsettin Ilyas then jammed the button for 49,000. While the blinds had folded and Williams was in the tank, Ilyas joked "you can just fold, you are behind". Williams tossed in a single chip for the call and Ilyas was instantly knocked down in his confidence as he quickly added "oh sh.t, you are ahead".

Semsettin Ilyas: A♦7♠ All in
Kevin Williams: K♥J♠

"Oh, you are behind," Ilyas said for the third change of mind and had reason to celebrate the double thanks to the 10♠4♠3♥9♦A♠ runout.