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

07-08-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Death by Quads for Nikzad

Ryan Lashmar

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

Isaac Rodgin opened to 5,000 from under the gun, Omid Nikzad called from middle position and Dario Dussan Guzman called from the cutoff.

The flop came 4♦J♣9♥. Rodgin bet 7,000, Nikzad shoved for 24,000, Guzman folded 7♠7♣ and Rodgin snap-called with a covering stack to put Nikzad at risk.

Omid Nikzad: J♦10♦ All in
Isaac Rodgin: 9♠9♣

Nikzad was drawing dead by the turn and was sent to the rail after the 9♦K♥ runout improved Rodgin to quad nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Rodgin	169,500 40,000	40,000
Dario Dussan Guzman	140,500 14,000	14,000
Omid Nikzad	Busted

Tags: Dario Dussan Guzman Isaac Rodgin Omid Nikzad

07-08-2025 11:52 UTC-8

Steede Trusts His Aces

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Liam Gannon

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

Jacob Steede raised to 6,000 in early position and in middle position, Tong Li raised to 20,000. Action folded back around to Steede who moved all in for 49,000 effective and Li called.

Tong Li: 9♣9♥ All in
Jacob Steede: A♥A♦

The board ran out 7♠4♠5♥4♦K♣ and the aces held up for Steede to eliminate Li from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Steede	213,000 15,500	15,500
Tong Li	Busted

Tags: Jacob Steede Tong Li

07-08-2025 11:51 UTC-8

Morris Makes the Right Call Against Arthur

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Brett Slezak

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

Riva Arthur from the button and Stephanie Morris from the big blind were heads-up to the river with 45,000 in the middle and the completed board reading K♦Q♥4♦A♦9♠.

Morris checked to Arthur who bet 25,000, which respresented half of Morris' remaining chips. She would go deep into the tank for over two minutes before she elected to flick in the call.

Riva Arthur: Q♦10♥
Stephanie Morris: A♣J♥

Morris made the right call with her top pair as she was able to find some breathing room and takes some chips off one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riva Arthur	550,000 57,000	57,000

Stephanie Morris	125,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Riva Arthur Stephanie Morris

07-08-2025 11:50 UTC-8

Lee Fades Goldman's Outs

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Tim Baker

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

Noel Rodriguez raised to 5,000 from early position before Jeremy Goldman three-bet to 12,500 from the hijack. Stanley Lee cold four-bet to 30,000 out of the small blind, which only Goldman called.

Heads-up to the 5♦Q♣2♥ flop, where Lee continued with a bet of 23,000. Goldman made the call.

The J♣ came on the turn, and after a few moments, Lee jammed for 70,000. Goldman went deep into thought, thinking for multiple minutes. Ultimately, Goldman made the call.

Stanley Lee: A♥A♦ All in
Jeremy Goldman: A♣K♣

Lee was ahead with aces, but Goldman had straight and flush possibilities with his Big Slick. The 3♦ came on the river, and Lee doubled up through Goldman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanley Lee	260,000 133,000	133,000
Jeremy Goldman	200,000 140,000	140,000
Noel Rodriguez	100,000 13,500	13,500

Tags: Jeremy Goldman Noel Rodriguez Stanley Lee

07-08-2025 11:50 UTC-8

Neugebauer Turns a Ten

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Kai Cocklin

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

Max Neugebauer opened the button to 5,000 and got a call from Alexander Rocha in the big blind.

They saw a flop of 2♥3♠J♦, where Rocha check-called a bet of 5,000 from Neugebauer.

Both then knuckled to showdown on the 10♥Q♠ runout, with Rocha flipping over A♦5♠ for just ace-high. Neugebauer had that beat as he turned a pair of tens with 10♣9♦, which meant he added a few more chips to his big stack .

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Neugebauer	445,000 10,000	10,000

Alexander Rocha	41,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: Max Neugebauer Alexander Rocha

07-08-2025 11:50 UTC-8

Polk Happy to Check It Down

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Will Shillibier

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

Action was on a A♣J♥9♠ flop and Christopher O'Donnell check-called a bet of 4,000 from Doug Polk.

The turn was the 10♣ and O'Donnell checked. Polk enquired as to O'Donnell's stack before checking back.

The river was the 5♦. O'Donnell checked for the third time and action was on Polk. He opted to check, and mucked when O'Donnell showed A♥7♥ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher O'Donnell	75,000 12,000	12,000
Doug Polk	70,000 15,000	15,000

07-08-2025 11:45 UTC-8

Blanco Folds Out Tsai

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Liam Gannon

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

Action was picked up on the flop in a three-way pot between Jordan Knackstedt in the small blind, Andy Tsai in first position, and Matthew Blanco on the button with 23,000 in the center.

The flop read Q♣A♣7♥ and action checked over to Tsai who bet 8,000, prompting Blanco to raise to 16,000.

Only Tsai called and he checked the turn 2♣ over to Blanco who bet 20,000, eliciting a quick fold from Tsai.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Tsai	275,000 117,500	117,500
Matthew Blanco	173,000 18,000	18,000
Jordan Knackstedt	129,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Andy Tsai Jordan Knackstedt Matthew Blanco

07-08-2025 11:45 UTC-8

Kyte Sends Godena to the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

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

Jarryd Godena raised to 5,000 from the hijack, and was promptly met with a three-bet one seat to his left. It was Jon Kyte who had put in the raise, upping the price of poker to 16,000. Action folded back to Godena, who moved all in for 102,000, and Kyte made the immediate call.

Jarryd Godena: A♠K♥ All in
Jon Kyte: J♣J♦

There was no help to be found for Godena when the board ran out Q♥9♣7♠7♣8♠, giving Kyte's stack an early boost and sending Godena to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	340,000 108,000	108,000
Jarryd Godena	Busted

Tags: Jarryd Godena Jon Kyte

07-08-2025 11:45 UTC-8

Negussie is Going Downs

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Yosef Negussie three-bet out of the big blind and Sean Downs called out of an early position to see the Q♣10♣7♦ flop, on which Negussie's bet was called. He also fired the second barrel on the 9♠ turn for 20,000 and Downs now raised to 50,000 in order to force a reluctant fold from Negussie.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Downs	355,000 54,000	54,000
Yosef Negussie	210,000 24,500	24,500

Tags: Sean Downs Yosef Negussie

07-08-2025 11:44 UTC-8

Harman Dodges Outs to Eliminate Wu

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Will Shillibier

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

Jennifer Harman raised to 5,000 and Tung-Jung Wu three-bet all in for 40,500. Harman counted out her chips and thought over her decision before calling.

Tung-Jung Wu: K♣Q♥ All in
Jennifer Harman: 9♦9♠

Harman was ahead but would have to dodge outs after the flop came J♣10♥7♣. She covered some of them with her pocket pair, and the 10♦6♦ runout sent Wu to the rail as the Hall of Famer chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Harman	140,000 84,000	84,000

Tung-Jung Wu	Busted