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

07-08-2025 11:17 UTC-8

Pateychuk Wins a Small One With King-High

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Tim Baker

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

Carlos Serrano opened the button to 6,000 and Andrey Pateychuk defended his big blind.

Pateychuk check-called a bet of 3,500 from Serrano on the 6♥10♠2♣ flop.

Both players checked down the 2♥ turn and 4♠ river. Pateychuk turned over K♦J♦ for king-high, which was enough to win the pot as Serrano mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	345,000 13,000	13,000
Carlos Serrano	280,000 10,500	10,500

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Carlos Serrano

07-08-2025 11:17 UTC-8

Garner Picks Off Nedelcu

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Narcis Nedelcu opened to 5,000 from the hijack and Michael Garner called from the cutoff.

The flop came J♥Q♣8♠ and Nedelcu check-called a 6,000 bet from Garner.

Both players checked the 2♦ turn leading to the A♣ river. Nedelcu bet 17,000 and Garner called.

Nedelcu had fourth pair with K♦8♦ while Garner had second pair with Q♥10♣ to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Garner	318,500 33,000	33,000
Narcis Nedelcu	120,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Michael Garner Narcis Nedelcu

07-08-2025 11:17 UTC-8

Zhou Forces a Fold from Hesse

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Brett Slezak

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

Stephen Hesse opened from the cutoff before Yinan Zhou three-bet from the small blind, and Hesse called to create a pot of 53,000.

On the montone A♣J♣9♣ flop, Zhou continued for 13,000 and Hesse quickly put in the call.

The turn brought the 7♥ as Zhou fired again for 25,000. After a minute's tank, Hesse let it go as the 2024 WSOP Super Main Event Champion dragged an early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yinan Zhou	187,000 42,000	42,000

Stephen Hesse	138,000 40,500	40,500

Tags: Stephen Hesse Yinan Zhou

07-08-2025 11:17 UTC-8

Ryan Stop & Goes Into Aces

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Connor Richards

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

Cory Ryan raised in the hijack and Daniel Jesudason three-bet to 55,000 on the button. Ryan called.

The flop landed 5♦8♦J♣ and Ryan moved all in for around 100,000. Jesudason called with a bigger stack.

Cory Ryan: Q♠J♠ All in
Daniel Jesudason: A♣A♥

Ryan picked up straight outs on the 9♠ turn, but the river bricked off the 8♥ to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Jesudason	340,000 160,000	160,000
Cory Ryan	Busted

Tags: Daniel Jesudason Cory Ryan

07-08-2025 11:16 UTC-8

Salonia Puts Kim to the Test Early

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Will Shillibier

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

Action was on a Q♣9♥6♠ flop and Jongtae Kim checked out of the small blind. Ralph Salonia bet 7,000 and Kim check-raised to 15,000.

Salonia called and the turn Q♦ paired the board. Kim continued for 12,000 and Salonia shoved for 78,000.

Kim covered his opponent by just 10,000 and eventually folded on what was possibly the first hand of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Salonia	130,000 31,000	31,000
Jongtae Kim	88,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Ralph Salonia Jongtae Kim

07-08-2025 11:15 UTC-8

Two Barrels Work for Bin

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jungsoo Bin raised the second hand a row and this time found two customers in Lukas Pazma on the button and Daniel Spear in the big blind. On the J♦6♠5♠ flop, they checked to Bin and his bet of 7,000 was called two ways. The 5♦ turn was checked by Spear and Bin's bet of 13,000 won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Spear	250,000 14,000	14,000
Jungsoo Bin	85,000 25,000	25,000
Lukas Pazma	70,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Daniel Spear Jungsoo Bin Lukas Pazma

07-08-2025 11:15 UTC-8

Garner Makes a Big Fold

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Phil Hellmuth opened to 6,000 from middle position with A♠6♦ and Noah Novick three-bet shoved for 152,500 from the button with 9♠9♦.

Michael Garner was in the big blind with A♦K♦ and opted to fold against the massive shove. Hellmuth also folded and the pot was pushed to Novick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Garner	285,500 5,000	5,000
Noah Novick	164,500 6,000	6,000
Phil Hellmuth	128,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Michael Garner Noah Novick Phil Hellmuth

07-08-2025 11:15 UTC-8

In Craig We Trost

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Liam Gannon

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

Craig Trost raised to 6,000 from the button and only Vincent Meli in the big blind called.

The flop rolled out 8♥10♣5♣ and both players checked to the A♥ turn where Meli bet 3,000.

Trost responded in turn by raising to 13,000 and Meli mucked his hand, ceding the pot to the Midwestern poker legend.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Meli	349,000 14,000	14,000
Craig Trost	139,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Craig Trost Vincent Meli

07-08-2025 11:14 UTC-8

Abiscott Doubles in the First Hand Against Wasnock

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Kai Cocklin

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

John Wasnock opened to 6,000 on the button in the first hand dealt on Table #643, then Joshua Abiscott shoved 45,000 from the small blind. When the action got back to Wasnock, he called.

Joshua Abiscott: 8♦8♣ All in
John Wasnock: A♠Q♥

Abiscott was flipping for his tournament life and needed his Snowmen to hold to stay alive. A flop of 5♠3♥4♣ was clean, but Wasnock did add a gutshot straight draw. However, the K♣10♠ runout was safe, and Abiscott avoided the nightmare of being eliminated in the first hand of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Wasnock	328,000 45,000	45,000

Joshua Abiscott	95,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: John Wasnock Joshua Abiscott

07-08-2025 11:09 UTC-8

Some Chip Counts in Blue

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Sava Krink

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Rodriguez	749,000
Nicholas Bond	724,500
Kevin Javier	620,000
Kyle Grupp	618,000
Christopher Farmer	564,000
William Camp	558,000
Ramon Pessoa	544,000
Bin Weng	500,500
Antonio Galiana	479,000

Kenneth O'Donnell	457,000

Martin Finger	444,000

David Jackson	444,000

Ryan Otto	402,000

Konstantin Puchkov	389,500

Matthew Wantman	369,500

Kevin Gerhart	362,500

Nitesh Rawtani	350,000
Michael Mizrachi	331,500

Alexandros Kolonias	326,000

Justin Zaki	318,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	312,500

Viktor Blom	287,000
Scott Baumstein	282,000

Francis Anderson	245,000

Damjan Radanov	226,000

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