Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 4 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-09-2025 20:34 UTC-8

Pupo Flips Nguyen to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Giovanni Pupo raised to 30,000 in the hijack, Minh Nguyen moved all in for 160,000 on the button, and Pupo called.

Minh Nguyen: A♠Q♥ All in
Giovanni Pupo: 7♥7♦

Nguyen needed to win the coin flip to stay alive, but Pupo's pair stayed in the lead through the J♥4♦4♣5♥8♠ board to send Nguyen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Pupo	1,300,000 80,000	80,000
Minh Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Minh Nguyen Giovanni Pupo

07-09-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Vanpelt	Busted
Tony Ho	Busted
Alvaro Puchol	Busted
Alejandro Andion	Busted
Romulo Dorea	Busted
Yingge Yan	Busted
Michael Schulz	Busted
Craig Mason	Busted
Samuel Kaplan	Busted
Nathanial Hutton	Busted
Corey Zarnoch	Busted
Alex Visbisky	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Shunjiro Kita	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted

Rich Wu	Busted
Emmett King	Busted
Evan Hu	Busted
Steven Ayoub	Busted
Barry Hutter	Busted

Kyle Lorenz	Busted
Gaetan Balleur	Busted
Martin Alcaide	Busted

Justin Paskey	Busted
Jeffrey Conroy	Busted

Alcindor Busts Cole on the River

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Christopher Alcindor raised to 25,000 under the gun and picked up calls from James Pillon in middle position and Ran Ilani in the small blind. Montgomery Cole then moved all in for 160,000 in the big blind and only Alcindor called.

Montgomery Cole: A♥6♥ All in
Christopher Alcindor: K♣Q♥

"I'll take that," Cole said after both players turned over their cards. He remained ahead as the board came J♠9♦7♣2♥, but Alcindor hit the Q♣ on the river to win the pot and send Cole to the rail.

"Nice hand, buddy. Every time. It was nice playing with all of you," a still-smiling Cole told his tablemates as he wrapped an arm around Alcindor's shoulders and gave him a pat on the back before making his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Pillon	1,300,000 500,000	500,000
Ran Ilani	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Christopher Alcindor	900,000 230,000	230,000
Montgomery Cole	Busted

Tags: Christopher Alcindor James Pillon Montgomery Cole Ran Ilani

07-09-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Hussaini Fades to Eliminate Diaz Quilez

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Meerwais Hussaini opened to 25,000 on the button and Mario Diaz Quilez shoved all in for 85,000 in the small blind. Hussaini quickly called and the cards were on their backs.

Mario Diaz Quilez: Q♥J♥ All in
Meerwais Hussaini: A♣J♠

The flop came A♥K♣9♦ and Hussaini maintained a dominating lead over Diaz Quilez. The 3♥ on the turn made things sweaty but Diaz Quilez could not connect on the 2♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meerwais Hussaini	1,370,000 739,000	739,000
Mario Diaz Quilez	Busted

Tags: Meerwais Hussaini Mario Diaz Quilez

07-09-2025 19:03 UTC-8

Lynskey Dispatches Park

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Christopher Park shoved for 147,000 from the cutoff and Alex Lynskey called with a covering stack from the big blind to put him at risk.

Christopher Park: A♦4♦ All in
Alex Lynskey: A♠J♦

Park was in rough shape with a dominated ace on the 10♣8♦5♠ flop but picked up a gutshot and the nut-flush draw on the 2♦ turn. The K♣ river was a brick and Park exited the tournament area while Lynskey added more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lynskey	3,080,000 680,000	680,000
Christopher Park	Busted

Tags: Alex Lynskey Christopher Park

07-09-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Nogueira Eliminated in Five-Bet Pot

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Barry Russell

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Hans Bosman opened to 26,000 under the gun, and Tolga Demirel three-bet to 80,000 on his direct left. On the button, Rui Nogueira put in a four-bet to 280,000.

Demirel went deep into the tank, and with the clock eventually called, he five-bet shoved for 435,000. Nogueira, facing a tough decision with a pay jump in play and just 90,000 behind, stalled briefly before making the call.

Rui Nogueira: Q♣Q♦ All in
Tolga Demirel: K♠K♦

The board ran out 10♣J♥J♦9♦4♠, and Nogueira was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Bosman	1,140,000 280,000	280,000
Tolga Demirel	805,000 591,000	591,000
Rui Nogueira	Busted

Tags: Hans Bosman Rui Nogueira Tolga Demirel

07-09-2025 18:39 UTC-8

Conniff Hits a Trey to Send Ketendjian Home

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Asher Conniff raised to 30,000 on the button and Gevork Ketendjian moved all in out of the big blind for around 70,000. Conniff immediately called.

Gevork Ketendjian: A♠5♦ All in
Asher Conniff: A♥3♥

A chop looked like the most likely outcome as both players held small aces. However, the dealer produced a runout of 3♦9♣Q♦J♦6♣ to give Conniff the best hand with a pair of treys on the flop. The pot was sent to Conniff, and Ketendjian was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	420,000 256,000	256,000

Gevork Ketendjian	Busted

Tags: Asher Conniff Gevork Ketendjian

07-09-2025 18:37 UTC-8

Naranja Runs Into a Monster

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Damon Fine raised to 24,000 in early position before Agustin Naranja three-bet to 75,000 in the cutoff. Fine then four-bet to 180,000, Naranja moved all in for 320,000, and Fine snap-called.

Agustin Naranja: A♥K♠ All in
Damon Fine: A♣A♦

Fine had woken up with aces to leave Naranja at risk of elimination, but the K♦4♦10♥ flop gave Naranja some outs with a pair. The turn was the 4♥, while no miracles arrived for Naranja on the 10♦ river and he was sent to the rail.

At the same table, Ruben Correia has built up a stack of more than 3,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	3,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Mounir Tajiou	1,900,000 25,000	25,000
Damon Fine	1,100,000 279,000	279,000
Agustin Naranja	Busted

Tags: Agustin Naranja Damon Fine

07-09-2025 18:35 UTC-8

Ong’s Flush Eliminates Jackson

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Sava Krink

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ronald Ong kicked things off with an under-the-gun raise to 24,000. As action folded to David Jackson in middle position, he bumped it up to 80,000, and Ong made the call.

On the 6♠2♠3♣ flop, Ong checked, and Jackson continued for 135,000, which prompted Ong to go all in. Though it put him at risk, Jackson snap-called.

David Jackson: A♦K♠ All in
Ronald Ong: Q♠J♠

Ong was chasing the flush, whilst Jackson had ace high for a possible double-up. The 10♦ on the turn didn't change anything, but the 9♠ river gave Ong the flush and sent Jackson packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Ong	1,450,000 727,000	727,000
David Jackson	Busted

Tags: David Jackson Ronald Ong

07-09-2025 18:31 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Depol	Busted
Lawrence Meldman	Busted
David Jackson	Busted

Erick Wright	Busted
Dustin Iannotti	Busted

Roeland Peeks	Busted
Jesus Martinez	Busted
Guillaume Genin	Busted
Jesse Rivera	Busted
Bin Ling	Busted
Jeffrey Gilmore	Busted
Chris Heald	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

John Malvasio	Busted
Craig Welko	Busted
Sebastian Pauli	Busted
Eirik Bjorbak	Busted
Joshua Suyat	Busted
Alfred Karlsson	Busted
David Mclaws	Busted
Eben Ham	Busted
Nicholas Verdugo	Busted
Maksim Mutalapov	Busted
Ryan Harris	Busted
Albert Gorelik	Busted