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

07-09-2025 17:56 UTC-8

Nawa Hooks Double-Up

Frank Visser

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

Francisco Roman open-raised to 37,000 in early position. Miltiadis Kyriakides called in the hijack, and Curtis King followed suit on the button.

Hiroki Nawa then three-bet jammed for 309,000 from the small blind. Roman mucked his cards, and Kyriakides sent his cards into the muck as well. King quickly called, however, and the cards were tabled.

Hiroki Nawa: J♦J♣ All in
Curtis King: 10♠10♦

Nawa's superior pocket pair remained best on the 2♦A♦2♥4♣7♣ runout, and he doubled up to overtake King in the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Roman	1,345,000 155,000	155,000
Esther Taylor	1,310,000 215,000	215,000

Hiroki Nawa	704,000 442,000	442,000
Will Kassouf	600,000 450,000	450,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides	530,000 70,000	70,000
Curtis King	465,000 591,000	591,000

Tags: Curtis King Francisco Roman Hiroki Nawa Miltiadis Kyriakides

07-09-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Counted Stacks

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	1,585,000 285,000	285,000
Dong Chen	610,000 930,000	930,000

Chris Hunichen	430,000 270,000	270,000

Chad Bleznick	259,000 71,000	71,000
Josh Arieh	185,000 5,000	5,000

07-09-2025 17:25 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	2,100,000 320,000	320,000
Alex Lynskey	1,963,000 67,000	67,000
Douglas Hobold	1,446,000 706,000	706,000
Michael Miravi	1,350,000 150,000	150,000
Kaiwen Chen	1,296,000 759,000	759,000
Richard Buckingham	1,259,000 199,000	199,000
Adrien Delmas	1,245,000 125,000	125,000
[Removed:548]	1,222,000 98,000	98,000
Bruno Soutavong	1,106,000 285,000	285,000
Elilton Gouveia	1,008,000 596,000	596,000
Bob Shao	991,000 660,000	660,000
Antonio Galiana	960,000 10,000	10,000

Yaniv Peretz	950,000
Kevin Nee	925,000 305,000	305,000
Nicholas Grippo	900,000
Michael Hollenberg	889,000 61,000	61,000
Arnaud Enselme	870,000 40,000	40,000

James Charbonneau	803,000 463,000	463,000
Ronald Ong	723,000 78,000	78,000
Ryan Biermann	713,000 2,000	2,000
Anthony Ruberto	670,000 223,000	223,000
Kevin McGee	631,000 99,000	99,000
Carmino Argiero	549,000 114,000	114,000
Dakota Baggett	480,000 340,000	340,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	461,000

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07-09-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Assorted Stacks in White Section

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	2,150,000 250,000	250,000
Chyan Pu Huang	1,930,000 230,000	230,000
Shotaro Kobayashi	1,795,000 105,000	105,000

Hans Bosman	1,785,000 685,000	685,000
James Pillon	1,700,000 500,000	500,000
Mounir Tajiou	1,675,000 25,000	25,000
Josh Reichard	1,525,000 937,000	937,000
Joseph Cheong	900,000 90,000	90,000

Thi Xoa Nguyen	850,000 184,000	184,000
Matthew Belcher	840,000 563,000	563,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	630,000 630,000	630,000
Gregor Sverko	583,000 448,000	448,000
Kenny Hallaert	575,000 150,000	150,000

Jay Nguyen	370,000 49,000	49,000
Chase Bricker	360,000 27,000	27,000
Monika Zukowicz	220,000 40,000	40,000
Mike Matusow	180,000 50,000	50,000

Jason Mercier	130,000 557,000	557,000

Mark Rubbathan	110,000 352,000	352,000

Yuto Misaka	76,000 566,000	566,000

07-09-2025 16:31 UTC-8

Buhahiov Stuns Obst on the River

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joshua Boulton raised to 20,000 in middle position and Nazar Buhaiov three-bet to 55,000 in the hijack. James Obst then moved all in for 150,000 on the button and Boulton folded, while Buhaiov took a few minutes and eventually called to put Obst at risk.

James Obst: A♦J♣ All in
Nazar Buhaiov: A♣10♥

Obst had Buhaiov dominated as the K♣J♦3♣ flop gave him a pair, while Buhaiov picked up a straight draw. The 3♦ turn was safe for Obst, but Buhaiov caught the Q♣ on the river to make his straight and send Obst to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	1,100,000 189,000	189,000
Shane Klasnimi	900,000 554,000	554,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	900,000 600,000	600,000
Joshua Boulton	320,000 117,000	117,000

James Obst	Busted

Tags: James Obst Joshua Boulton Nazar Buhaiov

07-09-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red; Power Eclipses Three Million

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	3,300,000 1,008,000	1,008,000
David Alvarez	2,350,000 721,000	721,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	2,300,000 1,447,000	1,447,000
Frank Flowers	1,660,000 70,000	70,000
Richard Green	1,500,000 190,000	190,000
Yulian Bogdanov	1,300,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Barone	1,300,000 180,000	180,000

Kohei Arai	1,300,000 20,000	20,000
Francis Anderson	1,100,000 890,000	890,000

Wagner Wysotchanski	1,100,000 174,000	174,000
Greg Merson	980,000 380,000	380,000

Matt Affleck	920,000 220,000	220,000
Carl Shaw	800,000 249,000	249,000

Brian Hastings	720,000 5,000	5,000

Jean Lhuillier	660,000 383,000	383,000
Henrik Hecklen	550,000 73,000	73,000
Leon Sturm	550,000 73,000	73,000

Jon Vallinas	480,000 50,000	50,000
Alan Sternberg	400,000 77,000	77,000

Eddie Blumenthal	400,000 400,000	400,000
Andrew Neeme	350,000 125,000	125,000
Ebony Kenney	340,000 55,000	55,000
Josh Arieh	180,000 24,000	24,000

Brad Owen	120,000 235,000	235,000

07-09-2025 16:21 UTC-8

Confusion, Rulings and Exposed Cards

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

It was immediate action on Table 531 in the Main Event.

When the under-the-gun player folded, the dealer pulled in his cards, but also accidentally pulled in the cards of the small blind player, as he was stacking chips from the previous hand and hadn't yet 'protected his cards'.

The next player to act, Jon Kyte, put in a raise to 22,000, but as he did this, the players at the table believed the hand to be a misdeal. The confusion at the table led to Vinicius Camargo sharing his cards with the players sitting next to him, exposing pocket jacks, as he believed he was about to return them to the dealer.

Queue the floor being called. A tournament official arrived, took stock of the action and made a ruling:

1. Because there had been action, the hand wasn't a misdeal.
2. Camargo's hand wasn't dead, but as he had shown two players, he must expose his cards to the whole table.

He turned over J♣J♥.

The hand was now ready to resume, and action was on Camargo, still facing the raise of 22,000.

Camargo responded with a three-bet to 55,000, before one seat to his left, Max Pinnola, four-bet all in for 146,000.

The action returned to Kyte, who folded, and back to Camargo.

Camargo went deep into the tank, knowing that his opponent knew his hand, and still elected to move all in.

After some time, he chose to call anyway.

Max Pinnola: A♥Q♥ All in
Vinicius Camargo: J♣J♥

The dealer provided a 2♥2♦4♠K♦8♦ board, which was no help to Pinnola; and as he gathered his belongings and left, the rest of the table discussed the very unique hand they had just been a part of.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	1,096,000 186,000	186,000
Vinicius Camargo	648,000 26,000	26,000
Max Pinnola	Busted

Tags: Jon Kyte Max Pinnola Vinicius Camargo

07-09-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Deevara Flops Two Pair to Double Through Matusow

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mike Matusow raised to 22,000 in the hijack and was called by Kenny Hallaert and Rahul Deevara in the blinds. The flop came Q♦7♣4♥ and the action checked to Matusow who continued with a bet of 30,000. Hallaert just called and Deevara ripped all in for 143,000. Matusow quickly called and Hallaert got out of the way.

Rahul Deevara: Q♠7♠ All in
Mike Matusow: A♣Q♣

Deevara flopped two pair to hold a big lead over Matusow who just had top pair. The 3♠ and 2♥ runout changed nothing and Matusow was forced to pass over half of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	725,000 112,000	112,000

Rahul Deevara	360,000 129,000	129,000
Mike Matusow	130,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Mike Matusow Rahul Deevara

07-09-2025 15:54 UTC-8

Taylor Plays It Slow with Queens

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Colin Robinson opened to 20,000 in early position and Esther Taylor just flat-called from a couple of seats over. They went heads-up to a flop of K♣7♦5♦ where both players checked through to the 5♣ on the turn and the 10♦ on the river.

Robinson finally made a bet of 27,000 and Taylor snapped him off. Robinson turned over J♥10♥ confidently but Taylor tabled her Q♣Q♦ for a better two pair to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	1,095,000 195,000	195,000

Colin Robinson	348,000 164,000	164,000

Tags: Esther Taylor Colin Robinson

07-09-2025 15:48 UTC-8

Additional Counts in Red Section

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Kehoe	1,735,000 319,000	319,000
Ryuta Nakai	1,545,000 35,000	35,000
Sam Jakubowicz	1,181,000 19,000	19,000
Aaron Barone	1,120,000 20,000	20,000

Dash Dudley	975,000 683,000	683,000

Stephen Chidwick	920,000 45,000	45,000

Jon Vallinas	530,000 379,000	379,000
Christopher Alcindor	355,000 71,000	71,000
Katie Lindsay	155,000 345,000	345,000