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

07-09-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Merceron	Busted
Sunny So	Busted
Ian Pelz	Busted

Riva Arthur	Busted

Joshua Quint	Busted
Erik Carvalho	Busted
Reagan Silber	Busted
Emi Oike	Busted
Ryoh Hasegawa	Busted
Christopher Lastiwka	Busted
Billy Sharrak	Busted
Daniel Eichhorn	Busted
Ertem Osmanoglu	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted

Joe Kuether	Busted
Hamid Mezhoud	Busted
Tyler Huculak	Busted
Eric Siegel	Busted

David Pote	Busted
Christian Harder	Busted

Mark Swartz	Busted
Yoon Choi	Busted
Payman Taheri	Busted
Loren Weiss	Busted
Matt Souza	Busted

Post-Bubble Chip Update in Horseshoe Red

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Nakai	1,400,000 90,000	90,000
Amit Sharma	1,300,000 50,000	50,000
Stephen Kehoe	1,100,000 316,000	316,000
Gianluca Cabitza	1,000,000 349,000	349,000
Christopher DeMaci	950,000 105,000	105,000
Damian Salas	720,000 240,000	240,000

Jon Kyte	620,000 29,000	29,000
Greg Merson	600,000 40,000	40,000

David Kaufmann	560,000 56,000	56,000
Dillon Ott	550,000 23,000	23,000
Florian Ribouchon	550,000 248,000	248,000
James Obst	510,000 177,000	177,000

Leo Margets	500,000 500,000	500,000

Daniel Neilson	430,000 390,000	390,000
Sam Stein	400,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	400,000 67,000	67,000
Alexander Villa	400,000 43,000	43,000
Nadya Magnus	340,000 8,000	8,000
Yinan Zhou	230,000 223,900	223,900

Roman Hrabec	210,000 1,000	1,000

Vadim Rozin	130,000 11,000	11,000
Loni Hui	120,000 20,000	20,000

07-09-2025 13:46 UTC-8

Middleton Shoves the River on Elias

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♥10♠6♠, Darren Elias bet 16,000 from middle position and Tom Middleton called in the big blind.

Elias bet another 30,000 on the 2♥ turn and Middleton again called. The river was the 9♠ and Middleton moved all in, having Elias' remaining 120,000 covered.

Elias quickly folded and Middleton took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Middleton	480,000 38,000	38,000
Darren Elias	120,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Darren Elias Tom Middleton

07-09-2025 13:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mounir Tajiou	1,375,000 97,000	97,000
Isaac Haxton	950,000 100,000	100,000

Viktor Blom	890,000 96,000	96,000
Joseph Cheong	845,000 317,000	317,000

Kevin Gerhart	690,000 20,000	20,000

Everett Carlton	510,000 91,000	91,000
Ryutaro Suzuki	385,000 64,000	64,000

Noel Rodriguez	185,000 17,000	17,000

Michael Mizrachi	175,000 11,000	11,000

Samantha Cohen	119,000 31,000	31,000
Wagner Ripper	118,000 45,000	45,000
Nicolas Merceron	92,000 2,000	2,000

Hammaker Hits Miracle Straight Flush to Survive

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Sava Krink

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Maksim Pisarenko opened the action with a raise to 22,000 and found callers in Viktor Vladov in the hijack and David Mclaws in the small blind. Hal Hammaker, sitting in the big blind with just 2,000 left after posting, moved all in for his tournament life.

The flop came 5♦4♦2♦, and after a check from Mclaws, Pisarenko bet 28,000. Vladov got out of the way, and Mclaws quickly called.

On the 3♦ turn, Mclaws checked again and Pisarenko tossed in another 28,000, which Mclaws called without much hesitation.

Both players checked the 6♠ river and went to showdown. Mclaws showed A♣K♠ for a straight on the board, likely thinking he had at least a chop. But Hammaker flipped over A♦6♦ for a stunning straight flush, nuts.

With the bubble looming, Hammaker found the miracle and secured a crucial quadruple-up to keep his Main Event hopes alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	660,000 361,000	361,000

David Mclaws	532,000 239,000	239,000
Viktor Vladov	440,000 140,000	140,000
Hal Hammaker	48,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: David Mclaws Hal Hammaker Maksim Pisarenko Viktor Vladov

07-09-2025 13:21 UTC-8

Reichard Hero-Calls Ace-High for Tournament Life

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Josh Reichard open-raised to 16,000 from early position. Thi Xoa Nguyen flatted in the hijack, and they went heads up to a 5♣2♥10♠ flop. Reichard continued with a bet of 18,000, which Nguyen called.

Reichard slowed down on the 6♦ turn, checking it over to Nguyen. Nguyen took the initiative with a bet of 50,000, and Reichard called.

After Reichard checked the 6♣ river as well, Nguyen moved all in. Reichard's stack of 200,000 was covered, and he called off for his tournament life.

After the cameras had arrived, Reichard tabled A♠4♠ for just ace-high. Nguyen could only show 9♣7♣ for nine-high, however, and Reichard doubled up through his hero-call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thi Xoa Nguyen	1,034,000 126,000	126,000
Josh Reichard	588,000 492,000	492,000

Tags: Josh Reichard Thi Xoa Nguyen

07-09-2025 13:15 UTC-8

[Removed:549]'s Bluff Falls Short

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alexander Lynskey check-called [Removed:548] bet of 13,000 on the flop of 9♥5♣Q♣ with a pot of 50,000.

The turn fell K♥ and the same thing happened this time with [Removed:549] betting 98,000.

Lynskey checked the river J♠ and [Removed:549] fired 140,000. Lynskey mulled over his situation and finally made the call.

[Removed:549] tabled A♥4♥ for bluff. Lynskey scooped the pot after he showed J♣9♣ for a rivered two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lynskey	1,710,000 250,000	250,000
[Removed:548]	1,134,000 163,000	163,000

Tags: Alexander Lynskey

07-09-2025 12:37 UTC-8

Yoon Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gevork Ketendjian called 8,000 under the gun, Mihai Isar called in the small blind and Brian Yoon was forced all in from the big blind.

The flop came K♠6♥7♦, and Ketendjian bet 12,000. Isar called. Action checked to showdown on the 4♠ turn and A♦ river.

Isar tabled A♣3♦. Yoon peeled the first card and showed the 9♦. He then peeled the second card slowly, but unfortunately for Yoon, it was the 3♠, ending his main event run.