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

07-09-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Deevara Flops Two Pair to Double Through Matusow

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 16:07 UTC-8

McDougall Gets the Perfect Runout

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Tim Baker

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

From the button, Anthony Hugenberg opened to 20,000, and Lindsey McDougall called from the small blind. Peter Park squeezed it up to 85,000 from the big blind, forcing Hugenberg to fold quickly. McDougall pondered briefly and then jammed for 180,000. Park immediately called.

Lindsey McDougall: K♦Q♥ All in
Peter Park: A♣K♠

McDougall was in rough shape against the Big Slick of Park. However, the Q♦5♥4♦ flop gave her top pair and a commanding lead in the hand. The dealer revealed the J♣ on the turn and 5♠ on the river, cementing McDougall's double-up through Park.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Park	740,000 149,000	149,000

Lindsey McDougall	390,000 187,000	187,000
Anthony Hugenberg	300,000 182,000	182,000

Tags: Anthony Hugenberg Lindsey McDougall Peter Park

07-09-2025 16:09 UTC-8

Salazar Sanchez Wakes Up with Aces

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Adam Lamers

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

Narongsak Dhanjaichon was down to just 90,000 chips and pushed all in from middle position. Javier Etayo flat-called in the hijack and Mauricio Salazar Sanchez reshoved all in from the big blind for around 360,000. Etayo gave it some thought but decided to send his cards into the muck.

Narongsak Dhanjaichon: J♠J♣ All in
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: A♥A♣

The flop came 10♦9♠3♦ and Salazar Sanchez was still holding strong with his pocket aces. The J♥ rolled off on the turn to give Dhanjaichon a set of jacks but it was the A♦ on the river that gave Salazar Sanchez a better set for the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	600,000 374,000	374,000
Javier Etayo	475,000 92,000	92,000
Narongsak Dhanjaichon	Busted

Tags: Javier Etayo Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Narongsak Dhanjaichon

07-09-2025 16:10 UTC-8

Agaev Crosses Seven Figures After Getting Rid of Wood

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Frank Visser

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

Christopher Wood pushed in his final 150,000 on the J♣6♦9♠ flop, and he was up against Adam Agaev.

Christopher Wood: Q♠10♣ All in
Adam Agaev: 6♥6♣

Wood's straight draw bricked on the 5♣ turn and 10♦ river, seeing Agaev's set hold to secure the knock-out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Agaev	1,140,000 406,000	406,000
Alan Goasdoue	550,000 12,000	12,000
Farid Jattin	375,000 154,000	154,000
Ilya Nikiforov	320,000 20,000	20,000
Christopher Wood	Busted

Tags: Adam Agaev Christopher Wood

07-09-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Le Stuns Pollak on the River; Demaci Puts in a Big Shove on Butters

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David Salituro

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

Hieu Le was in middle position with a raise of 60,000 in front of him before Craig Pollak moved all in for 337,000 on the button. Le called to put him at risk.

Craig Pollak: 7♣7♦ All in
Hieu Le: A♠K♣

Pollak remained in the lead with his sevens on the 2♥9♦10♣ flop, while the Q♦ turn gave Le a straight draw to go with his overcards. Le spiked the J♦ on the river to make his straight and send Pollak to the rail.

At the same time at another table, Christopher Demaci and Samuel Butters saw the turn on a board of 3♣J♥8♣9♥ with around 300,000 in the pot. Demaci then moved all in.

"You're a PLO player, right?" Butters asked as he went into the tank while considering the decision for his last 500,000.

While Butters was pondering making the call, Alex Bergfors told his tablemates how he wants to be remembered. "If that asteroid hits tomorrow, I want to be right here bluffing off my stack. And if the bluff gets through, I'll say let's go. A million years from now they'll discover a fossil and say, 'there is the guy who got the last bluff in at the 2025 World Series of Poker," Bergfors said.

Meanwhile, Butters eventually folded and Demaci took down the pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hieu Le	1,700,000 850,000	850,000
Christopher DeMaci	1,200,000 250,000	250,000
Alex Bergfors	800,000 510,000	510,000
Samuel Butters	500,000 167,000	167,000
Craig Pollak	Busted

Tags: Alex Bergfors Christopher Demaci Craig Pollak Hieu Le Samuel Butters

07-09-2025 16:13 UTC-8

Slight Edge

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Sava Krink

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

With around 125,000 already in the pot and the board reading 2♦6♣8♦J♠6♠, Antoine Berruel and David Kaufmann were locked in a heads-up showdown.

Berruel, sitting in the hijack, led out for 80,000. Kaufmann, in the cutoff, went into the tank before eventually making the call.

Berruel revealed A♦8♠ for two pair, eights and sixes, but Kaufmann turned over 9♠9♣ for the higher two pair, nines and sixes, and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	890,000 330,000	330,000
Antoine Berruel	590,000 193,000	193,000

Tags: Antoine Berruel David Kaufmann

07-09-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Jang Triples Up, Chen Left with Three Bigs

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Action was picked up with three players - Hyunsick Jang in cutoff all in for 167,000, Huabao Chen in the big blind all in for 184,000, and Kevin Nee in the small blind who covered both players.

Hyunsick Jang: K♥K♦ All in
Huabao Chen: A♥Q♥
Kevin Nee: 6♦4♦

The dealer flopped 8♦10♦2♠ which kept Jang's lead but gave Nee a flush draw. Chen was still hoping to hit his ace, but the turn K♣ gave Jang a set, strengthening his lead.

Chen, however, did pick up additional outs with a straight draw, while Nee was still waiting for a diamond to fall.

The river 8♣ cemented Jang's triple up with a full house.

A very small side pot of 34,000 went to Chen, but he got eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Nee	1,230,000 20,000	20,000
Hyunsick Jang	520,000 297,000	297,000
Huabao Chen	Busted

Tags: Huabao Chen Hyunsick Jang Kevin Nee

07-09-2025 16:20 UTC-8

Middleton With a Massive stack

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Barry Russell

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

Antonio Galiana raised to 20,000 under the gun, Goh Yanagida called in the hijack, and Tom Middleton called in the big blind.

Galiana bet 25,000 on a flop of A♠6♦Q♠, Yanagida folded and Middleton decided to check-raise to 85,000, Galiana called.

Middleton continued his aggression on the 10♠ with a bet of 225,000, Galiana called.

Middleton emptied the clip on the 6♥ with a shove of 425,000, Galiana went deep into the tank and eventually flicked in a chip to call, but saw that his opponent rivered three of a kind with 6♣5♠, Galiana frustratingly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Middleton	1,600,000 1,120,000	1,120,000
Antonio Galiana	970,000 540,000	540,000

Goh Yanagida	500,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Antonio Galiana Goh Yanagida Tom Middleton

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 16:22 UTC-8

Dauphinais Gets One Through

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Michael Mizrachi limped in from early position and Anton Beno raised to 38,000 from the hijack. Safiya Umerova called from the cutoff before Stephen Dauphinais three-bet shoved for 359,000 with 9♠9♥ from the big blind. Mizrachi folded 2♠2♣, Beno folded A♥J♣ and after a couple of minutes Umerova folded A♣Q♠, conceding the pot to Dauphinais.