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 17:55 UTC-8

Umerova Takes from Sepiol

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Safiya Umerova opened to 26,000 from the button with A♣6♣ and Dan Sepiol defended from the big blind with J♥9♦.

The flop came 7♥6♦3♥. Sepiol led with a 20,000 bet and Umerova called.

Sepiol checked the A♠ turn, Umerova bet 80,000 after improving to two pair and Sepiol folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Safiya Umerova	754,000 47,000	47,000

Dan Sepiol	357,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Dan Sepiol Safiya Umerova

07-09-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Fukao Jams the Flop

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Barry Russell

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

Jorge Ribeiro raised to 26,000 under the gun, Yaichi Fukao three-bet in the cutoff to 75,000, Sejo Kasic cold-called in the big blind, Ribeiro also made the call and three players went to a flop.

The flop came 8♦8♠K♠, Ribeiro checked, Fukao wasted no time and announced all in for 270,000, Kasic quickly folded.

Action was on Ribeiro who went deep into the tank for around five minutes before he decided to fold. Fukao is now playing a stack of 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sejo Kasic	980,000 638,000	638,000
Yaichi Fukao	500,000 700,000	700,000
Jorge Ribeiro	280,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Jorge Ribeiro Sejo Kasic Yaichi Fukao

07-09-2025 17:51 UTC-8

Where's the Pot?!?!

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Adam Lamers

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

Kenny Hallaert opened to 25,000 in middle position and Eric Afriat just called in the small blind. They went heads-up to a flop of Q♥5♠4♥ and Afriat check-called a bet of 20,000 from Hallaert.

The turn brought the A♣ and Afriat check-called another bet of 30,000. The 5♦ paired the board on the river and both players tapped the table. Afriat rolled over A♦K♠ which got a reaction from the table only to have Hallert flash his K♥K♦.

"How are you in this tournament?" Milan Patel asked after the hand. "Where's the rest of the pot? Eric, he's still in the tournament?!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	1,055,000 503,000	503,000
Kenny Hallaert	478,000 97,000	97,000

Tags: Milan Patel Kenny Hallaert Eric Afriat

07-09-2025 17:48 UTC-8

Bigot Continues His Run

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Donnie Peters opened to 23,000 in late position and got called by the button, Hao-Shan Huang. Fabrice Bigot in the big blind shoved all-in for about 475,000, pushing Peters out of the pot. Huang asked for a count then made a one-chip call, putting Bigot at risk and taking them to showdown.

Fabrice Bigot: 10♠10♦ All in
Hao-Shan Huang: J♠J♥

Although behind at the start, the flop 6♠8♠10♣ immediately propelled Bigot to the front. Huang had minimal outs to turn things around but the runout 2♣7♥ didn't give him the help he needed.

Bigot scooped the much-needed double up to continue his main event tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Bigot	910,000 37,000	37,000
Hao-Shan Huang	620,000 80,000	80,000
Donnie Peters	518,000 268,000	268,000

Tags: Donnie Peters Fabrice Bigot Hao-Shan Huang

07-09-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Entine Sends Two Players Home

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Tim Baker

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

Boutros Awad made it 30,000 under the gun before Dmitriy Strunin jammed from the small blind for 151,000. OIiver Entine moved in over the top with the covering stack and Awad called for his remaining 150,000.

Boutros Awad: 5♣5♦ All in
Dmitriy Strunin: 10♠10♣ All in
Oliver Entine: J♠J♥

Entine had the chance to send two players home if his pocket jacks could hold. The K♠A♥6♥ flop didn't help any player, and neither did the 6♠ turn or K♦ river. Entine jacks won the pot, while Awad and Strunin were out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Entine	700,000 286,000	286,000
Dmitriy Strunin	Busted
Boutros Awad	Busted

Tags: Boutros Awad Dmitriy Strunin Oliver Entine

07-09-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Oldest in the Field

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Stewart Morrison

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

PokerNews caught up with Robert Buckenmayer, who is the oldest remaining player in the 2025 WSOP Main Event.

Born on August 17, 1944, Buckenmayer will turn 81 years old later this year.

An established player with impressive career earnings, Buckenmayer has cashed the WSOP Main Event five times, including this year.

Those five cashes also include two deep runs:

2012 WSOP - 17th ($369,026)
2015 WSOP - 39th ($164,086)

A third deep run is still on the cards as Buckenmayer is still in with a stack of 195,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Buckenmayer	195,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Robert Buckenmayer

07-09-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Youngest in the Field

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Stewart Morrison

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

PokerNews caught up with Garry Gurevich, who is the youngest player remaining in the 2025 WSOP Main Event.

Born on April 20, 2004, the 21-year-old Gurevich shared that he won four Main Event seats from satellites, and using one of those, he is now in the money with a stack of 445,000.

Gurevich has also already won a $250 Daily Deepstack during the series, which contributed to his very impressive earnings of over $70,000 during the 2025 WSOP alone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Garry Gurevich	445,000

Tags: Garry Gurevich

07-09-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Ilani Holds For a Big Double Off Panyak

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David Salituro

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

Stephen Kehoe bet 18,000 from the cutoff on a flop of J♣6♠4♣ and was called by Jordan Rapoport on the button and big blind Maxim Panyak. Ran Ilani then raised to 145,000 in middle position and only Kehoe and Panyak called.

The turn was the 8♠ and Ilani moved all in for 378,000. Kehoe quickly folded, but Panyak took a few minutes to confirm the amount before calling.

Ilani turned over A♥J♦ and told the dealer not to turn over the river card yet as he whipped out his phone to begin filming the action. Panyak had 10♣8♣ for a pair and flush draw, but he missed the Q♦ river and Ilani doubled up.

At the same table, James Pillon has built up a stack of 1,800,000. "You're giving me chip envy. Do you have me covered?" the slightly-shorter stacked tablemate Montgomery Cole joked with Pillon.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Pillon	1,800,000
Stephen Kehoe	1,620,000 115,000	115,000
Ran Ilani	1,200,000 600,000	600,000
Maxim Panyak	860,000 860,000	860,000
Montgomery Cole	150,000 61,000	61,000