2025 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 4
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♣3♣
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Total Entries
9,735
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
1,476
Players Left
522
Players Left 1 / 9,735
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Nawa Hooks Double-Up

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Hiroki Nawa
Hiroki Nawa

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.

Tags: Curtis KingFrancisco RomanHiroki NawaMiltiadis Kyriakides

Umerova Takes from Sepiol

Ryan Lashmar
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.

Tags: Dan SepiolSafiya Umerova

Fukao Jams the Flop

Barry Russell
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.

Tags: Jorge RibeiroSejo KasicYaichi Fukao

Where's the Pot?!?!

Adam Lamers
Adam Lamers
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert

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?!"

Tags: Milan PatelKenny HallaertEric Afriat

Bigot Continues His Run

Gabrielle Barredo
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.

Tags: Donnie PetersFabrice BigotHao-Shan Huang

Entine Sends Two Players Home

Tim Baker
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.

Tags: Boutros AwadDmitriy StruninOliver Entine

Oldest in the Field

Stewart Morrison
Stewart Morrison
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Robert Buckenmayer
Robert Buckenmayer

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.

Tags: Robert Buckenmayer

Youngest in the Field

Stewart Morrison
Stewart Morrison
Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Gary Gurevich
Gary Gurevich

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.

Tags: Garry Gurevich

Ilani Holds For a Big Double Off Panyak

David Salituro
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.

Tags: James PillonMaxim PanyakMontgomery ColeRan IlaniStephen Kehoe

Zhang Goes Huge on River

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

The action was joined as Dianlei Zhang and John Short were competing for a pot worth roughly 150,000.

The board had been dealt to the turn, showing 7♥8♦A♣5♥.

Short, playing from the small blind, checked over to Zhang, who put out a bet of 80,000. After spending some time in the tank, Short decided to call.

The river then brought the 3♥, and Short checked again. Zhang then pushed in three towers of chips, worth 345,000.

Short's decision was quicker this time. He advised his opponent that he thought he must have a set of aces, and then folded his cards.

Tags: John ShortDianlei Zhang

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