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Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Total Entries
9,735
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
1,476
Players Left
522
Players Left 1 / 9,735
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Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The pot stood at around 150,000, and the board showed 6♦4♠A♠Q♦. Joseph Barnard, in middle position, checked to Ivan Poroliev, who bet 80,000, which Barnard called.
On the 4♣ river, Barnard took the lead with a bet of 70,000. Poroliev took his time before raising to 280,000, prompting a snap-call from Barnard. Poroliev's cards quickly found the muck, and Barnard took down the pot without showing one card of his own.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Leon Sturm opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 24,000, picking up a call from Pierre Mothes in the big blind.
The flop came 9♣K♥4♦, and Mothes checked it over to Sturm, who continued for 18,000. Mothes gave him a long stare before making the call.
Both players checked the 9♥ turn, keeping the pot in control.
On the Q♣ river, Mothes checked one more time, and Sturm seized the opportunity, firing 42,000. After some thought, Mothes slid his cards into the muck, handing the pot to Sturm without a showdown.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Leo Margets was first to act and raised to 25,000. It folded to Philippe Noble in the big blind, who defended. Margets continued for 17,000 on the 2♦6♥3♠ flop, which Noble check-raised to 73,000.
Margets quickly called to the 3♣ turn, where Noble reverted to a check. Margets then bet 55,000, and Noble raised all in for about 400,000. Margets instantly mucked her cards, sending the pot to her opponent.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Michael Mizrachi limped in from under the gun with 7♥7♣, Hong Zou shoved for 72,000 from early position and Yifu He three-bet to 132,000 from the small blind. Leonard Sande four-bet to 275,000 from the big blind, Mizrachi folded and He five-bet shoved for 455,000. Sande called with a covering stack to put both opponents at risk.
Hong Zou: A♦4♣ 
Yifu He: A♠A♣
Leonard Sande: K♥K♣
He was on the right side of a massive cooler and remained ahead on the XXXX runout to eliminate Zou and drag in a massive pot while leaving Sande short-stacked.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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♦
Dmitriy Strunin: 10♠10♣
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.
