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

07-09-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Counted Stacks

Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	1,585,000 285,000	285,000
Dong Chen	610,000 930,000	930,000

Chris Hunichen	430,000 270,000	270,000

Chad Bleznick	259,000 71,000	71,000
Josh Arieh	185,000 5,000	5,000

07-09-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Barnard Wins the Pot Without Revealing His Cards

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Sava Krink

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Barnard	1,050,000 543,000	543,000
Ivan Poroliev	998,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: Ivan Poroliev Joseph Barnard

07-09-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Sturm Keeps the Pressure On to Take It Down

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Sava Krink

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	1,003,000 453,000	453,000

Pierre Mothes	535,000 212,000	212,000

Tags: Leon Sturm Pierre Mothes

07-09-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Margets Gets Double Check-Raised

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Frank Visser

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	735,000 315,000	315,000

Robert Nemeskerikiss	715,000 535,000	535,000
Brandon Wittmeyer	690,000 250,000	250,000

Johnny Bromberg	615,000 200,000	200,000
Philippe Noble	575,000 155,000	155,000
Andrew Neeme	505,000 155,000	155,000
Ernest Hou	71,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Leo Margets Philippe Noble

07-09-2025 17:42 UTC-8

He Doubles With Aces Through Kings

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Ryan Lashmar

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♣ All in
Yifu He: A♠A♣ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	1,266,000 181,000	181,000

Yifu He	1,006,000 483,000	483,000
Leonard Sande	108,000 453,000	453,000
Hong Zou	Busted

Tags: Hong Zou Leonard Sande Michael Mizrachi Yifu He

07-09-2025 17:45 UTC-8

Zhang Goes Huge on River

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Short	950,000 256,000	256,000
Dianlei Zhang	785,000 116,000	116,000

Tags: John Short Dianlei Zhang

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

Tags: James Pillon Maxim Panyak Montgomery Cole Ran Ilani Stephen Kehoe

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 17:46 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

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