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

07-09-2025 16:31 UTC-8

Buhahiov Stuns Obst on the River

David Salituro

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

Joshua Boulton raised to 20,000 in middle position and Nazar Buhaiov three-bet to 55,000 in the hijack. James Obst then moved all in for 150,000 on the button and Boulton folded, while Buhaiov took a few minutes and eventually called to put Obst at risk.

James Obst: A♦J♣ All in
Nazar Buhaiov: A♣10♥

Obst had Buhaiov dominated as the K♣J♦3♣ flop gave him a pair, while Buhaiov picked up a straight draw. The 3♦ turn was safe for Obst, but Buhaiov caught the Q♣ on the river to make his straight and send Obst to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	1,100,000 189,000	189,000
Shane Klasnimi	900,000 554,000	554,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	900,000 600,000	600,000
Joshua Boulton	320,000 117,000	117,000

James Obst	Busted

Tags: James Obst Joshua Boulton Nazar Buhaiov

07-09-2025 16:29 UTC-8

Assorted Counts Around White

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Chahn Jung	2,700,000 300,000	300,000
Ramon Pessoa	2,200,000 800,000	800,000
Fraser MacIntyre	1,950,000 1,477,000	1,477,000
Shotaro Kobayashi	1,900,000 200,000	200,000

Thomas Eychenne	1,900,000 200,000	200,000
Kai Yang	1,860,000 1,126,000	1,126,000
Mounir Tajiou	1,700,000 325,000	325,000
Chyan Pu Huang	1,700,000 455,000	455,000
Max Neugebauer	1,600,000 300,000	300,000

Isaac Haxton	1,450,000 500,000	500,000

Leonardo Valenzuela	1,400,000 539,000	539,000
Kevin Manley	1,400,000 1,064,000	1,064,000
Joseph Cheong	990,000 145,000	145,000

Jeff Gross	750,000 141,000	141,000

Chris Hunichen	700,000 60,000	60,000

Sean Rafael	645,000 157,000	157,000

07-09-2025 16:24 UTC-8

Morris Triples, Reid Bounced

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Adam Lamers

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

David Gonia raised it up in middle position and was called by Terrance Reid in the cutoff and Stephanie Morris in the small blind. The flop fell K♥6♦5♥ and Morris flicked in the last of her 26,000 chips. Gonia just called and Reid raised to 90,000. Gonia countered by shoving all in and Reid snapped off his stack of around 300,000.

Stephanie Morris: K♦10♦ All in
Terrance Reid: A♥7♥ All in
David Gonia: K♠Q♦

Two players flopped top pair but it was Reid with the only hearts in his hand. The turn was the 10♠ which improved Morris to two pair and the 8♠ on the river bricked out for Reid. Morris got her wish with a triple up but Reid was forced to leave the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Gonia	705,000 152,000	152,000
Stephanie Morris	162,000 16,000	16,000
Terrance Reid	Busted

Tags: Terrance Reid Stephanie Morris David Gonia

07-09-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red; Power Eclipses Three Million

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	3,300,000 1,008,000	1,008,000
David Alvarez	2,350,000 721,000	721,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	2,300,000 1,447,000	1,447,000
Frank Flowers	1,660,000 70,000	70,000
Richard Green	1,500,000 190,000	190,000
Yulian Bogdanov	1,300,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Barone	1,300,000 180,000	180,000

Kohei Arai	1,300,000 20,000	20,000
Francis Anderson	1,100,000 890,000	890,000

Wagner Wysotchanski	1,100,000 174,000	174,000
Greg Merson	980,000 380,000	380,000

Matt Affleck	920,000 220,000	220,000
Carl Shaw	800,000 249,000	249,000

Brian Hastings	720,000 5,000	5,000

Jean Lhuillier	660,000 383,000	383,000
Henrik Hecklen	550,000 73,000	73,000
Leon Sturm	550,000 73,000	73,000

Jon Vallinas	480,000 50,000	50,000
Alan Sternberg	400,000 77,000	77,000

Eddie Blumenthal	400,000 400,000	400,000
Andrew Neeme	350,000 125,000	125,000
Ebony Kenney	340,000 55,000	55,000
Josh Arieh	180,000 24,000	24,000

Brad Owen	120,000 235,000	235,000

07-09-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Fewer Than 1,000 Players Remain

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Derek Schroeder	Busted
Pamela Goletz	Busted
Seymour O'Geare	Busted
Michael Sklenicka	Busted
Brian Nerney	Busted
Leandro Tondato	Busted
Hongru Zhang	Busted
Niall Costigan	Busted
Keith Morgan	Busted
Simon Burns	Busted
Dogan Aydos	Busted
Michael Cannon	Busted
William Looper	Busted
Delmiro Toledo	Busted
Radwan Khuri	Busted
David Cabrera Polop	Busted
Shane Hicks	Busted
Or Hadad	Busted
Kingsley Leung	Busted
Oleksii Ievchenko	Busted
Zachary Nicholls	Busted
Jared Griener	Busted
Barbara Cardin	Busted
Mark Brodsky	Busted
Randall Lack	Busted

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Beno	768,000 89,000	89,000
Michael Mizrachi	661,000 22,000	22,000

Safiya Umerova	598,000 75,000	75,000

Stephen Dauphinais	470,000 134,000	134,000

Tags: Anton Beno Michael Mizrachi Safiya Umerova Stephen Dauphinais

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 16:20 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 16:15 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 16:13 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