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

07-09-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Vanpelt	Busted
Tony Ho	Busted
Alvaro Puchol	Busted
Alejandro Andion	Busted
Romulo Dorea	Busted
Yingge Yan	Busted
Michael Schulz	Busted
Craig Mason	Busted
Samuel Kaplan	Busted
Nathanial Hutton	Busted
Corey Zarnoch	Busted
Alex Visbisky	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Shunjiro Kita	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted

Rich Wu	Busted
Emmett King	Busted
Evan Hu	Busted
Steven Ayoub	Busted
Barry Hutter	Busted

Kyle Lorenz	Busted
Gaetan Balleur	Busted
Martin Alcaide	Busted

Justin Paskey	Busted
Jeffrey Conroy	Busted

Harris Not a Fan of Jam

Frank Visser

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

Brandon Harris in the big blind and Chih Fan on the button were heads up on the 10♠3♥Q♦ flop. With around 197,000 in the pot, Harris checked to Fan, who bet 45,000.

Harris called to the 5♦ turn, which checked through. Harris bet 80,000 on the 9♦ river. After several minutes in thought, Fan moved all in for 334,000.

"All that, and then move all in?" Harris asked out loud. "It's just never a bluff, is it?"

He then entered a tank of his own. "What do you have?" Harris asked Fan, but the dealer quickly stopped the conversation as discussing the holdings was not allowed.

"How was your day?" Fan asked instead, which received some laughter from the table.

"It was going pretty well until this hand," Harris admitted. "If you're bluffing here, you are a psycho," he then stated in reference to Fan's table talk.

After about five minutes, Harris said he would make a decision within ten second. After thirty more seconds, he finally announced a fold, claiming to lay down pocket queens.

Despite pleas from Harris, Fan did not show his cards, and the table continued onto the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Harris	845,000 771,000	771,000
Chih Fan	701,000 131,000	131,000
David Elyashar	675,000 325,000	325,000
Lindsey McDougall	525,000 125,000	125,000
Peter Park	500,000 240,000	240,000

Daniel Erlandsson	430,000 158,000	158,000
David Kuder	420,000 170,000	170,000
Anthony Hugenberg	230,000 70,000	70,000
Francisco Javier Dopazo	212,000 298,000	298,000

Tags: Brandon Harris Chih Fan

07-09-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just Kassouf?

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Adam Lamers

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

Things are starting to heat up in the Main Event as the players are approaching their dinner break with tensions on the rise and the stakes becoming even greater. It is getting especially warm over on Table 551 where Will Kassouf has been seated for most of the day.

"It's getting hot in here. Did you guys turn off the air conditioning?" Kassouf asked the tournament floor who agreed that it is getting warm in the room. "This table is really steaming in all senses of the word," he continued.

"If you turn on the a/c, would it turn off the bulls*** at this table?" Terence Clee questioned.

"No, for real, Chris, did you turn it off?" Kassouf kept probing the tournament supervisor.

"Ya, Chris personally turned it off," Esther Taylor chimed in.

In fact, it is getting quite warm in the Horseshoe Events Center and it's even starting to smell like Day 4 of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esther Taylor	1,350,000 70,000	70,000

Terence Clee	1,010,000 30,000	30,000
Jo Ann Pecora	965,000 105,000	105,000
Will Kassouf	870,000 445,000	445,000
Brandon Estrada	772,000 113,000	113,000
Stacey Ceragioli	534,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Esther Taylor Terence Clee Will Kassouf

07-09-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Iachan Holds Against Kobayashi in a Huge Pot

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Tim Baker

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

As recalled by many players at the table, one of the biggest hands of the Main Event just went down on Table #590.

Daniel Iachan opened under the gun with a min-raise to 24,000 before Shotaro Kobayashi three-bet to 77,000 from middle position. When it folded back to Iachan, he upped the price of poker by four-betting to 200,000. Kobayashi wasn't going anywhere as he called to see at least a flop.

With just over 400,000 in the middle, the dealer produced a wet flop of 6♠5♥4♥. Iachan placed out a bet of around 200,000, which Kobayashi called.

Upon seeing the 4♠ come on the turn, Iachan slowed down by checking the action over to Kobayashi. Kobayashi, who had the covering stack, jammed to put Iachan all in. Iachan had around 750,000 remaining in his stack and didn't take too long to make the call.

Daniel Iachan: A♣A♥ All in
Shotaro Kobayashi: 7♥6♥

Iachan had the goods with pocket rockets, while Kobayashi was at it preflop with a suited connector. However, Kobayashi had a straight flush draw, and a six he could hit to win the pot and eliminate Iachan. The river was the Q♣, and Iachan won a pot of over two million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Iachan	2,300,000 1,934,000	1,934,000
Shotaro Kobayashi	700,000 1,271,000	1,271,000

07-09-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Staschewski Keeps Mum

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Daehyung Lee opened to 24,000 under the gun and got called by Andreas Staschewski in the small blind.

The flop dropped 6♣J♦4♠ and both players checked. The turn Q♥ was check-raised by Staschewski to 80,000 after Lee bet 30,000, who called.

After a few seconds of thought, Staschewski placed in another 175,000 which made Lee fold. Lee was trying to get information as to what Staschewski was holding but Staschewski kept mum while he fixed his boosted stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daehyung Lee	1,420,000 735,000	735,000
Andreas Staschewski	630,000 612,000	612,000

Tags: Andreas Staschewski Daehyung Lee

07-09-2025 19:14 UTC-8

Runner Runner Two Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

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

Waheed Feda started the action under the gun with a 24,000 bet and got called by Sergio Veloso in middle position and Moshe Refaelovitz on the button.

The trio saw a 9♠4♦7♦ flop and after action was checked to him, Refaelovitz bet 36,000. Feda called by Veloso got out of the way.

The turn K♥ was check-called by Feda after a 76,000 bet from Refaelovitz.

On the river Q♠ the same thing happened after Refaelovitz bet 160,000.

Refaelovitz tabled K♣Q♥ prompting Feda to muck his hand as he shook his head muttering to himself.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moshe Refaelovitz	1,600,000 625,000	625,000

Waheed Feda	970,000 226,000	226,000
Sergio Veloso	101,000 799,000	799,000

Tags: Moshe Refaelovitz Sergio Veloso Waheed Feda

07-09-2025 19:15 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

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

The remaining 728 players will now take a 75-minute dinner break and return at approximately 9:30 p.m. When action resumes, blinds will be 10,000/15,000 with a big blind ante of 15,000.

07-09-2025 20:00 UTC-8

Here's How to Best Sweat Your 25K & ODB Fantasy Team in the PokerNews Live Updates!

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Josh Noy

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

All summer long, PokerNews is offering updates from both the 25K Fantasy and ODB Fantasy leagues, which you can read in our dedicated hub here.

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07-09-2025 20:10 UTC-8

Chip Count Update at Break

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Mariani	3,400,000 950,000	950,000
Arsenii Karmatckii	3,150,000 90,000	90,000
Alex Lynskey	3,100,000 20,000	20,000
Wagner Wysotchanski	2,600,000 200,000	200,000
Stephen Kehoe	2,570,000 950,000	950,000
Chad Power	2,500,000 800,000	800,000
Greg Merson	2,390,000 890,000	890,000

Alen Tenorio	2,300,000 99,900	99,900
Amit Sharma	2,280,000 340,000	340,000
Yong Han	2,240,000 160,000	160,000
Hieu Le	2,130,000 430,000	430,000
David Alvarez	2,130,000 170,000	170,000
Isaac Haxton	2,100,000 650,000	650,000

Josselin Gardes	2,100,000 1,592,000	1,592,000
Josh Reichard	1,985,000 460,000	460,000
Dai Ishibashi	1,975,000 445,000	445,000
Richard Buckingham	1,960,000 660,000	660,000
Adam Krach	1,940,000 760,000	760,000
Frank Flowers	1,810,000 710,000	710,000
Fabrice Bigot	1,750,000 840,000	840,000
Jamie O'Connor	1,740,000 793,000	793,000
Arnaud Mattern	1,700,000 550,000	550,000
Yuhang Chen	1,660,000 390,000	390,000
Brandon Sheils	1,620,000 860,000	860,000
Max Neugebauer	1,605,000 100,000	100,000