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

Jul 09, 2025

Full Double for Birmingham

Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Todd Birmingham started the action with a raise to 30,000 in middle position. Adam Grovenstein responded with a three-bet to 75,000 from the button. Action folded back to Birmingham, who moved all in for 290,000.

Grovenstein seemed unhappy at the position he had ended up in. Unsure how to proceed, he went into the tank to think everything through. After some time to consider, he chose to call.

Todd Birmingham: A♦K♠ All in
Adam Grovenstein: A♥J♦

It was a clean runout for Birmingham, as the dealer spread a 6♠5♣7♥2♠8♥ board, earning him a full double-up.

Tags: Adam Grovenstein Todd Birmingham

Jul 09, 2025

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jul 09, 2025

Locquet Takes from Haxton

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Michael Parisi opened to 35,000 from middle position and received calls from Isaac Haxton on the button and Romain Locquet in the big blind.

All three players checked the 2♣8♠4♣ flop leading to the J♦ turn. Locquet bet 40,000, Parisi folded A♠Q♥ and Haxton called.

On the J♥ river Locquet bet 130,000 and Haxton called again.

Haxton had 7♠7♣ for two pair, jacks and sevens while Locquiet showed trips with J♠10♣ to win the hand.

Tags: Isaac Haxton Michael Parisi Romain Locquet

Jul 09, 2025

Short Saved By a Miracle Runout

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

John Short and Kang Chong saw a flop of 8♦8♠6♦ when Short got his last 250,000 in the middle from the hijack and Chong put him at risk in the cutoff.

John Short: J♠J♥ All in
Kang Chong: A♥8♥

Short showed down two jacks, but Chong had flopped trips to leave Short in danger of elimination. The turn, though, was the J♣ as Short spiked a full house. Chong needed to make quads to score the knockout, but instead it was Short who hit the last jack on the J♦ river to secure the double-up.

"Wow, what a turn," Chong said with a laugh as Short raked in the pot.

Tags: John Short Kang Chong

Jul 09, 2025

Confused Poker Player Spews Off Stack in WSOP $50K After Unknowingly Folding Hand

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Jon Sofen

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

A poker player in the $50,000 buy-in World Series of Poker (WSOP) High Roller flopped a set and lost to an inferior hand. But not because his opponent pulled off a sick bluff.

Motoki Jinno lost a strange hand during Wednesday's Day 1 session, and it sent the Japanese high roller into a downward spiral that ended in a pre-dinner break elimination.

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Jul 09, 2025

Rollercoaster Ride for Hendrix

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Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Michael Dulberg raised it up in middle position and Adam Hendrix three-bet shoved all in for 405,000 from a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Dulberg who quickly called to put Hendrix at risk.

Adam Hendrix: J♠J♦ All in
Michael Dulberg: A♥K♥

The flop came 10♣9♦4♣ and Hendrix remained in front with his pocket jacks. The A♦ on the turn gave Dulberg a pair of aces but it was the J♣ on the river that gave Hendrix a set of jacks for a double-up.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Michael Dulberg

Jul 09, 2025

Ponce Goes Deep into the Tank

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Stewart Morrison

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Daniele Primerano kicked the action off with a raise in early position to 30,000, and the player to his immediate left called. Action was then on Diego Ponce in the cutoff, who put in a three-bet to 175,000.

When play folded back to Primerano, he moved all in for 1,375,000. The player to his left folded, but Ponce wasn't so quick to muck his hand.

Ponce went deep into the tank. A few minutes passed by, then a few more minutes. He then employed some table talk, trying to get more information.

"Are you nervous?" he asked Primerano.

"It's a big pot,” replied Primerano, "A little bit [nervous].” "In any case, I would prefer you fold,” continued Primerano.

Armed with precious little extra information, Ponce returned to trying to figure out what to do. After a couple more minutes passed, and with a painstaking look on his face, he elected to fold.

Tags: Daniele Primerano Diego Ponce

Jul 09, 2025

Duong Doubles with Ace-High

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Sava Krink

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

80,000 was the stack of Regan Duong when he went all in in the cutoff, and he found a caller in Cesar Garcia, who was in the big blind.

Regan Duong: A♥Q♦ All in
Cesar Garcia: K♠Q♥

The board ran out 4♠9♣8♥5♣J♣, offering nothing for anybody, and Duong doubled up with ace-high.

Tags: Cesar Garcia Regan Duong

Jul 09, 2025

Levy Eliminates Korkmaz

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Koray Korkmaz open-shoved all-in for 150,000 in late position and got called by Simon Levy on the button, taking them to showdown.

Koray Korkmaz: K♣J♠ All in
Simon Levy: A♦10♠

Already ahead, Levy's lead got strengthened on the flop of Q♠10♥4♦ but Korkmaz had a chance as his outs increased with an open-ended straight draw. The turn 8♦ didn't change anything and the river 2♠ sealed Korkmaz fate. Korkmaz headed out to the payout counter as Levy scooped the pot.

Tags: Koray Korkmaz Simon Levy

Jul 09, 2025

Strange Exit in the Blinds

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Sava Krink

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

In a blind-versus-blind clash, Nathan Strange moved all in from the small blind and was called by Kohei Arai in the big blind.

Nathan Strange: K♦Q♠ All in
Kohei Arai: A♣K♣

The flop came K♠10♦5♥, giving both players top pair, but Arai held the superior kicker. The 6♥ turn and 2♦ river brought no help for Strange, and he was eliminated as Arai scooped up the pot.

Tags: Kohei Arai Nathan Strange