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

07-09-2025 20:58 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Grovenstein	965,000 750,000	750,000
Todd Birmingham	620,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Adam Grovenstein Todd Birmingham

07-09-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	2,300,000 90,000	90,000

Scott Margereson	1,630,000 455,000	455,000
Sam Chartier	1,320,000 725,000	725,000
Kenny Hallaert	1,150,000 280,000	280,000

Leon Sturm	1,030,000 55,000	55,000

JJ Liu	940,000 125,000	125,000
Cord Garcia	840,000 130,000	130,000

[Removed:548]	760,000 90,000	90,000
Lautaro Guerra	750,000 70,000	70,000

Brad Owen	560,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	550,000 260,000	260,000
Lara Eisenberg	465,000 180,000	180,000

Damian Salas	435,000 525,000	525,000

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	430,000 380,000	380,000
Timothy Miles	390,000 165,000	165,000
Kathy Liebert	380,000 60,000	60,000

07-09-2025 21:02 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	2,195,000 95,000	95,000

Romain Locquet	1,280,000 230,000	230,000
Michael Parisi	1,060,000 630,000	630,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Michael Parisi Romain Locquet

07-09-2025 21:02 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Short	700,000 250,000	250,000
Kang Chong	560,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: John Short Kang Chong

07-09-2025 21:07 UTC-8

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.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: Motoki Jinno

07-09-2025 21:09 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hendrix	840,000 364,000	364,000
Michael Dulberg	425,000 199,000	199,000

Tags: Adam Hendrix Michael Dulberg

07-09-2025 21:09 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Primerano	1,620,000 915,000	915,000
Diego Ponce	1,400,000 285,000	285,000

Tags: Daniele Primerano Diego Ponce

07-09-2025 21:10 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia	330,000 35,000	35,000

Regan Duong	190,000 172,000	172,000

Tags: Cesar Garcia Regan Duong

07-09-2025 21:14 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Levy	1,050,000 824,000	824,000
Koray Korkmaz	Busted

Tags: Koray Korkmaz Simon Levy

07-09-2025 21:15 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kohei Arai	2,200,000 900,000	900,000
Nathan Strange	Busted

Tags: Kohei Arai Nathan Strange