Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 5 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-10-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Danias "Does Nothing Wrong" and Busts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Nicholas Danias clashed with Ryan Law in a duel of short stacks to create the following showdown.

Ryan Law: A♥K♦ All in
Nicholas Danias: A♣Q♥

The board ran out 9♠4♥2♠K♥6♦ and Danias' stack was reduced below ten big blinds.

"Get ready, as I will be all in very soon," Danias suggested and kept that promise soon after when he had the ace-king.

Unfortunately for him, Eric Bunch woke up with the A♦A♥ behind and there were no paint cards on the board for Danias to bust.

"You did nothing wrong," another player at the table exclaimed and Ran Ilani chimed in "I don't know, I would fold the ace-king" albeit with a smirk on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Ilani	2,125,000 695,000	695,000
Eric Bunch	1,950,000 630,000	630,000
Ryan Law	800,000 20,000	20,000
Nicholas Danias	Busted

Tags: Eric Bunch Nicholas Danias Ran Ilani Ryan Law

07-10-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Buckingham Picks Off Vecino; Wins a Monster Off DiMascio

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Richard Buckingham and Juan Carlos Vecino checked to the turn on a board of K♣Q♠2♥6♣ in a blind versus blind battle before Buckingham led out for 150,000. Vecino called and the 2♦ fell on the river.

Buckingham then bet 200,000, but this time Vecino raised to 500,000. "I have a good hand," Buckingham said as he took a few minutes before calling.

Vecino showed A♠Q♣ for top pair, but Buckingham had Q♥6♥ for queens and sixes to win the pot.

The hand before, Buckingham had taken out Paul DiMascio in a massive pot and filled in the details. DiMascio had opened to 85,000 from early position and Buckingham defended his big blind.

The flop brought 4x3x2x and DiMascio continued for 160,000. Buckingham called and a 5x fell on the turn. DiMascio then moved all in for 1,800,000.

"I couldn't believe he did it. I feel bad for him, because I know he has the ace," Buckingham explained, saying he called with 6x4x for a straight while DiMascio had Ax9x and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Buckingham	8,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	1,300,000 1,585,000	1,585,000
Paul DiMascio	Busted

Tags: Juan Carlos Vecino Paul DiMascio Richard Buckingham

07-10-2025 19:08 UTC-8

Pisarenko Dashes Villa's Main Event Dreams

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Maksim Pisarenko raised under the gun to 85,000 before Alexander Villa jammed for 450,000 from the button. Once the blinds folded, Pisarenko called.

Alexander Villa: K♦Q♦ All in
Maksim Pisarenko : A♦Q♠

Villa was dominated by Pisarenko heading to the A♠K♥10♠ flop, which improved both players to a pair. The 6♠ fell on the turn, taking away a few of Villa's outs. The 10♥ came on the river, and Villa was gone from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	3,900,000 400,000	400,000

Alexander Villa	Busted

Tags: Alexander Villa Maksim Pisarenko

07-10-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Igor Sent on Holdaiy

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Connor Richards

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ivan Poroliev raised from under the gun and Igor Holdaiy called on the button as Nazar Buhaiov defended his big blind.

Buhaiov and Poroliev both checked on the flop of Q♠6♠4♦ and Holdaiy moved all in for around 350,000. Buhaiov called and Poroliev folded.

Igor Holdaiy: A♠8♠ All in
Nazar Buhaiov: K♣Q♣

Holdaiy couldn't hit his flush as the board ran out K♥3♦ to improve Buhaiov to two pair as Holdaiy was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	6,000,000 1,960,000	1,960,000
Ivan Poroliev	2,600,000 250,000	250,000
Igor Holdaiy	Busted

Tags: Igor Holdaiy Ivan Poroliev Nazar Buhaiov

07-10-2025 18:56 UTC-8

Staschewski Gets Raided

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Connor Richards

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Chris Dombrowski opened to 80,000 in the hijack and Zhen Cai three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff.

Andreas Staschewski then took several peeks at his cards in the small blind before four-bet jamming a stack of around 800,000. Dombrowski called and Cai folded.

Andreas Staschewski: J♦J♠ All in
Chris Dombrowski: A♥A♣

Staschewski had run into aces and an ace in the window was bad news, though he wasn't quite dead as the flop landed 8♥J♥A♦. The board finished out 10♦8♦ to mark Staschewski's elimination as Cai revealed he folded king-queen and would've won with Broadway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dombrowski	4,100,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Zhen Cai	1,100,000 600,000	600,000
Andreas Staschewski	Busted

Tags: Andreas Staschewski Chris Dombrowski Zhen Cai

07-10-2025 18:55 UTC-8

Hindry Falls to Garner

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michael Garner raised to 80,000 from early position and Joe Hindry shoved from the next seat for 595,000. When it got back to Garner, he quickly called.

Joe Hindry: 10♦10♣ All in
Michael Garner: J♦J♣

Hindry was crushed and even his suits were covered by the bigger pair of Garner. The runout of 6♦A♣A♥5♦K♥ didn't bring the ten that Hindry needed, and he hit the rail as Garner chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Garner	3,690,000 695,000	695,000
Joe Hindry	Busted

Tags: Joe Hindry Michael Garner

07-10-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Hedley Flipped Out

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andrew Hedley made it 80,000 to go in the hijack. Small blind Mark Shutley three-bet enough to cover Hedley, and Hedley snap-called for his stack of 550,000.

Andrew Hedley: A♣K♦ All in
Mark Shutley: 4♠4♣

Hedley received no help on the 7♥Q♣6♣ flop or 9♥ turn. The 8♦ river brought no ace or king, spelling the end of Hedley's Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Shutley	3,370,000 550,000	550,000
Andrew Hedley	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hedley Mark Shutley

07-10-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Time for Dessert

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nishant Sharma	Busted
Nicholas Caouette	Busted
Kang Chong	Busted
Meerwais Hussaini	Busted
Christopher Trang	Busted
Liubomyr Melnyk	Busted
Safiya Umerova	Busted

Alexandro Tricarico	Busted
Pierce McKellar	Busted
Oliver Braddock	Busted
Edward Ribeiro	Busted
Simon Levy	Busted
Iman Dan	Busted
Yaniv Peretz	Busted
David Elyashar	Busted
Roy Picciuca	Busted
Steven Shulman	Busted
Peter Schneider	Busted
Eric Salazar	Busted
Jonathan Glendinning	Busted
Jiwoo Hyul	Busted
Leroy Oswalt	Busted
Alexander Wong	Busted
Michael Miravi	Busted
Fabio Gomes	Busted

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07-10-2025 18:40 UTC-8

Schulze's Meteroic Rise in Back-to-Back Hands

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Erick Torres

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Two hands after dinner break sent Sebastian Schulze shooting up the chip counts, as he dueled against Michael Hawker in back-to-back hands that neither player is likely to forget any time soon.

The first hand was picked up on the river on a board that read 4♥4♠A♠9♠5♠ with over one million in chips already in the pot.

Schulze fired a bet before Hawker announced all-in over the top. Schulze quickly called to be at risk for 1,785,000.

"You don't have aces, do you?" Hawker asked as he rolled over a full house with 9♥9♣.

"Yes," Schulze replied and showed A♣A♦ to take down a massive pot.

Hawker stood up in disbelief as he paced away from the table in shock, but was still left with a stack of over 3,500,000 in chips to play with.

The second hand took place immediately after the events of the first.

Schulze opened the action with a raise to 85,000 from the cutoff and was called by Hawker in the small blind.

Hawker checked the 7♣8♣5♣ flop before Schulze fired 90,000. Hawker called to see a turn.

The 9♦ turn led to a bet of 210,000 from Hawker before Schulze raised it to 700,000. The chips had hardly been pushed toward the middle when Hawker announced all-in. Schulze quickly called to put Hawker at risk.

"You didn't flop a flush, did you?" Hawker asked.

Hawker showed a straight with K♥6♠ before Schulze showed him the bad news when he revealed J♣9♣.

The meaningless J♠ hit the river as Hawker grappled with the sequence of two hands that derailed his main event.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it," he said as he got up from the table.

As Schulze scooped the pot, Guy Leathley, a player sitting to his right, asked him jokingly, "What did you have for dinner, buddy?" said Leathley.

"Chicken teriyaki," Schulze replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	8,780,000 7,610,000	7,610,000

Michael Hawker	Busted

Tags: Guy Leathley Michael Hawker Sebastian Schulze

07-10-2025 18:34 UTC-8

Umerova's Journey Ended by Azoulay

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Kai Cocklin

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Safiya Umerova made it 180,000 from under the gun, leaving herself just 15,000 behind. Jonathan Azoulay was in the small blind and called.

On the K♥J♦9♦ flop, Azoulay checked, Umerova bet 15,000, and Azoulay called.

Safiya Umerova: Q♦3♠ All in
Jonathan Azoulay: A♣4♠

Umerova was live to a queen, ten, or a three, but didn't find any of them on the J♥ turn. No help arrived on the 6♥ river, and Umerova made her way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Azoulay	4,505,000 195,000	195,000
Safiya Umerova	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay Safiya Umerova