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

07-10-2025 13:10 UTC-8

D'Ursel D'One for the Day

Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Thomas Boivin raised to 50,000 in early position. Igor D'Ursel defended in the big blind, after which he virtually moved all in for 155,000 on the 4♣5♠7♣ flop. Boivin put in the rest of the chips, and D'Ursel called off.

Igor D'Ursel: K♥7♦ All in
Thomas Boivin: 10♥10♦

The 5♣ turn brought a straight draw on the board, but the A♠ river changed nothing, eliminating D'Ursel from the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuchen Chen	2,475,000 180,000	180,000
Isaac Haxton	2,150,000

Thomas Boivin	1,870,000 240,000	240,000
Stephen Hesse	1,825,000
Alessandro Predaroli	1,420,000
Fabrice Bigot	1,330,000 10,000	10,000
Joey Padron	900,000
Stephen Chidwick	580,000 10,000	10,000

Igor D'Ursel	Busted

Tags: Igor D'Ursel Thomas Boivin

07-10-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Chen Caught Making a Big Move Against Chong

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Three players limped in as action went on Bryan Chen in the small blind. He raised to 130,000 and Kang Chong reraised to 300,000 under the gun. The table folded back around to Chen who moved all in for 770,000, and Chong called.

Bryan Chen: K♣J♠ All in
Kang Chong: A♣Q♣

The K♠ in the window was a welcome sight for Chen, but it was followed by A♥5♣ as Chong hit top pair. The A♦ turn improved Chong to trips, and Chen was already drawing dead by the 8♦ river and on his way to the exit.

"Gamble, gamble," Chong said as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kang Chong	2,500,000 1,260,000	1,260,000
Bryan Chen	Busted

Tags: Bryan Chen Kang Chong

07-10-2025 13:05 UTC-8

Recent Oustings

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Dufner	Busted
JJ Liu	Busted
Joseph Gallagher	Busted
Michael Joseph	Busted
Josh Reichard	Busted
Everton Taylor	Busted
Anthony Ruberto	Busted
Fred Li	Busted
Michael Dulberg	Busted
Simeon Naydenov	Busted

Umang Dattani	Busted
Patrick Stacey	Busted
Hyunsick Jang	Busted
Hugh Joiner	Busted
Henry Fischer	Busted
Nadya Magnus	Busted
Michael Mathias	Busted
Simon Lofberg	Busted

David Carter	Busted
Kentaro Hori	Busted
Hal Hammaker	Busted
Richard Pyne	Busted
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Busted
Reo Konishi	Busted
Thomas Kelly	Busted

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07-10-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Morris Bows Out on a Table Full of Big Stacks

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Adam Lamers

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Alberto Destrade opened to 55,000 in middle position and Meerwais Hussaini three-bet to 140,000 in the hijack. Stephanie Morris flat-called on the button and Destrade came along as well.

The flop came Q♠8♦6♦ and Hussaini continued with a bet of 160,000. Morris raised to 400,000 which got Destrade to fold but Hussaini ripped all in for 1,075,000. Morris had a decision to make for the extra 460,000 in front of her and she gave it some thought for nearly three minutes before calling.

Stephanie Morris: K♠K♥ All in
Meerwais Hussaini: Q♣Q♦

"I thought that's what you had," Morris said realizing she was down to just two outs. The 3♠ on the turn and the J♣ on the river was not going to save her as Morris headed to collect her payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Primerano	3,600,000 600,000	600,000
Hartt Stearns	3,420,000 20,000	20,000
Sergio Veloso	3,220,000 130,000	130,000
Meerwais Hussaini	3,090,000 1,890,000	1,890,000
Zhao Liu	1,510,000 410,000	410,000
Nate Silver	605,000 200,000	200,000
Alberto Destrade	550,000 10,000	10,000
Kyosuke Nagami	500,000 1,780,000	1,780,000
Stephanie Morris	Busted

Tags: Alberto Destrade Meerwais Hussaini Stephanie Morris

07-10-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Cheong Eliminated by Holtzman

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The camera crew rushed by when a short-stacked Joseph Cheong pushed all in from the cutoff for his last 180,000 and was called by Guy Holtzman in the big blind.

Joseph Cheong: 5♦4♦ All in
Guy Holtzman: Q♣J♦

The J♠J♣5♠ flop left Cheong needing a miracle to survive as he needed running fives for quads. He had already grabbed up his belongings and was gone by the time the turn showed 9♦ to make the 4♣ river a formality. Holtzman had extended his fist for a bump but was left hanging as Cheong had already reached the ropes of the tournament area on his way out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guy Holtzman	1,550,000 245,000	245,000
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Tags: Guy Holtzman Joseph Cheong

07-10-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Suck & Resuck at Table 633

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Connor Richards

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Cord Garcia was all in against the bigger-stacked Sviatoslav Belov.

Cord Garcia: J♥J♣ All in
Sviatoslav Belov: Q♦Q♥

Belov had his opponent pipped and the flop of 7♦6♣4♦ didn't change anything. However, the J♦ gave Garcia a short-lived lead before the A♦ river gave Belov the winner with a flush.

"I win? Oh, I win," reacted Belov, who was filming the action. "GG."

Player	Chips	Progress
Sviatoslav Belov	1,800,000 270,000	270,000
Cord Garcia	Busted

Tags: Cord Garcia Sviatoslav Belov

07-10-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Runner-Runner Flush Sees Out Fernandez

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Marcelo Fernandez committed his final few blinds on the 4♠4♥8♦ flop, and he was looked up by Jose Valerio.

Marcelo Fernandez: A♠3♠ All in
Jose Valerio: K♦J♦

Valerio found a flush on the 6♦5♦ runout, sending Fernandez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Valerio	1,100,000 650,000	650,000
Marcelo Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Jose Valerio Marcelo Fernandez

07-10-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Gonia Gone

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

David Gonia was all-in preflop for all his 385,000 chips with Andreas Christoforou making the call to try and send him home.

David Gonia: A♠K♥ All in
Andreas Christoforou: J♣J♦

Christoforou had only a few big blinds more than Gonia, so this flip was incredibly significant for both players' Main Event. A low clean runout of 9♠2♠5♣7♥2♣ was revealed by the dealer, meaning Christoforou's jacks held up, and Gonia was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Christoforou	850,000 250,000	250,000
David Gonia	Busted

Tags: Andreas Christoforou David Gonia

07-10-2025 12:42 UTC-8

Kyriakides Exits in Brutal Fashion

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Erick Torres

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Kyle Taddei and Miltiadis Kyriakides got the chips in preflop with two premium hands in a classic race, with Taddei barely covering Kyriakides, who was at risk for 985,000.

Miltiadis Kyriakides: A♦K♦ All in
Kyle Taddei: Q♣Q♠

Kyriakides needed to improve to stay alive, and improve he did when the flop came K♠6♦4♥ to jump into the lead.

The 10♦ turn was safe for Kyriakides, but the river was much crueler as it came the Q♥ on the river, which elicited a reaction from both players as Kyriakides had an outburst of disappointment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Taddei	2,040,555 1,640,555	1,640,555
Miltiadis Kyriakides	Busted

Tags: Kyle Taddei Miltiadis Kyriakides

07-10-2025 12:41 UTC-8

Mariwalla Sitting With a Monster in the Big Blind

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Iman Alsaden jammed his last 85,000 into the middle from early position. The action folded around to Rohit Mariwalla in the big blind, who took one at his cards and immediately called.

Iman Alsaden: A♠2♠ All in
Rohit Mariwalla :A♦A♥

Alsaden didn't find the help he needed on the Q♣10♥10♣2♦J♥ runout to crack the aces of Mariwalla, meaning his Main Event journey was over.