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

Jul 10, 2025

Danias Flops Boat & Avoids Shipwreck

Connor Richards

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

Nicholas Danias opened to 50,000 in middle position and Ohad Geiger three-bet jammed a stack of 285,000 from the button. Danias called with a bigger stack.

Ohad Geiger: A♠K♣ All in
Nicholas Danias: 6♥6♣

The flop of 8♠6♦8♦ absolutely smacked Danias as he made sixes full and he said "give it to me" as the dealer put down the 8♥ turn, somehow leaving Geiger with a chance to win the pot. But the 2♥ river was safe and Danias scored the knockout.

"Might be celebrating too early!" said Ryan Law.

"Hard not to celebrate when I flop a boat," replied Danias.

Tags: Nicholas Danias Ohad Geiger Ryan Law

Jul 10, 2025

Manokharan Is Running Wells

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Weston Wells opted for an open shove for his last 295,000 and Oystein Kristoffersen reshoved to isolate from the hijack. However, Murly Manokharan called all-in for 610,000 on the button and the blinds got out of the way.

Weston Wells: Q♣10♦ All in
Murly Manokharan: A♠A♥ All in
Oystein Kristoffersen: K♥K♣

The aces held on the 8♦6♣4♣J♦J♥ runout, and Wells was eliminated, while the stack of Kristoffersen was cut in half.

Paul Gibbons had jokingly asked, "Doesn't he have a straight?" to Manokharan, who smirked and looked up from his table massage — both even bumped fists.

While Manokharan was busy stacking up the chips, he then realized that he still had the pocket aces and tossed them towards the dealer.

Tags: Murly Manokharan Oystein Kristoffersen Paul Gibbons Weston Wells

Jul 10, 2025

Hesse Makes Boivin Fold a House

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Frank Visser

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

Alessandro Predaroli raised to 55,000 from early position with Q♠J♥. Joey Padron flatted his button with 10♦9♦, Thomas Boivin called in the small blind with J♠8♠, and Stephen Hesse defended his big blind with 9♣5♣.

The quartet of players checked through the 7♥7♦8♣ flop and K♥ turn. The 7♣ river then completed the board, which Boivin also checked. Hesse bet 160,000 with nine-high, and Predaroli and Padron quickly mucked their hands.

Boivin spent some time in the tank before he folded the best hand as Hesse got his multi-way bluff through.

Tags: Alessandro Predaroli Joey Padron Stephen Hesse Thomas Boivin

Jul 10, 2025

That's a Win for Nguyen

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Tim Baker

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

Hieu Le made it 50,000 under the gun and only Thi Xoa Nguyen called out of the big blind.

Nguyen started out with a check on the Q♦8♣K♠ flop, prompting Le to place out a bet of 50,000. Nguyen called.

Nguyen check-called another bet from Le when the 4♥ came on the turn, this time for 155,000.

Upon seeing the 2♥ hit the river, Nguyen opted to lead out for 300,000. Le deliberated briefly but ultimately folded and relinquished the pot to Nguyen.

Tags: Hieu Le Thi Xoa Nguyen

Jul 10, 2025

Merson and Montes Both Turn Flushes

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Kai Cocklin

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

Greg Merson limped in with A♦3♦ from the hijack, and Santiago Montes checked Q♦5♦ in the big blind.

Both players flopped a flush draw on the J♠K♦J♦ flop, where Montes check-called a bet of 25,000 from Merson.

The 7♦ on the turn completed both players' flush draws, and Montes again went into check-call mode after Merson fired 50,000.

A 7♥ on the river double-paired the board, and Montes checked it over, then Merson bet 200,000.

"So sick. Jack?" asked Montes as he mulled it over. Eventually, he called and saw the bad news that Merson had a bigger flush.

"Could have been a much bigger pot. I was betting way bigger on [different] rivers," said Merson.

"That river saved me a lot of chips," Montes mentioned later on.

Tags: Greg Merson Santiago Montes

Jul 10, 2025

Luis Getting Active, Check-Raises Merson

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Kai Cocklin

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

Damien Luis raised J♦J♣ from the button to 50,000 and Josselin Gardes called in the big blind with K♣Q♦.

On a low flop of 6♥6♣4♥, Gardes check-called a bet of 30,000 from Luis to the 3♥ turn, where this time Gardes check-folded when Luis threw in 190,000.

In the next hand, Luis raised to 50,000 in the cutoff holding A♣6♣ and Greg Merson called on the button with 8♠8♣.

A flop of 5♥3♣7♠ hit the felt and Luis fired 30,000, only to be met with a raise to 105,000 from Merson. Luis called.

When the 9♥ came on the turn, Luis checked and Merson bet 155,000 with his pair of eights. Luis had a double gutter, and put in a check-raise to 350,000, which got a snap-fold from Merson.

Tags: Damien Luis Greg Merson Josselin Gardes

Jul 10, 2025

DiMascio Gets Emotional Over Ace on the River

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David Salituro

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

Dong Chen raised to 380,000 under the gun, leaving himself just one 5,000 chip behind, and Paul DiMascio reshoved in the hijack. The table folded back around to Chen who checked the clock to see how many players were left before tossing in his last chip.

Dong Chen: 9♠9♣ All in
Paul DiMascio: A♣K♣

"Please," DiMascio pleaded going to the 7♠6♥3♥ flop. "Oh God," he added as he missed the 4♦ turn, but the A♥ river gave him top pair and the bustout.

"Yes!" he shouted out, lifting his arms into the air. "Sorry, I get a little too emotional," he said to his tablemates while Chen was sent to the rail.

"I get emotional, too. You're Spanish, you're bred to be emotional," tablemate Richard Buckingham said to Juan Carlos Vecino.

"But I don't show it at the table," Vecino added.

Tags: Dong Chen Paul DiMascio

Jul 10, 2025

The Bell Tolls for Tolley

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Erick Torres

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

Nicholas Danias raised to 50,000 from early position and was called by Yuya Sakamoto. Octavian Voegele chose to call from the hijack before Brian Tolley decided to go all in for 400,000 even.

Steven Alper elected to call Tolley's all in. The rest of the table folded after some deliberation to take Tolley and Alper to a showdown.

Brian Tolley: K♣Q♣ All in
Steven Alper: A♠K♥

Tolley was behind with a dominated king, but the flop gave him plenty of equity when it fanned out 2♣6♣5♦.

The 8♦ was not what Tolley needed, and the K♦ gave both players a pair, with Alper holding the better kicker as Tolley was eliminated.

Tags: Brian Tolley Nicholas Danias Octavian Voegele Steven Alper Yuya Sakamoto

Jul 10, 2025

Haxton Hauls Pot With Click-Back

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Frank Visser

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

Isaac Haxton raised to 50,000 in the hijack with K♠7♠. Alessandro Predaroli flat-called in the cutoff with K♥10♥, and Fabrice Bigot's 7♥7♦ on the button came along as well.

Stephen Chidwick called in the big blind with 5♥5♦, after which the Q♦Q♠4♠ flop was dealt. It checked to Haxton, who bet the minimum of 25,000. Predaroli folded, Bigot called, and Chidwick check-called.

The A♥ turn was then checked to Bigot, who fired 160,000. Chidwick folded his pocket pair, but Haxton check-raised to 350,000. After some time in the tank, Bigot let go of the best hand, shipping the pot to Haxton.

Tags: Alessandro Predaroli Isaac Haxton Stephen Chidwick

Jul 10, 2025

Reichard Flipped Out of Main

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Connor Richards

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

Josh Reichard made waves yesterday when he made an epic hero-call with just ace-high on the stone bubble, but the mid-stakes crusher's Main Event run has reached an end.

Reichard started the day among the chip leaders with 3,025,000, but was down to around a million when he found himself all in against Mitchell Hynam, as recounted to PokerNews.

Reichard held pocket queens against the ace-king of Hynam and couldn't win a flip as he was eliminated to earn a payout of $35,000.

Tags: Josh Reichard Mitchell Hynam