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

07-10-2025 14:10 UTC-8

Hesse Rivers Haxton

Frank Visser

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

Stephen Hesse raised to 60,000 in early position. Isaac Haxton called in the next seat over, and Yuchen Chen came along in the cutoff with 5♠5♥.

Joey Padron deemed his Q♦2♥ worthy of a call in the big blind, and the quartet saw a flop of 10♥2♣4♦. After Padron checked, Hesse continued for 80,000. Haxton called before Chen and Padron mucked their cards.

The 6♦ turn saw both remaining players check to the 9♣ river, where Hesse picked the aggression back up with a bet of 275,000.

Haxton quickly called, but his A♠10♠ disappeared into the muck when Hesse tabled 10♦9♦ for a rivered two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	2,625,000 415,000	415,000

Stephen Hesse	2,550,000 570,000	570,000
Yuchen Chen	2,245,000 125,000	125,000
Joey Padron	915,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Joey Padron Stephen Hesse Yuchen Chen

07-10-2025 14:08 UTC-8

Lee Turns Up Heat on Flop

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Erick Torres

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

Gianluca Cedolia raised from early position to 50,000 and was called by Daehyung Lee from the hijack and Michael Graffeo in the big blind.

Graffeo checked the 10♦4♥9♠ flop before Cedolia put out a bet of 55,000.

Lee wanted to play for more and raised to 150,000, which got a quick fold from Graffeo. Cedolia pondered for a moment, but decided on a fold to end the hand as Lee dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Kennedy	2,015,000 715,000	715,000
Daehyung Lee	1,320,000 470,000	470,000
Gianluca Cedolia	750,000 175,000	175,000
Michael Graffeo	655,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Daehyung Lee Gianluca Cedolia Michael Graffeo

07-10-2025 14:06 UTC-8

Hecklen Falls to Sasaki

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The cards were on their backs preflop and Henrik Hecklen had the best of it out of the small blind when he was all-in for 630,000 against Seiji Sasaki in the cutoff.

Henrik Hecklen: A♠K♥ All in
Seiji Sasaki: A♥Q♦

The 6♥3♠3♣ flop kept Hecklen in the lead but he fell behind on the Q♣ turn, now needing one of the remaining three kings in the deck. Neither of them came on the 9♣ river and that spelled the end for the Danish poker pro.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seiji Sasaki	1,925,000 640,000	640,000
Henrik Hecklen	Busted

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Seiji Sasaki

07-10-2025 14:05 UTC-8

A Welcomed Triple Up for Camargo

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Adam Lamers

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

Florian Ribouchon opened to 50,000 in early position from seat two and Vinicius Camargo moved all in for 250,000 on the button. Craig Trost was in the big blind in seat nine and called the all-in. He then went to flip over his cards, not realizing that there was a raise across the table. Ribouchon said he saw a red king and then just called.

The flop came K♠7♣5♦ and Trost led out with a bet of 125,000 which got Ribouchon to fold and the two remaining hands were tabled.

Vinicius Camargo: 7♠7♥ All in
Craig Trost: K♥8♥

"I wouldn't have called if I saw that," Trost indicated to the initial raise. Meanwhile, Camargo was in fine shape with a set of sevens and the Q♥ on the turn locked up the pot before the 4♥ hit the river. Camargo got a much-needed triple up to stay alive on Day 5 of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Trost	2,200,000 395,000	395,000
Florian Ribouchon	2,150,000 825,000	825,000
Vinicius Camargo	785,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Craig Trost Florian Ribouchon Vinicius Camargo

07-10-2025 14:03 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Hynam	2,400,000 400,000	400,000

Josh Reichard	Busted

Tags: Josh Reichard Mitchell Hynam

07-10-2025 14:03 UTC-8

Merson Extracts Value From Viox

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Greg Merson limped in with A♥J♠ from middle position and Chris Viox limped J♣8♣ on the button. Santiago Montes completed with K♠5♠ in the small blind, and Dmitrii Perfilev checked 10♥8♠ in the big blind.

They saw a flop of 7♠2♦Q♦, where all four players checked to the J♦ turn. When the action got to Merson, he fired out 75,000, which only Viox called.

A 2♠ on the river paired the board and Merson bet 110,000. Viox, with his pair of jacks, couldn't resist the price and called. Merson showed a pair of jacks with a better kicker, and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrii Perfilev	2,185,000 50,000	50,000
Greg Merson	2,140,000 285,000	285,000

Chris Viox	1,360,000 270,000	270,000

Damien Luis	1,340,000
Santiago Montes	1,330,000 75,000	75,000
Corey Skogrand	550,000
Steven Touitou	470,000 10,000	10,000
Rory Monahan	310,000
Josselin Gardes	270,000

Tags: Chris Viox Dmitrii Perfilev Greg Merson Santiago Montes

07-10-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Villa Bounces Back

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Christian Zetzsche

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

On the tail end of a A♠K♣6♥3♥2♦ board, Alexander Villa in the big blind bet 230,000. He was called by Guy Holtzman on the button and tabled his K♠3♣ for turned two pair to win the pot. Villa had previously lost a big portion of his stack but since leaped above the average again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arnaud Mattern	3,600,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Maksim Pisarenko	2,200,000 515,000	515,000

Alexander Villa	1,700,000 1,410,000	1,410,000
Guy Holtzman	1,250,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Alexander Villa Guy Holtzman

07-10-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Pengelly Wins With Queens

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Ryan Lashmar

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

William Pengelly opened to 50,000 from middle position and Ryuta Nakai defended from the big blind.

The flop came 5♠A♣10♠ and Nakai check-called a 50,000 continuation bet from Pengelly.

Both players checked the 2♣ turn and 5♥ river. Nakai had 7♦7♣ for two pair, sevens and fives but Pengelly had him beat with Q♠Q♣ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Nakai	3,500,000 25,000	25,000
Adrien Delmas	2,830,000 220,000	220,000
William Pengelly	2,195,000 770,000	770,000
Esther Taylor	1,580,000 10,000	10,000

Thomas Eychenne	1,335,000 460,000	460,000
Seun Oluwole	1,170,000 40,000	40,000
Brad Owen	975,000 170,000	170,000

Daniel Erlandsson	625,000 195,000	195,000
Brian Arbaugh	335,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Ryuta Nakai William Pengelly

07-10-2025 13:59 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathew Moore	3,740,000 540,000	540,000
Nazar Buhaiov	2,900,000 800,000	800,000
Eric Afriat	2,475,000 235,000	235,000
Alex Lynskey	2,450,000 350,000	350,000
Gregor Sverko	2,425,000 1,110,000	1,110,000
Ran Ilani	2,300,000 645,000	645,000
Maxim Panyak	2,200,000 330,000	330,000
[Removed:548]	1,425,000 375,000	375,000
Tom Middleton	1,400,000 505,000	505,000
Artur Koren	1,275,000 715,000	715,000
David Inselberg	1,100,000 665,000	665,000
Roman Korenev	1,050,000

Carl Shaw	850,000 1,275,000	1,275,000

Anastasija Zavorotnaja	800,000 80,000	80,000
Lara Eisenberg	800,000 200,000	200,000

Raffaele Sorrentino	730,000 15,000	15,000

07-10-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Fewer Than 400 Players Remain

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiangchen Gao	Busted
Kevin McGee	Busted
Vijay Ramani	Busted
Adam Grovenstein	Busted
Kevin Calenzo	Busted
Tyler Hirschfeld	Busted
Stanley Lee	Busted
Roberto Damelian	Busted
Gary Petrime	Busted
Renny Barrett	Busted
Thomas Cerabino	Busted
Denys Shafikov	Busted
Christopher Cashman	Busted
Pierre Drochon	Busted
Chen Kuanying	Busted
Derek Wang	Busted
Yuchi Han	Busted
Francesco Morales	Busted
Christopher Kokkinos	Busted
Shane Klasnimi	Busted
Igor D'Ursel	Busted
Yngve Steen	Busted
Andrius Tapinas	Busted
Joseph Altman	Busted
Javier Etayo	Busted

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