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

07-10-2025 11:53 UTC-8

Prokopchuk Doubles Through Hobold

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Brazil's Douglas Hobold raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and Mikhail Prokopchuk three-bet to 85,000 on the button. Both blinds folded and Hobold then jammed with the covering stack. Prokopchuk gave it half a minute of consideration and folded.

Mikhail Prokopchuk: A♣Q♣ All in
Douglas Hobold: 2♠2♥

The deuces remained ahead on the J♥10♣7♠ flop but the K♣ on the turn locked up the double for Prokopchuk, who even had a royal flush draw. No cherry on top followed as the 7♥ river followed for Prokopchuk to double for 470,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Douglas Hobold	1,140,000 290,000	290,000
Mikhail Prokopchuk	1,000,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Douglas Hobold Mikhail Prokopchuk

07-10-2025 11:51 UTC-8

Milhomem Cracks Conniff's Bullets

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Andreas Christoforou opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Murilo Milhomem three-bet to 125,000 from early position. Asher Conniff was in the small blind and ripped in his stack of around 1,600,000, which got Christoforou to fold. Milhomem had 360,000 total and took just a few seconds before he put them all at risk.

Murilo Milhomem: 9♦9♣ All in
Asher Conniff: A♠A♦

Conniff had the rockets and was looking to shoot down Milhomem's Main Event. However, it was Milhomem's pot to lose after he made a set on the 7♦9♥Q♣ flop to take the lead.

Conniff needed an ace to drag the pot, but none could be seen on the 8♣4♦ runout, which meant Milhomem survived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	1,270,000 165,000	165,000

Murilo Milhomem	800,000 230,000	230,000
Andreas Christoforou	600,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Asher Conniff Murilo Milhomem

07-10-2025 11:50 UTC-8

No Showdowns

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Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Henry Fischer opened to 40,000 on the button and Steven Alper three-bet to 720,000 in the big blind. Fischer laid it down.

A few tables over, Sergio Veloso opened to 45,000 in middle position and Zhao Liu three-bet to 120,000 from the next seat. Meerwais Hussaini then four-bet to 380,000 in the small blind and both opponents folded.

The next hand, Stephanie Morris joined the table and was placed in the big blind, but she didn't seem to mind — "I was just the big blind. What's another big blind?" — as Hussaini raised to 40,000 on the button. Daniele Primerano and Morris both called in the blinds.

Primerano and Morris checked on the flop of 4♦9♣4♣ and Hussaini continued for 35,000. Primerano called and Morris folded. Both players then checked on the 5♥ turn.

Primerano led out for 100,000 on the 4♥ river and Hussaini laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Veloso	3,350,000 50,000	50,000
Daniele Primerano	3,000,000 910,000	910,000
Meerwais Hussaini	1,200,000 140,000	140,000
Zhao Liu	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Steven Alper	1,000,000 80,000	80,000
Stephanie Morris	1,000,000 20,000	20,000
Henry Fischer	500,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Daniele Primerano Henry Fischer Meerwais Hussaini Steven Alper Stephanie Morris Sergio Veloso

07-10-2025 11:49 UTC-8

Margereson Dodges Everything to Bust Nam

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Heads-up on a board of 9♠5♣6♣Q♠ and around 300,000 in the pot, Scott Margereson bet 225,000 from the hijack and Seunghyun Nam moved all in for 850,000 in middle position. Margereson snap-called.

Nam had J♣10♣ for straight and flush draws, while Margereson showed 5♥5♦ for a set. The river was the 3♦ and Nam missed everything as Margereson scooped in his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	2,600,000 715,000	715,000
Seunghyun Nam	Busted

Tags: Scott Margereson Seunghyun Nam

07-10-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Outer Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuchen Chen	2,180,000 570,000	570,000
Stephen Hesse	2,145,000 210,000	210,000
Dmitrii Perfilev	1,845,000 320,000	320,000
Santiago Montes	1,810,000 130,000	130,000
Isaac Haxton	1,780,000 90,000	90,000

Thomas Boivin	1,745,000 170,000	170,000
Stephen Chidwick	1,515,000 45,000	45,000

Greg Merson	1,415,000

Chris Viox	1,320,000 50,000	50,000

Joey Padron	1,225,000 320,000	320,000
Fabrice Bigot	1,190,000
Josselin Gardes	890,000
Damien Luis	685,000 150,000	150,000
Alessandro Predaroli	470,000 90,000	90,000
Rory Monahan	435,000 555,000	555,000
Steven Touitou	400,000 105,000	105,000
Richard Pyne	320,000 40,000	40,000
Igor D'Ursel	280,000 140,000	140,000

07-10-2025 11:47 UTC-8

Tajiou Has the Goods to Eliminate Rolli

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Fabian Rolli got his last 400,000 or so into the middle preflop from the button, with Mounir Tajiou being the player trying to bust him from an early position.

Fabian Rolli: K♠10♠ All in
Mounir Tajiou: A♦A♥

Rolli looked poised to head to the cashier's desk as he was up against the best starting hand in the game. The board ran out 9♦A♠10♦8♣10♣, which may have given Rolli trips, but that was second best to the full house of Tajiou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mounir Tajiou	3,600,000 350,000	350,000
Fabian Rolli	Busted

Tags: Fabian Rolli Mounir Tajiou

07-10-2025 11:47 UTC-8

Preflop Jam Settles Hand

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Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Vytautas Semaska opened to 40,000 from the cutoff before Chyan Pu Huang opted to raise to 130,000 from the small blind.

Semaska gave it some thought before he chose to put in all his chips for 520,000. Huang did not think long before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chyan Pu Huang	825,000 1,170,000	1,170,000
Vytautas Semaska	730,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Chyan Pu Huang Vytautas Semaska

07-10-2025 11:47 UTC-8

Brazilian Warfare

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Pedro Padilha opened to 40,000 in middle position and Igor Holdaiy called in the small blind. Jorge Ribeiro shoved all in for his last 90,000 in the big blind which opened the door for Padilha to reshove all in. Holdaiy deliberated for a minute but decided to lay his hand down.

Jorge Ribeiro: 8♠6♣ All in
Pedro Padilha: A♥10♥

The flop came J♦7♠6♥ and Ribeiro picked up the lone pair to take the lead. The 2♣ on the turn changed nothing but the A♠ on the river gave Padilha the better pair to eliminate his countryman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Padilha	2,350,000 500,000	500,000
Igor Holdaiy	430,000 140,000	140,000
Jorge Ribeiro	Busted

Tags: Igor Holdaiy Jorge Ribeiro Pedro Padilha

07-10-2025 11:46 UTC-8

Reichard Forces Out Gerloff

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

In a duel small blind versus cutoff, the completed board showed K♥Q♣3♦4♠9♦ and Martin Gerloff checked out of the small blind. Josh Reichard in the cutoff fired a bet of 525,000 and that sent his opponent deep into the tank.

The decision was for half of his stack and Gerloff eventually folded and mucked his cards. He wanted to show them as they landed near the muck, went there to grab them and exposed the A♥K♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Reichard	3,100,000 75,000	75,000
Martin Gerloff	1,045,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Josh Reichard Martin Gerloff

07-10-2025 11:43 UTC-8

Deevara Takes From Sturm

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Peter Ng raised to 40,000 and every single player behind him called as they went five ways to the K♣9♥8♠ flop. The action checked to Leon Sturm on the button and he bet 40,000. Rahul Deevara then check-raised to 115,000 in the big blind and Sturm was the only caller.

Deevara bet the J♥ turn for 425,000 and that covered the remaining stack of Sturm, who opted to fold.