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

07-10-2025 11:40 UTC-8

Early Eliminations

Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Vaysman	Busted
Jo Ann Pecora	Busted
Brandon Estrada	Busted
Derek Alley	Busted
Ibrahim Senoussi	Busted
Yifu He	Busted
Hiroki Nawa	Busted
Nicholas Bond	Busted
Francisco Javier Dopazo	Busted
Pierre Mothes	Busted
Ryan Speak	Busted
Eric Buchman	Busted

Kajetan Renke	Busted
Michael Zulker	Busted
Jeff Gross	Busted

Ebony Kenney	Busted
Allyn Shulman	Busted

Stephen Dauphinais	Busted
Michal Schuh	Busted

Sorin Morariu	Busted
Steven Karp	Busted
Robert Buckenmayer	Busted

07-10-2025 11:39 UTC-8

Fan Catches a Miracle to Double Off Snyder

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David Salituro

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

Steven Snyder was on the button with a raise of 125,000 in front of him before Chih Fan reraised to 275,000 in early position. Snyder then put in 475,000 and Fan turned around to look at the tournament clock before moving all in for 985,000. Snyder snap-called.

Chih Fan: A♦K♥ All in
Steven Snyder: A♣A♥

Around 2,000,000 was at stake as Fan found out the bad news when Snyder turned over his two aces. Fan was already standing up from his seat as the K♠9♠3♦ flop gave him a glimmer of hope with a pair, while the turn was the 2♦. Left with just two outs to stay alive, Fan found one on the K♦ river to make trips and earn the massive double up.

"Wow!" Fan yelled out as he stood statue-like in a state of shock with his mouth agape.

"That's PokerStars. Absolutely golden," tablemate Will Kassouf added. Snyder could only shake his head in frustration as he handed over the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chih Fan	2,000,000 945,000	945,000
Steven Snyder	1,400,000 490,000	490,000

Tags: Chih Fan Steven Snyder

07-10-2025 11:38 UTC-8

Carrera Continues to Lose Chips

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Kai Cocklin

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

Andres Carrera made it 40,000 from the small blind and [Removed:548] three-bet the big blind to 120,000. Carrera called.

Carrera check-called a bet of 65,000 on the 4♣2♠2♥ flop and then tapped the table again when the 7♠ landed on the turn. [Removed:549] then slid out 190,000, which was enough to earn him the pot as Carrera folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	1,050,000 170,000	170,000
Andres Carrera	500,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Andres Carrera

07-10-2025 11:38 UTC-8

Merson Limps Then Three-Bets

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Kai Cocklin

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

Greg Merson limped in from the cutoff with A♣8♥ and Josselin Gardes raised to 80,000 on the button with Q♥9♦. Chris Viox called in the big blind with K♣J♣, then Merson made it 315,000.

That was enough to get the job done as both of Merson's opponents folded, allowing him to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Merson	1,415,000 80,000	80,000

Chris Viox	1,370,000 60,000	60,000

Josselin Gardes	890,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Chris Viox Greg Merson Josselin Gardes

07-10-2025 11:35 UTC-8

Fukao Finds Pair to Finalize Fechete's Bust-Out

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Frank Visser

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

Yaichi Fukao opened from late position, seeing Stefanita Fechete jam in his last 350,000 or so from the big blind. Fukao looked him up to put Fechete at risk.

Stefanita Fechete: 9♠9♥ All in
Yaichi Fukao: A♥10♥

Fukao flopped best on 5♦A♣K♥, and Fechete failed to find a nine on the 4♠4♣ runout. Fechete said his goodbyes to his former table, wishing his former opponents good luck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaichi Fukao	2,025,000 995,000	995,000
Stefanita Fechete	Busted

Tags: Stefanita Fechete Yaichi Fukao

07-10-2025 11:30 UTC-8

Bigot Turns Broadway

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Kai Cocklin

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

Fabrice Bigot opened to 45,000 from the button with Q♥Q♦ and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind holding 10♥7♦.

They saw a flop of K♣J♥10♦, where Chidwick check-called a bet of 25,000 from Bigot to see the A♠ drop on the turn. Chidwick checked and then folded to a bet of 55,000 from Bigot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	1,560,000 135,000	135,000

Fabrice Bigot	1,190,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Stephen Chidwick

07-10-2025 11:30 UTC-8

Ten Arrives a Street Too Late For Wysotchanski as Bandeira Doubles

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David Salituro

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

Lucas Bandeira moved all in for 550,000 from the button and Wagner Wysotchanski put him at risk in middle position.

Lucas Bandeira: Q♣Q♠ All in
Wagner Wysotchanski: A♥J♣

Wysotchanski went from looking for an ace to hoping for a ten following the K♠Q♦5♥ flop as Bandeira hit a set, while Wysotchanski picked up a straight draw. The turn, though, was the K♥ to improve Bandeira to a full house.

Wysotchanski was already drawing dead, and the 10♥ river was merely a cruel tease as Bandeira doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wagner Wysotchanski	2,200,000 870,000	870,000
Lucas Bandeira	1,200,000 810,000	810,000

Tags: Lucas Bandeira Wagner Wysotchanski

07-10-2025 11:29 UTC-8

Early Double for Liberto

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Christopher Alcindor had started the day with a mere 12 and a half big blinds and just invested all but one of them to the A♣K♥J♦ flop on which he checked. Andrejs Prost bet 25,000 to cover the last bit of Alcindor, who went into the tank and jokingly asked Prost how much he started with before a forced smile saw him fold and walk to the rail.

In the very next hand on that table, Scott Allacher raised to 50,000 and James Charbonneau three-bet to 140,000 two seats over. Justin Liberto four-bet jammed for 525,000 and Allacher folded, while Charbonneau called rather swiftly.

Justin Liberto: K♣K♦ All in
James Charbonneau: 9♦9♥

The superior pocket pair remained ahead on the Q♣3♣3♠4♣5♠ runout, and Liberto doubled.

Soon after that, Alcindor was eliminated after he couldn't spin up the one big blind and change.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	1,150,000 625,000	625,000

Scott Allacher	985,000 205,000	205,000
Andrejs Prost	950,000 600,000	600,000
James Charbonneau	125,000 450,000	450,000
Christopher Alcindor	Busted

Tags: Andrejs Prost Christopher Alcindor James Charbonneau Justin Liberto Scott Allacher

07-10-2025 11:29 UTC-8

Delmas Finds the Right Fold Against Taylor

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Esther Taylor opened from under the gun with A♦A♣ and Adrien Delmas called from the small blind with K♦8♦.

The flop came 5♦K♠3♠ and Delmas check-called a 100,000 bet from Taylor.

Taylor sized up with a 260,000 bet when checked to on the 2♣ turn and Delmas opted to fold his top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Delmas	2,775,000 85,000	85,000
Esther Taylor	1,775,000 355,000	355,000

Tags: Adrien Delmas Esther Taylor

07-10-2025 11:28 UTC-8

Veloso Flops Set for Double Knockout

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Connor Richards

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

It had been a slow start in the Horseshoe Gold section withPokerNews witnessing six consecutive raise-folds.

Finally, there was action at Table 637 as Justin Pechie opened to 50,000 on the button and Raja Chirumamilla three-bet jammed a stack of 450,000 in the small blind. Sergio Veloso then shoved a stack of 1,565,000 from the big blind to put Pechie to a decision.

"There's no way," he said. "Sorry if I'm nitrolling you."

After hearing that, Veloso immediately called the clock, but the dealer told him enough time hadn't passed. Soon after, Pechie called off with a stack of around 1,200,000.

Raja Chirumamilla: 10♠10♣ All in
Justin Pechie: A♥K♦ All in
Sergio Veloso: 9♣9♦

Veloso took a huge lead as the flop landed 4♠9♥Q♦ to give him a set. He was far from gracious after the big suckout, clapping his hands and taking a lap as the board finished out A♠K♣ to earn him a double knockout.

He returned to the table and shook Pechie's hand, but Chirumamilla wasn't in the mood for niceties and headed to the payout counter.