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

07-10-2025 22:05 UTC-8

Schumacher Wins Race Against Wolter

Erick Torres

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Johan Schumacher began the action with a raise to 125,000 from middle position and was called by Murly Manokharan on the button.

Jonathan Wolter wanted to play a bigger pot and raised to 475,000 from the small blind. Schumacher responded with a jam, while Manokharan folded. Wolter paused just a moment to take in the situation before he called to be at risk with his 2,200,000 stack.

Jonathan Wolter: J♥J♣ All in
Johan Schumacher: A♠K♦

Wolter held the edge with the made pair to start, but the flop was a disaster from his perspective as it came A♣6♦6♣ to propel Schumacher into the lead.

The 3♥ turn and the 9♠ did not offer any solace for Wolter as he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schumacher	4,930,000 2,910,000	2,910,000
Murly Manokharan	865,000 160,000	160,000
Jonathan Wolter	Busted

Tags: Johan Schumacher Jonathan Wolter Murly Manokharan

07-10-2025 22:10 UTC-8

Kassouf Wakes Up With Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

David Swift opened to 100,000 from the cutoff with 9♥9♣ and Will Kassouf three-bet to 300,000 from the button with A♥A♦. Swift four-bet to 1,000,000. After several minutes of "speech play" Kassouf five-bet to 3,000,000 and Swift mucked his hand after several more minutes of banter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Kassouf	6,635,000 1,875,000	1,875,000
David Swift	3,600,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: David Swift Will Kassouf

07-10-2025 22:16 UTC-8

Prokopchuk Leaves Devany on Fumes

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Brian Devany was in the cutoff with a raise of 300,000 in front of him before Mikhail Prokopchuk moved all in for 925,000 in the big blind. Devany told his tablemates he was waiting for the tournament clock to reach 10 minutes before acting, but another player eventually called time on him anyway.

Devany allowed his 30-second countdown to nearly reach zero before he called, having Prokopchuk barely covered.

Mikhail Prokopchuk: A♦K♠ All in
Brian Devany: 9♥9♦

"Let's go, baby!" Devany shouted out after finding out he was flipping for most of his stack. But the flop brought A♥4♦5♠ to give Prokopchuk the lead with top pair, while the rest of the board ran out 4♠J♠ and Prokopchuk doubled up, leaving Devany with just two big blinds in the closing moments of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Prokopchuk	2,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Brian Devany	105,000 1,095,000	1,095,000

Tags: Brian Devany Mikhail Prokopchuk

07-10-2025 22:17 UTC-8

Kassouf Scores Knockout With Dirty Diaper

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation Jonathan Azoulay was all in for his last 210,000 from the big blind and up against Will Kassouf who had him covered from the hijack.

Jonathan Azoulay 10♣9♠ All in
Will Kassouf: 3♣2♠

The 5♣Q♠3♠4♥6♥ runout gave Kassouf a six-high straight to eliminate Azoulay.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Kassouf	6,900,000 265,000	265,000
Jonathan Azoulay	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Azoulay Will Kassouf

07-10-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Hallaert Shows Skhulukhiya the Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya made it 100,000 from early position and only Kenny Hallaert called from the big blind.

Hallaert check-called a bet of 50,000 by Skhulukhiya on the 9♠5♠6♦ flop.

The 8♥ appeared on the turn, and Hallaert led out for 180,000. Skhulukhiya flicked in the call.

Hallaert led out again when the 3♣ fell on the river, this time for 425,000. Skhulukhiya stared Hallaert down, while deliberating for quite some time. In the end, Skhulukhiya tossed his cards into the muck.

Hallaert had told Skhulukhiya that he would show his cards even if Skhulukhiya folded, and he was a man of his word as he proudly revealed A♥4♦ for a complete bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	4,900,000 400,000	400,000

Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	4,580,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Kenny Hallaert

07-10-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Devany Falls to Deevara

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Connor Richards

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Brian Devany was all in from middle position in a three-way pot against Rahul Deevara in the big blind and Kohei Arai in the cutoff on a board of Q♠4♣3♠5♣.

Deevara checked on the turn and Arai bet 350,000. Deevara called. Deevara then bet 650,000 on the 7♠ river and Arai folded.

Deevara showed Q♣9♣ for a pair of queens and it was good to beat the ace-high of A♣10♣ as both players missed their flush draws.

"I thought I wanted a club!" said Deevara as Devany was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kohei Arai	4,500,000 900,000	900,000
Rahul Deevara	3,200,000 640,000	640,000
Brian Devany	Busted

Tags: Brian Devany Kohei Arai Rahul Deevara

07-10-2025 22:25 UTC-8

Hallaert and Skhulukhiya Battle Again

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Erick Torres

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kenny Hallaert raised to 110,000 from the button and was called in the big blind by Giorgiy Skhulukhiya.

Skhulukhiya checked the flop of K♣8♣5♠ before Hallaert bet 80,000. Skhulukhiya called to send them to a turn.

A round of checks occurred after the Q♥ turn, which led to the J♦ river. Skhulukhiya checked before Hallaert bet 580,000. Skhulukhiya did not think long before he folded to award Hallaert the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	4,200,000 380,000	380,000
Kenny Hallaert	3,210,000 1,690,000	1,690,000

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Kenny Hallaert

07-10-2025 22:26 UTC-8

Final Eliminations of Day 5

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Frank Visser

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Predaroli	Busted
Rodney Reames	Busted
Jonathan Azoulay	Busted
Christopher DeMaci	Busted
Gregory Gius	Busted
Alan Mehamed	Busted
Lara Eisenberg	Busted

Brandon Sheils	Busted
Kyung Jung	Busted

07-10-2025 22:27 UTC-8

Day 5 Has Concluded

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Erick Torres

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Play for Day 5 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event has concluded. Stay tuned here at PokerNews for a recap of today's action.

07-10-2025 22:54 UTC-8

End of Day 5 Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	12,745,000 445,000	445,000

Chad Power	9,540,000 1,540,000	1,540,000
Braxton Dunaway	8,600,000 350,000	350,000

Sergio Veloso	8,200,000 2,400,000	2,400,000
Richard Buckingham	7,625,000 925,000	925,000
Albert Calderon	7,365,000 2,990,000	2,990,000
Muhamet Perati	7,010,000 1,010,000	1,010,000
Will Kassouf	6,900,000
Pedro Padilha	6,835,000 1,435,000	1,435,000
Michael Garner	6,505,000 145,000	145,000
Ihab Ali	6,500,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Daniel Iachan	6,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ramon Pessoa	6,330,000 245,000	245,000
Kohei Arai	6,305,000 1,805,000	1,805,000
Hartt Stearns	6,080,000 420,000	420,000
Maxim Babko	6,000,000 2,300,000	2,300,000
Frank Flowers	5,970,000 2,490,000	2,490,000
Arnaud Mattern	5,840,000 1,335,000	1,335,000
Kenny Hallaert	5,745,000 2,535,000	2,535,000

Stephen Hesse	5,720,000 720,000	720,000
Wagner Wysotchanski	5,665,000 340,000	340,000
Mitchell Hynam	5,650,000 650,000	650,000

Noah Goldman	5,520,000 295,000	295,000
Daehyung Lee	5,280,000 550,000	550,000
Stefan Nemetz	5,220,000 720,000	720,000

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