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

07-10-2025 12:48 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Strebkov	2,200,000 340,000	340,000

Paul DiMascio	1,730,000 1,015,000	1,015,000
Milan Patel	1,020,000 170,000	170,000
Richard Buckingham	950,000 195,000	195,000
Christian Valladolid	430,000 190,000	190,000

Gonia Gone

Tim Baker

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

David Gonia was all-in preflop for all his 385,000 chips with Andreas Christoforou making the call to try and send him home.

David Gonia: A♠K♥ All in
Andreas Christoforou: J♣J♦

Christoforou had only a few big blinds more than Gonia, so this flip was incredibly significant for both players' Main Event. A low clean runout of 9♠2♠5♣7♥2♣ was revealed by the dealer, meaning Christoforou's jacks held up, and Gonia was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Christoforou	850,000 250,000	250,000
David Gonia	Busted

Tags: Andreas Christoforou David Gonia

07-10-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Boivin Finds Cowboys

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Frank Visser

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

Thomas Boivin looked down at K♠K♥ in the hijack, raising to 55,000. Fabrice Bigot called his 7♥6♠ in the big blind, and check-called when Boivin tossed in 45,000 on the 7♦Q♦4♥ flop.

The A♦ hit the turn. Undeterred by the ace, Boivin bet 120,000, which caused Bigot to release his middle pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuchen Chen	2,655,000
Isaac Haxton	2,150,000 10,000	10,000

Stephen Hesse	1,825,000 10,000	10,000
Thomas Boivin	1,630,000
Fabrice Bigot	1,340,000 125,000	125,000
Alessandro Predaroli	970,000 20,000	20,000
Joey Padron	900,000 145,000	145,000
Stephen Chidwick	850,000

Igor D'Ursel	230,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Thomas Boivin

07-10-2025 12:51 UTC-8

Runner-Runner Flush Sees Out Fernandez

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Frank Visser

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

Marcelo Fernandez committed his final few blinds on the 4♠4♥8♦ flop, and he was looked up by Jose Valerio.

Marcelo Fernandez: A♠3♠ All in
Jose Valerio: K♦J♦

Valerio found a flush on the 6♦5♦ runout, sending Fernandez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Valerio	1,100,000 650,000	650,000
Marcelo Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Jose Valerio Marcelo Fernandez

07-10-2025 12:52 UTC-8

Nemetz Bets Big Against Power

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David Salituro

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

Stefan Nemetz and Chad Power built a pot of around 350,000 as they went to a flop of Q♥9♥6♥. Power then bet 100,000 from the button and Nemetz called under the gun.

Both players checked the 7♦ turn. Nemetz then led out for 550,000 on the 8♥ river.

"Would you raise me on the flop with the ace of hearts? You can respond if you want," Power interrograted Nemetz as he tanked for several minutes. Nemetz never broke his expression and remained silent.

"So big, bro," Power added, burying his face in his hands before tossing his cards away. "If you show a bluff right now, you can blow this game open," Power told him, but Nemetz returned his cards face down.

Another player at the table then admitted he had the ace of hearts, and Nemetz could only help but smile. "He's like, 'f**k," another tablemate added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Nemetz	2,800,000 65,000	65,000
Chad Power	2,500,000 510,000	510,000

Tags: Chad Power Stefan Nemetz

07-10-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Huge Double for Wolter

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Adam Lamers

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

Johan Schumacher and Jonathan Wolter got involved in a preflop raising war which resulted in Wolter putting all of his 1,610,000 chips in the middle against the bigger stack of Schumacher.

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

The flop came 9♥5♣3♠ and Wolter was still in the lead with his pocket kings. The 10♦ on the turn and the J♦ on the river was not going to help Schumacher who was forced to pass over a huge double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wolter	3,280,000 1,785,000	1,785,000
Johan Schumacher	665,000 1,735,000	1,735,000

Tags: Jonathan Wolter Johan Schumacher

07-10-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Gardes Folds the Best Hand; Touitou Wins a Flip

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Kai Cocklin

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

Josselin Gardes opened to 50,000 from the hijack with A♥6♥ and Dmitrii Perfilev defended with Q♦6♠.

They saw a flop of 4♣3♣8♥, where both checked to the board-pairing 8♣ turn. Perfilev reached for chips and threw out 45,000, and after a long tank, Gardes folded the best hand.

In the very next hand, Steven Touitou shoved from the hijack for 265,000 and Santiago Montes called on the button.

Steven Touitou: Q♣J♥ All in
Santiago Montes: 8♠8♥

Touitou was flipping for his Main Event life, and didn't connect with the A♠3♠6♥ flop. However, a Q♦ on the turn gave him a pair of queens and left him one card from safety. The 10♠ river didn't change anything, and Touitou survived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrii Perfilev	2,040,000 60,000	60,000
Greg Merson	1,975,000

Santiago Montes	1,415,000 325,000	325,000
Damien Luis	1,100,000
Chris Viox	1,075,000 60,000	60,000

Corey Skogrand	785,000 50,000	50,000
Steven Touitou	590,000 325,000	325,000
Josselin Gardes	545,000 120,000	120,000
Rory Monahan	430,000

Tags: Dmitrii Perfilev Josselin Gardes Santiago Montes Steven Touitou

07-10-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Voegele Value Bets River

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Erick Torres

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

Octavian Voegele raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and was called by Kevin Gundersen in the big blind.

Gunderson checked the flop of K♣4♠Q♦ before Voegele bet 40,000. Gunderson called to send them to a turn.

Both players checked the 3♥ turn.

Gunderson checked again on the 9♥ river, which led to a bet of 125,000 from Voegele on the river. Gunderson went into the tank before he decided on a call.

Voegele showed K♠J♦ and began to bring the chips in as Gunderson folded without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Octavian Voegele	1,475,000 465,000	465,000
Kevin Gundersen	990,000 410,000	410,000

Tags: Kevin Gundersen Octavian Voegele

07-10-2025 12:55 UTC-8

Jackson Jams Up His Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Ben Jackson raised to 50,000, and Thi Xoa Nguyen called two seats over. David Gradic then three-bet to 200,000 in the cutoff and Jackson four-bet to 470,000 for Nguyen to fold, while Gradic called.

On the 8♦6♥6♣ flop, Jackson bet 275,000 to earn a call, and his shove on the K♠ turn for around 800,000 went through without further resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arsenii Karmatckii	3,870,000 170,000	170,000
Ben Jackson	2,350,000 690,000	690,000
Thi Xoa Nguyen	2,150,000 150,000	150,000
David Gradic	1,015,000 325,000	325,000
Nishant Sharma	840,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Ben Jackson David Gradic Thi Xoa Nguyen

07-10-2025 12:57 UTC-8

Suck & Resuck at Table 633

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Connor Richards

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

Cord Garcia was all in against the bigger-stacked Sviatoslav Belov.

Cord Garcia: J♥J♣ All in
Sviatoslav Belov: Q♦Q♥

Belov had his opponent pipped and the flop of 7♦6♣4♦ didn't change anything. However, the J♦ gave Garcia a short-lived lead before the A♦ river gave Belov the winner with a flush.

"I win? Oh, I win," reacted Belov, who was filming the action. "GG."