Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 6 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jul 11, 2025

Tajiou With Bad Timing; Nex Sniffs Out Power's Bluff

Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze looked down at A♠A♥ in the cutoff and made it 125,000 to go. Mounir Tajiou was in the big blind and three-bet 10♥8♣ to 410,000. Schulze shoved, and Tajiou had no choice but to let it go.

Shortly after, with around 850,000 in the pot on a 10♠4♠5♣5♠4♦ board, Chad Power shoved the river, which put Vladimir Nex to the test for his last 1,070,000. After thinking long and hard, Nex called.

Power then flipped A♦7♠ for a bluff, and Nex's 9♠9♦ was good for the double-up.

Tags: Chad Power Mounir Tajiou Sebastian Schulze Vladimir Nex

Jul 11, 2025

Camp Gets Taylor to Fold the River

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Tim Baker

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With 7♦7♥, Esther Taylor raised to 130,000 from middle position. She was called by Murilo Milhomem on the button holding K♦Q♣, and William Camp calling out of the small blind A♥6♥.

Camp knuckled the action over to Taylor on the 9♥4♠A♠ flop, and she bet 185,000. Milhomem folded, but Camp called.

Two checks followed the 4♥ turn and the 3♦ came on the river. Camp bet 250,000, and Taylor went into the tank. Taylor thought better of it and folded, which meant Camp won the pot.

Tags: Esther Taylor Murilo Milhomem William Camp

Jul 11, 2025

Primerano and Nemetz Go At It Again

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Adam Lamers

Level 26 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Stefan Nemetz raised to 120,000 in the hijack with Q♣J♣ and Daniele Primerano three-bet to 475,000 in the small blind with A♠10♥. Nemetz called and they went to a flop of 9♠5♣3♠. Primerano led out with a bet of 340,000 and Nemetz floated once.

The turn brought the 4♠ and Primerano announced all in for 1,055,000 after picking up the nut flush draw. Nemetz quickly mucked his queen-high and Primerano raked in another pot.

Tags: Stefan Nemetz Daniele Primerano

Jul 11, 2025

Beckenstein Spikes the River to Bust Augustino

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Calum Grant

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Anthony Augustino opened to 120,000 from the hijack before Joshua Beckenstein made it 350,000 from the small blind. Augustino went into a lengthy tank, checking his cards multiple times before moving all in for 1,125,000.

"Only thing making me pause is the Hollywood," commented Beckenstein, who was expertly handling a fidget cube.

After getting Augsutino's chip count, Beckenstein called.

Anthony Augustino: Q♠Q♣ All in
Joshua Beckenstein: K♦Q♥

Beckenstein went from three outs to seven after picking up a gutshot on the 10♣6♠9♦ flop. The 8♦ turn was clean for Augustino but Beckenstein made his straight on the J♣ river, putting a grimace on everyone's face.

Even Beckenstein felt he didn't deserve that one, shaking his head as he collected the pot.

Tags: Anthony Augustino Joshua Beckenstein

Jul 11, 2025

Gibbons Picks off Hesse's Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Paul Gibbons made it 125,000 under the gun and only Stephen Hesse called out of the big blind.

Hesse checked the J♣8♥8♦ flop and Gibbons bet the minimum of 60,000. Hesse stuck around with a call.

Two checks followed the 2♦ turn to see the A♥ come on the river. Hesse led out for 185,000, and Gibbons called. Hesse showed a bluff with 6♠4♦ and lost the pot to Gibbons' K♣J♦ for a pair of jacks.

Tags: Paul Gibbons Stephen Hesse

Jul 11, 2025

Mizrachi Flops Two Pair in Multi-Way Pot

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Adam Lamers

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Stefan Nemetz opened to 120,000 from under the gun with 10♥10♣ and picked up three callers along the way. Daniele Primerano with 5♠5♥, Michael Mizrachi in the small blind with 9♥8♣, and Gonzalo Jose in the big blind holding 6♦3♣.

The flop fell K♦9♣8♠ and the action checked around to the 3♥ on the turn. Jose was the first to take a stab at the pot with a bet of 150,000. Nemetz folded and Primerano raised to 840,000 with just a pair of fives. Mizrachi went into the tank for a couple of minutes before shoving all in for 2,315,000 with two pair. Jose quickly folded and Primerano's cards followed into the muck.

Tags: Daniele Primerano Gonzalo Jose Michael Mizrachi Stefan Nemetz

Jul 11, 2025

Pisarenko Sends Locquet Deep Into the Tank, Then to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Romain Locquet bet 175,000 on a flop of Q♣J♠7♥ and Maksim Pisarenko called.

Locquet bet another 500,000 on the 9♣ turn, but this time Pisarenko raised to 2,475,000. Locquet went deep into the tank, taking several minutes to ponder the decision.

"Take your time. Big pot," Francis Anderson told. After more than five minutes, Locquet eventually stuck in his last 1,500,000 more and turned over Q♠10♦ for top pair and a straight draw, but Pisarenko already had the straight with 10♣8♣.

The 6♣ river improved Pisarenko to a flush and Locquet's Main Event run, which included memorably cracking Jared Bleznick's aces back on Day 1, came to an end.

Tags: Maksim Pisarenko Romain Locquet

Jul 11, 2025

Karmatckii Among the Big Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Noah Goldman raised to 125,000 and was called by Derek Sudell, Arsenii Karmatckii and Yuta Mutsuura, the latter two of which were in the blinds. They checked the 7♣4♠3♣ flop to the 5♦ turn on which Karmatckii had not made his decision yet when Mutsuura bet 100,000 out of turn.

Karmatckii then checked and the bet stood, as it folded back to the Russian. Karmatckii leaned over to see Mutsuura's stack and check-raised to 450,000 for his opponent to snap-fold.

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Derek Sudell Noah Goldman Yuta Mutsuura

Jul 11, 2025

Power and Tajiou Both Rake Small Pots

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jameson Painter raised to 120,000 with K♠Q♣ from the hijack and Chad Power three-bet J♠J♦ in the cutoff to 360,000. When it got back to Painter, he called.

The flop came 10♥10♣3♦, where Painter checked and Power threw out 360,000. That was enough to win the pot as Painter folded.

Shortly after, David Swift made it 130,000 on the button with A♠4♣ and Mounir Tajiou called with A♣10♥ in the big blind.

On the 2♠Q♦K♠ flop, Tajiou check-called a bet of 115,000 from Swift to see the 8♠ fall on the turn. Both checked to the 7♦ river, where Tajiou bet 400,000.

"Take it away, sir," said Swift to the dealer in reference to his cards, which meant Tajiou took the pot.

Tags: Chad Power David Swift Jameson Painter Mounir Tajiou

Jul 11, 2025

Peters' Main Event Story Reaches a Sad End

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Donnie Peters has told many Main Event stories in his long career as a poker journalist, but his own just hit an unhappy conclusion.

Mitchell Hynam had opened to 120,000 under the gun before Peters three-bet to 360,000 in middle position. Hynam came back with a four-bet to 900,000 and Peters moved all in for 2,125,000. Hynam took a minute before calling.

Donnie Peters: K♠K♦ All in
Mitchell Hynam: A♠Q♥

Peters was ahead with his kings and poised for the double up until the flop brought A♥J♠8♦, giving Hynam top pair. The rest of the board ran out 9♥4♣ and Peters was sent to the rail.

Tags: Donnie Peters Mitchell Hynam