Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 7 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-12-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Bojovic Commits Most of It Against Veloso

David Salituro

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Nick Pupillo raised to 550,000 in early position with the K♦J♦ and Luka Bojovic called in the cutoff with the K♥Q♥. Sergio Veloso then three-bet to 1,800,000 in the big blind with 10♠10♥.

Pupillo, almost completely covering his face with a scarf, took a minute before folding, but Bojovic called to see the K♠4♠2♥ flop.

Veloso then bet 400,000, and Bojovic called. Veloso slowed down and checked the 5♥ turn, and Bojovic put in 1,750,000, a bet representing more than half of his remaining stack.

Veloso paused for a moment before throwing his cards into the muck, and Bojovic took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Veloso	26,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Luka Bojovic	9,075,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Nick Pupillo	6,175,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Luka Bojovic Nick Pupillo Sergio Veloso

07-12-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Schumacher Doubles Through Schulze

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Adam Lamers

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Johan Schumacher opened to 500,000 from the hijack and Sebastian Schulze called from the big blind. The flop came 10♠7♥6♠ and Schulze checked to Schumacher who bet 750,000. Schulze check-raised to 2,400,000 and Schumacher ripped all in for 4,775,000 after a couple of minutes. Schulze quickly called and the cards were face up.

Johan Schumacher: J♠J♥ All in
Sebastian Schulze: K♥10♣

Schulze flopped top pair but it was no match for the overpair of Schulze. The 4♠ and A♥ runout changed nothing and Schumacher held on for a key double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schumacher	10,900,000 6,200,000	6,200,000
Sebastian Schulze	6,875,000 4,175,000	4,175,000

07-12-2025 15:20 UTC-8

Perati Getting Active as Players Guess His Age

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Muhamet Perati was involved in multiple pots over a short period of time.

First, Ihab Ali limped in from early position and Octavian Voegele called in the cutoff. Perati checked his option in the big blind.

On the 3♣J♣8♣ flop, Perati and Ali checked, then Voegele fired 500,000. Perati called and Ali folded.

Both checked the K♣ turn to the 2♠ river, where Perati bet 600,000. Voegele raised to 3,000,000, and within a minute, Perati called.

Voegele showed A♣9♥ for the nut flush to scoop the pot.

Not long after, John Wasnock made it 625,000 to go from early position and Perati three-bet the button to 1,700,000. Wasnock called.

The flop came Q♠6♦10♦ and both checked to the A♦ turn. Wasnock checked, Perati bet 1,200,000, and Wasnock folded.

Directly after that, Braxton Dunaway raised the hijack to 600,000 and Perati called in the cutoff.

Both saw the K♥9♥3♠ flop hit the felt where Dunaway check-called a bet of 1,000,000 from Perati.

The 6♠ turn checked through to the 7♣ river, where Dunaway bet 3,500,000. Perati took his time but eventually settled on a fold.

During the next shuffle, the players were trying to guess the age of Perati.

"I think 51. I'm basing that on how he plays poker," said Voegele.

Perati then admitted that he was 44, much to the surprise of Dunaway.

"You're 44?! You're almost the same age as me. What did you do to your hair?" joked Dunaway, in reference to the grey color (or lack of it) of Perati's hair. Perati laughed it off and continued in the next hand, still with a very comfortable stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Braxton Dunaway	25,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Muhamet Perati	22,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Octavian Voegele	16,800,000 5,100,000	5,100,000
John Wasnock	3,600,000 5,900,000	5,900,000

Tags: Braxton Dunaway Ihab Ali John Wasnock Muhamet Perati Octavian Voegele

07-12-2025 15:21 UTC-8

Mizrachi Can't Bluff Guerra

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Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Joshua Beckenstein opened in early position with a raise to 500,000 and picked up calls from Lautaro Guerra in middle position and Michael Mizrachi in the big blind.

On the 4♣Q♣4♦ flop, action was checked to Guerra, who bet 550,000, and only Mizrachi stuck around to see the 2♠ turn.

This time, it was Mizrachi who led out a bet of 950,000, and Guerra made the call.

Both players checked down the 3♦ turn, leading to a showdown, and Guerra showed 10♠10♥ for two pair tens and sevens, which was enough to drag in the pot

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	26,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Lautaro Guerra	16,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Joshua Beckenstein	10,000,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Joshua Beckenstein Lautaro Guerra Michael Mizrachi

07-12-2025 15:22 UTC-8

Hallaert Beats Kassouf in a Long Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Kenny Hallaert raised to 550,000 in the cutoff with 7♣5♣ and Giovanni Pupo on the button moved all-in to force folds all around with his A♠J♠.

Hallaert opened to 550,000 in the next hand and Will Kassouf had been dancing behind his chair for a while until it was his turn to act. He was still standing when he made the call on the button and then double-checked his cards before they headed to the A♦Q♦3♥ flop.

Hallaert continued for 500,000 and Kassouf leaned back and forth to look at the tournament screen while they were on a pay jump before checking his cards once more. The reluctant call led them to the 8♠ turn on which Kassouf was staring at Hallaert while being the only player standing at the secondary feature table, awaiting the next move of the chip leader.

Hallaert checked and Kassouf kept staring at him for a good minute, glanced back again to the screen which showed 45 players left and then knuckled it back to the K♣ on the river. Hallaert then checked the second street in a row and Kassouf checked back to get shown the K♦10♣ by Hallaert, exposing his Q♠J♣ for an inferior pair.

After the hand was over, a tournament floor came over to the table to talk to Kassouf, presumably about him standing throughout the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	43,950,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Stefan Nemetz	6,750,000 600,000	600,000
Giovanni Pupo	6,150,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Will Kassouf	3,350,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Giovanni Pupo Kenny Hallaert Will Kassouf

07-12-2025 15:28 UTC-8

Updated Counts on Table 638

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Calum Grant

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daehyung Lee	28,000,000 500,000	500,000
Joey Padron	24,000,000 950,000	950,000
Tony Gregg	15,100,000 500,000	500,000
Adam Hendrix	14,800,000 500,000	500,000
Maksim Pisarenko	14,700,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Johan Schumacher	10,300,000 600,000	600,000
Sebastian Schulze	6,500,000 375,000	375,000

Mikhail Prokopchuk	4,200,000 2,225,000	2,225,000
Theo Tran	3,800,000 650,000	650,000

07-12-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Ramon Pessoa Eliminated in 45th Place ($200,000)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Ruben Correia made it 500,000 to go from early position and Ramon Pessoa three-bet to 2,75,000 on the button, leaving himself 100,000 behind. Correia quickly shoved, and after having the clock called on him, Pessoa called.

Ramon Pessoa: 10♠10♣ All in
Ruben Correia: A♥Q♥

"Give me a queen," shouted Correia.

Correia didn't flop a queen, but got something almost as good as the 7♥J♥7♠ board gave him a flush draw. The 8♥ on the turn completed that flush, which left Pessoa with just four outs to boat up. Instead, the A♦ river hit the felt, and Pessoa fell in 45th, missing the pay jump.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Correia	8,600,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Ramon Pessoa	Busted

Tags: Ramon Pessoa Ruben Correia

07-12-2025 15:35 UTC-8

Freitas Picks Off Ponce With Ace-High

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David Salituro

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Richard Freitas raised to 500,000 in middle position and Diego Ponce defended his big blind.

The flop came 9♣7♣2♣ and Freitas bet 350,000. Ponce called and both players checked on the 4♦ turn.

Ponce then led out for 1,300,000 on the J♦ river and Freitas took a minute before calling. Ponce showed Q♦10♣, while Freitas had A♠8♥ and took the pot with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Freitas	20,800,000 1,950,000	1,950,000
Diego Ponce	13,450,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Diego Ponce Richard Freitas

07-12-2025 15:35 UTC-8

Dombrowski's River All-In Prompts Folds

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Sava Krink

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Michael Mizrachi kicked things off in middle position and raised to 550,000, and two players stuck around to see the flop.

On the 7♣J♦3♠ flop, Chris Dombrowski, the big blind, checked. Mizrachi continued for 375,00,0 and both Daniel Iachan and Dombrowski made the call.

Mizrachi fired another bet of 1,500,000 on the 2♦ turn, Iachan and Dombrowski called.

When the 10♦ on the river appeared, Dombrowski went all in, prompting two quick folds from his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	23,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Daniel Iachan	17,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Chris Dombrowski	8,900,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Tags: Chris Dombrowski Daniel Iachan Michael Mizrachi

07-12-2025 15:37 UTC-8

Power Gets Value From Pupillo... With King-High

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David Salituro

Level 31 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Nick Pupillo raised to 550,000 on the button with the Q♠10♠ and Chad Power called in the big blind.

Pupillo continued for 500,000 on the A♣8♥8♣ flop and Power called. Both players then checked the J♠ turn.

The river was the A♦, and Power led out for 600,000. Pupillo called and Power showed K♠10♣ for the two-pair on the board with a king-kicker that was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Power	23,825,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Nick Pupillo	5,725,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Chad Power Nick Pupillo