Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
The remaining players are now enjoying a short 15-minute break.
Action folded round to Catherine Dever in the small blind, who open-shoved her remaining 500,000 chips. Jael Lewis in the big blind decided to call.
Catherine Dever: K♠Q♠
Jael Lewis: K♥K♦
The dealer ran out the board J♥3♠A♣2♠A♣. Lewis pocket kings were holding up, sending Dever to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,710,000
980,000
|
980,000 |
|
|
Busted |
According to the table, a player opened to 80,000 and Jeffrey Thoney three-bet in the cutoff to 240,000. It came to Erwann Pecheux who opted to shove in the blinds for a stack worth around 1,200,000 and it folded back to Thoney who made the call to create a huge pot:
Erwann Pecheux: 6♣6♦
Jeffrey Thoney: K♥K♣
Pecheux didn't find any miracle as the board revealed Q♦9♥A♣7♦J♠ and he made his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,260,000
1,510,000
|
1,510,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hieu Ngo raised to 80,000 from an early position, Bing Li then went all in and was at risk from the cutoff for 675,000. The rest of the table folded, and Ngo made the call.
Bing Li: A♥Q♣
Hieu Ngo: 10♣10♥
The board ran out 6♠5♥2♦9♠2♣, ending Li's impressive run in Event #84.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
1,120,000
|
1,120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Phil Ivey will not be the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. The 11-time WSOP bracelet winner saw his tournament come to an end at the halfway point of Day 1d after losing a battle of the blinds to fellow poker pro Joseph Cheong.
While Ivey has achieved nearly everything the game has to offer, poker's World Championship continues to evade him. His deepest run came in 2009, when he finished seventh at the Main Event final table.
But 2025 won’t be the year he adds the most coveted title in poker to his résumé.
Action was picked up on the turn, with a board reading Q♥5♣6♦10♦. Shaun Deeb in the small blind bet 75,000 and Scott Downes called. The river showed 7♥. Shaun Deeb check-folded the bet of 200,000 from Downes.
Downes decided to show his KxJx and collected his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
900,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Bosco Li open-shoved for 300,000 from early position. Mimoun Bendavid took one look at his cards and slid forward a huge stack of chips, good for around 800,000, and enough to put any other player at the table all in. Nobody wanted to take the risk, and it was a good thing that they didn't.
Bosco Li: A♠10♠
Mimoun Bendavid: A♥A♦
Li had little hope, and couldn't hit anything on the 5♣8♠8♥9♥9♣. The additional chips extended Bendavid's chip lead over the table, as well as giving him the tournament's biggest stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kyle Hughes opened from the cutoff to 80,000. Shawn Puri in the big blind was the only one who called.
The flop showed 4♦7♥10♠. Both players checked to the turn J♠. Puri check-called the bet of 80,000 to see the river Q♣.
Both players checked again. Hughes won with AxQx against Puri's A♠2♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
|
550,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,730,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
|
|
1,620,000
1,527,000
|
1,527,000 |
|
|
1,540,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
|
760,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
580,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
430,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
410,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
400,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
400,000
253,000
|
253,000 |
|
|
340,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
|
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