Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-12-2025 15:45 UTC-8

Brown Bops Simao

Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Over 25,000 was already in the middle when this hand was picked up on the river of the board that read 3♣6♥2♥6♦10♠.

Gregory Brown chose to shove from the big blind for 21,000 effective to put Joao Simao at risk in the hijack position. Simao took some time before he decided on a call.

Brown showed Q♣Q♦, which was enough as Simao showed A♠K♦ to be eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brown	107,000 47,000	47,000
Joao Simao	Busted

Tags: Gregory Brown Joao Simao

07-12-2025 15:41 UTC-8

Shapiro Continues to Build

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Daniyal Gheba started the action with a raise to 1,000 from the button. Norman Shapiro made the call from the small blind before the big blind folded.

Shapiro continued with a check-call of 700 on a A♣4♥9♦ flop, before both players checked when the 9♠ turn arrived.

The dealer then added the 5♥ river to the board, and Shapiro chose to lead out for a bet of 3,100. This was enough to lay claim to the pot as Gheba returned his cards to the dealer with haste.

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Shapiro	105,500 4,100	4,100
Daniyal Gheba	78,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Daniyal Gheba Norman Shapiro

07-12-2025 15:38 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	60,000 60,000	60,000

David Coleman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Nariman Yaghmai	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Julius	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matthew Haynes	60,000 60,000	60,000
Justin Zaki	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matthias Lipp	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gregory Brown	60,000 60,000	60,000
Turbo Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Renan Bruschi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Daniel Maor	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yves Hallague	60,000 60,000	60,000
Augusto Hagen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Hirokazu Kobayashi	60,000 60,000	60,000
Marius Kudzmanas	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jinlong Hu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Sergio Aido	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ramiro Petrone	60,000 60,000	60,000
Martin Sgrilletti	60,000 60,000	60,000
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cedric Schwaederle	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jose Latorre	60,000 60,000	60,000
Yulian Bogdanov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paulo Joanello	60,000 60,000	60,000

Wai Kiat Lee	60,000 60,000	60,000

Big Slick Both Ways

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A raising war preflop began when Mike Meskin was first to act and raised it to 800. Frank Brannan chose to re-raise it to 2,800 from the cutoff, which led to four bet from Meskin who bumped it up to 15,800. Brannan five bet all-in and was called by Meskin to put Brannan at risk.

Frank Brannan: A♠K♦ All in
Mike Meskin: A♦K♣

Despite the commotion, it turned out both players held the same hand.

The 5♥10♦7♠8♣K♠ runout did not offer any drama of an upset as both players took back their chips and moved on to the next pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Meskin	69,600 9,600	9,600
Frank Brannan	60,300 60,300	60,300

Tags: Frank Brannan Mike Meskin

07-12-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Hamada Knocks Out Lijo

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Erick Torres

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

It folded to Shoichiro Hamada in the small blind who put 1,200 towards the middle which was enough to put Lander Lijo in the big blind all in. Lijo obliged and put himself at risk against Hamada.

Lander Lijo: K♣7♠ All in
Shoichiro Hamada: J♦10♣

Despite the bleak circumstances, Lijo got his money in ahead against Hamada. The 9♣5♣5♦ flop was safe for Lijo keeping him ahead in the race.

The 6♠ was of no consequence to Lijo, who was one card away from a double up, but the J♣ river was a disaster for Lijo as it gave Hamada a pair of jacks to eliminate him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shoichiro Hamada	49,700
Lander Lijo	Busted

Tags: Lander Lijo Shoichiro Hamada

07-12-2025 15:30 UTC-8

Arnoldi Wakes Up With Rockets to Eliminate Mackelprang

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♦5♣Q♦J♠ and just under 15,000 in the middle Dragana Mackelprang checked from under the gun and Theo Arnoldi bet 11,000 from the hijack. Mackelprang called.

Mackelprang shoved for around 20,000 on the J♣ river and Arnoldi quickly called with a covering stack.

Mackelprang had K♠Q♠ for two pair, queens and jacks but Arnoldi had A♣A♦ for aces up to send Mackelprang to the rail and take the last of her chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Theo Arnoldi	158,000 64,900	64,900
Dragana Mackelprang	Busted

Tags: Dragana Mackelprang Theo Arnoldi

07-12-2025 15:28 UTC-8

Proudfoot Eliminates Sternberg

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ryuta Nakai raised from the button to 900, which saw Justin Sternberg called from the small blind. Jonathan Proudfoot then raised to 4,500 from the big blind. Nakai folded, but Sternberg committed his remaining stack of 3,400 into the middle.

Justin Sternberg: Q♦3♦ All in
Jonathan Proudfoot: K♣9♣

The board ran out a safe 6♥5♥10♥10♣5♠ for Proudfoot, sending Sternberg to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryuta Nakai	61,000 1,000	1,000
Jonathan Proudfoot	54,500
Justin Sternberg	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Proudfoot Justin Sternberg Ryuta Nakai

07-12-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Top Stacks After First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

These are the top 25 stacks after the first break according to the WSOP+ App

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:554]	159,900 39,900	39,900
Govert Metaal	145,000 145,000	145,000
Jakob Miegel	132,300 132,300	132,300

Yuto Misaka	116,600 56,600	56,600
Ranganath Kanchi	115,000 41,000	41,000
Uri Reichenstein	113,200 53,200	53,200
Quan Zhou	111,900 15,900	15,900
Aram Oganyan	110,000 50,000	50,000

Dinesh Alt	110,000 16,200	16,200
Alessio La Francesca	110,000 110,000	110,000
Norman Shapiro	101,400 101,400	101,400
Hannes Jeschka	101,400 8,600	8,600
Renat Bohdanov	100,500 40,500	40,500

Iago Sturzeneker	100,000 40,000	40,000
Pierre Calamusa	98,900 38,900	38,900

Sean Winter	97,500 37,500	37,500
Theo Arnoldi	93,100 33,100	33,100
Ayaz Mahmood	92,200 32,200	32,200

Davide Suriano	88,000 28,000	28,000

Dustin Goldklang	87,700 800	800
Ibrahim Senoussi	85,000 25,000	25,000
Taylor Wilson	85,000 25,000	25,000
Paul Hong	84,100 24,100	24,100
Najeem Ajez	83,300 23,300	23,300
Aleksejs Ponakovs	82,200 11,200	11,200

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

07-12-2025 15:01 UTC-8

Sturzeneker Wins with River Jam

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

There was over 15,000 already in the pot on the board of 5♣9♥4♥5♦ when Iago Sturzeneker bet 11,000 from under the gun, which led to a call from Aliaksandr Shylko in the cutoff, and a fold from Brandon Wilson in the big blind.

The J♦ river led to a huge bet by Sturzeneker who opted to go all-in for 64,600. This bet sent Shylko into the tank who took time to weigh the situation.

Shylko eventually folded to give Sturzeneker the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iago Sturzeneker	91,000 31,000	31,000
John Pointer	72,000 34,100	34,100
Najeem Ajez	67,000 7,000	7,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	57,000 3,000	3,000
Brandon Wilson	43,000 7,000	7,000