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

07-12-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Girard Pips Yokosawa

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With two players seeing a board of 10♥10♠2♣Q♠6♥ and around 30,000 in the middle, Masato Yokosawa checked from the small blind and Hugues Girard shoved from the cutoff. Yokosawa was covered and called with just over 30,000 behind.

Yokosawa had trips with 10♣8♣ but Girard's kicker played with 10♦9♦ to send Yokosawa to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	195,000 50,800	50,800
Corey Wick	168,000 76,500	76,500
Hugues Girard	167,000 82,000	82,000
Alexandre Reard	150,200 87,200	87,200

Faraz Jaka	115,000 60,000	60,000

Jordan Glazer	98,000 9,000	9,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	43,000 17,000	17,000

Masato Yokosawa	Busted

Tags: Hugues Girard Masato Yokosawa

07-12-2025 21:19 UTC-8

Level 8 Entries

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Natasha Mercier	60,000 60,000	60,000
Kyle Julius	60,000 60,000	60,000

Khoi Le Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Elior Sion	60,000 60,000	60,000

Gary Hasson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Carlos Ribeiro	60,000 60,000	60,000
Eric Yanovsky	60,000 60,000	60,000
Won Lim	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-12-2025 21:20 UTC-8

Chen Takes it Down Preflop

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Erick Torres

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

David Chen opened the action with a raise to 2,600, which led to a call from Daniel Negreanu.

Tobias Schwecht pumped it up with a raise to 9,000 before Chen responded with an all-in. Negreanu folded, and Schwecht took little time before he mucked his cards to give Chen the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	168,000 11,000	11,000

David Chen	73,000 13,000	13,000
Tobias Schwecht	51,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu David Chen Tobias Schwecht

07-12-2025 21:25 UTC-8

Daniel Negreanu Says No Shame in Calling Clock at 2025 WSOP | PokerNews Podcast #906

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In the 906th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Daniel Negreanu suggesting that poker players shouldn't hesitate to call the clock on other slow-acting players.

Other stories include Will Kassouf being back in the poker spotlight, for better or worse, as well as how the PokerNews Podcast crew did in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. Hint: Kyna, who is now representing Tilted Compass, did an interview with Jeff Platt while Chad got pulled up on the PokerGO live stream. They also highlight Shaun Deeb capturing his seventh bracelet and setting himself up to win POY, Nick Ahmadi taking down the PokerNews Deepstack Championship, PokerGO founder Cary Katz claiming his first bracelet, and Chris Moneymaker winning another Moneymaker Tour title.

Finally, Maria Ho talks about releasing Pokerriculum (viewers/listeners have a chance to win a free copy of the game), and an update on the PokerNews Podcast Fantasy League between Mike, Chad/Kyna, Joey Ingram, and Christina Gollins.

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07-12-2025 21:28 UTC-8

Bilodeau Holds to Double

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Erick Torres

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jeremie Bilodeau opted to jam for approximately 15,000 on the flop of 9♠Q♣10♥ before Leonard Maue flicked in a call to put him at risk.

Jeremie Bilodeau: J♦8♦ All in
Leonard Maue: A♦Q♦

Bilodeau was ahead with a flopped straight versus the top pair top kicker of Maue.

The 8♣ turn offered some chop outs, but the Q♠ river was not one of them as Bilodeau secured the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Maue	36,000 3,000	3,000
Jeremie Bilodeau	35,600 8,800	8,800

Tags: Jeremie Bilodeau Leonard Maue

07-12-2025 21:35 UTC-8

Kassouf Escorted From WSOP Premises & Banned After Main Event Exit

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Eliot Thomas

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Will Kassouf has been escorted from the WSOP premises and banned from playing for the remainder of this year's series after a fiery and chaotic exit on Day 7 of the Main Event.

Check out how all the controversy unfolded below.

Running Flush Doubles Lin

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Stewart Morrison

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Zhou Lin kicked the action off with a raise to 2,400 from under the gun. Justin Tran responded by putting in a three-bet from the button to 7,500. Action folded back to Lin, who made the call.

The dealer spread a 7♠7♣4♥ flop, and Lin opted to check-raise all in for 24,900, over Tran's continuation-bet of 5,000. Tran called immediately, and the cards were turned over.

Zhou Lin: K♣J♣ All in
Justin Tran: 10♠10♣

Lin picked up some extra help on the 8♣ turn, giving him a flush draw, and that was the help he needed as the river 6♣ completed his flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhou Lin	67,800 7,300	7,300
Justin Tran	58,200 1,800	1,800

Tags: Justin Tran Zhou Lin

07-12-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Tens for Chidwick

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Erick Torres

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Daniyal Gheba raised to 2,500 from under the gun and faced a reraise by Hiroyuki Noda to 7,500 from the hijack. Stephen Chidwick opted to four-bet to 16,000. Gheba mucked his hand, but Noda put in a call to send them to a flop heads-up.

Noda checked the 8♠2♥6♣ flop before Chidwick bet 7,500. Noda called.

Both players checked down on the 9♦ turn and the 8♣ river.

Chidwick showed the best hand with 10♥10♦ as Noda yielded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	150,000 27,000	27,000

Daniyal Gheba	108,000 30,000	30,000
Hiroyuki Noda	68,000 56,500	56,500
Edward Pak	40,300 16,700	16,700
Ayaz Mahmood	26,400 49,600	49,600