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

07-12-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Liu Doubles Through Matakis

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Erick Torres

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

Ian Matakis raised before Tian Liu jammed for 23,000 and was called by Matakis to go to a showdown with Liu at risk.

Tian Liu: A♦4♦ All in
Ian Matakis: 9♥9♠

Liu was considerably behind heading into the runout, but the flop changed that when it fanned out A♣Q♥4♣.

Matakis was drawing thin to retake the lead after the flop, but the turn made it so he was drawing dead as it came the A♠ to give Liu a full house.

The meaningless 2♥ on the river peeled off to give Liu the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rosenthal	104,000 21,300	21,300
Erick Lindgren	80,700 37,300	37,300

Ian Matakis	80,200 48,400	48,400

Aram Zobian	73,000 4,200	4,200

Tian Liu	46,600 37,400	37,400
Matthew Sabia	44,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Ian Matakis Tian Liu

07-12-2025 20:58 UTC-8

Chen Building a Monster Stack

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Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation Adrien Favre-Felix was all in from the small blind for a bit under 30,000 and up against Dong Chen who covered him from the button.

Adrien Favre-Felix: A♥10♠ All in
Dong Chen: 8♣8♦

The 7♣8♥J♦2♠K♥ runout gave Chen a set of eights to eliminate Favre-Felix and add more chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Chen	320,000 260,000	260,000

Adrien Favre-Felix	Busted

Tags: Adrien Favre-Felix Dong Chen

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

07-12-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Scott Bohlman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jun Obara	60,000 60,000	60,000
Chin Wei Lim	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yunkyu Song	60,000 60,000	60,000
George Adams	60,000 60,000	60,000
Artur Martirosian	60,000 60,000	60,000

Amir Mirrasouli	60,000 60,000	60,000
Justin Tran	60,000 60,000	60,000
Bin Weng	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paul Volpe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Johan Guilbert	60,000 60,000	60,000

Shannon Shorr	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jaros Takes from Mateos

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Adrian Mateos opened to 2,200 from the hijack and Patrik Jaros defended from the big blind.

The flop came J♥9♠7♦ and Jaros check-called a 3,500 continuation-bet from Mateos.

Both players checked the 2♦ turn leading to the 9♣ river. Jaros bet 10,000 and Mateos opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	285,000 225,000	225,000

Adrian Mateos	110,000 35,000	35,000

Patrik Jaros	69,000 3,000	3,000
Pavel Plesuv	67,500 7,500	7,500

Taylor Paur	66,500 6,500	6,500

Gregory Jensen	30,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Patrik Jaros

07-12-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Kobayashi Doubles

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After losing a large portion of his stack in a previous altercation, Kobayashi found himself very short-stacked and in the small blind.

Fabian Niederreiter raised to 2,100 from the cutoff, and Kobayashi moved his remaining 4,500 into the middle. Only Niederreiter called, and the cards were flipped over.

Hirokazu Kobayashi: A♥Q♥ All in
Fabian Niederreiter: Q♣J♠

There was no bad beat story to be had for Kobayashi as the board ran out 9♥8♣6♥5♠2♦, giving him a full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Niederreiter	66,400 6,400	6,400
Hirokazu Kobayashi	11,000 6,500	6,500

Tags: Fabian Niederreiter Hirokazu Kobayashi

07-12-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Coleman Pushes Weissman Out on River

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Approximately 4,000 was in the middle on the board of A♥J♠4♠ when Joey Weissman bet 2,000 from the cutoff.

David Coleman responded with a raise to 9,000 from the small blind position. Weissman called to send them to a turn.

Coleman kept up the pressure with a bet of 8,700, and Weissman stayed in the hand with a call.

The A♠ led to a bigger bet of 34,000 from Coleman. Weissman gave it considerable thought, but opted to fold to award Coleman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabiano Kovalski	187,000 112,500	112,500
Matthew Haynes	184,000 124,000	124,000
Daniel Negreanu	179,000 119,000	119,000

Ignacio Moron	123,000 17,000	17,000
David Coleman	107,000 40,500	40,500

Joey Weissman	98,000 67,500	67,500

Tags: David Coleman Joey Weissman

07-12-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Foxen, Moorman and Vogelsang Among the Latest to Fall

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Bergin	Busted
Alex Kulev	Busted

Andjelko Andrejevic	Busted

Serhii Popovych	Busted
Vaughn Steeves	Busted
Richard Kirsch	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted
Mitchell Hynam	Busted
Jinlong Hu	Busted

Uri Reichenstein	Busted
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted
Victoria Livschitz	Busted
Mehdi Chaoui	Busted
Felipe Darsa Boianovsky	Busted
Ziao Guo	Busted
Ignas Jasinevicius	Busted
Qiang Xu	Busted

Oshri Lahmani	Busted
Shojiro Morita	Busted
Rudy Halim	Busted
Michael Gathy	Busted

Matas Cikinas	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Alex Foxen	Busted

Christoph Vogelsang	Busted

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07-12-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Kobayashi Left on Fumes

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Stewart Morrison

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action started with a raise from the player in the cutoff to 2,000, before Mike Watson three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff. The action then folded to the big blind, Hirokazu Kobayashi, who put in a cold four-bet to 23,000. The original raiser folded, but Watson made the call.

The dealer spread a flop of 4♣9♣7♦ and Kobayashi started with a check. Watson responded by placing a bet of 12,500, which Kobayashi then check-raised to 33,000. Watson called, and the two took a turn.

The 2♦ hit the turn, and Kobayashi moved all in, covering Watson's stack of 54,800 by a whisker. A dismayed Watson made an unhappy call but was shown good news.

Mike Watson: Q♠Q♦ All in
Hirokazu Kobayashi: A♣K♠

The river brought no help for Kobayashi, who sent the majority of his stack across the table to Watson, leaving him just 4,500 left to rebuild from.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	226,100 166,100	166,100

Hirokazu Kobayashi	4,500 55,500	55,500

Tags: Hirokazu Kobayashi Mike Watson

07-12-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Yu Wins Preflop

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lei Yu was the first to act and raised it to 2,100.

Noel Rodriguez, in the next seat over, chose to raise it to 6,500.

Yu gave it some thought before he pumped it up to 14,300, which led to a prompt fold from Rodriguez to end the hand preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	136,000 76,000	76,000
Hugues Girard	85,000 36,900	36,900
Noel Rodriguez	59,000 1,000	1,000

Lei Yu	52,000 8,000	8,000

Masato Yokosawa	49,600 10,400	10,400
Sergio Aido	22,700 37,300	37,300