2025 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
103
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Total Entries
9,735
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
4,997
Players Left
3,776
Players Left 1 / 9,735
Filter

Filter

Filter By
Sort By

Karim Dives Under Start

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Michel Karim
Michel Karim

Small blind Harrison Shockley made a bet of 5,000 on the J2A8 turn, which Michel Karim raised to 11,500. Shockley called to the 2 river, which was checked down.

Shockley revealed AK for aces and deuces, and he took down the pot when Karim mucked his cards.

Tags: Harrison ShockleyMichel Karim

Driskell Defends

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Fred Goldberg opened to 800 from early position and Kendra Kaufman called from late position.
Frederic Normand raised to 3,400 and Joel Driskell reraised to 13,000.

Goldberg and Kaufman folded, and Normand called, leaving the players to go heads-up to the flop.

The 8A8 flop was bet 6,000 by Driskell. Normand mucked, leaving Driskell to chip up more.

Tags: Frederic NormandFred GoldbergJoel DriskellKendra Kaufman

Wang Shows One Card While Folding

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Michael Wang
Michael Wang

Ethan Ackerman made it 800 from middle position and Liubomyr Melnyk called from the cutoff. Michael Wang squeezed to 4,400 from the big blind, which only Ackerman called.

Heads-up to the 7410 flop that saw Wang bet out for around 3,000, Ackerman raised to 8,300, which Wang immediately called.

Wang checked the Q turn and Ackerman continued with a bet of 12,000. Wang turned over the 8 and folded, allowing Ackerman to pull in the pot.

Tags: Ethan AckermanLiubomyr MelnykMichael Wang

Khavin Drags the Pot with Top Two

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With around 2,000 in the middle and the flop showing 279, Filipp Khavin checked from the big blind. Fabian Niederreiter, seated in the hijack, fired out a bet of 800, and Khavin made the call.

The Q hit the turn, and Khavin checked again. This time, Niederreiter ramped it up to 5,500, but Khavin wasn’t going anywhere and called once more.

On the 2 river, Khavin checked for a third time. Niederreiter glanced at his cards and paused briefly before opting to check back. Khavin turned over Q9 for top two, prompting a nod of respect from Niederreiter as Khavin scooped the pot and said with a grin, “Good check.”

Tags: Fabian NiederreiterFilipp Khavin

Li Takes Out Barlow

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Brandon Barlow, having suffered a crippling loss earlier, went all in from early position with his last 1,500 in chips.

Ian O'Shea, in the hijack and Nan Li, in the big blind, made the call.

The flop fell 8Q3, prompting O'Shea to bet 7,000. Li called.

Li and O'Shea checked the turn 9. When the 7 landed on the river, Li bet 9,200, and O'Shea folded.

Li turned over 87, giving him two pair, eights and sevens.

Barlow flipped over A3, and his tournament was over.

Tags: Brandon BarlowIan O'SheaNan Li

Grobocopatel Drags One With a Premium

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Qing Lu opened to 800 from early position before Benoit Grobocopatel three-bet to 2,300 on the button, and Lu quickly called.

On the 864 flop, Lu checked Grobocopatel who continued for 1,700 and Lu snap-called.

Both the 2 turn and 9 river checked through.

Lu tabled her KQ from the seven seat before Grobocopatel showed the winning 85 from the three seat. Lu struggled to see from across the table as she stood up from her seat, aghast, and she remarked, "What does he have!?" as she was taken aback by the hand that Grobocopatel showed down.

Tags: Benoit GrobocopatelQing Lu

De Lucca Sobral Runs Into a Set

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Moments after last year's WSOP Main Event finalist Malo Latinois took his seat at the table, Jonathan Rosa on the button bet 10,000 on a board of 10A26 with 18,000 in the pot. Caio De Lucca Sobral in the big blind raised all-in for 33,000 and Rosa called.

Caio De Lucca Sobral: AQ All in
Jonathan Rosa: 1010

"You have it?" De Lucca Sobral asked with his top pair. Rosa answered that he had it by flipping over his set. The 9 river completed the board and De Lucca Sobral was eliminated.

Tags: Jonathan RosaMalo Latinois

Nguyen Rivers a Boat vs Sluzinski

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On a board of 3KK8, Tuan Nguyen checked from the big blind and Jeff Sluzinski bet 2,200 from the button. Nguyen called.

The 3 appeared on the river and Nguyen opted to lead out for 5,000. Sluzinski began engaging in some small talk with Nguyen for a few moments and then made the call.

Nguyen turned over the goods with K6 for a full house. Sluzinski mucked, and Nguyen added some more chips to his stack.

Tags: Jeff SluzinskiTuan Nguyen

Barlow Takes Huge Hit

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Four players put in 8,500 each to see the flop come 55K, and the action checked around.

The turn brought the 2 and a 15,000-chip bet from Nan Li in the big blind. Brandon Barlow called from early position, as did Jason Daly in middle position. Cameron Widergren bowed out from the button.

The river was the 8. Li paused for a while and bet almost half his stack, 23,000.

Barlow, who had 25,300 chips remaining, went deep into the tank. He came out just under five minutes later, and made the call. Daly folded.

Li turned over 88, having made a full house on the river.

A distraught Barlow held onto his cards for a bit, staring in disbelief. He took a picture of the table, then gave his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Brandon BarlowCameron WidergrenJason DalyNan Li

Holtz Gets Value From Cartwright

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Mike Holtz
Mike Holtz

Arriving on a 7410K turn, Mike Holtz fired 5,800 into a pot of 8,800 from the small blind. Kyle Cartwright called in the cutoff, after which the 7 river completed the board.

Holtz sized up to 8,000, which Cartwright quickly called. Holtz tabled KJ for kings and sevens, and Cartwright sent his cards face down to the dealer.

Tags: Kyle CartwrightMike Holtz