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$1,100 Main Event
Day 1d Completed
2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia
$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
2025 PokerStars Open Philadelphia
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,107,840
Total Entries
1,154
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
509
Players Left
64
Players Left 1 / 1,154
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Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The action was non-stop on Saturday at the PokerStars Open Philadelphia series, where the last of four flights filled the Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia poker room all day long.
The largest of the opening $1,100 Main Event flights kept the registration desk busy right from the start of Day 1d, and it only took eight levels to hit 400 entries. That brought the prize pool over the $1,000,000 mark, more than doubling the guarantee.
In the end, 509 entries took part on the day, bringing the overall number to 1,154. The final prize pool was set at $1,107,840, with all of it to play for on Day 2 when the 146 remaining survivors return to the felt.
The end-of-day chip leader was Elliot Moore (822,000), who held off a late-night surge from Michael Tweedlie to carry the third-best overall stack into the final day of action.
Tweedlie climbed to 803,000 chips while knocking out Marshall Tarzy on the stone bubble, bringing an end to the long day of play.
Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elliot Moore | United States | 822,000 |
| 2 | Michael Tweedlie | United States | 803,000 |
| 3 | Justin Laudadio | United States | 789,000 |
| 4 | Edric Nicoli | United States | 741,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Barrett | United States | 645,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Romeo | United States | 559,000 |
| 7 | Keith Crowder | United States | 518,000 |
| 8 | Zachary Spergel | United States | 505,000 |
| 9 | Ari Katz | United States | 489,000 |
| 10 | Philip Saracino | United States | 484,000 |
The rest of the top five include Justin Laudadio (789,000), Edric Nicoli (741,000) and Joseph Barrett (645,000).
Among the hundreds of players to take a seat on Saturday were two more PokerStars Ambassadors, looking to join Maria Konnikova on Day 2.
Caitlin Comeskey arrived early in the day and played through several levels before hitting the rail. Jen Shahade also took her shot but came up short of the dinner break, losing much of her stack with a river bluff gone bad.
The blinds will be rolled back when Day 2 begins at 11:15 a.m. local time on Saturday, as the first two flights bagged up on Level 17. Players will see blinds of 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000.
Level will be lengthened to 60 minutes for the final day, with breaks scheduled after every two hours of play. With everyone already in the money, action should be fast and furious as players look to build a big stack and run deep in search of the PokerStars trophy. All 146 remaining players are in the money and have locked up $1,420.
$1,100 Main Event Top 10 Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $184,800 |
| 2 | $130,525 |
| 3 | $84,695 |
| 4 | $62,760 |
| 5 | $47,415 |
| 6 | $38,330 |
| 7 | $31,660 |
| 8 | $25,095 |
| 9 | $18,625 |
| 10 | $14,280 |
As always, the PokerNews live reporting team will have everything covered as the title awaits here in Philadelphia.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | Andy Frankenberger | United States | 417,000 | 52 |
| 13 | 2 | Angelo Modica | United States | 107,000 | 13 |
| 13 | 3 | William Zakrinski | United States | 59,000 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 | Eric Kotsines | United States | 241,000 | 30 |
| 13 | 5 | Rafael Ben-Yaish | United States | 168,000 | 21 |
| 13 | 6 | Norman Rodriguez | Dominican Republic | 860,000 | 108 |
| 13 | 7 | Roman Jackson | United States | 381,000 | 48 |
| 13 | 8 | James Lauer | United States | 286,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 1 | Leon Lee | United States | 195,000 | 24 |
| 14 | 2 | Dan McGinnis | United States | 530,000 | 66 |
| 14 | 3 | Elliot Moore | United States | 822,000 | 103 |
| 14 | 4 | Jonathan Stoeber | United States | 284,000 | 36 |
| 14 | 5 | Peter Ko | United States | 121,000 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | Matteo Menna | United States | 214,000 | 27 |
| 14 | 7 | Dominic Picinic | United States | 426,000 | 53 |
| 14 | 8 | Philip Saracino | United States | 484,000 | 61 |
| 14 | 9 | Sameer Batra | United States | 257,000 | 32 |
| 15 | 1 | Tim Faro | United States | 189,000 | 24 |
| 15 | 2 | Nan Min | United States | 392,000 | 49 |
| 15 | 3 | Jon Dupee | United States | 402,000 | 50 |
| 15 | 4 | Anrew Philip | United States | 306,000 | 38 |
| 15 | 5 | Jason Bullock | United States | 309,000 | 39 |
| 15 | 6 | Xiaoqiong Liu | United States | 110,000 | 14 |
| 15 | 7 | Justin Koniuk | United States | 180,000 | 23 |
| 15 | 8 | Robert Mcgarry | United States | 204,000 | 26 |
| 15 | 9 | Anthony Merlo | United States | 148,000 | 19 |
| 16 | 1 | Christopher Regan | United States | 85,000 | 11 |
| 16 | 2 | Tao Chu | United States | 109,000 | 14 |
| 16 | 3 | Michael McNicholas | United States | 129,000 | 16 |
| 16 | 4 | Joseph Nocerino | United States | 379,000 | 47 |
| 16 | 5 | Keith Temm | United States | 321,000 | 40 |
| 16 | 6 | Jack Lieberman | United States | 287,000 | 36 |
| 16 | 7 | Morris Cornman | United States | 308,000 | 39 |
| 16 | 8 | Taerim Ku | United States | 194,000 | 24 |
| 16 | 9 | Edric Nicoli | United States | 741,000 | 93 |
| 17 | 1 | Angel Lopez | United States | 841,000 | 105 |
| 17 | 2 | Arkado Gadelov | United States | 112,000 | 14 |
| 17 | 3 | Vincent Guliano | United States | 126,000 | 16 |
| 17 | 4 | William Chonka | United States | 323,000 | 40 |
| 17 | 5 | Edward Leonard | United States | 560,000 | 70 |
| 17 | 6 | Adam Agaev | United States | 80,000 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | Anthony Hall | United States | 274,000 | 34 |
| 17 | 8 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 451,000 | 56 |
| 17 | 9 | Fadi Sader | United States | 158,000 | 20 |
| 18 | 1 | Jeffrey Stellwagon | United States | 179,000 | 22 |
| 18 | 2 | Max Pinnola | United States | 240,000 | 30 |
| 18 | 3 | Kyle Janisse | Canada | 369,000 | 46 |
| 18 | 4 | Daniel Restrepo | United States | 314,000 | 39 |
| 18 | 5 | Michael Hermoza | United States | 198,000 | 25 |
| 18 | 6 | Timothy Breen | United States | 77,000 | 10 |
| 18 | 7 | Kenneth Dorsney | United States | 458,000 | 57 |
| 18 | 8 | Zhenjie Hou | United States | 139,000 | 17 |
| 18 | 9 | Cemil Seniler | United States | 489,000 | 61 |
| 19 | 1 | Frank Funaro | United States | 684,000 | 86 |
| 19 | 2 | Justus Marsico | United States | 518,000 | 65 |
| 19 | 3 | Nathan Cho | United States | 62,000 | 8 |
| 19 | 4 | Jeff Lang | United States | 308,000 | 39 |
| 19 | 5 | Menachem Landwirt | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| 19 | 6 | David Kilcoyne | United States | 483,000 | 60 |
| 19 | 7 | Justin Laudadio | United States | 789,000 | 99 |
| 19 | 8 | Mario Rodriguez | United States | 123,000 | 15 |
| 20 | 1 | Chaim Appel | United States | 124,000 | 16 |
| 20 | 2 | Abbas Hadizadeh | United States | 97,000 | 12 |
| 20 | 3 | Joe Schwartz | United States | 94,000 | 12 |
| 20 | 4 | Karanvir Singh | United States | 53,000 | 7 |
| 20 | 5 | Steven Ettenger | United States | 148,000 | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Andrew Chu | United States | 434,000 | 54 |
| 20 | 7 | Howard Feingold | United States | 57,000 | 7 |
| 20 | 8 | Andrew Voor | United States | 182,000 | 23 |
| 20 | 9 | Mike Kemeter | United States | 327,000 | 41 |
| 21 | 1 | Soheb Porbandrwala | United States | 603,000 | 75 |
| 21 | 2 | Thomas Hill | United States | 171,000 | 21 |
| 21 | 3 | James Lillis | United States | 302,000 | 38 |
| 21 | 4 | Brian Pagano | United States | 188,000 | 24 |
| 21 | 5 | Rajath Tangam | United States | 91,000 | 11 |
| 21 | 6 | Lisa Pickell | United States | 68,000 | 9 |
| 21 | 7 | Kevin Moffitt | United States | 151,000 | 19 |
| 21 | 8 | John Cipriano | United States | 290,000 | 36 |
| 21 | 9 | John Wilson | United States | 484,000 | 61 |
| 22 | 1 | Greg Himmelbrand | United States | 157,000 | 20 |
| 22 | 2 | Michael Bohmerwald | United States | 719,000 | 90 |
| 22 | 3 | Osman Nasir | United States | 690,000 | 86 |
| 22 | 4 | Samuel Chebruch | United States | 110,000 | 14 |
| 22 | 5 | Alejandro Pablo | United States | 90,000 | 11 |
| 22 | 6 | Po Fuk Ying | United States | 376,000 | 47 |
| 22 | 7 | Stanton Tentnowski | United States | 57,000 | 7 |
| 22 | 8 | Gerard Shasho | United States | 132,000 | 17 |
| 22 | 9 | Yishu Yang | United States | 270,000 | 34 |
| 23 | 1 | Manuel Jaime | United States | 322,000 | 40 |
| 23 | 2 | Lin An | United States | 497,000 | 62 |
| 23 | 3 | Keith Cowder | United States | 518,000 | 65 |
| 23 | 4 | Daniel Kusnerak | United States | 343,000 | 43 |
| 23 | 5 | Anibal Santiago | United States | 466,000 | 58 |
| 23 | 6 | Mark Digiovani-Haney | United States | 685,000 | 86 |
| 23 | 7 | Kevin Mccrea | United States | 184,000 | 23 |
| 23 | 8 | Corey Whitaker | United States | 264,000 | 33 |
| 23 | 9 | Thomas Svensen | United States | 346,000 | 43 |
| 24 | 1 | Vincent Lestingi | United States | 167,000 | 21 |
| 24 | 2 | Michael Latham | United States | 158,000 | 20 |
| 24 | 3 | Maxim Urvantsev | United States | 429,000 | 54 |
| 24 | 4 | Daniel Dagostino | United States | 239,000 | 30 |
| 24 | 5 | Gerald Johnson | United States | 486,000 | 61 |
| 24 | 6 | Joseph Greene | United States | 239,000 | 30 |
| 24 | 7 | Roberto Ilagan | United States | 280,000 | 35 |
| 24 | 8 | Michael Case Mann | United States | 371,000 | 46 |
| 25 | 1 | Jack Lee | United States | 516,000 | 65 |
| 25 | 2 | Travis Hartshorn | United States | 244,000 | 31 |
| 25 | 3 | Brandon Mincher | United States | 376,000 | 47 |
| 25 | 4 | Jack Kwon | United States | 68,000 | 9 |
| 25 | 5 | Ryan Depaulo | United States | 207,000 | 26 |
| 25 | 6 | Joseph Siracusa | United States | 326,000 | 41 |
| 25 | 7 | Mykhailo Lendel | United States | 464,000 | 58 |
| 25 | 8 | George Alberto | United States | 776,000 | 97 |
| 25 | 9 | William Beer | United States | 324,000 | 41 |
| 26 | 1 | Marc Lesitsky | United States | 105,000 | 13 |
| 26 | 2 | Ari Katz | United States | 489,000 | 61 |
| 26 | 3 | Norman Rogers | United States | 70,000 | 9 |
| 26 | 4 | Vikrant Shah | United States | 205,000 | 26 |
| 26 | 5 | Joseph Barrett | United States | 645,000 | 81 |
| 26 | 6 | Zachary Spergel | United States | 505,000 | 63 |
| 26 | 7 | John Sparks | United States | 231,000 | 29 |
| 26 | 8 | Guan Huang | United States | 220,000 | 28 |
| 27 | 1 | James Brady | United States | 224,000 | 28 |
| 27 | 2 | Stan Jablonski | United States | 257,000 | 32 |
| 27 | 3 | Chris Delgrande | United States | 170,000 | 21 |
| 27 | 4 | James Saxton | United States | 169,000 | 21 |
| 27 | 5 | Tommy Romeo | United States | 559,000 | 70 |
| 27 | 6 | Chris Hancock | United States | 539,000 | 67 |
| 27 | 7 | Michael Stashin | United States | 509,000 | 64 |
| 27 | 8 | Justin Vaysman | United States | 82,000 | 10 |
| 28 | 1 | Jimmy Born | United States | 392,000 | 49 |
| 28 | 2 | Boris Kravets | United States | 253,000 | 32 |
| 28 | 3 | Jason Obinger | United States | 399,000 | 50 |
| 28 | 4 | Ron Adams | United States | 449,000 | 56 |
| 28 | 5 | Joshua Rothberg | United States | 281,000 | 35 |
| 28 | 6 | Michael Tweedlie | United States | 803,000 | 100 |
| 28 | 7 | Joe Reddick | United States | 235,000 | 29 |
| 28 | 8 | Zachary Hubbard | United States | 341,000 | 43 |
| 29 | 1 | Bradford Albrinck | United States | 144,000 | 18 |
| 29 | 2 | Scott Kret | United States | 467,000 | 58 |
| 29 | 3 | Steven Christopher | United States | 693,000 | 87 |
| 29 | 4 | Jeffrey Rozelle | United States | 328,000 | 41 |
| 29 | 5 | Brent Vaalburg | United States | 489,000 | 61 |
| 29 | 6 | Michael Marder | United States | 559,000 | 70 |
| 29 | 7 | Roger Lussier | United States | 309,000 | 39 |
| 29 | 8 | Jung Son | United States | 342,000 | 43 |
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The 64 remaining players have bagged for the night, and will return to join the other opening flight survivors on Day 2.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
On the fifth hand on the stone bubble, a pair of all-ins occurred on side-by-side tables.
Table 28 saw Andrew Voor at risk against Jack Kwon with the cards on their backs.
Andrew Voor: 10♣10♦ 
Jack Kwon: 7♣7♦
Voor was never in danger through the 9♦2♥8♠6♥2♦ runout, seeing his pocket tens earn the double-up. While that hand was being dealt, Marshall Tarzy was also at risk and flipping against Michael Tweedlie.
Marshall Tarzy: A♠Q♠
Michael Tweedlie : 9♠9♣
Tarzy was unable to find a pair on the K♦K♥8♦7♦10♥ board, seeing Tweedlie hold to burst the bubble and bring an end to Day 1d.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Thomas Romeo was all in and at risk after the 4♠10♦8♠ flop, facing Jack Kwon across the table.
Thomas Romeo: 10♥8♣
Jack Kwon: 9♠9♥
Romeo flopped two pair to take the lead, holding through the 6♦ turn and A♦ river to double and stay alive on the stone bubble.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
With 65 players left, the tournament will be played hand-for-hand until one is eliminated.
Action will then conclude for the night as players bag for Day 2.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action was heads-up to the 8♠2♣4♠ flop, where Jonathan Iacovelli checked from the big blind. Elliot Moore fired a bet of 15,000 on the button and made the call once Iacovelli moved all in.
Jonathan Iacovelli: 9♣8♣
Elliot Moore: Q♠Q♥
Iacovelli could not connect on the J♦ turn or 2♦ river, as Moore's superior two pair was good to secure the knockout.
