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Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions
Day 2 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$17,295,520
Total Entries
19,654
Level
47
Blinds
5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Ante
10,000,000
Entries
1,045
Players Left
20
Players Left 1 / 19,654
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Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
It was an exciting day at the 2025 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Out of the 1,045 that made it to Day 2 in Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em, 20 players are moving to the final day as Michael Wilklow leads the pack with 82,275,000
Following closely at Wliklow's heels are George Tatalovich with 77,625,000 chips and Linda Ngo with 75,575,000.
The highlight of the day happened when the $1,000,000 bounty envelopes were pulled early on. Tyler Montoya looked like a winner despite being eliminated within the first two hours of play. Just the seventh bounty claim of the day, he pulled the first $1,000,000 envelope with lots of fanfare. So happy to share a piece of his bounty, Montoya announced, “If you're a stripper at the strip club, you should be working tonight.”
The second player who got the $1,000,000 envelope was Thomas “PaigowKing” Zanot, who continues his lucky streak in Las Vegas after winning a $6.4 million Pai Gow progressive jackpot at The Flamingo two years ago.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Wilklow | United States | 82,275,000 | 41 |
| 2 | George Tatalovich | United States | 77,625,000 | 39 |
| 3 | Linda Ngo | United States | 75,575,000 | 38 |
| 4 | Wesley Fei | China | 62,450,000 | 31 |
| 5 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 52,200,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Cameron Blazevich | United States | 47,875,000 | 24 |
| 7 | Yu Hsiang Huang | Taiwan | 45,175,000 | 23 |
| 8 | Can Miral | Turkey | 45,100,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Hong | United States | 42,350,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Diana Allen | United States | 37,900,000 | 19 |
The event has reached a milestone as the largest field of the series to date, with a total of 19,654 entries. This generated a prize pool of $17,295,520, with $5,896,500 set aside for the bounties. At the start of the day, everyone was guaranteed a cash prize of $2,060, but hoped to either catch one of the seven-figure bounty envelopes or make it to the final day to grab the $1 million first-place prize.
Other notables that made it to the final day are Daniel Strelitz (52,200,000), Michael Acevedo (34,675,000), and Christopher Zollo (16,000,000).
Unfortunately, there were some prominent names chasing a bracelet that fell short of moving forward, including Alex Foxen, Valentyn Shabelnyk, DJ Buckley, Brad Owen, Konstantin Held, and Josh Reichard.
The list also included defending champion Malcolm Trayner, who registered an impressive 28th-place finish while attempting to go back-to-back.
Day 3 will start tomorrow, June 2 at 11:00 a.m. local time and play will continue until a champion is crowned. Players will play through 40-minute levels with 15-minute breaks after every three levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide live updates straight from the tournament floor.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 1 | Wesley Fei | China | 62,450,000 | 31 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 2 | Michael Page | France | 12,300,000 | 6 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 3 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | 34,675,000 | 17 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 6 | Elliott Kampen | United States | 23,225,000 | 12 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 7 | Yu Hsiang Huang | Taiwan | 45,175,000 | 23 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 8 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | 52,200,000 | 26 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 9 | Diana Allen | United States | 37,900,000 | 19 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 1 | Shaun Giap | United States | 26,275,000 | 13 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 3 | George Tatalovich | United States | 77,625,000 | 39 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 4 | Can Miral | Turkey | 45,100,000 | 23 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 5 | Demarco Howard | United States | 15,000,000 | 8 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 6 | Daniel Westphal | United States | 28,000,000 | 14 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 8 | Benjamin Eilers | United States | 10,725,000 | 5 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 9 | Michael Marks | United States | 29,250,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 1 | Christopher Zollo | United States | 11,400,000 | 6 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 2 | Linda Ngo | United States | 75,575,000 | 38 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 3 | Michael Wilklow | United States | 82,275,000 | 41 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 4 | Jeffrey Hong | United States | 42,350,000 | 21 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 7 | Artem Riabov | United States | 27,550,000 | 14 |
| Event Center | Feature 003 | 9 | Cameron Blazevich | United States | 47,875,000 | 24 |
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Day 2 has come to an end with 20 players remaining. Day 3 will resume at 11am.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and the chip counts.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Yu Hsiang Huang went all in under the gun for more than 28,000,000 chips. Guoliang Wei made the call from the button with his last 13,725,000 chips.
Guoliang Wei: A♠Q♠
Yu Hsiang Huang: A♦K♦
Neither player connected with the board runout of 2♠9♥5♦2♣10♠, so Huang's ace-king combo held.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Jesse Yaginuma shoved for just over 10,000,000 from middle position and when the action got to Linda Ngo in the small blind, she put in 3,200,000 as a raise, not seeing the shove of Yaginuma. The floor were called and Ngo was given the option to call, or fold and forfeit the chips she had put into the pot, and she chose the latter.
Michael Wilklow was in the big blind and he took around 30 seconds to think it over and eventually called to put Yaginuma at risk.
Jesse Yaginuma: A♠6♠ 
Michael Wilklow: K♦10♥
Yaginuma was in the lead but fell behind after the dealer put out a flop of 10♠J♦J♠ as Wilklow paired his ten. Spades or aces were working for Yaginuma, but neither the 4♦ turn nor 2♣ river were of any help, leaving him on the sidelines.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Yu Hsiang Huang raised all in from middle position with 18,700,000 chips. Stephen Song made the all-in call for less on the button.
Stephen Song: A♥5♥
Yu Hsiang Huang: K♦Q♠
Huang paired his queen on the flop and it held through a runout of 6♦J♦Q♣3♦10♣, knocking Song out of the event.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
In the last hand of the night, Wesley Fei opens from under the gun to 3,200,000, and is called by Shaun Giap in the big blind.
The flop came K♠Q♥3♠ and after Giap checks, Fei bets 2,400,000. Giap raised to 7,500,000, Fei re-raised to 14,000,000, Giap goes all-in for Fei's 26,825,000 chips, and Fei beats him into the middle.
Wesley Fei: 3♦3♣
Shaun Giap: K♦10♣
Drawing very thin, Giap could not improve his top pair. Fei found a critical double-up with bottom set and has new life for day three.
Level 39
: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Jeffrey Hong made it 3,200,000 to go from early position and Kristopher Rundquist shoved from the hijack for 9,000,000. When the action got back to Hong, he made the call.
Kristopher Rundquist: Q♠Q♣
Jeffrey Hong: A♥4♠
Rundquist was miles ahead with his pocket queens and kept the lead when the 2♠7♥6♦ flop hit the felt. From then on, things turned bleak for Rundquist as the A♠ turn meant Hong took the lead with a pair of aces. Only a queen could save Rundquist, but instead the 10♥ river rolled off, leaving him out in 24th.
