Players will now take a third 15-minute break of the day, and will return without any 500 denomination chips after a dealer color-up. This break also marks the end of late registration into the event.
Cards go back in the air at 9:45 p.m local time
Daniel Negreanu will enter the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) "with a little bit of a different attitude" in his first year of Seniors Event eligibility, GGPoker's top ambassador told PokerNews.
The 50-year-old is coming off three straight losing summers. But that doesn't concern him, especially considering he ended an 11-year bracelet drought in 2024 when he took down the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship. He's more focused on having fun and playing sound poker than the results.
"The World Series for me, it's not going to be about results that much, because that's luck, right," Negreanu explained. "Luck is going to play into the results. For me, I want to have a good time."
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
633,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
506,000
394,500
|
394,500 |
|
||
|
465,000
272,200
|
272,200 |
|
448,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
|
408,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
399,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
|
||
|
399,000
287,500
|
287,500 |
|
||
|
391,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
361,000
301,000
|
301,000 |
|
|
||
|
352,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
340,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
340,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
330,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
325,000
228,500
|
228,500 |
|
320,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
||
|
314,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
306,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
293,500
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
290,000
149,600
|
149,600 |
|
288,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
280,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
275,000
72,800
|
72,800 |
|
274,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
|
|
||
|
271,000
112,500
|
112,500 |
|
|
||
|
270,500
140,000
|
140,000 |
Yuya Kita opened to 8,000 in early position and Zdenek Zizka three-bet to 40,000 in middle position before Diego Sanchez Serrano three-bet jammed on the button. Kita folded and Zizka called off for a total of 55,000.
Zdenek Zizka: 9♥9♣ 
Diego Sanchez Serrano: A♠A♣
Zizka had run into aces, but it didn't matter as the flop landed J♠9♦7♦ to give him a set before the board finished out J♣5♥ to improve him to a full house to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000 | |
Ren Lin opened to 8,000 in the cutoff and Josh Arieh called on the button before Mustapha Kanit three-bet jammed a stack of 56,000 from the big blind. Lin slapped his own hand and folded and Arieh entered the tank before calling with a bigger stack.
Mustapha Kanit: A♣Q♣
Josh Arieh: Q♠10♠
Kanit had his opponent dominated and the board ran out Q♥K♣4♣4♥9♣ to improve the Italian to the nut flush for a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
Justin Saliba opened to 8,000 under the gun, Alex Foxen reraised from middle position to 19,000.
The board came 6♠5♣6♦ and Saliba checked. Foxen continued for 9,000. Saliba made the call.
The turn was the 3♦ and both players checked. Then on the A♠ river, Saliba thought for a while before checking. Foxen moved all in, and Saliba folded.
When folding, Saliba threw his cards towards Foxen's. Foxen mixed together all four cards and turned one over. The first card he revealed was the J♣, and the second was the A♥.
"You folded Ace Jack?", he asked Saliba. Saliba confirmed that he did, and Foxen won this pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
||
|
76,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
||
First to act Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 8,000, and action folded round to Barak Wisbrod in the big blind, who decided he was getting the pot odds to call despite only having 10,000 behind.
On a monotone flop of 5♥2♥7♥, Wisbrod checked and Lichtenberger put in exactly 6,000 chips, forcing Wisbrod to go all in or fold. He tanked for a while, laughed at the irony of the situation, and decided that, despite getting almost 6-to-1 odds, this time he decided they weren’t enough for him to call.
The very next hand, Qiang Xu raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, and Wisbrod added his final 4,000 to his small blind, as Lichtenberger defended in the big blind.
At the river, Wisbrod’s A♥4♦ had made a pair of aces, which was good enough to take down the 22,000 main pot, just keeping his hopes of a deeper run alive. Lichtenberger had a pair of sevens, and his Q♠7♠ allowed him to take in the remaining 8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
162,500
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
22,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
Jesse Lonis reentered the event before registration closed. In this hand, he raised to 9,000 from the cutoff. Eran Aydin was the only caller from the big blind.
The flop came K♠5♥4♦ and Aydin checked. Lonis bet 7,000 and Aydin called.
The two players checked on the 9♥ turn and then the 4♠ came on the river. Aydin moved all in, putting Lonis' effective stack in the middle. Lonis instantly called.
Lonis tabled the A♠4♣. Aydin was supposed to table his hand, but he threw his cards into the muck. This drew the ire of some of his tablemates, as the rules state that he was obligated to show his cards. The players tried to retrieve the hand, and when the 5♦ was exposed, Aydin claimed that was one of his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
56,500
|
56,500 |
|
96,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
