Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,124,935
Entries
2,354
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
2,354
Players Left
174
Players Left 1 / 2,354
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 20-minute breaks every three levels, with a 75-minute dinner break after level 12.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, and Day 1 will consist of playing 17 levels. Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m., and levels increase to 60 minutes.
Bulgaria's Simeon Spasov is the reigning champion. He topped a 2,526-strong field in 2024 to capture his second bracelet and $439,815 in prize money. Although several established players kept Spasov company at the final table, he believes that the final table from his first bracelet win proved a sterner test.
“Yeah, sure, maybe on Day 2 was tough… but the final table, no, last bracelet, was a much harder final table.”
| Year | Entrants | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,526 | Simeon Spasov | $439,815 |
| 2023 | 2,454 | Rafael Reis | $465,501 |
| 2022 | 2,393 | Leo Soma | $456,889 |
| 2021 | 1,450 | Bradley Jansen | $313,403 |
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Cards are in the air in Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000
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25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000 |
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action picked up on the turn in a blind versus blind battle between Vincenzo Abate and Victor Dermegreditchan.
With about 15,000 in the middle and the board reading 9♠2♥7♠7♣, Abate led out with a bet of 5,000, and Dermegreditchan moved all in for 8,500 total to put himself at risk. Abate reluctantly made the call.
Victor Dermegreditchan: K♦K♥ 
Vincenzo Abate: A♥5♥
Dermegreditchan dodged an ace as the 3♠ rolled off on the river, getting him back above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There were roughly 13,000 chips in the pot on a board of 5♥8♣K♣10♠J♣. Jason Burruss bet 6,500 on the button, and Samir Tageldin in the small blind took around a minute to assess his options before eventually calling. He was shown 9♣7♦ and could not beat Burruss's straight.
Tageldin was clearly frustrated as he shook his head for a short while before he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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13,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action picked up on the river in a hand between Konstantinos Markakis on the button and James Gorham in the big blind.
With about 6,000 in the pot and the board reading 9♥6♣8♦8♥3♥, Gorham fired out a bet of 4,000 and Markakis tossed his cards into the muck.
At a nearby table, Andrew Moreno was seen exiting the tournament area. He elected to fire a second bullet and is back in with a fresh starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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31,500
31,500
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31,500 |
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25,000 | |
