Day 1 of Event #14: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mixed has just concluded at the 2025 World Series of Poker, which is hosted at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Only 70 out of the 178 entries who entered today were able to find a bag, and this event has a prize pool of over $4,000,000 with two levels of late registration still available.
None other than Stephen Chidwick headlines the field, currently leading with over 1,100,000. In vintage Chidwick fashion, he was able to find a double-up through world-class player Jesse Lonis, and then almost quadruple his 300,000-chip stack within the next four hours.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,136,000 | 227 |
| 2 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 975,000 | 195 |
| 3 | Corel Theuma | United States | 894,000 | 179 |
| 4 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 893,000 | 179 |
| 5 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 808,000 | 162 |
| 6 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 808,000 | 162 |
| 7 | Zhargal Tsydypov | United States | 792,000 | 158 |
| 8 | Philip Marsico | United States | 791,000 | 158 |
| 9 | John Pannucci | United States | 784,000 | 157 |
| 10 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 668,000 | 134 |
Names such as Jared Bleznick, Bryce Yockey, Shaun Deeb, and many more also won massive pots to swing their days, and have hundreds of big blinds heading into Day 2.
Plenty of big-name players were unable to find a bag today. Names such as Phil Ivey, Isaac Haxton, Chris Brewer, Ren Lin, Josh Arieh, Artur Martirosian, David Benyamine, and many more tried and failed to find steam during this very difficult test of both ability and endurance.
The players will be coming back to Level 11 (3,000/5,000) at noon on June 3 and will be playing ten more 60-minute levels. This will include 15-minute breaks after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16.
During play on Day 2, registration will close, and the money bubble will burst. Everyone will have their eyes on the payouts once released to see the cash prizes that come with one of the most elite bracelet events of the summer.
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