Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$3,011,760
Entries
1,692
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
1,692
Players Left
264
Players Left 1 / 1692
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Fresh off cashes at the Irish Open, EPT Cyprus, and the Merit Poker Western Series in Kyrenia, Georgios Skarparis has arrived in Las Vegas with one goal in mind: adding another World Series of Poker bracelet to his collection.
The Cypriot poker pro is best known for conquering a massive 6,076-player field to win the $1,000 Mini Main No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2024 WSOP. He's back and ready to make another deep run.
This marks Skarparis’s first event of the summer, though not by choice. A delay in receiving his passport meant he couldn’t verify his WSOP+ app and officially register. While waiting for the passport to arrive by mail, he stayed sharp by grinding at nearby casinos, where he logged several deep runs and cashes. Call it a warm-up for what he hopes will be another memorable WSOP marathon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Julien Sitbon, a seasoned professional from France with over $4 million in career earnings, is back at the World Series of Poker and eyeing another bracelet to add to his growing collection. Before poker took over, Sitbon pursued a career in acting back in France—and if he weren’t crushing the felt, that’s where he says he’d return.
He’s been grinding for six days straight and is committed to playing the full series. Although his favorite event—the $10,000 Mystery Bounty—didn’t go his way this year, Sitbon has quickly regrouped and is laser-focused on making deep runs in the days ahead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The players in Event #17 are on a 15 minute break.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Andreas Kniep has returned to the World Series of Poker with his sights set on capturing a long-awaited bracelet. With over $1 million in career earnings, Kniep has built an impressive poker résumé, but one of his most memorable runs came in the $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em at the 2023 WSOP, where he dominated much of the tournament before finishing in fourth place—just shy of bracelet glory.
The dynamic German player won’t be sticking around for the full series this year but is locked in for two marquee events: the Millionaire Maker and the Main Event. Despite praising the newly updated WSOP+ app, Kniep encountered a frustrating hiccup when the system failed to recognize him, effectively erasing his tournament history. Still, that anonymity might just work in his favor when he next reaches a final table.
Stay tuned for more updates on Kniep as he chases redemption and a gold bracelet in Las Vegas
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,300
92,300
|
92,300 |
|
53,200
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
|
||
|
52,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
||
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
49,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
24,700
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
||
|
22,100
7,900
|
7,900 |
|
|
||
|
17,200
17,200
|
17,200 |
|
16,400
13,600
|
13,600 |
|
|
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Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
The action was picked up on the flop of Q♣K♥9♦ with about 6,000 in the pot. It was checked to Alejandro Rosales in middle position, who moved all of his chips in for 18,100. Sanjeev Kapoor was in late position and also moved all of his chips in for 8,200, and Esa Homayun made the call with the biggest stack from the big blind.
Sanjeev Kapoor: J♠10♣ 
Alejandro Rosales: Q♥Q♠
Esa Homayun: J♣10♥
Both Homayun and Kapoor had a straight, and Rosales held a set. The turn was the 4♥, and the river was the 8♥, and Rosales was eliminated, and Homayun and Kapoor chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
