Chris Moorman opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Blaz Zerjav defended from the big blind. The flop came K♦5♣4♥ and Zerjav check-called a bet of 175,000 from Moorman.
The turn was the 10♥ and both players checked to the Q♦ on the river. Zerjav led out with a bet of 600,000 and Moorman slid out a call. Zerjav turned over A♣J♣ for Broadway and Moorman mucked his cards.
Aram Oganyan raised to 500,000 from under the gun, leaving himself with just 70,000 behind. Barak Wisbrod just called and they went heads-up to a flop of 7♥6♠4♥. Oganyan stuck in his last 70,000 chips and Wisbrod called.
Aram Oganyan: 7♠7♦
Barak Wisbrod: A♣K♠
Oganyan flopped a set of sevens and could not lose the pot. The Q♦ on the turn locked it up and the 4♠ on the river was just a formality.
"I'm glad you showed up on time," Oganyan joked with Wisbrod.
After a long Day 2 of poker, 15 players are left standing in Event #22: $25,000 High Roller Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. Many of the world’s best poker players competed in a grueling day of play at the 2025 World Series of Poker, which culminated in a prize pool of $7,896,000. Each contender will be chasing the top prize of $1,734,717.
Chris Moorman maintained a healthy seven-figure stack through most of Day 2, but saw his stack catapult to 4,430,000 after scoring a double knockout to put a nightcap on the second day of action and enter Day 3 fifth in chips. Should he prevail, this would not only be Moorman’s second bracelet, but it would be the second bracelet in the six-handed format. He won his first bracelet in 2017 in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event.
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Counts
Big Blinds
666
1
Landon Tice
United States
3,705,000
37
666
3
David Peters
United States
745,000
7
666
4
Blaz Zerjav
Slovakia
2,275,000
22
666
5
Chris Moorman
Great Britain
4,575,000
45
666
6
Mustapha Kanit
Italy
3,560,000
35
667
1
Barak Wisbrod
Israel
5,190,000
51
667
2
Michael Macchia
United States
2,550,000
25
667
4
Kristen Foxen
Canada
1,150,000
11
667
5
Galen Hall
United States
2,200,000
22
667
6
Aram Oganyan
United States
570,000
5
668
2
Fabian Gumz
Austria
5,145,000
51
668
3
Paulius Vaitiekunas
Lithuania
7,050,000
70
668
4
Jared Bleznick
United States
6,660,000
66
668
5
Daniel Sepiol
United States
2,750,000
27
668
6
Matthew Sabia
United States
2,395,000
23
Paulius Vaitiekunas
Coming out ahead of the pack is Lithuanian Paulius Vaitekunas, who gained serious momentum after getting involved in a huge pot with Brian Rast where Vaitekunas' aces held court over Rast’s eights. Vaitekunas ended Day 2 as the chip leader, bagging 7,050,000 in chips. Vaitekunas will look to carry that momentum as he chases his first WSOP bracelet against a star-studded field that will, no doubt, look to reverse his fortune on Day 3.
Barak Wisbrod
Barak Wisbrod bagged the third-highest chip count of the remaining players and will look to surpass his $1,473,162 in career WSOP earnings with a big score in this event against some of the world's best. Wisbrod is chasing the second bracelet of his career. This would be his first bracelet earned since 2019 when he won the $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em event. Wisbrod will try to earn another, except this will be all on his own.
Remaining Payouts
Rank
Prize
Rank
Prize
1
$1,734,717
5
$358,973
2
$1,129,608
6
$257,201
3
$752,737
7
$189,021
4
$513,577
8–9
$142,581
10–11
$110,467
12–15
$87,971
Each returning player is guaranteed at least $87,971, with the top 11 finishers guaranteed six figures or more for their efforts over the last few days of play.
Action is scheduled to resume at 12 p.m. local time. The blinds will pick up at Level 19 with blinds of 50,000/100,000/100,000 with 60-minute levels. PokerGO will pick up the action and stream, on delay, starting at 5 p.m. PDT. There will be a pause in updates here, and they will resume in sync with the stream in order to avoid spoilers.
Stay tuned with PokerNews to see which player will become a champion and etch their name into poker lore.
