Field of Top Talent Returns for Day 2
Some of the brightest stars in poker are returning for Day 2 of action at the Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 272 of the game’s best built up a prize pool $6,514,400, but only 72 advance past Day 1 as they all vie for the gold bracelet.
Aram Oganyan enters the day with 1,800,000 in chips, finishing with the second-highest chip count. Oganyan will look to improve on his high mark of a pair of second-place finishes during the 2023 World Series of Poker by capturing his first gold bracelet in 2025 and adding to his over $4,500,000 in career earnings.
Oganyan slightly trails chip leader Michael Gathy, who amassed 1,836.000 during Day 1. Gathy is aiming to score bracelet number four of his career. Gathy has not won a bracelet since 2016 when he prevailed in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed event, but will be looking to end the drought with a title this summer.
Blaz Zerjav will also be chasing his first gold bracelet against the tough field entering the day fourth in chips with 1,433,000. Zerjav’s highest finish at the WSOP came in December of last year, where he finished second in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack event. Zerjav will enter the second day of play with 1,433,000.
Along with Oganyan, Gathy, and Zerjav, four players passed the seven-figure mark in chips, including Nick Schulman, Jared Bleznick, Seth Davies, and David Coleman.
Day 1 Chip Leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 1,836,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Aram Oganyan | United States | 1,800,000 | 180 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 1,519,000 | 152 |
| 4 | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | 1,433,000 | 143 |
| 5 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 1,300,000 | 130 |
| 6 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,112,000 | 111 |
| 7 | David Coleman | United States | 1,017,000 | 102 |
| 8 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 980,000 | 98 |
| 9 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 975,000 | 98 |
| 10 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 971,000 | 97 |
Day 2 will begin at 12 p.m. local time. Players are allowed one re-entry with late registration lasting through the first level of Day 2. Play will resume at Level 9 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/10,000. Entrants will play a total of 10 levels on Day 2 with a 15-minute break every two levels and a dinner break after Level 13.
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