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Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $1,500 Badugi
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
$708,885
Total Entries
534
Level
30
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Entries
534
Players Left
98
Players Left 1 / 534
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Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
The 2025 World Series of Poker has once more set another record as 534 entrants came out to play Event #23: $1,500 Badugi to generate a prize pool of $708,885 for the final 81 players to share. This now holds the record as the largest-ever Badugi tournament in WSOP history, and the eventual winner of this tournament will be able to lay claim to that title.
As the dust settled here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, just 98 ended with some chance of getting the $3,000 minimum cash and an even smaller chance of taking home the $138,114 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Leading the way is young gun Ray Fishman, who ended his day with 441,000. Players who have frequented the WSOP over the past three years will be familiar with this young New Yorker, who has $104,908 in lifetime earnings and two deep runs this year already in two Omaha Hi-Lo Events. With 24 cashes in WSOP bracelet events, Fishman now sits poised for his 25th cash while being in the hunt for his first WSOP bracelet.
Fishman spent all day at a very talkative table that included the likes of WSOP bracelet winners George Wolff (217,000), Daniel Zack (198,000), and Andrew Brown (84,000). With his soaring stack and good finishes earlier this year, Fishman looks to be spearheading the next generation of mixed game talent.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Nationality | ChipCount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Fishman | United States | 441,000 |
| 2 | Brian Tate | United States | 353,000 |
| 3 | Aloisio Dourado | Brasil | 348,000 |
| 4 | Valentin Lita | United States | 314,000 |
| 5 | Arthur Morris | United States | 308,000 |
| 6 | Michael Krescanko Jr | United States | 290,000 |
| 7 | Johnson Phanyaseng | Canada | 278,000 |
| 8 | Carl Vaillancourt | United States | 266,000 |
| 9 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 260,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Glendinning | United States | 245,000 |
Others that bagged included Arthur Morris (308,000), Patrick Stacey (224,000), David Funkhouser (220,000), Andrew Yeh (220,000), and Benjamin Yu (185,000). They look to add a draw bracelet to their resumes tomorrow and will be major competitors in a star-studded field.
Not everyone was able to find their path to a bag in this tournament. Former champions Michael Rodrigues and David Prociak fell to ensure a new champion would emerge. Some of the game's biggest names like Ari Engel, Billy Baxter, Todd Brunson, James Obst, Ren Lin, Dan Smith, and 17-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth were all eliminated from this tournament. Their quest for a draw bracelet will have to wait until a later event in this series.
Players today completed a full 15 levels and will return Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the Horseshoe Bronze Section to play, starting on Level 16, with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and limits of 6,000/12,000. Levels will be upped to one hour, and they will play ten levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to see all of the exciting updates on the floor at the 2025 WSOP.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 603 | 1 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 260,000 | 42 |
| 603 | 2 | Ryan Ko | United States | 82,000 | 13 |
| 603 | 3 | David Stamm | United States | 200,000 | 33 |
| 603 | 4 | Jason Yano | United States | 41,000 | 6 |
| 603 | 5 | Shahryarali Eslami | United States | 106,000 | 17 |
| 603 | 6 | Christopher Roman | United States | 179,000 | 29 |
| 604 | 1 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 198,000 | 32 |
| 604 | 2 | Jason Gola | United States | 88,000 | 14 |
| 604 | 3 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 184,000 | 30 |
| 604 | 5 | Kristopher Rundquist | United States | 65,000 | 10 |
| 604 | 6 | Murilo Souza | Brazil | 83,000 | 13 |
| 605 | 1 | Jonathan Wirjo | United States | 190,000 | 31 |
| 605 | 2 | Ryan Schoonbaert | Canada | 82,000 | 13 |
| 605 | 3 | Aloisio Dourado | Brazil | 348,000 | 58 |
| 605 | 4 | Marcel Vonk | Netherlands | 51,000 | 8 |
| 605 | 5 | Jacob Irvin | United States | 178,000 | 29 |
| 605 | 6 | Pierre Lewandowski | France | 66,000 | 11 |
| 606 | 1 | Brian Yoon | United States | 108,000 | 17 |
| 606 | 2 | David Funkhouser | United States | 109,000 | 17 |
| 606 | 3 | David Baker | United States | 143,000 | 23 |
| 606 | 4 | Jason Lopata | United States | 115,000 | 19 |
| 606 | 5 | Michael Krescanko Jr | United States | 290,000 | 48 |
| 606 | 6 | James Newberry | United States | 26,000 | 4 |
| 607 | 1 | James Woods | United States | 75,000 | 9 |
| 607 | 2 | Sean Akhavi | United States | 234,000 | 39 |
| 607 | 3 | Tom Steinbach | United States | 50,000 | 8 |
| 607 | 4 | Dominick Sarle | United States | 162,000 | 27 |
| 607 | 5 | Christian Gonzalez | United States | 80,000 | 13 |
| 607 | 6 | Louise Francoeur | United States | 89,000 | 14 |
| 608 | 1 | Valentin Lita | United States | 314,000 | 52 |
| 608 | 2 | Jeffery Stepaniuk | Canada | 62,000 | 10 |
| 608 | 3 | Peter Levine | United States | 38,000 | 6 |
| 608 | 4 | Jonathan Pastore | France | 84,000 | 14 |
| 608 | 5 | Matthew Valeo | United States | 167,000 | 17 |
| 608 | 6 | Hal Oscar Rotholz | United States | 161,000 | 16 |
| 609 | 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 64,000 | 10 |
| 609 | 2 | Andy Jeh | United States | 156,000 | 15 |
| 609 | 3 | Scott Abrams | United States | 51,000 | 8 |
| 609 | 4 | James Tilton | United States | 222,000 | 37 |
| 609 | 5 | Jun Weng | Canada | 193,000 | 32 |
| 609 | 6 | Hasan Kural | United States | 218,000 | 36 |
| 610 | 1 | Jayson Galindo | United States | 37,000 | 6 |
| 610 | 2 | Daniel Zack | United States | 198,000 | 32 |
| 610 | 3 | Dustin Bryan | United States | 155,000 | 25 |
| 610 | 4 | Thor William Morstoel | Norway | 79,000 | 12 |
| 610 | 5 | Brian Tate | United States | 353,000 | 58 |
| 610 | 6 | Anthony Arvidson | United States | 139,000 | 23 |
| 611 | 1 | Jun Obara | Japan | 202,000 | 33 |
| 611 | 2 | Sachin Bhargava | United States | 51,000 | 8 |
| 611 | 3 | Scott Lake | United States | 124,000 | 20 |
| 611 | 4 | Richard Kaiser | United States | 44,000 | 7 |
| 611 | 5 | Adam Owen | Great Britain | 149,000 | 24 |
| 611 | 6 | Hye Park | United States | 138,000 | 23 |
| 612 | 1 | Johnson Phanyaseng | Canada | 278,000 | 46 |
| 612 | 2 | Anthony Barranqueiros Ribeiro | Brazil | 178,000 | 29 |
| 612 | 3 | Jaekyung Sim | Korea | 163,000 | 27 |
| 612 | 4 | Elijah Ruffin | United States | 35,000 | 5 |
| 612 | 5 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 220,000 | 36 |
| 612 | 6 | Esther Taylor | Korea | 70,000 | 11 |
| 613 | 1 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 106,000 | 17 |
| 613 | 2 | Carl Vaillancourt | United States | 266,000 | 44 |
| 613 | 3 | Benjamin Yu | United States | 185,000 | 30 |
| 613 | 4 | Stephen Speck | United States | 35,000 | 5 |
| 613 | 5 | Paul Clotar | United States | 40,000 | 6 |
| 613 | 6 | George Wolff | United States | 217,000 | 36 |
| 614 | 1 | Hanh Tran | Austria | 156,000 | 26 |
| 614 | 2 | Patrick Stacey | United States | 224,000 | 37 |
| 614 | 3 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | 129,000 | 21 |
| 614 | 4 | Mark Kastory | United States | 47,000 | 7 |
| 614 | 5 | Andrew Brown | United States | 84,000 | 14 |
| 614 | 6 | Ryan Johnson | United States | 91,000 | 15 |
| 615 | 1 | Christopher Jester | United States | 56,000 | 9 |
| 615 | 3 | Justin Turner | United States | 67,000 | 11 |
| 615 | 4 | John Bunch | United States | 196,000 | 32 |
| 615 | 5 | Arthur Morris | United States | 308,000 | 51 |
| 615 | 6 | Nicolas Milgrom | France | 70,000 | 12 |
| 616 | 1 | Brendan Shiller | United States | 36,000 | 6 |
| 616 | 2 | Kenneth Po | United States | 16,000 | 2 |
| 616 | 3 | Joseph Wagganer | United States | 198,000 | 33 |
| 616 | 4 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 56,000 | 9 |
| 616 | 5 | Jonathan Krela | Canada | 60,000 | 10 |
| 616 | 6 | Jonathan Glendinning | United States | 245,000 | 40 |
| 617 | 2 | John Monnette | United States | 120,000 | 20 |
| 617 | 3 | Nam Phan | United States | 99,000 | 16 |
| 617 | 4 | Yunlamkevin Choi | Great Britain | 135,000 | 22 |
| 617 | 5 | Ray Fishman | United States | 441,000 | 73 |
| 617 | 6 | David Lin | United States | 116,000 | 19 |
| 618 | 1 | Ismael Bojang | Denmark | 88,000 | 14 |
| 618 | 2 | Matthew Kelley | United States | 177,000 | 29 |
| 618 | 3 | Graham Mathews | United States | 170,000 | 28 |
| 618 | 5 | Ryan Demeter | United States | 67,000 | 11 |
| 618 | 6 | Nathaniel Parenti | United States | 78,000 | 13 |
| 619 | 1 | Felipe Tavares Ramos | Brazil | 101,500 | 16 |
| 619 | 2 | Kianoush Abolfathi | United States | 63,000 | 10 |
| 619 | 3 | Nam Le | United States | 48,000 | 8 |
| 619 | 4 | Ryutaro Suzuki | Japan | 194,000 | 32 |
| 619 | 5 | David Margolis | United States | 221,000 | 36 |
| 619 | 6 | Phillip Hui | United States | 133,000 | 22 |
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
441,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
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|
353,000
353,000
|
353,000 |
|
348,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
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|
314,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
308,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
290,000
233,200
|
233,200 |
|
278,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
266,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
245,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
234,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
224,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
222,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
|
221,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
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220,000
108,000
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108,000 |
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220,000 | |
|
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218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
217,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
202,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
200,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
198,000
198,000
|
198,000 |
|
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198,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
198,000
137,900
|
137,900 |
|
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
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190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
A total of 98 players have bagged up for the night.
Stay tuned for the seat draw, later to come.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
The tournament staff has announced five more hands before players bag for the night.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Michael Coombs raised in the hijack and on the button Sachin Bhagharva three-bet. All other players folded and the action preflop was capped with Coombs getting all in against Bhagharva.
Coombs drew two cards on every street with Bhagharva standing pat the whole time.
Michael Coombs: A♦2♣ XxXx
Sachin Bhagharva: Q♣6♥3♦2♠
With his life on the line, Coombs first peeled a 9♥, which gave him any spade lower than the queen to survive.
"It's a spade," he said as he looked at his final card of 10♠ and he doubled through Bhagharva.
At another table, Chicago poker player Michael Estes was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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112,000
112,000
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112,000 |
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41,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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Busted |
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Action was picked up after the first draw in a pot between Ali Eslami in the small blind and Valentin Lita in the hijack.
Eslami bet which prompted Lita to raise and Eslami called.
Both players stood pat on the following two draws with Eslami check-calling a bet from Lita twice.
"Six," declared Lita as he tabled 6♥4♦2♠A♣ for six-four and Eslami mucked his hand.
Lita now sits as one of the tournament leaders as the night draws to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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245,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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89,000
164,000
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164,000 |
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level 14
: Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
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