Vornicu Among Leaders Going into Day Two; Big Guns Close Behind
Day 1 of Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack at the 2025 World Series of Poker has ended here at The Horseshoe and Paris Casino, Las Vegas. The event attracted 2,775 entries, generating a prize pool of $1,398,600.
Of the 115 players who bagged up for Day 1 Easton Oreman holds the chip lead going into Day 2 with 3,020,000 in chips. Oreman sits with $138,000 in live cashes, the largest cash of which was a 35th place in the 2019 WSOP BIG 50 for $34,279.
Hot on the heels of Oreman are Valentin Vornicu (2,520,000) and James Calderaro (2,375,000), who round out the top three. Vornicu has just over $1,000,000 in live poker earnings and is also chasing his first WSOP Bracelet, whilst Calderaro has over $6,000,000 in earnings and is hunting down his second WSOP Bracelet.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easton Oreman | United States | 3,020,000 | 101 |
| 2 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 2,520,000 | 84 |
| 3 | James Calderaro | United States | 2,375,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Mason Vieth | United States | 1,905,000 | 64 |
| 5 | Andrea Tropea | Germany | 1,645,000 | 55 |
| 6 | Qingyu Lu | United States | 1,605,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Brantley Grace | United States | 1,595,000 | 53 |
| 8 | Kane Kalas | United States | 1,565,000 | 52 |
| 9 | Vitaliy Gordeychuk | United States | 1,555,000 | 52 |
| 10 | Raul Melendrescruz | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
Other notable names that bagged up for Day 1 include, Calvin Anderson, Noah Bronstein & Jesse Lonis.
Many other top-name players took their chances in building a stack in the event, but unfortunately didn’t make it through to Day 2. Names such as Daniel Negreanu Martin Kabrhel, Chris Moorman, and Frederic Normand all took their full buy-in allocation but fell by the wayside.
All remaining 115 players are guaranteed a payout of $1,693, but all will be eyeing up the top place prize of $178,126 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
The tournament will resume for Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 9 and is scheduled to play down to a winner. Play will begin at Level 23, and the blinds will be 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante. Players will get a 15-minute break after every four levels and a dinner break to be determined.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews to get all the latest updates as they happen here at the 2025 World Series of Poker.