David Robayochurque and Dat Nguyen limped from late positions only to see James Calderaro raise pot to 110,000 from the big blind. Robayochurque folded, and Nguyen called, which put him all in.
Dat Nguyen: K♣K♠3♠9♠
James Calderaro: A♣9♥8♥7♣
The board ran out 10♦J♦A♦4♦J♠ and gave Calderaro a better two pair, which sent Nguyen to the rails, and Calderaro was shipped the pot and is nearing 2,000,000 in chips.
Christopher Lackey moved all in from early position for his last 160,000 only to see Qingyu Lu three-bet all in from the button to isolate. Lu had all players covered. The blinds both folded.
Christopher Lackey: 2♥2♣
Qingyu Lu: A♠K♠
The flop came 5♠K♦3♦ to put Lu into the lead, and when no deuce came on the turn nor river, Lackey was sent packing.
The floor have just announced that the players are playing their last three hands of the night. They will then bag up and return at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for final day chip counts and a daily recap,
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.
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 NegreanuMartin 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.
