Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,187,800
Entries
693
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
558
Players Left
205
Players Left 1 / 693
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #3: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
The four-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6 (~6:30 p.m.)
The starting stack is 50,000 chips, and the plan for Day 1 is to play 10 levels. Levels are 60-minutes long, and Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 29. Late registration is open for 12 levels and will shut at approximately 2:15 p.m. on Day 2.
Now in its second year, 2024’s inaugural event was won by Brent Hart who emerged victorious after defeating Eddie Ochana in heads-up play. Hart took home $660,284 for his victory in what he called a “sick field.”
“Every table, I was like, ‘Wait a minute’,” Hart told PokerNews. “And it was great because I was able to learn something every day. I was able to sit with seasoned players and pick up small nuances here and there, so it was a win-win."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 660 | Brent Hart | United States | $660,284 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air with 100 players registered.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Taylor Paur had opened the cutoff, and Thomas Cazayous three-bet the button. When it got back to Paur, he called.
The action then was checked to the river on the 9♣3♦7♣2♥9♥ board when Paur bet 5,500. Cazayous sat still while he decided how to proceed, and after around thirty seconds, he called.
Paur then showed 6♣6♠ for a pair of sixes, and Cazayous mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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43,000
43,000
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43,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There were around 2,500 chips in the pot on a 7♣5♣7♦ flop when Halil Tasyurek fired out 800 from the small blind and Jeremiah Williams called in the cutoff.
A J♦ hit the turn, and Tasyurek continued to fire, this time for 2,200. Williams took some time before he counted out a raise to 9,500. Without much hesitation, Tasyurek returned his cards to the dealer, allowing Williams to drag the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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52,000
2,000
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2,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There were roughly 2,200 chips in the middle on a flop of J♣9♣5♥. Michael Stringer bet 1,000 from the big blind when the 5♠ hit the turn, which David Lawhead quickly called in the small blind.
Action slowed down when the 3♣ fell on the river, and both players checked. Stringer tabled Q♠J♠ for top pair but could not beat Lawhead's Q♣5♣ for three of a kind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Michael Damphousse opened from under the gun to 400 and was re-raised to 1,700 from Antoine Labat on his immediate left playing six-handed. Darren Elias elected to call and see three from the button, while Damphousse followed.
Three ways to a flop of A♥7♠3♠ where action checked to Elias. He fired out 1,700, Damphousse called, and Labat elected to get out of the way.
A potential flush bringing 2♠ fell on the turn, and action was checked around.
With the A♠ being dealt on the river, Damphousse fired two bright red 5,000 chips into the middle. Elias was not interested in the paired four-spade board, and he released.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,300
58,300
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58,300 |
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48,300
48,300
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48,300 |
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43,300
6,700
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6,700 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
On a flop of 10♠2♥2♣ with around 2,000 in the pot, Ryan Mandara checked and Krasimir Yankov fired out 1,000 from the hijack. Joshua Mammen called on the button before Mandara check-raise to 3,000. Yankov got out of the way, but Mammen called.
When the K♥ dropped on the turn, Mandara fired another bet of 3,000. That was enough to earn him the pot as Mammen threw his cards away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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53,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
