Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 2 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,187,800
Entries
693
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
340
Players Left
25
Players Left 1 / 693
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The cards will be back in the air today at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas as Day 2 of Event #3: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed begins at 12 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center. After a full day of action Wednesday, 205 players made it through from the initial 558-entry field. With late registration still open for two more levels (end of Level 12, about 2:15 p.m.), the final numbers are still to be determined.
The 2024 World Series of Poker saw 660 entries and more than $3 million in the prize pool. That event ended with Brent Hart securing his first WSOP bracelet after a hard-fought run when he outlasted a tough final table, including notable names like Eddie Ochana and Alexander Queen.
Jake Schwartz leads the pack heading into Day 2, bagging a massive 538,000 chips—good for 215 big blinds. He's followed by Nicholas Go with 492,500 chips and bracelet winner Thomas Cazayous with 462,000, both of whom finished Day 1 in the top of the chip counts.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 538,000 | 215 |
| 2 | Nicholas Go | Hong Kong | 492,500 | 197 |
| 3 | Thomas Cazayous | France | 462,000 | 185 |
| 4 | Pavlin Karakikov | Bulgaria | 421,500 | 169 |
| 5 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 402,000 | 161 |
| 6 | Frank Lagodich | United States | 368,500 | 147 |
| 7 | Victoria Livschitz | United States | 346,000 | 138 |
| 8 | Joseph Frei | United States | 325,000 | 130 |
| 9 | Leonardo Rizzo | Brazil | 300,000 | 120 |
| 10 | Antonio Galiana | Spain | 298,500 | 119 |
Several other notable players are still in the field such as Mustapha Kanit (244,000), Christopher Brewer (197,000), Ren Lin (190,000), Toby Lewis (183,500), and Darren Elias (153,000), who are no strangers to these big events.
Play will resume at Level 11 with blinds at 1,500/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Levels will remain 60 minutes in length throughout the event. Players who register on Day 2 will receive a full starting stack of 50,000 chips, worth 20 big blinds for the first hour of play.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the latest coverage from this event and all other remaining bracelet events at the 2025 WSOP.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The players have taken their seats and cards are in the air.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000 | |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Sam Laskowitz opened to 5,500 in early position and was called by both Joseph Frei in late position and Pete Chen in the big blind.
Action checked through on a flop 7♣Q♣7♥ to the turn 9♠ where Chen bet 8,000 and only Frei called.
On the river 9♥, Chen checked over to Frei, who bet 20,000, and Chen immediately released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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340,000
217,000
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217,000 |
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311,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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108,000
58,000
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58,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Action was picked up as Maxx Coleman was all-in against Landon Tice.
Maxx Coleman: A♣K♠ 
Landon Tice: J♠J♣
The flop was great for Coleman as it came 8♦9♠K♦, and no luck for Tice as the board ran out 4♦8♥. Coleman doubled up to 160,000. Tice was left with eight big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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16,000
34,000
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34,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
There was roughly 70,000 in the pot on a board of Q♦J♥4♠J♦7♥. Hugues Girard bet 21,000 from early position, but got raised by Carlos Leiva to 61,000 on the button. To Leiva's delight, he got snap-called by Girard and tabled J♣J♠ for quads.
Girard, in good spirits jokily said, "I can beat that!" as he mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
68,000
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68,000 |
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205,000
48,000
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48,000 |
