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Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$3,136,700
Total Entries
4,481
Level
44
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
4,481
Players Left
268
Players Left 1 / 4,481
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Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Day 1 of Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack here at the World Series of Poker hosted within the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas has just concluded. Registration closed with a total entry count of 4,481 entries and of those, 258 players managed to find a spot on Day 2. The final 673 earned a share of the total prize pool of $3,136,700, and $352,610 awaits the eventual winner.
Hajime Watanabe leads the way heading into Day 2, but his job is far from done, with plenty of big names and successful poker crushers on his tail.
WSOP bracelet winner and 2022 Mid-Major Player of the Year Stephen Song bagged 2,100,000 chips. Song hopes to add to his very established resume and $9,100,000 in earnings with a second bracelet in this event.
During Day 1, players were forced to quickly navigate through this monstrous field; with relatively short levels, the blinds rose fast and the players could not sit around and wait too long for their spots. This is a unique skill set few have mastered.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hajime Watanabe | Japan | 3,235,000 | 108 |
| 2 | Daniel Cosner | United States | 2,505,000 | 84 |
| 3 | Robert Gittelman | United States | 2,500,000 | 83 |
| 4 | Stephen Song | United States | 2,105,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Lukas Hafner | Austria | 2,100,000 | 70 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Farnes | United States | 1,990,000 | 66 |
| 7 | Jun Li | United Kingdom | 1,985,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Jeremy Wien | United States | 1,945,000 | 65 |
| 9 | Davor Bojovic | Slovenia | 1,900,000 | 63 |
| 10 | Sebastian Crema | Canada | 1,720,000 | 57 |
Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek found his way to a bag of 790,000 after registering late, along with Jeremy Wien, who bagged 1,945,000 million on his second bullet. Wien managed to find a crucial double-up on the last hand before dinner break and continued to use that momentum through the money bubble and into the late stages of the night.
The plethora of big names entering this event has been severely shaved as Brad Owen, Ryan Riess, Martin Kabrhel, Tyler Montoya, David Jackson, Joe Cada, Lirui Zhang, and defending champ Timur Margolin failed to find a ticket into Day 2.
Remaining Payouts
Day 2 play will resume on Level 23 on June 10 at 11 a.m. local time, and they will play down to a winner. Levels will be 30 minutes, with 15-minute breaks after every four levels, and a 60-minute break for dinner after Level 34.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we cover every live update from the 258 players who found a bag until we find a champion for the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack!
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
These are the chip counts for all remaining 258 players for Day 2 according to the WSOP+ app.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The 258 remaining players have bagged their chips. They are qualified for Day 2, which will take place Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Horseshoe Event Center.
Stay tuned on PokerNews for a recap of the day's play, end-of-the-day chip counts and seat draws for Day 2.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Henrik Juncker was all in against Hui Hamsun from seat No. 2 with an appropriate hand.
Henrik Juncker: 2♠2♥
Hui Hamsun: A♥7♦, he was behind from the card in the window through the river, as the dealer placed A♦10♥J♦J♣4♠ on the board.
Level 22
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Benjamin Primus called Daniel Hirose's all-in bet with the exact same amount of chips at risk, 230,000.
Benjamin Primus: 8♥8♦
Daniel Hirose: K♥Q♣
The runout of 6♠7♣10♦9♦A♥ turned Primus' eights into a straight and knocked Hirose out of the tournament.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
These are the chip counts as of the most recent break according to the WSOP+ app
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Yishu Yang and Matthew Terry were each all in before Jason Pugh joined the pot.
Yishu Yang: A♠K♦
Matthew Terry: A♣Q♦
Jason Pugh: 7♠7♣
The runout 4♠5♦8♥A♥J♥ gave Pugh an inside straight draw that didn't get there, and Yang's pair of aces with the top kicker gave her the hand.
