Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2025 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$651,802
Entries
491
Level
31
Limits
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Entries
491
Players Left
99
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
A total of 491 players took their shot at Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. Players were put through a grind of 15 levels of 40 minutes of play on Day 1, with 99 players surviving to advance to Day 2. The remaining players will be chasing the top prize of $130,061 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Five-time WSOP bracelet winner John Monnette (368,000) surged to the top of the chip counts and will go into Day 2 in pole position. Monnette has a history in limit Hold'em, having won the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship in 2021.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Monnette | United States | 368,000 | 31 |
| 2 | Christoph Bohm | Germany | 342,000 | 29 |
| 3 | Anthony Ribeiro | Brazil | 327,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Florian Pesce | France | 284,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Nicholas Tsoukalas | United States | 251,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Christopher Bartley | United States | 231,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Nicholas Goedert | United States | 230,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Jeremy Maher | United States | 230,000 | 19 |
| 9 | Jeb Morrow | United States | 229,000 | 19 |
| 10 | Roberta Harrell | United States | 223,000 | 19 |
Anthony Ribeiro finished third in chips, bagging a total of 327,000, making him the only other player to cross the 300,000 chip mark besides Bohm and Monnette. According to the HendonMob, the Brazilian has found most of his success in his home country, with his most recent cash at the WSOP coming in 2021 in eighth place in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event. Ribeiro will aim to top that this year as he enters Day 2 with a formidable stack.
Although he is known for his no-limit play, notable high roller Chris Hunichen had a strong day, finishing with 120,000 in chips. Hunichen is chasing his second gold bracelet of his career after winning his first last year in $100,000 No-Limit Super High Roller.
The field saw several known players fall short of advancing. Two main event winners took their shot, but neither 2015 winner Joe McKeehen nor 2017 winner Scott Blumstein was able to gain traction in this event. McKeehen was one of a litany of players who max-late-registered in hopes of spinning it up into a stack to make a run, but failed to get out of the gate.
Poker legend Barry Greenstein made an appearance in the event, but was unable to gain any traction despite treading water, hovering near or slightly above a starting stack for a chunk of Day 2. Greenstein’s hopes of a fourth bracelet will have to wait for another day.
Seven-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser and six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings were another pair of notables who did not bag in the event.
Payouts
| Rank | Prize | Rank | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $130,062 | 9 | $9,242 | ||
| 2 | $86,673 | 10-11 | $7,305 | ||
| 3 | $59,263 | 12-15 | $5,905 | ||
| 4 | $41,318 | 16-23 | $4,885 | ||
| 5 | $29,384 | 24-31 | $4,138 | ||
| 6 | $21,324 | 32-39 | $3,590 | ||
| 7 | $15,798 | 40-47 | $3,193 | ||
| 8 | $11,954 | 48-74 | $3,041 |
Play will begin at 1 p.m. local time on June 10. Play will resume at Level 16 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000 and limits of 6,000/12,000. The top 74 players will make it into the money with a minimum cash prize of $3,041.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for more updates on Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
||
|
342,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
327,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
|
284,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
251,000
227,500
|
227,500 |
|
231,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
229,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
223,000 | |
|
215,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
215,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
201,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
198,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
193,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
184,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
|
||
|
182,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
177,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
174,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
171,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
167,000
141,400
|
141,400 |
|
|
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
A total of 99 players have moved on to Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event. Play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time. Play will resume at Level 16 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Players will play the final three hands of the evening before bagging up for Day 2 in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Daniel Makowsky opened the hand with a raise from the button. Paul Hoch called from the small blind.
Hoch checked the 10♥3♠3♣ flop before Makowsky slid out a bet. Hoch called.
Both players checked the J♣ turn. Hoch checked the A♣ river, and Makowsky bet. Hoch folded, and Makowsky showed A♦K♣ to the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
137,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
22,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Level 15
: Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
The remaining 124 players have one last level before bagging for Day 2. They still have a long way until the money bubble, which will not burst until Day 2 of the event. Bracelet winner Jason Gola has vaulted to second in chips, while Jeremy Calverley leads the pack. All chip counts are according to the WSOP+ app.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
229,000
154,500
|
154,500 |
|
|
183,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
172,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
171,000 | |
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Level 14
: Limits 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Chris Hunichen and Jason Gola are well past the six-figure mark so far in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
189,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
||
|
180,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
||
|
|
135,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
|
||
|
78,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
70,000 | |
|
61,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
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