Level: 2
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$651,802
Entries
491
Level
31
Limits
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Entries
491
Players Left
99
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Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
There were approximately over 4,000 chips in the pot on the flop of 8♦8♠J♣ when Lonnie Price bet 300 and was called by Lauria.
Price continued bet 600 on the 3♥ turn to end the hand as Lauria folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,400
29,400
|
29,400 |
|
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
Level 1
: 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Roughly 1,800 was already in the pot on the 8♥3♠A♣ flop when three players got involved in a raising war that led to Steven Shkolnik, Guy Cicconi, and Paulo Drummond committing an additional 1,200 into the pot on the flop.
All three players checked the 2♠ turn.
Shkolnik bet 600 on the 5♣ river and was called by Cicconi. Shkolnik showed A♦4♣ for a flopped pair of aces that turned into the wheel on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,200
29,200
|
29,200 |
|
23,200
23,200
|
23,200 |
|
22,600
22,600
|
22,600 |
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Bradley Webert raised to 600 from early position and was called by Nicholas Tsoukalas from the big blind.
Tsoukalas chose to bet 300 on the 2♣7♥9♠ flop and was called by Webert.
Both players checked the 8♦ turn.
Tsoukalas opted to bet 600 on the J♥ river, which led to a call from Webert. Tsoukalas showed J♠5♠ for. a rivered pair of jacks, but was bested by Webert, who flipped over A♠J♣ for a pair with a better kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Play has started at Event#33 $1,500 Limit Hold'em. Levels are scheduled for 40 minutes with a 15-minute break after every three levels. Blinds begin at 200/300 with 300 and 600 limits. Players started the tournament with 25,000 chips.
Level: 1
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
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 #33: $1,500 Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels (approx. 8:45 p.m.). There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Tuesday when levels increase to 60 minutes.
Last year's event saw 434 players generate a prize pool of $591,405. The winner was Nick Guagenti, who defeated Joseph Brodsky heads up in a United States one-two. Guagenti took home $121,074 and his second WSOP bracelet, but this marked his first WSOP triumph in the live arena.
“I’m only here to win bracelets,” was Guagenti's response when asked how he felt and what this win meant to him. “It’s fast. The pace of [Limit Hold'em] is much faster than the other games. It’s automatic and robotic.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 434 | Nick Guagenti | United States | $121,074 |
| 2023 | 527 | Vadim Shlez | Ukraine | $146,835 |
| 2022 | 522 | Michael Moncek | United States | $145,856 |
| 2021 | 422 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | $124,374 |
| 2019 | 541 | David Baker | United States | $161,139 |
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Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Started
