2025 World Series of Poker

Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ax3x4x5x6x
Prize
$197,923
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,150,943
Entries
867
Level Info
Level
36
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
867
Players Left
195
Players Left 1 / 867
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Level: 3

Limit Flop: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100-400, 400-800 Limits, 100 Ante

32,000
Table 155Seat 1
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A Quickly Growing Field

Level 2

The field has increased to 514 entries after one level and looks on pace to surpass last year's field of 835.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Coombs us
Mike Coombs
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett
25,000
25,000
25,000
StakeKings
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
25,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
25,000
25,000
25,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Ludlow us
Ben Ludlow
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Linda Johnson us
Linda Johnson
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Level: 2

Limit Flop: 100-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100-300, 300-600 Limits, 100 Ante

Aldridge Scoops With a Straight

Level 1

Seven Card Stud

Ken Aldridge: 754/34610
Dario Alioto: 853/2AA5
Barry Greenstein: XxXx/3K78/Xx

Three ways on fourth street, Dario Alioto bet all the way through seventh street and was called down by Ken Aldridge and Barry Greenstein.

Alioto revealed 853 for aces-up with a low, but Aldridge revealed 754 for a seven-high street and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ken Aldridge
Ken Aldridge
28,000
28,000
28,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
17,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
2,500
2,500
2,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Barry GreensteinDario AliotoKen Aldridge

Some Early Notables

Level 1
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Tang us
Ben Tang
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Jon Kyte no
Jon Kyte
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Dave Stann us
Dave Stann
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Katherine Fleck us
Katherine Fleck
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Michael Rodrigues pt
Michael Rodrigues
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jorge Ufano es
Jorge Ufano
25,000
Profile photo of Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
25,000
Profile photo of Sean Yu us
Sean Yu
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Nick Kost us
Nick Kost
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Bach us
David Bach
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Frankie O'Dell us
Frankie O'Dell
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
25,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Jason Gola us
Jason Gola
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 1

Limit Flop: 100-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100-300, 300-600 Limits, 100 Ante

Time for the Card Jockeys to Get Ready for $1,500 H.O.R.S.E

Phillip Hui
Phillip Hui

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Giddyap, folks! Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) is about to get underway here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

This three-day mixed-game event will start at 2 p.m., and late registration will remain available until the end of nine 40-minute levels (about 8:45 p.m.). There will be a 15-minute break every three levels, and the day is expected to end after Level 15.

Players will start with 25,000 in chips. If they have any chips remaining at the end of Day 1, they will reconvene for Day 2 at 1 p.m. on June 12.

Last year's winner Phillip Hui beat an almost record field of 835 players. He took on Daniel Mayoh heads up, winning his fourth bracelet and $193,545 from a prize pool of $1,114,725. Hui found himself as a 10:1 chip underdog, but pulled off an epic comeback to come out on top.

"This is my favorite event — my favorite variant of poker," Hui said. "I have a second, a third, maybe a fourth? [In H.O.R.S.E. events]. It feels really good."

When I won my first bracelet in 2014 in the O8, I was 16:1 down heads up and came back," he said. "When I won the PPC I was down 4:1 and then when I won the PLO [in 2022] I literally never had over 20 big blinds until I got heads up."

Hui credited his exposure to sports psychology while playing golf as a child for his ability to never give up.

"If you have chips or you're in the tournament or you're in the game of whatever sport, you can't give up. It's cliche, but I try to center myself after every hand, whether I played a hand poorly or not. I just tried to stay focused and take one hand at a time."

YearEntriesWinnerCountryPayout
2024835Phillip HuiUnited States$193,545
2023836Yuri DzivielevskiUnited States$207,678
2022773Steven AlbiniUnited States$196,089
2021594Anthony ZinnoUnited States$160,636
2019751Murilo FigueredoBrazil$207,003

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Tags: Phillip HuiAnthony ZinnoDaniel MayohMurilo FigueredoSteven AlbiniYuri Dzivielevski