Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
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2025 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,097,400
Entries
118
Level
23
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
70
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 118
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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| 626 | 1 | Aaron Kupin | United States | 149,000 |
| 626 | 3 | Justin Smith | United States | 246,000 |
| 626 | 4 | Kyle Ray | United States | 64,000 |
| 626 | 5 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 60,000 |
| 626 | 7 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 240,000 |
| 627 | 1 | Christopher Brian Hunichen | United States | 93,000 |
| 627 | 2 | Max Hoffman | United States | 113,000 |
| 627 | 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 241,000 |
| 627 | 5 | Jeffrey Lipton | United States | 129,000 |
| 627 | 7 | Robert Edward Wells | United Kingdom | 54,000 |
| 628 | 1 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 372,000 |
| 628 | 2 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Latvia | 212,000 |
| 628 | 4 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 163,000 |
| 628 | 6 | Ian Johns | United States | 140,000 |
| 628 | 7 | Corel Theuma | United States | 190,000 |
| 628 | 8 | Scott Tuttle | United States | 60,000 |
| 634 | 1 | Brian Hastings | United States | 33,000 |
| 634 | 3 | Erick Allan Lindgren | United States | 116,000 |
| 634 | 4 | Eduards Rakuss | Latvia | 125,000 |
| 634 | 6 | Jonathan Turner | United States | 125,000 |
| 634 | 7 | Glenn Cozen | United States | 132,000 |
| 634 | 8 | Patrick Pezzin | Canada | 40,000 |
| 635 | 1 | Joseph Mckeehen | United States | 319,000 |
| 635 | 2 | Benjamin Underwood | Canada | 361,000 |
| 635 | 4 | Kevin Song | South Korea | 143,000 |
| 635 | 5 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 97,000 |
| 635 | 6 | Pedro Neves | Portugal | 93,000 |
| 635 | 8 | Florian Pesce | France | 51,000 |
| 636 | 2 | David Hellmold | United States | 16,000 |
| 636 | 4 | Thomas Mccormick | United States | 57,000 |
| 636 | 5 | Michael Mendelson | United States | 25,000 |
| 636 | 7 | Michael Lancaster | United States | 59,000 |
| 636 | 8 | Jeremy Wayne Ausmus | United States | 56,000 |
| 642 | 2 | Michael Reed | United States | 157,000 |
| 642 | 3 | Marco Johnson | United States | 145,000 |
| 642 | 5 | Jiaming Zhao | China | 32,000 |
| 642 | 6 | Ryan Bambrick | United States | 106,000 |
| 642 | 8 | Angelo Karimalis | United States | 50,000 |
| 643 | 1 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 120,000 |
| 643 | 3 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 32,000 |
| 643 | 4 | Peter De Best | United States | 181,000 |
| 643 | 5 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 121,000 |
| 643 | 7 | David Lieberman | United States | 191,000 |
Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship will see 43 competitors return of the 91 who registered on Day 1. There will assuredly be a handful of new faces in the field, as late registration is available through the first level of the day. Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time with limits of 4,000/8,000 in Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Among those who put their chips into play on Day 1, Viktor Blom bagged the lead (372,000). Blom recently made a final table in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship with none other than Daniel Negreanu, who also bagged a healthy stack (241,000).
Negreanu has made a claim that he will be playing a lower volume of tournaments with a better quality of rest and play. This plan seems to have come to fruition, as Negreanu has already made two final tables at the 2025 World Series of Poker, including a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship ($313,615) and a seventh place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship ($61,231).
Main Event champion Joe McKeehen also bagged a big stack (319,000). As a hold’em specialist, both limit and no-limit, McKeehen will be one to watch in the counts.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 372,000 |
| 2 | Benjamin Underwood | Canada | 361,000 |
| 3 | Joe McKeehen | United States | 319,000 |
| 4 | Justin Smith | United States | 246,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 241,000 |
| 6 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 240,000 |
| 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 212,000 |
| 8 | David Lieberman | United States | 191,000 |
| 9 | Corel Theuma | United States | 190,000 |
| 10 | Peter De Best | United States | 181,000 |
Reigning champion John Racener won his third WSOP bracelet just days ago in the $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em ($247,595), but only time will tell if he will enter the fray, as he didn’t put any chips into play on Day 1.
There will be a 15-minute break after Level 11 to accommodate the remaining late registrants. Day 2 will feature 60-minute levels through Level 15 and will extend to 90-minute levels from Level 16 through the end of the tournament. A one-hour dinner break is slated at the end of Level 15, at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time. The remaining field will put their chips in the bag at the end of Level 18, after eight levels of play.
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Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Several 25K Fantasy sweats have joined the field right at the start of Day 2.
Chino Rheem has several runner-ups in his career at the World Series of Poker, most recently in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship ($196,662).
Rheem comes from an era where Limit Hold'em was commonplace. Only time will tell if he will spin up his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Benjamin Underwood raised from under the gun, Florian Pesce three-bet from the small blind and Underwood called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 4♥3♣J♣. Pesce raised and Underwood called, then both players checked the 7♥ turn.
The 2♥ river completed the board and Pesce checked. Underwood raised, then Pesce went deep into the tank before making the call. Underwood flipped over A♠K♦, Pesce looked at it and sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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380,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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11,000
40,000
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40,000 |
Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Three ways in a bloated pot saw Justin Smith, Kyle Ray, and Anthony Zinno check through on the J♣7♦10♥.
The trio checked again on the 7♠.
With a check in front, Zinno pushed forward a bet and both his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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375,000
135,000
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135,000 |
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205,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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75,000
11,000
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11,000 |
Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Brian Hastings raised from the cutoff, Eduards Rakuss in the big blind three-bet and Hastings called, finding himself at risk for 9,000.
Brian Hastings: A♠6♦ 
Eduards Rakuss: Q♣Q♥
Hastings flopped top pair, but Rakuss hit a set on A♣7♣Q♠, so Hasting stood up and left after the 6♣5♥ runout was revealed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Max Hoffman started off the action with a raise and Daniel Negreanu responded with a raise of his own. Hoffman called.
The flop brought the A♣A♠10♦ and Hoffman check-called a bet.
The turn peeled the 7♦ and Hoffman check-called again.
When the river completed the J♥, Hoffman checked again but folded to the third barrell.
Negreanu said, "I was really worried because I didn't have the nuts on the river', showing A♥10♥ for the flopped boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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305,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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95,000
18,000
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18,000 |
Level 11
Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000
Qinghai Pan in the small blind seemed tempted to fold but eventually called, so Shaun Deeb only had to check his option to find a flop of 4♦J♣A♦.
Pan checked, Deeb bet but Pan check-raised. "You wanted to fold and now you raise me?" Deeb said before going all-in for a total of 9,000. Pan called.
Shaun Deeb: A♠4♣
Qinghai Pan: J♥9♠
Deeb flopped two pair against Pan's pair. The 2♥ turn and the 5♠ river completed the board and Deeb doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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154,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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26,000
34,000
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