Shaun Deeb raised from early position and Ziya Rahim called in the small blind, then Allan Le called in the big blind.
The flop rolled out A♥J♠J♦ and action checked around to Deeb, who bet. Rahim quickly folded, then Le raised, and Deeb called.
Both players checked the turn K♦ to the river K♥, where Le bet and Deeb raised, earning a call from Le.
Deeb turned over A♣K♠6♦3♥ for kings-full, and Le mucked his hand. Just 16 hours after finishing their heads up match yesterday, the two of them are back at the same table in this event.
James Obst raised in the cutoff which saw Christopher Cook in the small blind and Tom McCormick in the big blind call.
The flop rolled out 2♣Q♦4♥ and action checked around to Obst who bet and both of his opponents called.
On the turn 8♦, once more action checked around to Obst who bet and got two callers.
Obst bet a third time on the river Q♥ when action checked around to him and both Cook and McCormick called.
Cook turned over A♣A♥9♥8♥ for aces-up while Obst turned over A♠K♥6♠3♣ for the nut low. McCormick mucked his hand and the two players chopped McCormick's bets.
When the late registration closed on Day 1 of Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2025 World Series of Poker, a new record had been set with 575 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,279,375. Day 2 will commence at 1 p.m. today, with 229 players returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Phil Hellmuth is among those still in contention for the $244,674 top prize as the poker legend is looking to claim his record-extending 18th WSOP bracelet. Having bagged 74,000 chips, Hellmuth sits just slightly below the average stack of 87,882, around 11 big bets. Hellmuth's fellow Hall of Famers Brian Rast and Huck Seed were on the same table for the majority of the first day, and both will start today with 129,000 in their possession.
Many possible future Hall of Fame inductees made it through to Day 2 as well, as the star-studded field has no less than 41 25K Fantasy picks remaining. While the likes of Jim Collopy (234,000), Shaun Deeb (206,000), Ari Engel (195,000), and Benny Glaser (189,500) have all bagged more than double the average stack, no one can hold a candle to chipleader Jay Kerbel, who dominated his Day 1 table to end up with 332,000 in chips.
Jay Kerbel
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Jay Kerbel
United States
332,000
42
2
Gary Bolden
United States
270,000
34
3
Kraige Jean
United States
260,500
33
4
Karina Jett
United States
245,500
31
5
Jim Collopy
United States
234,000
29
6
Qiang Xu
China
233,000
29
7
Jason Daly
United States
231,500
29
8
Alexander Orlov
Russian Federation
226,000
28
9
Elie Nakache
France
225,500
28
10
Samuel Rosen
United States
209,500
26
Last year's runner-up Jon Kyte is looking to redeem himself, making it through to Day 2 with 138,500. The legendary Gus Hansen grinded his way to 117,000 on Day 1, while the likes of Felipe Ramos (70,000), Robert Wells (45,000), and Kyle Miholich (32,500) are among the shorter stacks, still hunting a maiden bracelet.
Jon Kyte
With only 87 spots making the money, there's still plenty of poker left before the $5,008 minimum cash is reached. The bigger payouts will come on Day 3, scheduled for June 17 at a time yet to be announced.
Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$244,674
10-11
$14,010
2
$163,085
12-15
$11,269
3
$112,360
16-23
$9,257
4
$78,825
24-31
$7,771
5
$56,327
32-39
$6,669
6
$41,013
40-47
$5,854
7
$30,439
48-55
$5,259
8
$23,036
56-87
$5,008
9
$17,784
When the clock strikes 1 p.m. in Las Vegas, the tournament will resume in Level 13. The blinds in Omaha will be 2,000/4,000, and the ante in stud will be 1,000 per player. The bring-in is set at the same amount, and both games will have limits of 4,000/8,000. Day 2 will play 10 levels of one hour each, with a break after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 18, around 7:30 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be on the tournament floor from the "shuffle up and deal" to the bagging of the chips, so do not go anywhere as our live updates from Event #47 will start shortly.
