Action was picked up on the flop between Jay Kerbel in the hijack, Jon Kyte in the cutoff, and Ingo Klasen in the big blind.
The flop read A♣Q♥6♥ and Klasen checked over to Kerbel who bet and Kyte called. Klasen raised, prompting Kerbel to raise again and both Kyte and Klasen called.
On the turn 7♠, Klasen checked over to Kerbel who bet and both Kyte and Klasen called.
Klasen checked the river 6♠ and Kerbel bet which Kyte called. Klasen raised which saw both Kerbel and Kyte call.
"I have a full house," said Kyte as he tabled A♥6♣3♠3♣ for sixes full of aces. Klasen tabled 10♦7♥3♥2♣ for the nut-low and Kerbel mucked his hand.
A few hands later the start of day chip leader was eliminated from the tournament.
Richard Bremer raised in the cutoff, after which Espen Sandvik three-bet from the big blind. Bremer called, and Sandvik nearly choked on a piece of food before he recovered and bet the Q♠2♣10♣ flop.
"That must be a tell," Bremer joked as he tossed in a call. Sandvik also fired the 5♦ turn, again seeing Bremer call. He took some time on the J♥ river, but eventually settled on another bet.
Bremer quickly called, leaving only 2,000 behind. Sandvik showed A♠Q♣3♣2♠ for top and bottom pair, and he won the pot when Bremer added his cards to the muck.
"If he chokes, he has two pair," the dealer joked as he pushed Sandvik the chips.
Phil Hellmuth: K♥K♣2♠/2♣4♠8♠8♥
Nam Le: XxXx/6♥4♣5♠9♥/Xx
Phil Hellmuth brought in, Nam Le completed, and Phil Hellmuth two-bet. Le called, after which fourth and fifth street were checked by both players.
Hellmuth bet when he made an open pair on sixth street, but reverted to checking when Le tossed in a call. Le quickly checked behind on seventh street, and Hellmuth tabled kings and eights to rake in the entire pot.
Seven-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser and longtime WSOP commentator Norman Chad were heads up on a flop of 3♠2♦Q♦.
"Would you please instruct the gentleman in seat seven not to speak to me during the hand?" Chad asked the dealer in jest when Glaser told him it was his turn to act.
Chad then checked, Glaser bet, and Chad called.
"He's eating an apple," Chad accurately noted as Glaser was indeed consuming a piece of said fruit when the 8♠ turn was dealt. Chad check-called Glaser's bet again before he led out on the 10♠ river.
"Good bet, Norm!" Owais Ahmed shouted from across the table.
"Is he still eating the apple?" Chad asked no one in particular as Glaser thought things through.
Eventually, the Player of the Year leader let his hand go, granting the pot to Chad and eliciting loud cheers from Ahmed.
Shirley Rosario: A♥10♦7♥/4♣4♦A♦J♥
Donald Yucius: 9♦5♣2♥/6♠7♦9♥2♦
Catching the action on fifth street, Shirley Rosario bet, and Donald Yucius called. Rosario also bet sixth street before she moved her last 3,500 over the line on seventh street.
Yucius called both times, but with neither player having a low, Rosario took down the whole pot with her superior two pair, giving her a big boost after she started Day 2 with only two big 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.
