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Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,794,070
Total Entries
1,421
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
1,421
Players Left
69
Players Left 1 / 1,421
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Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Day 1 of Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas has come to a close. Registration ended with a total of 1,421 entrants, breaking last year’s attendance record and generating a total prize pool of $3,934,749. Only 215 players managed to make it into the money, with 69 players surviving to play Day 2. The eventual winner will take home $574,223 and a gold bracelet.
Leading the chip counts, Ori Hasson wrapped up Day 1 with 3,655,000. Hasson already has a WSOP gold bracelet, making him a serious contender. Right behind him is Matthew Wantman, another seasoned live tournament grinder aiming for the title. Also back for Day 2 is recent bracelet winner Kenneth Kim, adding even more firepower to the field.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ori Hasson | Austria | 3,665,000 | 121 |
| 2 | Matthew Wantman | United States | 2,355,000 | 78 |
| 3 | Tyler Patterson | United States | 1,800,000 | 60 |
| 4 | Tyler Cornell | United States | 1,735,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 1,550,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Hiroyuki Tane | Japan | 1,545,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Jose Angel Latorre | Colombia | 1,540,000 | 51 |
| 8 | Daniel Palau | Spain | 1,290,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Kenneth Kim | Korea | 1,270,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Fabian Niederreiter | Germany | 1,260,000 | 42 |
Some of poker’s biggest names were on the felt, all chasing the coveted title and adding to their impressive careers. John Juanda, Kristen Foxen, Freddy Deeb, Chance Kornuth, Nicholas Seward, and Faraz Jaka were among the star-studded field, each determined to boost their earnings and rack up more bracelets. Unfortunately, they all busted before the day’s end.
Players battled through a grueling 21 levels of play, facing intense pressure during a long bubble stretch that saw five players exit all at once, making for a dramatic and exhausting day.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
| 1 | $574,223 | 18-23 | $26,315 |
| 2 | $382,774 | 24-29 | $21,125 |
| 3 | $267,626 | 30-35 | $17,289 |
| 4 | $189,863 | 36-41 | $14,375 |
| 5 | $136,701 | 42-47 | $12,161 |
| 6 | $99,913 | 48-53 | $10,471 |
| 7 | $74,146 | 54-59 | $9,180 |
| 8-9 | $55,882 | 60-69 | $8,196 |
| 10-11 | $42,783 | ||
| 12-17 | $33,282 |
Tuesday at noon, play will resume with Level 22, blinds 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante, playing 30-minute levels. The schedule for Day 2 is set to continue straight through until a champion is crowned.
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Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
These are the player's chip counts according to the WSOP+ app.
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Sixty-nine players have bagged up for the night, and will be returning tomorrow to battle it out. Stay tuned for PokerNews full recap coming up shortly.
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Jacek Ladny and Kenneth O'Donnell got their stacks in preflop.
Jacek Ladny: A♦J♠ 
Kenneth O'Donnell: Q♣9♣
Although he had the lead preflop, Ladny couldn't hold on, as the board ran out J♦Q♦5♠10♥3♠
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The players will play three more hands before the end of Day 1.
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Dohyeok Kim opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Chih Fan defended from the big blind.
The flop came 9♦3♠2♦ and Fan check-called a 40,000 bet from Kim.
Kim bet 125,000 when checked to on the 10♠ turn and this time Fan opted to fold.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Maxime Chilaud moved all in from the cutoff and Pedro Rodriguez asked for a count. The total was 235,000 and Rodriguez made the call from the button. Stoyan Madanzhiev moved all in from the big blind for 465,000 and Rodriguez called the difference.
Maxime Chilaud: Q♦J♥
Stoyan Madanzhiev: K♣K♥
Pedro Rodriguez: A♦Q♥
Three players were all in and one was at risk. The board ran out 10♦3♠9♠2♠5♦ leaving Chilaud with a glimmer of hope flopping a straight draw, but bricked on the river. Rodriguez couldn't find an ace and Madanzhiev eclipsed the million chip mark.
