Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-16-2025 19:21 UTC-8

Draft Players Clash

John Avelino

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 10,000 in middle position, and was called by both Mike Leah and Uri Reichenstein.

The flop came A♥J♦6♥ and Reichenstein checked. Volpe bet out 12,000, Leah made the call and Reichenstein folded.

The 10♥ hitting the turn saw Volpe betting 32,000. After a brief moment, Leah folded, and Volpe is back over the 100k chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	580,000 290,000	290,000

Uri Reichenstein	289,000 42,000	42,000
Paul Volpe	114,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: Mike Leah Paul Volpe Uri Reichenstein

06-16-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Mical Eliminated by Mizrachi

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John Avelino

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a very quick hand, Michael Mizrachi raised to 15,500 from the cutoff which was met by an immediate shove from William Mical for 76,500 in the small blind. Mizrachi placed a stack of 5k chips in front of him to call Mical's bet.

William Mical:Q♦7♦ All in
Michael Mizrachi:A♥10♣

With the ace right in the window on a board of 8♥9♠A♣, Mical stood up and put on his backpack ready to depart the tournament area.

As the 9♥ hit the turn and drawing dead, Mical hit the rail as the meaningless 8♦ peeled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	370,000 100,000	100,000

William Mical	Busted

Tags: Michael Mizrachi William Mical

06-16-2025 18:50 UTC-8

Margereson Gets a Big Double Through Lin

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♣2♦4♠3♦ and around 80,000 in the middle Ren Lin checked from the small blind and Scott Margereson bet 18,000 from the hijack. Lin called.

Lin checked again on the 4♦ river and Margereson shoved for 92,500. Lin called with a covering stack.

Lin had a wheel straight with A♣K♥ but Margereson had a king-high flush with K♦8♦ to secure a full double up through Lin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	301,000 301,000	301,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	183,000 183,000	183,000

Lucia Navarro	134,000 134,000	134,000

Francisco Moreno Gonzalez	115,000 115,000	115,000
Jared Jaffee	94,000 6,000	6,000

Baoqiang Ho	78,000 78,000	78,000
Ryan Ostrove	38,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Ren Lin Scott Margereson

06-16-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Leah Scoops a Juicy Pot

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action was picked up on the river with a board of 9♠7♠3♣8♣4♥. There was about 62,000 in the pot, and Mike Leah from under the gun had placed a bet of 50,000, which would put Yuzhu Wang all-in from the big blind. Wang took a long time to decide and finally smashed his chips on the table and walked away.

Yuzhu Wang: 10♥8♦ All in
Mike Leah: K♦K♥

Leah stated, "People keep calling and walking away". Leah held the best of it with his pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	290,000 262,500	262,500

Yuzhu Wang	Busted

Tags: Mike Leah Yuzhu Wang

06-16-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Payouts Announced

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The full prize pool and payouts have been confirmed in Event #40: $3,000 6-handed No Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker.

There were a total of 1,421 players to register for this event, creating a prize pool of $3,794,070. Of those players, 214 will make the money, with a min-cash of $6,000 and a whopping $572,223 up top, along with a coveted WSOP bracelet.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$574,223	30-35	$17,289
2	$382,774	36-41	$14,375
3	$267,626	42-47	$12,161
4	$189,863	48-53	$10,471
5	$136,701	54-59	$9,180
6	$99,913	60-71	$8,196
7	$74,146	72-83	$7,456
8-9	$55,882	84-99	$6,913
10-11	$42,783	100-117	$6,534
12-17	$33,282	118-144	$6,300
18-23	$26,315	145-214	$6000
24-29	$21,152

06-16-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Reichenstein's Ducks Float Another Pot His Way

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John Avelino

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Yuzhu Wang called the blind in the under the gun position. The action folded around to Uri Reichenstein who raised to 6,000 and Wang made the call.

The flop came 4♠4♣9♦ Reichenstein checked. Wang bet 5,500 and Reichenstein called.

A turn card brought a Q♠ and both players checked their option.

On fifth street an 8♠ popped up and so did a bet from Reichenstein for 3,000. Wang went into the tank. After a couple minutes Wang flicked in the call and showed 2♦2♠. Wang flinged his cards into the muck as Reichenstein's small pair was sufficent to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	245,000 130,000	130,000
Yuzhu Wang	29,000

Tags: Yuzhu Wang Uri Reichenstein

06-16-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Notable Chip Counts

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John Avelino

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Some of poker's popular names popped into Event #49. Here are their chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	270,000 270,000	270,000

Ethan Yau	170,500 134,500	134,500

Patrick Leonard	170,000 75,000	75,000

Matt Affleck	93,000 93,000	93,000
Jared Jaffee	88,000 88,000	88,000

Freddy Deeb	72,000 72,000	72,000

Landon Tice	65,000 65,000	65,000
Kane Kalas	64,500 64,500	64,500

Tags: Ethan Yau Kane Kalas Landon Tice Matt Affleck Michael Mizrachi Patrick Leonard

06-16-2025 17:54 UTC-8

The Eagle Has Landed

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John Avelino

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action started before the flop with Steve Zolotow raising to 5,500 from under the gun. The action folded around to Dragos Trofimov who moved all in for 160,000. Zolotow made the call and was at risk of his tournament life.

Steve Zolotow: 10♦10♣ All in
Dragos Trofimov: A♣J♦

Zolotow needed to fade an ace or a jack to stay alive. The flop came K♦3♣4♥ Zolotow in good shape heading to fourth street.

"No deuce" said Zolotow as a turn card of the 5♥ hit the felt.

No deuce indeed was the outcome as the 5♦ paired the board and Zolotow was able to take the pot down with his pocket pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragos Trofimov	120,500 44,000	44,000
Steve Zolotow	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Steve Zolotow

06-16-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Set For Suvarna

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Jacob Wilson

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Santhosh Suvarna got it all in before a flop was dealt, and was facing elimination as a four-to-one dog.

Santhosh Suvarna: 10♣10♥ All in
Dragos Trofimov: K♥K♦

Suvarna flopped the goods on a 4♠10♦8♠ flop, needing only to dodge a king in order to stay alive in the tournament. The J♠2♥ runout sent the chips in his direction, as he picked up a much-needed double before dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragos Trofimov	164,500 164,500	164,500
Santhosh Suvarna	63,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Santhosh Suvarna

06-16-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Lee Doubles Through Jackson

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John Avelino

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With all the action happening before the flop, David Jackson raised to 4,000 under the gun and the action folded to Wai Kiat Lee in the small blind. Lee moved all in for 26,500 and Jackson swiftly made the call.

Wai Kiat Lee:A♠Q♦ All in
David Jackson:3♥3♠

Good news came quickly as the runout of K♦A♥6♣10♣K♣ brought Lee a two pair, aces and kings as he doubled through Jackson.