2025 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Day: 1c
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,924,690
Entries
11,996
Players Left
1
Average Chip Stack
299,900,000
Total Chips
299,900,000
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
3,517
Players Left
1,356
Players Left 1 / 11,996
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Player Who Coolered Matusow at 2005 Main Event Final Table Runs Deep in WSOP Seniors

Jon Sofen
Jon Sofen
Scott Lazar
Scott Lazar

Twenty years ago, Scott Lazar doubled up eventual champion Joe Hachem and coolered Mike Matusow at one of the most entertaining and memorable World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables ever.

Two decades later, the 2005 sixth-place finisher in poker's most prestigious event ran deep in another WSOP event. This one, Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold'em Championship, a tournament that attracted 7,575 entrants. Lazar, who spoke to PokerNews on a Day 3 break, busted in 31st place for $21,950, his second-largest tournament cash since his televised $1.5 million score.

Read the Full Interview Here

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Irene Carey
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Jamie Gold
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The SCOTUS Lawyer Who Won $50m Playing Poker—And Got Indicted

Kevin Taylor
Kevin Taylor

For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis. He lectured at Stanford University and Harvard University and regularly appeared on national news programs.

But Goldstein had another life. When he wasn’t arguing before Supreme Court justices, Goldstein was flying to Hollywood or Hong Kong and winning or losing millions in ultra-high-stakes poker matches. He played heads-up against California businessmen and foreign gamblers, at one point allegedly winning over $50 million in just a few sessions.

Goldstein’s luck turned in January 2025 when the US Department of Justice a federal grand jury initiated a 22-count indictment accusing the attorney of failing to report millions in poker winnings and diverting law firm funds to pay his personal poker debts.

In a new PokerNews video essay, we take a look at the life of Tom Goldstein and the high-stakes poker game that led to his federal indictment.

Watch the Video Essay Here!
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Jamie Gold
33,000
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Kevin Taylor
Kevin Taylor

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