Hiroshi Tanaka raised from under the gun and then called after Gus Hansen three-bet from the hijack.
Both drew two and the action checked through. Both took two again, Tanaka led and Hansen called.
Both took one on the end and Tanaka checked. Hansen peeked his cards and quickly tossed out a bet, which Tanaka paid off rather quickly. Hansen tabled Jx5x4x3x2x which was good at showdown to drag an early pot on Day 2.
Event #58 of the 2025 World Series of Poker, the $3,000 Nine Game, attracted 409 entries to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. At the end of Day 1, 144 players bagged up, and they will return today at 1 p.m. local time for more mixed-game action.
Among the hopefuls eyeing a share of the $1,092,030 prize pool is poker-boom era legend Gus Hansen. Hansen has made a resurgence at the WSOP this summer, playing a full schedule of predominantly mixed games. A victory for Hansen would mean his first bracelet in 15 years, while the $228,115 first-place prize would mean Hansen's first six-figure cash since 2011.
The road to victory is still long, though, and while Hansen's stack of 238,000 places him in the Top 10 at the start of Day 2, it is still some ways off from chipleader Oliver Tot's 356,000. Defending champion Yuri Dzivielevski is also in front of Hansen with 296,000 in his possession, and 25K Fantasy pick Nicolas Milgrom can be found in the Top 10 as well, with a bag worth 254,500.
Yuri Dzivielevski
Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Oliver Tot
Slovakia
356,000
2
Fu Wong
United States
355,000
3
Sean Akhavi
United States
331,500
4
Matthew Woodward
United States
307,000
5
Yuri Dzivielevski
Brazil
296,000
6
Andrey Zaichenko
Russian Federation
270,000
7
Nicolas Milgrom
France
254,500
8
Nicolas Barthe
France
248,500
9
Fabrice Soulier
France
244,500
10
Gus Hansen
Denmark
238,000
As usual in the WSOP mixed game events, many more notable players will make an appearance on Day 2. A small selection includes Hall of Famers Brian Rast (134,000), Phil Hellmuth (87,500), and Huck Seed (63,500), and multi-bracelet winners Brian Yoon (131,500), Nick Schulman (122,000), Calvin Anderson (98,000), Josh Arieh (60,500), and Brad Ruben (24,500).
Over half the field needs to be eliminated before the 64 paid spots are reached, at which point every remaining player will have guaranteed themselves a minimum cash of $6,029. Five-figure payouts will start from place 14 and up, while only the top two finishers will receive six-figure sums.
Payout Structure
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$228,115
10-11
$14,839
2
$149,152
12-14
$11,822
3
$99,771
15-20
$9,682
4
$68,304
21-27
$8,158
5
$47,884
28-34
$7,079
6
$34,394
35-41
$6,330
7
$25,328
42-62
$6,029
8-9
$19,134
The tournament will recommence in Level 13, with blinds in the big bet games at 1,000/2,000, and the limits in the fixed-limit games 4,000/8,000. All levels will be 60 minutes in length, and ten of them will be played on Day 2. Breaks of 15 minutes are scheduled after every two levels, with a dinner break set to take place after Level 18, around 7:30 p.m. local time.
PokerNews will be bringing the action from all nine games live from the tournament floor in Las Vegas, so stay tuned to this page for major updates and interesting hands.
