Event #62: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #62: $5,000 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
$5,000
Prize Pool
$5,372,800
Entries
1,168
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
999
Players Left
348
Players Left 1 / 1168
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today will see the start of Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas with starting stacks of 50,000 and blinds of 100/200/200 with 60-minute levels. This is scheduled as a four-day event.
Day 1 will play for 10 levels, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6 around 6:30 p.m. Players who are eliminated are allowed one reentry until registration closes.
Day 2 will pick back up at noon on Tuesday and will play 10 levels. Late registration/re-entry is available until the start of Level 12, about 1:15 p.m. on Day 2.
Day 3 takes place on Wednesday, starting at noon and will continue until five players remain. Those final five individuals will return to action on Thursday at a time to be determined later, to play down to a winner.
Mostafa Haidary, who outlasted a field of 817 entrants, is the defending champion in this event. He took home $656,747 one year ago, along with his first gold bracelet after defeating Bernd Gleissner heads-up play.
2024 $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Haidary | Australia | $656,747 |
| 2 | Bernd Gleissner | Germany | $437,821 |
| 3 | Krasmir Yankov | Bulgaria | $300,293 |
| 4 | Brandon Schwartz | United States | $206,606 |
| 5 | Pedro Madeira | Brazil | $148,939 |
| 6 | Matthew McEwan | United States | $107,770 |
| 7 | Max Kruse | Germany | $79,436 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Level 1 of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed is underway!
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Winner of a $1,500 6-Max WSOP bracelet in 2022, Leo Soma in the cutoff bet 500 on a flop of 9♥K♠8♦. Ryuta Nakai in the big blind check-called and checked the K♦ turn. Soma checked back.
Nakai led out for 2,000 on the 5♥ river. Soma quickly called but ran into Nakai's trips with K♣2♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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46,000
46,000
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46,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
On the very first hand, Fabian Gumz and Tsubasa Kamei were battling heads-up in the blinds. The board read 8♥5♣2♠J♥ and Gumz led out with a bet of 10,000 into a pot of around nearly that much. Kamei called from the big blind and the 9♦ completed the board.
Gumz slid his entire stack of around 35,000 into the middle and Kamei sank into his chair. After deliberating for a couple of minutes, Kamei also put his stack in the middle to call. Gumz flipped over Q♥7♦ for complete air while Kamei showed 10♥10♦ as the lone pair to scoop the pot.
"As good of a start as you can get," another tablemate said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The action was picked up on the flop of 9♥6♣4♥ with Ran Ilani facing an all-in bet from Amit [Removed:550] on the button.
Ilani, in the big blind, called the 45,000 chip bet into a sub-10,000 chip pot.
Amit [Removed:550]: J♥7♥ 
Ran Ilani: K♦K♣
There was no heart for [Removed:550] on the turn or river, and he was eliminated in the early stages of Level 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Paul Newey in the small blind opened to 500 and was called by Jason Hickey in the big blind.
Newey continued for 500 on the 6♣6♦9♣ flop, but Hickey raised to 1,300. Newey didn't wait to three-bet to 3,500 and he made Hickey fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Anthony Allison raised to 1,000 from the cutoff and Mohamed Kerkeni flat-called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of 9♥8♣6♣ and Allison continued with a bet 1,500. Kerkeni raised to 6,000 and Allison instantly called.
The turn brought the J♥ and both players checked to the 7♥ on the river. Allison checked again and Kerkeni counted out a large bet of 35,000. Allison dumped his cards into the muck and Kerkeni raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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58,500 | |
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43,000 |
