Marcelo Bottino Among Top Ten Going into Day 2 of $1,000 Super Seniors

Poker resumes today at 11 a.m. for Day 2 of Event #64: $1,000 Super Seniors No‑Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker, played out inside the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. From a massive starting field of 3,338 entries, only 860 hopefuls return today to continue their hunt for the coveted gold bracelet and the top prize of $356,494.

Menahem Asher leads the way after bagging the biggest stack of 280,000 from Day 1. Followed closely behind is Ronald Hunt with 278,000, while Patricia Yamano rounds out the top three with 268,000 to work with on the second day of this four-day affair. Also starting today inside the top ten are Argentina's Marcelo Bottino (249,500), and John Brittner (229,000).

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Menahem Asher	Israel	280,000	140
2	Ronald Hunt	United States	278,000	139
3	Patricia Yamano	United States	268,000	134
4	Mary Mckenzie	United States	263,000	132
5	Daniel Moran (US)	United States	260,000	130
6	Marcelo Bottino	Argentina	249,500	125
7	Peter Lukach	United States	247,500	124
8	Larry Vezina	Canada	241,500	121
9	Michael Thulson	United States	231,000	116
10	John Brittner	United States	229,000	115

With such a large field size, Day 2 is filled with many bracelet winners. Players like John Esposito (172,000), Daniel Lacourse (148,500), Gary Benson (108,000), Robert Cheung (89,500), Allyn Shulman (83,000), Ivo Donev (61,000), and also two-time bracelet winner Tony Ma.

Play resumes at 11 a.m. local time, with ten more one‑hour levels on the schedule. Blinds resume at 1,000/2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. The top 501players will make the money, guaranteeing a payday of at least $2,002, so the first target for everyone returning to the baize will be to make it through the money bubble.