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Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day 1b Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$6,058,734
Total Entries
24,629
Level
45
Blinds
5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Ante
10,000,000
Entries
4,589
Players Left
147
Players Left 1 / 24,629
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Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker here at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is shaping up to have a massive attendance after another 4,589 players bought in on Day 1b. Vast sections of the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas were dedicated to this event, although the players dropped like flies, with only 147 surviving the 22 intense levels.
According to The Hendon Mob Database, chip leader Jonathan Kirch (5,110,000) has no previous in-the-money finishes, but that will change after this tournament as he heads into Day 2 with a substantial stack and his first recorded live cash in tow.
Peter Bigelow (3,310,000), the fourth-place finisher in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo in 2024, bagged up the second-largest stack, with Pablo Alvarez (2,500,000).
Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Kirch | United States | 5,110,000 | 102 |
| 2 | Peter Bigelow | United States | 3,310,000 | 66 |
| 3 | Pablo Alvarez | Spain | 2,500,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Caleb Mitson | United States | 2,470,000 | 49 |
| 5 | David Gelley | United States | 2,145,000 | 43 |
| 6 | David Boals | United States | 2,070,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Gary Girotti | Canada | 2,070,000 | 41 |
| 8 | Carlos Perez | France | 2,070,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Mermelstein | United States | 1,985,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Carl Feathers | United States | 1,960,000 | 39 |
Among the Day 1b survivors were the likes of Terrance Reid (1,750,000), bracelet winner Ernest Bennett (1,005,000), British pro Dan Charlton (555,000), Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein (545,000), Henrieto Acain (440,000), Satoshi Tanaka (365,000), and Andrey Zaichenko (100,000).
Day 1c starts at 10 a.m. local time on June 27, and will see the bumper crowd attempt to survive 22 levels. PokerNews' traditional coverage of this event begins on Day 2 at 11 a.m. on June 29.
These are the chip counts according to the WSOP+ App.
All summer long, PokerNews will be offering updates from both the 25K Fantasy and ODB Fantasy leagues, which you can read in our dedicated hub here.
But did you know that you're also able to follow all the players from both leagues in our live updates? Every player drafted in the 25K Fantasy, as well as all the ODB Bonus players, have been tagged with special badges that allow you to visit out chip count page and filter by said badges. So, if all you want to see are players from those leagues and how they're doing, it's as simple as clicking the badges and then filtering.
What's more, each tournament has a "$25K Fantasy" tab at the top of the updates. Click that and all you'll see are hands played by players in the 25K Fantasy league.
PokerNews understands that when it comes to fantasy, some readers only care about their team, so we've made it simple to follow all your rostered players with a few simple clicks.
Check out this video to see the filtering options in action:
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.
PokerGO revealed the streaming schedule for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) that will include near-daily coverage of more than two dozen bracelet events.
Most notable will be the coverage of the $10,000 Main Event. PokerGO will broadcast each step of the action from July 2-16.
Day 1 coverage for flights 1a-1d will kick off at 7 p.m. local time, while coverage of Day 2 through Day 4 will begin at 3:30 p.m. Coverage will then begin at 1 p.m. from Day 5-8 before switching to 3 p.m. for two days of final table coverage.
Other highlights from the streaming schedule include:
- $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em - June 16-17
- $50,000 Poker Players Championship - June 26-28
- $1,000 Ladies Championship - June 29
- $10,000 PLO Championship - July 1
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35,000
220,000
66,500
Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.
Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.
