Welcome to Day 4 of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, where there are 16 hopefuls looking to win a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and first-place prize of $830,685.
The competition is still wide open, as Fabrizio Gonzalez is the lone player with an eight-figure chip count at 11,525,000, a little more than 12 percent of the chips in play. Gonzalez has a long list of cashes and has won a circuit ring. His best WSOP finish is eighth place in a pot-limit Omaha event in 2015.
Steven Jones, who made a remarkable run to second place in the 2023 main event, is lurking fourth on the leaderboard.
Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | Uruguay | 11,525,000 | 58 |
| 2 | Yilong Wang | China | 8,375,000 | 42 |
| 3 | Martynas Vitkauskas | Lithuania | 8,300,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Steven Jones | United States | 7,925,000 | 40 |
| 5 | Paawan Bansal | India | 7,650,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Romain Lewis | France | 7,225,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 7,200,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Seunghyun Nam | United States | 5,950,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Ren Lin | China | 4,925,000 | 25 |
| 10 | Hamid Toghyan | United Kingdom | 4,475,000 | 22 |
| 11 | Kunal Patni | India | 4,100,000 | 26 |
| 12 | Rohit Mariwalla | United Kingdom | 4,000,000 | 25 |
| 13 | Olivier Busquet | United States | 3,575,000 | 22 |
| 14 | Ran Ilani | Isreal | 3,450,000 | 22 |
| 15 | Jiawei Mao | China | 2,575,000 | 16 |
| 16 | Jason Richard | United States | 2,300,000 | 14 |
Romain Lewis and Yuliyan Kolev are the only bracelet winners left in what was a field of 2,338 entries generating a $6,242,460 prize pool. There are several accomplished players still in it, including popular personality and 25K Fantasy Draft pick Ren Lin.
Hamid Toghyan the Day 2 chip leader, is tenth in the counts. Kunal Patni, who is just outside the top ten with a little over 4,000,000 chips, has already secured back-to-back top-20 finishes in this event.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (USD) | Place | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $830,685 | 7 | $129,563 |
| 2 | $553,692 | 8 | $99,859 |
| 3 | $406,016 | 9 | $77,760 |
| 4 | $300,649 | 10-11 | $61,183 |
| 5 | $224,833 | 12-13 | $48,647 |
| 6 | $169,818 | 14-16 | $39,091 |
Day 4 play starts at 12 p.m. local time, with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a big blind ante of 200,000. Play through 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels, will continue until a winner is determined.
Stay tuned to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker, for live updates from this and all bracelet events at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
