2025 World Series of Poker

Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$830,685
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$6,242,460
Entries
2,338
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,882
Players Left
641
Players Left 1 / 2338

No Break From Chatter

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Gary Gelman
Gary Gelman

Mark Seif and Gary Gelman spent the first five minutes of the scheduled 20-minute break discussing whether Gelman should call Seif's all-in of more than 40,000 in chips on a board of 56108 through the turn.

"You'll make PokerNews whether you call or not," Seif said.

"I've already made PokerNews, because I've won a tournament," Gelman replied, referring to his victory in the 2022 PokerNews Cup. Gelman also has won a ring in a WSOP circuit event.

"Oh, I've never won a tournament," Seif said.

"You didn't have to tell me, I can see tell," Gelman cracked at the two-time bracelet winner.

Eventually, Gelman said Seif was talking too much for him to make the call, and he folded.

Seif turned over one of his cards, the J.

Player Chips Progress
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Mark Seif
70,100
30,100
30,100
WSOP 2X Winner
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Gary Gelman
44,800
44,800
44,800

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