Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$6,242,460
Entries
2,338
Level
38
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Entries
1,882
Players Left
641
Players Left 1 / 2338
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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 #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas with starting stacks of 40,000 chips. Each player is allowed one reentry before registration closes at the start of Level 13 on Day 2 (≈ 2:15 p.m. Thursday).
Day 1 is slated to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 6, which should be right about 6:40 p.m.
This bracelet event is scheduled to last four consecutive days. Day 2 on Thursday begins at noon, and there will be 10 additional levels of play. The Day 3 restart, a session that will not conclude until five players remain, kicks off at noon on Friday. On Saturday, the final table begins at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Paolo Boi came from behind to win this event last year for $676,900. He defeated a field of 1,773 entries to capture the bracelet.
2024 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Boi | Italy | $676,900 |
| 2 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | $451,299 |
| 3 | Juan Vecino | Spain | $326,883 |
| 4 | Brandon Mitchell | United States | $239,451 |
| 5 | Justin Belforti | United States | $177,416 |
| 6 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | $132,978 |
| 7 | Victor Paredes | United States | $100,840 |
| 8 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | $77,378 |
| 9 | Benjamin Gold | United States | $60,088 |
Winner's Reaction
"I still don't realize it. It's been very hard for four days," Boi said while waiting to take his winner's photos with his bracelet in his hands. He explained that he "didn't think about the bracelet" because he "was short-stacked during the whole tournament."
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air for Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With 294 players through 10 minutes of play, there is not yet a full table at the event. Action will surely pick up quickly.
A year ago, more than 1,400 played in Day 1, and the final total was 1,773, as late registration is open through the end of Level 12, which is the second level of Day 2.
No player from last year's top 10 finishers have registered as yet.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Many familiar faces have been spotted in the Paris Yellow Section
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Alexander Lee limped under the gun and David Moses made it 2,400 to go in the cutoff. Ilan Cukrowicz called on the button, Gabriel Lapointe flatted in the small blind, and Lee stuck around.
The flop of A♦Q♣J♠ checked through to the 2♥ turn. Lapointe led out for 3,500 and only Moses called.
On the 4♠ river, Lapointe bet again, this time for 8,000.
"I almost want to fold, man," said Moses, taking some time to think through his decision.
Moses eventually sniffed out the bluff and made the call, tabling A♠J♦ for two pair, aces and jacks, besting the 10♣10♦ of Lapointe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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59,000
59,000
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37,600
37,600
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37,600 |
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26,100
26,100
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26,100 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Brian Etheridge earned the dubious honor of being the first knockout of the event, just 12 minutes into play.
Etheridge began the action against Amir Abbassi with a raise. He popped Abbassi's three-bet with another raise, before responding to Abbassi's five-bet with an all-in shove. Abbassi made the call.
Brian Etheridge: A♠K♠
Amir Abbassi: A♦A♥
Etheridge did get some hope on the runout of 4♣3♥10♠J♥, picking up a straight draw on the turn, but the 4♠ on the river sent him out of the tournament.
Etheridge quickly registered again, using up the one reentry available in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,400
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80,400 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With the pot at 2,000, the flop came 8♦7♣5♠ and Mariano Molino checked from the small blind, Charles Shaverdians bet out for 1,000, and Molino called.
The turn brought the 10♥, and again Molino checked, allowing Shaverdians to bet out for 2,000, but now Molino check-raised to 4,800. Shaverdians called.
The Q♥ peeled off on the river, and now Molino led out for 7,800, and Shaverdians snap called. Molino turned over Q♠J♥ for a rivered pair, and Shaverdians was in disbelief at his luck as he tabled his 9♠9♥ as the pot was pushed Molino's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000 | |
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22,000 |
