Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day 1a Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$7,937,277
Entries
10,794
Level
49
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
4,077
Players Left
318
Players Left 1 / 10,794
Filter
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Today, Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event will start at 10 a.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with starting stacks of 60,000 chips.
Day 1a will feature 22 blind levels, all 30 minutes in length, starting with 100/200/200 blinds. Breaks, 15 minutes in length, will take place every four levels of play, and a 75-minute dinner break will be at around 7 p.m. (Level 16). Day 1b on June 30 will have the exact same structure.
Day 2 on July 1, starting at 11 a.m. will run until only five players remain. Those five individuals will come back on Wednesday at a time to be determined later to play it down to a winner.
Georgios Skarparis won this tournament a year ago. The champion took it down for $554,925 when he defeated a field of 6,076 contenders.
2024 $1,000 Mini Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Skarparis | Cyprus | $554,925 |
| 2 | Alexandre Barbaranelli | Italy | $369,994 |
| 3 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russian Federation | $276,695 |
| 4 | Kyle Williamson | United States | $208,444 |
| 5 | Dirk Bruns | Germany | $158,191 |
| 6 | Joshua Prager | United States | $120,950 |
| 7 | Kaihung Hu | United States | $93,171 |
| 8 | Stefan Widmer | Switzerland | $72,316 |
| 9 | Hunter Frey | United States | $56,557 |
Winner’s Reaction
Skarparis's emotional reaction underscored the significance of his victory. He fulfilled a promise he made to honor Kyriakos Oxinos, a dear friend and mentee tragically lost in a car accident. Determined to dedicate a bracelet to Oxinos's memory, Skarparis has relentlessly pursued this goal, fueling his journey through numerous tournaments, including an ongoing quest for the Main Event title.
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60,000
Reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo flipped his way into this year's championship event, meaning he won't even have to put up the $10,000 buy-in to defend his title.
Tamayo announced on Sunday that he won a WSOP Online $160 All-In Flipament, a flip-and-go-style event that puts players all-in blind and that needs 64 players to run, according to Kevin Mathers.
Tamayo demonstrated his luck a year ago when he navigated the largest WSOP Main Event field in history to win $10 million. The longtime poker pro from Texas proved luck is still on his side in 2025.
"I won the 3pm one it seems," Tamayo wrote on X.
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