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Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$7,937,277
Total Entries
10,794
Level
49
Blinds
8,000,000 / 16,000,000
Ante
16,000,000
Entries
859
Players Left
5
Players Left 1 / 10,794
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Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
The eliminations were swift as the 859 remaining entrants played down to five in Event #75 $1,000 Mini Main at the 2025 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The remaining five players are still in the hunt for the $843,140 first-place prize, with each contestant guaranteed a cash prize of at least $246,900 as they enter the final day of play.
Alexander Yen finished at the top of the chip standings with a stack of 189,500,000. Yen had a red-hot finish to the evening, but earlier hit a setback when John Ishak doubled through him during the final two hours of play, leaving him with just shy of 60 million in chips. This would not define the final stages of Day 2 for the future chip leader, as Yen passed the nine-figure mark when he knocked out Peter Placey in 12th place to vault up the leaderboard. Yen is one of four players still left in the field who are looking to snag their first WSOP gold bracelet in the $1,000 Mini Main.
Vadzim Lipauka finished the evening third in chips as he enters Day 3 with a shot at a title. The Belarusian has a total of $2,566,868 in live earnings, with the biggest cash of his career coming in the 2024 WSOP, where he finished in eighth place for $1,000,000. Like Yen, Lipauka is also searching for his first WSOP score and has the opportunity to cross the three-million mark in live earnings if he can score a top-two finish.
Seat Draw Final Day
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartlomiej Swieboda | Poland | 50,500,000 | 10 |
| 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 166,500,000 | 33 |
| 3 | Alexander Yen | United States | 189,500,000 | 38 |
| 4 | John Ishak | Hungary | 85,000,000 | 17 |
| 5 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 156,000,000 | 31 |
Three-time bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel is still in the hunt for his fourth bracelet, finishing second in chips with 166,500,000. Kabrhel chatted and chipped up as the day went on, as he consistently appeared in the top chip counts throughout Day 2 after he got off to a strong start by clashing with Nils Mallon early in the day to cross the twenty-million mark and never looked back.
Final Table Results / Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $843,140 | ||
| 2 | $566,170 | ||
| 3 | $426,550 | ||
| 4 | $323,460 | ||
| 5 | $246,900 | ||
| 6 | Lucas Lew | Poland | $189,710 |
| 7 | Allan Tirel | France | $146,740 |
| 8 | Katie Lindsay | United States | $114,260 |
| 9 | Christopher Davis | United States | $89,577 |
Several notable bracelet winners were able to make it to Day 2 but had their journey cut short, failing to reach Day 3. Popular YouTuber and streamer Ethan “Rampage” Yau entered the day with a healthy stack, but his run ended over the halfway point of the day when he finished in 339th place for a small cash of $4,730. Former Main Event champion and four-time bracelet winner Joe Cada fell in 301st place for $5,390. Canadian pro Shawn Buchanan had a deep run, making it as far as the top 100, but was eliminated in 86th place for $9,730.
Play will resume with the blinds at 2,500,000/5,000,000. The final five players are scheduled to begin play at 1 p.m. local time. Stay tuned here at PokerNews for updates on the final day of action.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Play has halted for the day with only five players remaining out of a field of 10,794 entries. A full recap of the day will follow shortly.
Seat Draw Final Day
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bartlomiej Swieboda | Poland | 50,500,000 | 10 |
| 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 166,500,000 | 33 |
| 3 | Alexander Yen | United States | 189,500,000 | 38 |
| 4 | John Ishak | Hungary | 85,000,000 | 17 |
| 5 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 156,000,000 | 31 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
189,500,000 | |
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166,500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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156,000,000
2,000,000
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2,000,000 |
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85,000,000 | |
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50,500,000
1,500,000
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1,500,000 |
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Action folded around to Alexander Yen in the small blind who moved all in. Lucas Lew made the call in the big blind for about 23,000,000 to put himself at risk.
Lucas Lew: A♦5♠ 
Alexander Yen: 8♠8♦
There were no aces to be found on the runout of 2♣9♠6♠K♦4♣ and Lew's tournament run came to and end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
189,500,000
47,000,000
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47,000,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 44
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 5,000,000
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Vadzim Lipauka raised to 8,000,000 in the cutoff and Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 21,000,000 in the small blind. Lipauka made the call.
The flop revealed A♦2♣3♦ and Kabrhel continued for 19,000,000. It was enough for Lipauka who folded. Kabrhel tabled a Ax before mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
167,000,000
31,000,000
|
31,000,000 |
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|
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|
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154,000,000
22,000,000
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22,000,000 |
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel limped for 4,000,000 and John Ishak completed his option in the small blind while Vadzim Lipauka checked in the big blind.
The flop gave J♦5♦3♣ and it checked to Kabrhel who bet 4,000,000. Ishak called but Lipauka opted to raise it to 16,000,000. After some thinking, both his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
176,000,000
13,000,000
|
13,000,000 |
|
|
136,000,000
6,000,000
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6,000,000 |
|
|
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|
|
85,000,000
33,000,000
|
33,000,000 |
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Allan Tirel moved all in under the gun for about 35,000,000 and Vadzim Lipauka reshoved in the hijack to isolate.
Allan Tirel: K♣J♣
Vadzim Lipauka: A♥K♥
Lipauka pulled ahead further on the 6♠2♣A♠ flop, pairing his ace. The 7♦ turn and 9♠ river offered no help to Tirel and his tournament run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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163,000,000
97,000,000
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97,000,000 |
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Busted |
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel raised to 8,000,000 from early position. The table folded to John Ishak in the small blind, who chose to go all in for 55,000,000. Kabrhel took an inventory of his opponent before he called to put Ishak at risk.
John Ishak: A♠Q♠
Martin Kabrhel: K♥Q♦
Ishak held a dominating position over Kabrhel, and it stayed that way when the board ran out 8♣4♦J♠7♠9♣ to award Ishak the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,000,000
141,798,000
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141,798,000 |
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|
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118,000,000
74,500,000
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74,500,000 |
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel raised to 8,000,000 under the gun and Katie Lindsay shoved in the cutoff for a remaining stack around 24,000,000. Kabrhel snap-called:
Katie Lindsay: K♠Q♥
Martin Kabrhel: A♠A♥
Lindsay was in desperate shape to survive, and the board gave no help with 3♥10♦A♣2♠9♥ to eliminate her in 8th Place for $ $114,260.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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202,000
177,798,000
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177,798,000 |
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Busted | |
