Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-01-2025 10:32 UTC-8

A Flurry of Early Eliminations

Stewart Morrison

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Snyder	Busted
Jean-Baptiste Pano	Busted
Daniel Hamilton	Busted
Andrew Bimonte	Busted
Steven Heron	Busted
Basile Claude	Busted
Carlos Gomez	Busted
Ryosuke Ikari	Busted
Tommy Nguyen	Busted

Sean Picquelle	Busted
Thomas Perrin	Busted
Ugo Arbieu	Busted
Nathan Pottish	Busted
Sumer Hecht	Busted
Arnaldo Gordon	Busted
Vanik Azizian	Busted
Lucas Taylor	Busted
Brenton Gill	Busted
Spencer Champlin	Busted
James Olichwier	Busted
Matthieu Anton	Busted
Joel Hernandez	Busted
Alexander Bylicki	Busted
Merijn Van	Busted
Jarod Einsohn	Busted

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Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

07-01-2025 10:28 UTC-8

Early Pressure from Roux

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Cristian Dan raised from middle position to 85,000, and only Stephane Roux called from the small blind.

Roux executed a check-raise on the 4♠J♠5♣ flop, making it 250,000 after Dan had continued for 80,000. Dan called before both players checked the K♥ turn.

The river brought the K♣, and after a moment's thought, Roux moved all in for roughly 490,000. There was no resistance from Dan, who returned his cards to the dealer, awarding the pot to Roux.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephane Roux	1,260,000 1,145,000	1,145,000
Cristian Dan	475,000 255,000	255,000

Tags: Cristian Dan Stephane Roux

07-01-2025 10:27 UTC-8

Evenchik's Kings Spell the End

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Joseph Berg

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Neil Reavely raised to 160,000 from middle position. Michael Evenchik then went all in and was at risk for roughly 450,000. Reavely made the call and was behind.

Michael Evenchik: K♣K♦ All in
Neil Reavely: 7♥7♣

The board ran out 9♦6♦Q♣8♥5♣, giving Reavely a straight and eliminating Evenchik.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neil Reavely	1,900,000 745,000	745,000
Michael Evenchik	Busted

Tags: Michael Evenchik Neil Reavely

07-01-2025 10:19 UTC-8

Wike Finds a Ten and a Double

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Joseph Berg

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Wooyang Lin raised to 90,000 from under the gun, John Wike then moved all in for 265,000 and was at risk from middle position. The rest of the table folded, and Lin made the call, pleased to see he was ahead.

John Wike: Q♣10♠ All in
Wooyang Lin: Q♦J♥

The 10♥7♠3♣ flop flipped the script, the turn Q♥ and river 2♣ did not change things, and Wike found a timely double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wooyang Lin	925,000 265,000	265,000
John Wike	630,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: John Wike Wooyang Lin

07-01-2025 10:14 UTC-8

Prizepool and Payouts

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Stewart Morrison

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The huge turnout of 10,794 players created a prizepool of $7,937,277.

Each remaining player is guaranteed a prize of $2,410, with the winner taking home a mammoth $843,140 alongside a 2025 WSOP gold bracelet.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$843,140
2	$566,170
3	$426,550
4	$323,460
5	$246,900
6	$189,710
7	$146,740
8	$114,260
9	$89,577
10-11	$70,690
12-13	$56,180
14-17	$44,950
18-26	$36,220
27-35	$29,380
36-44	$24,010
45-53	$19,750
54-62	$16,370
63-71	$13,660
72-80	$11,490
81-89	$9,730
90-98	$8,300
99-161	$7,130
162-224	$6,170
225-287	$5,390
288-350	$4,730
351-413	$4,190
414-476	$3,740
477-539	$3,360
540-602	$3,050
603-665	$2,790
666-764	$2,560
765-859	$2,410

07-01-2025 10:07 UTC-8

Sims Doubles Through Bond on Hand One

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Joseph Berg

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Geoffrey Sims went all in and was at risk from under the gun for 240,000. Action folded to Jeffery Bond in the big blind, who made the call.

Geoffrey Sims: 10♥10♦ All in
Jeffery Bond: A♠9♠

The dealer ran out a board of K♦J♠7♠J♦Q♦, securing a double-up for Sims the very first hand off the deck on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Geoffrey Sims	580,000 340,000	340,000
Jeffery Bond	100,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Geoffrey Sims Jeffery Bond

07-01-2025 10:00 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Joseph Berg

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event.

Level: 23

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

07-01-2025 09:01 UTC-8

Martin Kabrhel Among Chip Leaders; $1,000 Mini Main Event Returns for Day 2

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Stewart Morrison

Welcome back to the PokerNews coverage of Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).   

Hosted at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, the combined entries across Day 1a and Day 1b saw a staggering 10,794 players, besting last year's numbers by more than 4,500 contenders. The huge turnout has created a total prize pool of $7,937,277, with the winner taking home $843,140.

After 22 levels of play across their respective flights, 859 players survived to bag their chips and return to play Day 2 today, Tuesday, July 1, at 11 a.m. local time.

Each of the returning players has guaranteed themselves a minimum prize of $2,410, but all will be daring to dream of greener pastures. Just five of today’s returning field will progress to Day 3, with a chance to battle it out for the lion’s share of the prize pool and a much-desired WSOP gold bracelet.

Leading the way into Day 2 is Bernard Kobis. Having bagged a stack of 7,770,000, Kobis will be returning with a stack worth 194 big blinds and will hope to continue his momentum throughout the day. Completing the podium places are Chakib Mhiri (7,480,000) and Jens Ullrich (7,355,000)

Top Ten Chip Stacks

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bernard Kobis	France	7,770,000	194
2	Chakib Mhiri	Tunisia	7,480,000	187
3	Jens Ullrich	Germany	7,355,000	184
4	Harry Lodge	United Kingdom	4,955,000	124
5	Freedom Burrows	Bermuda	3,610,000	90
6	Jonathan Fhima	France	2,815,000	70
7	Daune Fernandez	Canada	2,670,000	67
8	William Blais	Canada	2,670,000	67
9	Brandon Morisson	United States	2,500,000	63
10	Liran Betito	Israel	2,480,000	62

Notable names still in contention heading into Day 2 include Ethan Yau (2,350,000), Martin Kabrhel (2,275,000), Robbie Bull (2,155,000), Jeremy Wien (825,000), Tim Chung (785,000) and Shawn Buchanan (280,000).

Action will resume on Tuesday, July 1, at 11 a.m. local time and is scheduled to play until only five players remain.

Play will recommence at Level 23 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a big blind ante of 40,000. Players will take a 15-minute break after every four levels, and an extended 60-minute dinner break will be taken at the end of Level 34, roughly 5:30 p.m. local time.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews to get all the latest updates here at the 2025 World Series of Poker.

Tags: Bernard Kobis Brandon Morisson Chakib Mhiri Daune Fernandez Ethan Yau Freedom Burrows Harry Lodge Jens Ullrich Jeremy Wien Jonathan Fhima Liran Betito Martin Kabrhel Robbie Bull Shawn Buchanan Tim Chung William Blais