Level: 4
Limit Flop/Draw: 300-500, 500-1,000 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 500 Completion 500-1,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$792,518
Entries
597
Level
33
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Entries
597
Players Left
124
Players Left 1 / 597
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Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day.
The field has grown to 336 entries so far, with 320 players remaining.
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Gene Boyer opened under the gun before Stuart Rutter potted to 2,800 from the big blind and Boyer called.
Both took one and Rutter potted for 6,800 and Boyer called.
Both took one and checked the second draw.
Rutter was now pat and Boyer took one. The action checked through. Rutter was frustrated as he tabled 7x6x5x4x2x but was unable to get his opponent to put more in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Phil Hellmuth predicted "fake news" Doug Polk would call him out for going back on his original world to skip the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It turns ou, he was right.
Polk released a YouTube video on Friday in which he bashed the Poker Hall of Famer for deleting a fan poll. Hellmuth said in February that he wouldn't play this year's Main Event, a tournament he won in 1989, due to the grueling structure not being conducive to older poker players.
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
40,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
26,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
||
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
21,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
20,000 | |
|
|
18,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
15,000 | |
|
||
|
15,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
15,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
12,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
10,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Big O
Adam Friedman bet 2,500 from the button on a flop of 9♥K♥5♠ and Geoffrey Tomes called in the small blind, as did Nadim Medlege in the cutoff.
The turn was the 2♣ and Friedman potted to 10,500. Tomes folded, but Medlege called to see the 3♥ river. Medlege then moved all in and Friedman, with around 6,000 remaining, snap-folded.
Medlege showed A♥6♠3♦2♥2♦ as he took the pot. "Would you call on the turn?" Medlege asked.
"Of course, I had a set," Friedman replied.
"No, would you have called with my hand?" Medlege added.
"I would've check-raised all in," Friedman answered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
6,000 | |
|
|
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Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Around 20,000 was already in the middle as Elie Nakache and Bariscan Betil went to the second draw. Nakache drew one and Betil stood pat before moving all in for 20,000 from the hijack. Nakache called in the small blind.
Nakache stood pat and Betil took several minutes to decide on his next move. He eventually took one and Nakache showed 8x7x6x5x3x.
"I broke a nine-eight," Betil said, turning over 7x6x2x. He drew the 3x on his first card, but his second was the 9x and he was sent to the rail.
"I don't know if I win if I keep the eight," he added on his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
A-5 Triple Draw
Nick Pupillo was in the small blind and drew one, while Mark Gregorich took two in the cutoff. Pupillo then bet and Gregorich called.
Pupillo stood pat and put out a bet as Gregorich took one. He called and took one again, while Pupillo stood pat.
Both players slowed down and checked, and Pupillo turned over 7x6x5x4xAx to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
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|
22,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
Level 3
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-400, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring-In, 400 Completion 400-800 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
The Dealer's Choice events provide an opportunity to play games offered in few tournaments around the world. One of these is Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, which is only available in dealer's choice and big bet mix.
George Wang opened to 500 under the gun and Yarron Bendor potted to 1,800 next to act. Michael Block cold-called in the cutoff and Wang called.
Wang took two and the others took one. Wang checked to Bendor who attempted to go all-in but was told he can only bet a maximum of 6,100. Block called and Wang folded.
On the second draw, Bendor stood pat and Block took one. Bendor jammed for 7,900 and Block let it go as bendor padded his stack wilthout showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
21,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
