Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice
Day 1 Started
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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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 sees the start of Event #8: $1,500 Dealer's Choice here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. Players are allowed one reentry. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 levels. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Saturday, where levels increase to 60 minutes.
In 2024, poker legend John Hennigan won his seventh WSOP bracelet and $138,296 after defeating RobertWells heads up.
In doing so, Hennigan became the first player in 14 years to cross the six-bracelet milestone.
"It's interesting to know, I guess, just like any other number," Hennigan commented, when asked about the accolade. "Very happy to win the tournament. I mean to me, the best thing about winning the tournament is not losing it.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 530 | John Hennigan | United States | $138,296 |
| 2023 | 456 | Chad Eveslage | United States | $131,879 |
| 2022 | 430 | Brad Ruben | United States | $126,288 |
| 2021 | 307 | Jaswinder Lally | Canada | $97,915 |
| 2019 | 470 | Scott Clements | United States | $144,957 |
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Level: 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Action is underway with 171 players currently registered.
Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
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Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Pot-Limit Omaha
Ali Eslami and Dylan Lambe went to the turn on a board of 5♠2♦J♣J♠ where Eslami bet 1,100 from the button. Lambe called in the big blind.
The river was the 4♥ and Eslami announced pot to 4,600. Lambe only took a few seconds before mucking as Eslami took down the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
2-7 Triple Draw
Action was capped pre-draw in a hand between Michael Wagner from the small blind, Jay Kerbel from the big blind, and Antoine Chuzeville from the button,
Wagner patted, Kerbel took one, and Chuzeville took two. Wagner bet and both called.
Wagner remained pat and neither opponent improved. Wagner bet and only Kerbel called.
On the final draw Kerbel drew one for a third time and bricked as the action checked through. Wagner tabled 9x6x5x4x3x to drag the first pot of the day at his table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
5-Card Draw
Heads-up after the draw, Adam Greenlee bet 2,300 from the big blind and Adam Miller raised to 10,000 in the small blind. Greenlee then came back with an all-in shove for 20,500.
Miller had around 8,000 remaining and took several minutes before eventually sliding his cards back to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
Stud Games: 100 Button, 100 Bring-In, 300 Completion 300-600 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds
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