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Event #80: $800 Summer Celebration
Day 1b Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #80: $800 Summer Celebration
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$3,698,201
Total Entries
7,078
Level
45
Blinds
3,000,000 / 6,000,000
Ante
6,000,000
Entries
4,024
Players Left
193
Players Left 1 / 7,078
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Day 1b of Event #80: Summer Celebration, held at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, saw another 4,024 players buy in, taking the total attendance to 7,078. Of those Day 1b starters, only 193 progressed to Day 2. Canada's Darrin Oremba (2,475,000) claimed the overnight chip lead, followed by Zizhu Zhao (2,285,000) and Shawn Pilot (2,190,000).
Nine of the surviving players have previously tasted success at the WSOP, including Keven Stammen (1,490,000), who bagged up enough chips to place him 19th on day 1b. Stammen won his bracelet in 2009 in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. He has just shy of $7 million in recorded live tournament earnings. Stammen has just the two cashes this summer, but looks like a contender to go all the way in this event.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darrin Oremba | Canada | 2,475,000 | 62 |
| 2 | Zizhu Zhao | Canada | 2,285,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Shawn Pilot | Canada | 2,190,000 | 55 |
| 4 | Ionannis Panagopoulos | Greece | 2,040,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Marat Shafigullin | Russia | 1,965,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Julien Montois | France | 1,950,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Yann Boussaton | France | 1,845,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Mikolaj Zawadzki | Poland | 1,845,000 | 46 |
| 9 | David Vu | United States | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 10 | Aftab Patni | United States | 1,780,000 | 45 |
Kenneth O'Donnell (1,415,000), Rob Wazwaz (1,360,000), Joseph Roh (1,355,000), and four-time bracelet winner Asi Moshe (1,010,000) punched their Day 2 tickets from this flight. Chris Hunichen (730,000) is the $25K Fantasy Draft's sole survivor, while Jimmy Setna (430,000), Jack Duong (400,000), and Lara Eisenberg (355,000) are hunting their second bracelets.
Day 2 begins at 11 a.m. local time on July 4, with 361 players returning to their seats. The plan is to play until a champion is crowned, so keep your browsers locked and loaded to PokerNews to discover who that champion is.
These are the Day 1b chip counts according to the WSOP+ App.
The first week of the 2025 World Series of Poker came out swinging with big bluffs, brutal beats, and more than a few moments that had the entire poker world talking.
Whether it was Nick Schulman dropping the coldest line of the summer, Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek shoving blind into four premium hands, or Christopher Zollo turning a meme-worthy alias into a legit bracelet run, the first seven days of poker's biggest festival did not disappoint.
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“I probably played better than the last three I won. Everything went my way this tournament. I was always at the top of the leaderboard, never really got short, and probably played my best overall.”
That's what Michael Mizrachi had to say after he cruised to victory in Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Already sharing the record for most $50,000 Poker Players Championship victories with Brian Rast, Mizrachi now stands alone after capturing his historic fourth title on Saturday at the 2025 World Series of Poker. "The Grinder" conquered the 107-entry field, earning $1,331,322 from the $5,162,750 prize pool and further cementing his legacy as the event's most dominant force.
Phil Hellmuth said months ago he would boycott the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Many poker fans on social media, upon seeing video of his grand entrance on Thursday, are probably wishing he'd stuck to his original plan.
The "Poker Brat" traditionally arrives fashionably late for the $10,000 buy-in World Championship event he won in 1989. He showed up about five hours after play began on Day 1b, dressed like a 1980s hair band rockstar, full glam metal hairstyle and all.
There’s no denying that Shaun Deeb is a future Poker Hall of Famer. Whether you know him from his online poker days, where he won more than a dozen COOP titles on PokerStars, or as the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year, Deeb has amassed nearly $13 million in live tournament earnings dating back to 2006 according to The Hendon Mob.
Deeb, who in February 2024 accepted a buyout in his $1 million body fat loss prop bet against Bill Perkins, is also a six-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, but did you know that just like Phil Hellmuth, he’s made a habit of gifting them to those close to him?
PokerNews recently chatted with Deeb about why he gives away his bracelets, which ones he’d keep if he were to win them, and why giving away No. 6 to honor his good friend, the late Thayer Rasmussen, meant so much to him.
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Table 163Seat 6
