2025 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
103
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Entries
9,735
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,096
Players Left
798
Players Left 1 / 9,735
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Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Worse Than Ever? Hellmuth WSOP Entrance Branded 'Cringe' and 'Awkward'

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

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.

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Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Chip Counts at Break

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ruben Correia pt
Ruben Correia
228,000
153,000
153,000
Profile photo of Simon Britton us
Simon Britton
201,800
131,800
131,800
Profile photo of Jeremy Wien us
Jeremy Wien
185,000
185,000
185,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Gorham us
James Gorham
184,700
2,200
2,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Tolley us
Brian Tolley
178,100
8,800
8,800
Profile photo of Nicholas Marchington gb
Nicholas Marchington
171,900
11,900
11,900
Profile photo of Alessandro Pagliuso it
Alessandro Pagliuso
162,000
10,800
10,800
Profile photo of Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
144,600
44,600
44,600
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Espen Sandvik no
Espen Sandvik
141,500
41,500
41,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Raoul Kanme nl
Raoul Kanme
140,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg
133,000
52,500
52,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Zappulla us
Paul Zappulla
132,600
27,600
27,600
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Ian Pelz us
Ian Pelz
132,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Qui Nguyen us
Qui Nguyen
131,800
76,200
76,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Zadok il
Daniel Zadok
130,800
57,800
57,800
Profile photo of Garrett Greer us
Garrett Greer
127,400
127,400
127,400
Profile photo of Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
123,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Jose Lesta ar
Jose Lesta
120,200
10,200
10,200
Profile photo of Kevin Williams gb
Kevin Williams
120,100
42,600
42,600
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
118,400
1,600
1,600
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
GGPoker
Profile photo of Juliet Hegedus us
Juliet Hegedus
116,500
500
500
Profile photo of Guifang Liu cn
Guifang Liu
116,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Marc Wolpert us
Marc Wolpert
107,900
2,100
2,100
Profile photo of Ryan Mandara gb
Ryan Mandara
105,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Colby Covington us
Colby Covington
104,500
52,800
52,800

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Dinner Time

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Julian Parmann
Julian Parmann

Level 3 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event is complete, and the remaining players are now taking a 75-minute dinner break.

So far, Day 1b has seen 1,060 entries, and of those, 929 players are still in the mix.

Here are some highlights from the most recent level:

Play is expected to resume at 8:07 p.m. local time, and the players will return to 300/500 blind levels with a 500 big blind ante.

Negreanu Folds Twice

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Dmitry Blyumin raised to 900 in early position. Ian Hamilton called in late position, Jessica Cai tossed in chips from the small blind, and Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind.

It checked to Hamilton on the 22A flop, who received three folds for his bet of 2,200.

On the next deal, Thomas Brewer limped in from late position. Alan Mehamed did so in the cutoff, Cai came along on the button, and Negreanu completed the small blind.

The 1046 flop was checked by all players. Negreanu then led out for 1,200, and Brewer called. They and all others involved in the hand folded when Mehamed raised to 4,500, however, just before the players were sent to dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
120,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
GGPoker
Profile photo of Dmitry Blyumin es
Dmitry Blyumin
70,000
Profile photo of Alan Mehamed fr
Alan Mehamed
61,000
Profile photo of Thomas Brewer us
Thomas Brewer
51,000
Profile photo of Jessica Cai us
Jessica Cai
37,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Ian Hamilton gb
Ian Hamilton
27,500
1,000
1,000

Tags: Alan MehamedDaniel NegreanuDmitry BlyuminIan HamiltonThomas BrewerJessica Cai

Fabrizio Jams on Speckman

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players were four ways on the 54A flop with a pot of around 6,000.

Ross Fabrizio checked the small blind, Martin Ward checked from under the gun and Brian Vu checked early position.

Ryan Speckman bet 10,000 and Ross Fabrizio jammed for his remaining 33,000 stack.

Speckman took some time before making a fold. Fabrizo said "Ace was no good." whilst scooping up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ross Fabrizio us
Ross Fabrizio
48,300
48,300
48,300
Profile photo of Ryan Speckman us
Ryan Speckman
46,300
9,700
9,700
Profile photo of Martin Ward au
Martin Ward
38,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Brian Vu us
Brian Vu
37,500
14,500
14,500

Tags: Brian VuMartin WardRoss FabrizioRyan Speckman

Katchalov Sends Tseng Into a Long Tank With Flop Raise

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

Chia Tseng was in the small blind and three-bet to 4,000. Eugene Katchalov came back with a four-bet to 11,000 in the hijack, and Tseng called.

The flop came J67 and Tseng led out for 13,000. Katchalov then raised to 26,000.

Tseng grabbed some of her chips and began shuffling them in her hands as she took several minutes before giving up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
110,000
44,600
44,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chia Tseng us
Chia Tseng
40,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Chia TsengEugene Katchalov

Lesta on Right Side of Cooler

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Jose lesta
Jose lesta

Action was picked up with Timothy Lilly standing up, and leaving the tournament area, having been all in preflop, and all out postflop. Play was recounted for PokerNews by the table as follows.

Lilly opened up the action with a raise to 1,200, leaving Jose Lesta to make a big raise to 6,100. Lilly then four-bet to 22,000, and Lesta shoved with a 55,000 stack, just covering Lilly's. Lilly made the call to put himself at risk.

Timothy Lilly: KK All in
Jose Lesta: AA

It was the worst case imaginable for Lilly, who couldn't hit a set on the 51032J runout, ending his Main Event dream on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jose Lesta ar
Jose Lesta
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Timothy Lilly us
Timothy Lilly
Busted

Tags: Jose LestaTimothy Lilly