Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1d | 2025 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship

Day 1d Started

07-05-2025 09:58 UTC-8

The Stage is Set: Day 1d of $10,000 WSOP Main Event Kicks Off at Noon

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Stewart Morrison

Welcome back to the PokerNews coverage of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Today, the masses will gather as the Day 1d flight of Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship begins at noon local time. Hosted at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, Day 1d historically draws the largest crowd of all Day 1 flights, and all signs point to this trend continuing.

The flagship event of the WSOP has already seen 3,697 poker heroes, high rollers, and hopefuls come through the doors to try and write their own story into the poker history books. Of those, 2,681 battled their way through their respective starting flights and will continue their quest for poker immortality on Day 2abc on Sunday, July 6, at noon local time.

When those who enter today look to the top of the leaderboard for inspiration, it will be Andriy Lyubovetskiy’s name they see in the lights. Bagging up a mammoth 392,400 stack on Day 1c, the two-time bracelet winner will begin Day 2abc with 491 big blinds.

Completing the current podium of Day 1 big stacks are Bin Weng (354,800) and Victor Vo (352,000). Weng, like the chip leader, accumulated his chips on Day 1c, whereas Vo topped the Day 1a leaderboard.

Overall Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Ukraine	392,400	491
2	Bin Weng	United States	354,800	444
3	Victor Vo	United States	352,000	440
4	Justin Yaker	United States	348,000	435
5	Miguel Coussement	Belgium	320,200	400
6	Eric Bunch	United States	313,000	391
7	Marc Spitaleri	United States	309,500	387
8	Michael Mizrachi	United States	297,000	371
9	Jeremy Dan	United States	282,000	353
10	Dakota Baggett	United States	270,400	338

Day 1b chip leader was none other than seven-time bracelet winner, and 2010 Main Event "November Niner," Michael Mizrachi. Returning with a stack of 297,000, Mizrachi is looking to create history and become the first player to win the Poker Players Championship and the Main Event in the same year.

Other notable names in the field include Calvin Anderson (230,200), Max Steinberg (180,000), Mike Matusow (158,200), Vanessa Selbst (155,200), Daniel Negreanu (122,500) and Stephen Chidwick (51,600).

From the opening three flights, there were also five main event champions who punched their tickets to Day 2. Scott Blumstein (99,200), Qui Nguyen (94,500), Phil Hellmuth (85,000), Greg Merson (47,300) and Robert Varkonyi (27,400) will take their seats in the Day 2abc flight.

Each player will begin the day with 60,000 chips and play through five 120-minute levels before the surviving players bag up their stacks for the night. Breaks are scheduled after every level, including a 75-minute dinner break following Level 3 at around 6:40 p.m. Players who make it through Day 1d will return on Monday, July 7, for Day 2d alongside any new entrants who have yet to enter any previous flight.

Day 1d Schedule

Level	Start	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	12:00 p.m.	120 minutes	100	200	200
	2:00 p.m.	20-minute break
2	2:20 p.m.	120 minutes	200	300	300
	4:20 p.m.	20-minute break
3	4:40 p.m.	120 minutes	200	400	400
	6:40 p.m.	75-minute break
4	7:55 p.m.	120 minutes	300	500	500
	9:55 p.m.	20-minute break
5	10:15 p.m.	120 minutes	300	600	600

Registration will remain open through the first two levels of Day 2, with no reentries allowed in this freezeout event. The tournament runs over two weeks and will conclude with the final day of play on Wednesday, July 16.

Selected feature tables will be streamed throughout the day and are available to watch on PokerGO and YouTube.

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

Tags: Andriy Lyubovetskiy Bin Weng Calvin Anderson Dakota Baggett Daniel Negreanu Eric Bunch Greg Merson Jeremy Dan Justin Yaker Marc Spitaleri Max Steinberg Michael Mizrachi Miguel Coussement Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth Qui Nguyen Robert Varkonyi Scott Blumstein Stephen Chidwick Vanessa Selbst Victor Vo

07-05-2025 11:03 UTC-8

Early Faces In Horseshoe Blue

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Liam Gannon

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	60,000 60,000	60,000

Manig Loeser	60,000 60,000	60,000

Johan Guilbert	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ari Engel	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ronnie Day	60,000 60,000	60,000

Chris Moorman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Moreno	60,000 60,000	60,000
Arthur Peacock	60,000 60,000	60,000
Marty Mathis	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jonas Mackoff	60,000 60,000	60,000
Darren Elias	60,000 60,000	60,000

Eric Afriat	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jordan Schneible	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joseph Couden	60,000 60,000	60,000

Fabrice Bigot	60,000 60,000	60,000
Dave Stann	60,000 60,000	60,000
John Andress	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cedrric Trevino	60,000 60,000	60,000

Talal Shakerchi	60,000 60,000	60,000
Mario Lopez (CA)	60,000 60,000	60,000
Scott Lake	60,000 60,000	60,000
Frederic Normand	60,000 60,000	60,000
Maxwell Young	60,000 60,000	60,000
Arkadiy Tsinis	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yunkyu Song	60,000 60,000	60,000

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07-05-2025 11:03 UTC-8

Notables in Horseshoe Red

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Brett Slezak

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Baime	60,000 60,000	60,000
Eric Blair	60,000 60,000	60,000
Harvey Jackson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matthew Frankland	60,000 60,000	60,000
Mehdi Chaoui	60,000 60,000	60,000
Bob Mather	60,000 60,000	60,000
Kyle Miholich	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mir Gaskari	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jeremy Ausmus	60,000 60,000	60,000

Asher Conniff	60,000 60,000	60,000

Huck Seed	60,000 60,000	60,000

Matthew Stout	60,000 60,000	60,000
Dietrich Fast	60,000 60,000	60,000

James Chen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Blair Hinkle	60,000 60,000	60,000

Chad Deberry	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jamie Dwan	60,000 60,000	60,000
Rainer Kempe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Brian Hastings	60,000 60,000	60,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

07-05-2025 11:06 UTC-8

Shuffle Up & Deal

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Brett Slezak

Level 1 : 100/200, 200 ante

Jack Effel has given the directive for the dealers to shuffle up and deal, joined by football legend Sergio Aguero! Play is underway in Day 1d of the 2025 WSOP Main Event with 3,335 players registered to begin!

07-05-2025 11:08 UTC-8

Early Yellow Birds

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Goasdoue	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tony Dunst	60,000 60,000	60,000

Alejandro Lococo	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dermot Blain	60,000 60,000	60,000
Juha Helppi	60,000 60,000	60,000

Pavels Spirins	60,000 60,000	60,000
Aaron Massey	60,000 60,000	60,000
Anson Tsang	60,000 60,000	60,000

Massoud Eskandari	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dominik Panka	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ilya Nikiforov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Scott Bohlman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mustapha Kanit	60,000

Claudio Elizalde	60,000 60,000	60,000
Adam Levy	60,000 60,000	60,000

Michel Karim	60,000 60,000	60,000
Fabian Gumz	60,000 60,000	60,000
Terrance Reid	60,000 60,000	60,000
Davin Anderson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Alisson Piekazewicz	60,000 60,000	60,000
Chris Viox	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dean Hutchison	60,000 60,000	60,000
Leonard August	60,000 60,000	60,000
Christopher Staats	60,000 60,000	60,000

[Removed:554]	60,000 60,000	60,000

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07-05-2025 11:09 UTC-8

Early Entries in Horseshoe White

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Stewart Morrison

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dean Lyall	60,000
Bixi Yao	60,000
Dimitar Danchev	60,000

Erik Seidel	60,000

Ben Miller	60,000
Elijah Berg	60,000
Jack Oliver	60,000
Brandon Harris	60,000
Ludovic Geilich	60,000

Leo Worthington-Leese	60,000
Wai Kit Lo	60,000
Matt Glantz	60,000

07-05-2025 11:10 UTC-8

Some Early Arrivals in Paris Black & Green

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Barak Wisbrod	60,000 60,000	60,000

Grant Gardner	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jesse Sylvia	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tom Verbruggen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Wang	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jeff Sluzinski	60,000 60,000	60,000

Marc Foggin	60,000 60,000	60,000
Dara O'Kearney	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ryan Laplante	60,000 60,000	60,000

Natalie Teh	60,000 60,000	60,000
Josh Arieh	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mario Colavita	60,000 60,000	60,000
Marcello Del Grosso	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cassandra Yong	60,000 60,000	60,000

07-05-2025 11:13 UTC-8

Early Notables in Paris Black

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Stavila	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jorden Fox	60,000 60,000	60,000

Frederik Brink	60,000 60,000	60,000
Senthuran Vijayaratnam	60,000 60,000	60,000
Giuseppe Zarbo	60,000 60,000	60,000

Toby Lewis	60,000 60,000	60,000

Logan Hoover	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paulina Loeliger	60,000 60,000	60,000
Christopher Nguyen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Thomas Hall	60,000 60,000	60,000
John Juanda	60,000 60,000	60,000

Curt Kohlberg	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lily Kiletto	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cesar Garcia	60,000 60,000	60,000

Lucia Navarro	60,000 60,000	60,000

Davidi Kitai	60,000 60,000	60,000

Brett Shaffer	60,000 60,000	60,000

Galen Hall	60,000 60,000	60,000

Frankie Cucchiara	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jose Paz-Gutierrez	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joseph Cheong	60,000 60,000	60,000

Rania Nasreddine	60,000 60,000	60,000
Matthew Moss	60,000 60,000	60,000
Christian Harder	60,000 60,000	60,000

Loni Hui	60,000 60,000	60,000

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