Niklas Warlich had opened from middle position before Chris Moorman three-bet from the cutoff, and Warlich called.
On the K♦10♦9♠ flop, Warlich checked to Moorman who continued for 3,500 and Warlich put in the call.
The flush-completing 4♦ turn checked through to the 5♥ river which saw Warlich led with a bet of 13,500 and Moorman called instantly.
Niklas Warlich: A♥Q♥
Chris Moorman: K♥Q♦
Warlich was bluffing with his missed gutter and was left with just ace-high, as Moorman made the right call on the end to collect a substantial pot early.
Christopher Kojack came in with a min-raise from early position and was three-bet to 4,100 by Christian Cheng from the next seat. Kojack decided to call when it folded back to him.
Kojack checked the 3♠8♣K♥ flop, allowing Cheng to put out a bet of 2,000. Kojack didn't take long to check-raise to 6,000, which was enough to force Cheng to fold.
With the board showing A♠Q♣4♠9♠4♥, Paul Sokoloff checked and then called a bet of 7,000 by Joe Kuether. The latter turned over A♥6♠ and that won the pot.
In a battle of the blinds to the A♣8♣6♥4♦Q♥ river with around 35,500 in the middle, Stevie Trizis checked and then called a bet by Igor D'Ursel for 25,000. Trizis exposed his A♦ already and then mucked his 7♣ in disgust when D'Ursel revealed the A♥9♠ for the slightly better kicker.
In a single-raised pot to the 10♣10♦2♣ flop, Robin Kleinbeck checked from the big blind to Florian Pique under the gun. Sushant placed a continuation-bet of 2,000, which Seck raised to 5,200.
Pique tossed in a call, after which the J♣ turn slowly but surely checked through. Kleinbeck thought some more on the Q♠ river, eventually betting 7,200.
Pique mulled it over for quite a while, but ended up mucking his cards and forfeiting the early pot.
With the button starting in seat 7, the dealers have now been instructed to shuffle up and deal. The rooms are packed with over 4,200 players taking their seats to get things started on Day 2d, including well over 300 late entries that have already been recorded.
Day 2d of Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship of the 2025 World Series of Poker marks the final opportunity for any aspiring World Champions to hop into poker's premier event. Day 2d will kick off at noon, and the late registration at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will close just before the start of the third two-hour level of the day, around 4:40 p.m. local time.
So far, 9,148 players have bought into the Main Event, making it the third-largest in WSOP history. Over 800 new players are needed on Day 2d to cross the magic 10,000-player mark, which would mean an all-time high turnout of late registrants. In any case, defending Champion Jonathan Tamayo will not be among them, as he is one of the 3,776 players who qualified for Day 2d via Day 1d.
Tamayo increased his starting stack of 60,000 to 103,700 on Day 1d, good for 130 big blinds and only slightly below the average stack. Meanwhile, the chiplead ended up in the hands of Riva Arthur, who gathered a massive 401,200 chips, making her the only player to accumulate over 500 big blinds on a starting day.
Day 2d Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Riva Arthur
United States
401,200
502
2
Hung-Wei Shiue
Taiwan
317,000
396
3
Andrew King
Ireland
302,400
378
4
Nan Li
United States
299,500
374
5
Romain Locquet
France
296,000
370
6
Vytautas Semaska
Lithuania
290,600
363
7
San Kim
United States
283,000
354
8
Bijan Motamedi
United States
281,000
351
9
Jessie Bryant
United States
275,000
344
10
Bogdan Chornyy
Ukraine
271,500
339
Riva Arthur
Tamayo bagged the biggest of all WSOP Main Event champions on Day 1d, being joined by Huck Seed (77,100), Joe McKeehen (64,600), Stoyan Madanzhiev (29,700), and Ryan Riess (12,900) on Day 2d.
The Poker Hall of Fame will be well represented today, as, aside from Seed, John Juanda (140,000), Barry Greenstein (125,400), David Oppenheim (83,400), Todd Brunson (41,500), Brian Rast (30,000), and Erik Seidel (17,000) all have a bag with chips awaiting them.
John Juanda
When the "Shuffle Up and Deal" sounds at noon local time, the Main Event will restart in Level 6: 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante. Another five of the iconic two-hour levels will be played today, with a 20-minute break after every level, and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 8. When the fifth level, Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000), has concluded, the remaining players will bag up for Day 3, which starts Tuesday, July 8, and will see the field combine for the first time.
How big will the 2025 WSOP Main Event get? PokerNews will be on the floor the entire day to provide continuous live updates from the World Series of Poker Main Event, so stay tuned to find out.
