Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day 7 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 7
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 7
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$90,535,500
Entries
9,735
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
57
Players Left
24
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From a field of 9,735 hopefuls chasing poker’s most prestigious title, only 57 players remain as Day 7 of the 2025 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship begins today at 12 p.m. local time inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. They’ve already locked up $165,000 apiece, but the real prize lies ahead: a spot at the final table, and a shot at the $10,000,000 top prize from the massive $90,535,500 prize pool.
Kenny Hallaert leads the way after a late-night surge on Day 6 saw him eliminate two players with aces, which sent his stack soaring to 36,950,000. Hallaert, who was born in Belgium but now resides in the UK, is no stranger to this stage as he finished sixth in 2016, and now finds himself in familiar territory with a chance to make poker’s biggest final table once again.
Eric Afriat sits just behind with 31,200,000 after a dream Day 6 that included cracking aces and a set of queens in a 20-million chip pot when his combo draw came in on the river. Despite multiple major titles, Afriat’s lone WSOP final table came back in 2018 when he finished fifth in The Closer. He didn’t hesitate when asked if he’d trade it all just to make the Main Event final table, “100 percent,” he said. “Maybe this is the second magic that’s going to happen.”
Rounding out the top three is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who bagged 19,925,000 thanks in part to a hero call with pocket sevens for a flush on a four-heart board late on Day 6. The seven-time bracelet winner famously finished fifth in the 2010 Main Event and says this run is déjà vu...except this time he said, “we’re gonna win it.”
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 36,950,000 | 246 |
| 2 | Eric Afriat | Canada | 31,200,000 | 208 |
| 3 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 19,925,000 | 133 |
| 4 | Daehyung Lee | South Korea | 18,675,000 | 125 |
| 5 | Chad Power | United States | 18,575,000 | 124 |
| 6 | Richard Freitas | Brazil | 18,500,000 | 123 |
| 7 | Joey Padron | United States | 16,675,000 | 111 |
| 8 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 16,125,000 | 108 |
| 9 | Braxton Dunaway | United States | 15,725,000 | 105 |
| 10 | Muhamet Perati | Italy | 14,950,000 | 100 |
Among the 57 players returning for Day 7 are several familiar faces and rising stars hoping to carve their names into Main Event history. Adam Hendrix (16,125,000) and Braxton Dunaway (15,725,000) both bagged healthy stacks as they look to parlay consistent series runs into career-defining results. Muhamet Perati (14,950,000), Derek Sudell (12,925,000), and Leo Margets (6,400,000) also made it through, with the Spanish player once again earning the label of last woman standing.
Tomas Szwarcberg, who finished 30th last year, is back for another Day 7 appearance with 11,500,000, while Joey Padron (16,675,000) and Daehyung Lee (18,675,000) sit comfortably in the top ten.
One of the most intriguing storylines belongs to Greg Merson, the 2012 Main Event champion and the only Main Event winner still in contention. Merson bagged 3,025,000 and will return as one of the shorter stacks, but with his deep-run experience and Main Event pedigree, he's not a player anyone will be overlooking.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | 10-11 | $750,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 | 12-13 | $560,250 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 | 14-17 | $450,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 | 18-26 | $360,000 |
| 5 | $2,400,000 | 27-35 | $300,000 |
| 6 | $1,900,000 | 36-44 | $240,000 |
| 7 | $1,500,000 | 45-53 | $200,000 |
| 8 | $1,250,000 | 54-57 | $165,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 |
The 57 remaining contenders have secured at least $165,000. The next pay jump comes at 53rd place, where payouts rise to $200,000. As the field shrinks, so do the gaps between life-changing sums: $300,000 awaits those who survive to the final 35, while a spot in the top 11 is worth at least $750,000. Though the bracelet won’t be awarded today, every decision on Day 7 inches players closer to the $10,000,000 top prize and a place in poker history.
With the blinds starting at 100,000/200,000 and a 200,000 big blind ante, the pressure will be on from the beginning. The average stack sits at just over 10,200,000, giving players just over 51 big blinds. Every pot matters. Every decision could be the difference between a historic run and a heartbreaking exit.
Action gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with cards-up coverage streaming on PokerGO on a one-hour delay starting at 1 p.m. Stick with PokerNews throughout the day for exclusive chip counts, hands, photos, and player interviews as the road to the final table continues.
Play is underway with 57 hopefuls returning for Day 7 of the Main Event. PokerNews coverage will be on a one-hour delay, in sync with the PokerGO stream.
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Nadav Barash opened to 400,000 from the button before Tony Gregg three-bet to 1,000,000 from the small blind. Barash came back over the top for 12,775,000, and Gregg folded.
On another table, Muhamet Perati opened to 400,000 from the hijack, but folded when John Wasnock made it 1,500,000 from the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,550,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
14,175,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
9,250,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
7,200,000
1,675,000
|
1,675,000 |
|
||
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Kenny Hallaert raised to 450,000 in the cutoff, and Stefan Nemetz defended the big blind. The flop came Q♠8♣6♠ and Nemetz checked, as did Hallaert, to see the J♠ on the turn for free. Nemetz checked again, and Hallaert checked back to the 5♥ on the river.
Nemetz checked the third street in a row, and Hallaert checked as well for the Austrian to show A♣5♠ for a pair of fives. Hallaert had that piped with the A♦6♥ to win the first pot of their streamed table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,700,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
||
|
6,750,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Sergio Veloso raised to 400,000 in early position before Mitchell Hynam three-bet to 1,200,000 in the hijack. Veloso then moved all in for 11,700,000, and Hynam called.
Sergio Veloso: A♦K♣ 
Mitchell Hynam: Q♠Q♦
Nearly 25,000,000 was at stake in the classic flip as the 10♥10♦3♥ flop kept Hynam in the lead with his queens, but the turn brought the K♥ to give Veloso two pair. The river was the J♥, and Veloso earned the massive double up, knocking Hynam down to a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,900,000
12,200,000
|
12,200,000 |
|
2,900,000
10,750,000
|
10,750,000 |
|
||
Level 30
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Daniel Iachan opened to 400,000 and was called by Stefan Nemetz as well as Michael Garner out of the blinds. Following the A♦10♥5♥ flop, the trio checked through to the K♦ turn. Nemetz bet 950,000, and that won the pot uncontested.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,400,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
7,750,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
6,425,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
