Heads-Up Match Resumes in $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship
Three days of action were not enough at the 2025 World Series of Poker, as two contenders still remain in a duel for the title in Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship.
Accomplished players Eric Wasserson and Mike Gorodinsky will return to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. local time, where their heads-up match will continue on an added Day 4.
Gorodinsky held a sizeable chip lead at the start of two-handed play on Friday night, but Wasserson tilted the counts in his favor before they reached the end of Level 25. That left Gorodinsky with just 1,585,000 chips, looking to turn things back around at the start of play.
Wasserson bagged up a big lead, holding 10,115,000 of the 11,700,000 chips in play in a bid for his second career WSOP bracelet. Both of these players claimed a title at the 2024 WSOP Paradise, and were at the same final table in December. Wasserson came out on top in the $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship, earning his first title while Gorodinsky settled for third.
Day 4 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 10,115,000 |
| 2 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 1,585,000 |
Gorodinsky bounced back with a Paradise win of his own in the $10,000 Paradise Pot-Limit Omaha, where Wasserson finished in 20th place. That marked his fourth WSOP bracelet, keeping up hope for a fifth by bagging late in the night.
Heads-up play lasted an entire 90-minute level before the tournament was paused, with Wasserson bringing a big advantage into the extra day at the Horseshoe Event Center.
Play will resume at 1 p.m. on Level 26, with big bet blinds of 30,000/60,000 and limits of 120,000/240,000. That leaves 49 big bets in play, with Gorodinsky holding just seven of them. The pair will continue with the second hand of No-Limit Hold'em, and games will rotate after every four hands.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $422,421 | ||
| 2 | $277,960 | ||
| 3 | Jon Turner | United States | $187,724 |
| 4 | Brian Tate | United States | $130,211 |
| 5 | Kahle Burns | Australia | $92,829 |
| 6 | Bradley Jansen | United States | $68,071 |
| 7 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | $51,385 |
Both players have earned at least $277,960 thus far, with the top prize of $422,421 still up for grabs. Levels will continue to be 90 minutes, with a 10-minute break each time the clock hits zero.
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