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2025 World Series of Poker
Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,992,086
Total Entries
7,057
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
4,339
Players Left
382
Players Left 1 / 7,057
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For two decades, Tom Goldstein was at the top of the legal world. He argued more cases before the United States Supreme Court than almost any private attorney and founded SCOTUSblog, a legal blog that quickly became the go-to source for Supreme Court analysis. He lectured at Stanford University and Harvard University and regularly appeared on national news programs.
But Goldstein had another life. When he wasn’t arguing before Supreme Court justices, Goldstein was flying to Hollywood or Hong Kong and winning or losing millions in ultra-high-stakes poker matches. He played heads-up against California businessmen and foreign gamblers, at one point allegedly winning over $50 million in just a few sessions.
Goldstein’s luck turned in January 2025 when the US Department of Justice a federal grand jury initiated a 22-count indictment accusing the attorney of failing to report millions in poker winnings and diverting law firm funds to pay his personal poker debts.
In a new PokerNews video essay, we take a look at the life of Tom Goldstein and the high-stakes poker game that led to his federal indictment.
The 2025 World Series of Poker is underway, and poker’s biggest and most prestigious festival is back in its now-familiar home on the Las Vegas Strip.
For the fourth consecutive summer, the great and good of the poker world will descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, a venue that, despite being a relatively recent change, already feels like home for the game’s biggest names and dream-chasers.
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According to the WSOP+ App, these are the chip counts at the end of Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,785,000
2,785,000
|
2,785,000 |
|
||
|
2,340,000
2,340,000
|
2,340,000 |
|
2,010,000
2,010,000
|
2,010,000 |
|
1,985,000
1,985,000
|
1,985,000 |
|
||
|
1,925,000
1,699,600
|
1,699,600 |
|
1,800,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
1,750,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
1,650,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
1,590,000
1,590,000
|
1,590,000 |
|
1,570,000
1,570,000
|
1,570,000 |
|
1,565,000
1,565,000
|
1,565,000 |
|
1,560,000
1,560,000
|
1,560,000 |
|
1,555,000
1,555,000
|
1,555,000 |
|
1,550,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
1,550,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
|
1,535,000
1,535,000
|
1,535,000 |
|
1,535,000
1,535,000
|
1,535,000 |
|
1,530,000
1,530,000
|
1,530,000 |
|
1,505,000
1,505,000
|
1,505,000 |
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,470,000
1,470,000
|
1,470,000 |
|
1,425,000
1,425,000
|
1,425,000 |
|
1,385,000
1,385,000
|
1,385,000 |
|
1,375,000
1,375,000
|
1,375,000 |
|
|
1,365,000
1,365,000
|
1,365,000 |
Day 1b of Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack saw 4,339 players pile into the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, each hoping to survive 22 levels. Only 382 of those starters managed to achieve that feat, including the United Kingdom's Tom Hall (1,985,000).
Hall became a bracelet winner in 2023, taking down the $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack for $176,920. Hall won his bracelet a couple of weeks after finishing third in the $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max, another online event. The popular Brit bagged enough chips on Day 1b to occupy fourth place, and will enter Day 2 seventh in chips from a returning field of 595.
Event 85: $600 Ultra Stack Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Bassett | United States | 2,785,000 | 70 |
| 2 | Roei Simantov | Israel | 2,340,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Daniel Vandyke | United States | 2,010,000 | 50 |
| 4 | Tom Hall | United Kingdom | 1,985,000 | 50 |
| 5 | Luis Vazquez | United States | 1,925,000 | 48 |
| 6 | William Zaiss | United States | 1,800,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Amir Atabaki | United States | 1,750,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Andrew Mousmoules | United States | 1,650,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Sean Bloom | South Africa | 1,590,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Sung Choi | United States | 1,570,000 | 39 |
Only Justin Bassett (2,785,000), Roei Simantov (2,340,000), and Daniel Vandyke (2,010,000) ended this flight with more chips than Hall.
Others who progressed included South Africa Sean Bloom (1,590,000), Johnnie Moreno (1,385,000), Bradley Gafford (1,160,000), Gregory Kolo (1,160,000), 888poker ambassador Ian Simpson (945,000), Owais Ahmed (850,000), Kevin Martin 9745,000), Barry Shulman (700,000), Maria Konnikova (665,000), Ian Steinman (610,000), Joe Cada (530,000), and Alex Livingston (385,000).
Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 1 p.m. local time on July 8 in the yellow section of the Paris Las Vegas tournament area. Some 595 players will return to their seats, with the plan to complete another 17 levels or play down to five players, whichever comes first. PokerNews' traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2, so keep your browsers locked to our live reporting pages as we bring you updates from this and every other live bracelet-awarding event at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack
Day 1b Completed
