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Event #90: $777 Lucky 7's
Day 1a Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #90: $777 Lucky 7's
Day: 1a
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$777
Prize Pool
$5,447,118
Total Entries
8,012
Level
43
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
1,499
Players Left
64
Players Left 1 / 8,012
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The United Kingdom's Tom Hall (1,455,000) has again proven he knows his way around fast-paced, large field tournaments. After bagging the Day 1b chip lead in the $600 Ultra Stack a few days ago, Hall finds himself in the top ten after Day 1a of Event #90: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold’em here at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Although Hall enjoyed a fruitful day at the tables, the 36 big blinds he returns with on Day 2 are less than half what Hertsel Levy (3,405,000) accumulated on the first of this event's three flights. Levy returns on Day 2 armed with an 85 big blind war chest, putting him in pole position early on.
In 2019, Levy finished 169th from 10,185 entrants in the $888 Crazy Eights. Another super deep run looks to be in the cards.
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hertsel Levy | Panama | 3,405,000 | 85 |
| 2 | Zachary Fischer | United States | 2,440,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Samuel Rosen | United States | 2,275,000 | 57 |
| 4 | William Jia | Australia | 2,060,000 | 52 |
| 5 | Kaihung Hu | Taiwan | 2,045,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Lachlan Crilly | Australia | 1,940,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Tom Hall | United Kingdom | 1,455,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Calvin Nguyen | United States | 1,450,000 | 36 |
| 9 | Fred Li | United States | 1,440,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Garen Zobian | United States | 1,400,000 | 35 |
Only three bracelet winners progressed from this flight. Bradley Smith (1,100,000) was the best-placed of them, followed by Joshua Remitio (940,000), and Andrew Kelsall (480,000), the latter also being a 25K Fantasy Draft pick.
Day 1b shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. on July 11, with entrants tasked with navigating through 22 levels that each last 30 minutes. PokerNews traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2 on July 13, but you can update your chip count via MyStack.
These are th chip counts of the 64 players who progressed from Day 1a, according to the WSOP+ App.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,405,000
3,405,000
|
3,405,000 |
|
||
|
2,440,000
2,440,000
|
2,440,000 |
|
2,275,000
2,275,000
|
2,275,000 |
|
2,060,000
2,060,000
|
2,060,000 |
|
2,045,000
2,045,000
|
2,045,000 |
|
1,940,000
1,940,000
|
1,940,000 |
|
1,455,000
1,455,000
|
1,455,000 |
|
||
|
1,450,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
1,440,000
1,440,000
|
1,440,000 |
|
1,400,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
1,295,000
1,295,000
|
1,295,000 |
|
1,225,000
1,225,000
|
1,225,000 |
|
1,185,000
1,185,000
|
1,185,000 |
|
|
1,180,000
1,180,000
|
1,180,000 |
|
1,135,000
1,135,000
|
1,135,000 |
|
|
1,125,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
|
1,120,000
1,120,000
|
1,120,000 |
|
|
1,100,050 | |
|
1,075,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
|
1,030,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
|
1,025,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
1,020,000
1,020,000
|
1,020,000 |
|
965,000
965,000
|
965,000 |
|
950,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
950,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
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.
“I probably played better than the last three I won. Everything went my way this tournament. I was always at the top of the leaderboard, never really got short, and probably played my best overall.”
That's what Michael Mizrachi had to say after he cruised to victory in Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Already sharing the record for most $50,000 Poker Players Championship victories with Brian Rast, Mizrachi now stands alone after capturing his historic fourth title on Saturday at the 2025 World Series of Poker. "The Grinder" conquered the 107-entry field, earning $1,331,322 from the $5,162,750 prize pool and further cementing his legacy as the event's most dominant force.
Some people really do have all the luck — and the rest of the field in Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2025 World Series of Poker might be thinking just that after Vincent Moscati pulled both of the $100,000 jackpot mystery bounty prizes.
His mother, sister, and friends were all on the rail to celebrate as Moscati cracked open the second six-figure chest on the big screen, completing one of the most incredible back-to-back bounty sweats of the summer.
With $201,500 now locked up in bounty prizes, Moscati has already secured more than the third-place payout of $164,090, and if he finds one of the remaining $25,000 chests, he’ll surpass second place as well.
One moment you're chip leader in the biggest poker tournament on Earth. The next, you're out the door, shell-shocked and wondering how it all went wrong.
That’s the brutal reality Michael Hawker faced on Day 5 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. After going into the dinner break with a field-leading stack of 6,090,000 (152 big blinds), Hawker was eliminated within twenty minutes of returning, watching his dream unravel in sickening fashion.
All summer long, PokerNews is offering updates from both the 25K Fantasy and ODB Fantasy leagues, which you can read in our dedicated hub here.
But did you know that you can also follow all the players from both leagues in our live updates? Every player drafted in the 25K Fantasy, as well as all the ODB Bonus players, have been tagged with special badges that allow you to visit out chip count page and filter by said badges. So, if all you want to see are players from those leagues and how they're doing, it's as simple as clicking the badges and then filtering.
What's more, each tournament has a "$25K Fantasy" tab at the top of the updates. Click that and all you'll see are hands played by players in the 25K Fantasy league.
PokerNews understands that when it comes to fantasy, some readers only care about their team, so we've made it simple to follow all your rostered players with a few simple clicks.
Check out this video to see the filtering options in action:
What. Just. Happened?
That’s what everyone at the WSOP Main Event feature table must’ve been asking after witnessing the biggest pot of the tournament so far in what was an absolutely wild hand that’s destined for future WSOP highlight reels.
Jeremy Kottler, an American player with over $2.5 million in live earnings, pulled the trigger on an audacious king-high bluff on Day 5 of poker's World Championship. Unfortunately for him, Yuchen Chen was holding fives full of jacks and made the call for his tournament life after spending some time in the tank.
The 4.55 million chip pot (152 big blinds) shipped Chen’s way, leaving the table and everyone else stunned. This is one hand you’ll want to read again and again.
Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen, two of poker’s most influential vloggers and co-owners of The Lodge Card Club, saw their impressive 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event runs come to an end on Day 5.
The popular content creators were among the final 522 players still in contention for the $10 million top prize, but both were eliminated within a few spots of each other. Neeme exited in 382nd place, followed shortly by Owen in 373rd. Each earned a $40,000 payday for their efforts.
For Neeme, a WSOP Circuit ring winner, it marked his second Main Event cash following a deep run to 164th place ($58,500) in 2023. Owen, meanwhile, celebrated his first-ever WSOP Main Event cash.
