Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

Day 1 Completed

07-13-2025 01:42 UTC-7

Benjamin Chalot Leads After Day 1 of $10,000 6-Handed Championship

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Erick Torres

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Day 1 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Event #94 $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship is in the books after 10 levels of play at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 450 players took their shot so far during the first day in the freezeout format, with a collection of 179 players bagging up to come back for Day 2.

New prospective entrants are entitled to register through Level 13, meaning the total could still grow as more participants throw their hat in the ring to try and chase WSOP glory.

Topping the chip lead counts were Benjamin Chalot (552,000), Mike Matusow (430,500), and Fahredin Mustafov (382,000).

Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Benjamin Chalot	Ireland	552000	221
2	Mike Matusow	United States	430500	172
3	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	382000	153
4	Mike Watson	Canada	380500	152
5	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	364000	146
6	Zdenek Zizka	Czechia	360500	144
7	Adrien Delmas	France	351500	141
8	Aleks Dimitrov	Bulgaria	344000	138
9	Brian Luo	United States	337500	135
10	Nicholas Seward	United States	315000	126

Chalot had already put together a strong Day 1, but he rocketed to the very top near the end of the day when he put together a run that vaulted him from a top-five stack to the top stack. Chalot is still pursuing his first WSOP bracelet of his career, and has an opportunity to build on his success from Day 1. He has 15 recorded cashes at the WSOP, as he looks to add to his resume.

Mustafov finished the day third in the chip counts and is also aiming to capture his first WSOP bracelet of his career. Mustafov boasts a career earnings of over seven and a half million according to The Hendon Mob, but the gold bracelet has eluded the Bulgarian thus far in his career. His highest recorded finish at a WSOP event was back in October of 2024 at WSOP Europe, where he notched a third-place finish in Event #12 Diamond High Roller.

The star-studded field was packed with bracelet winners. Notables still in the field include Stephen Chidwick (156,500, Artur Martirosian (216,500), Andrew Lichtenberger (181,000), John Juanda (116,000), Adrian Mateos (130,500), and Daniel Negreanu (130,000) still in the mix as they head into the second day of play.

Several notables were unable to bag and make it to Day 2, including Shaun Deeb, who is currently in the hunt for the 2025 WSOP Player of the Year, and last year’s champion, Michael Rocco.

Other select notables that did not bag include: Alex Foxen, Erik Seidel, Scott Seiver, Viktor Blom, Chris Moorman, and Kristen Foxen.

Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds at the 1,000/2,500 level. Play is scheduled for 10 levels on Day 2.

Don't miss any of the action, as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand for all of the exciting action on Day 2.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alex Foxen Andrew Lichtenberger Artur Martirosian Benjamin Chalot Chris Moorman Daniel Negreanu Erik Seidel Fahredin Mustafov John Juanda Kristen Foxen Michael Rocco Mike Matusow Scott Seiver Shaun Deeb Stephen Chidwick Viktor Blom

07-13-2025 01:40 UTC-7

Seat Draw For Day 2

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Jon Pill

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Paris	Purple 059	2	Igor Tristan A Picone	Belgium	120,000	48
Paris	Purple 059	3	Pavels Spirins	Latvia	295,000	118
Paris	Purple 059	4	Daniel Lee	United States	98,000	39
Paris	Purple 059	5	John Juanda	United States	116,000	46
Paris	Purple 059	6	Erick Allan Lindgren	United States	195,500	78

Paris	Purple 060	1	Fabiano Kovalski	Brazil	167,000	67
Paris	Purple 060	2	Gabriel Andrade	Ecuador	90,000	36
Paris	Purple 060	4	Victor Chong	Malaysia	63,000	25
Paris	Purple 060	6	Jordan Glazer	United States	64,500	26

Paris	Purple 061	1	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	102,500	41
Paris	Purple 061	2	Brian Yoon	United States	261,500	105
Paris	Purple 061	4	Anthony Ruberto	United States	69,000	28
Paris	Purple 061	5	Renji Mao	China	112,000	45
Paris	Purple 061	6	Franco Spitale	Argentina	128,000	51

Paris	Purple 062	1	Johan Guilbert	France	230,000	92
Paris	Purple 062	2	Adrien Delmas	France	351,500	141
Paris	Purple 062	4	Breno Drumond	Brazil	106,000	42
Paris	Purple 062	5	Andrew Lichtenberger	United States	181,000	72
Paris	Purple 062	6	Mark Egbert	United States	49,000	20

Paris	Purple 063	1	Hiroyuki Noda	Japan	58,000	23
Paris	Purple 063	2	Nicholas Go	Hong Kong	171,000	68
Paris	Purple 063	3	Charlie Lee	United States	167,500	67
Paris	Purple 063	4	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	95,500	38
Paris	Purple 063	6	Chinwei Lim	Malaysia	106,000	42

Paris	Purple 064	2	Ayaz Mahmood	United States	193,000	77
Paris	Purple 064	3	Jon Vallinas	Spain	138,000	55
Paris	Purple 064	4	Ian Matakis	United States	102,500	41
Paris	Purple 064	5	Cesar Del Pino	Spain	163,000	65
Paris	Purple 064	6	Kyungtae Min	Korea	185,000	74

Paris	Purple 065	2	Albert Thien Nguyen	Canada	122,500	49
Paris	Purple 065	3	Joseph Beasy	United States	172,000	69
Paris	Purple 065	4	[Removed:546]	Ethiopa	216,000	86
Paris	Purple 065	5	David E Coleman	United States	251,500	101

Paris	Purple 066	1	Charles Lehr	United States	73,000	29
Paris	Purple 066	3	Natasha Mercier	United States	197,000	79
Paris	Purple 066	4	Benjamin Grise	United States	129,500	52
Paris	Purple 066	5	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	282,000	113

Paris	Purple 067	1	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	382,000	153
Paris	Purple 067	2	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	239,000	96
Paris	Purple 067	5	Won Lim	Canada	257,000	103
Paris	Purple 067	6	Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	Latvia	207,500	83

Paris	Purple 068	1	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	207,000	83
Paris	Purple 068	2	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	85,000	34
Paris	Purple 068	5	Sean Rosenthal	United States	187,000	75
Paris	Purple 068	6	Guofeng Wang	China	156,000	62

Paris	Purple 069	1	Brandon Patrick Wilson	United States	25,000	10
Paris	Purple 069	2	Carlos Ribeiro	Brazil	96,500	39
Paris	Purple 069	4	Isaac Kempton	United States	241,500	97
Paris	Purple 069	6	Michael Watson	Canada	380,500	152

Paris	Purple 070	2	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	199,000	80
Paris	Purple 070	3	Todd Ivens	United States	125,000	50
Paris	Purple 070	4	Ibrahim Senoussi	France	134,000	54
Paris	Purple 070	5	Kyosuke Nagami	Japan	112,000	45
Paris	Purple 070	6	Michael Leah	Canada	254,000	102

Paris	Purple 071	2	Ping Liu	United States	125,500	50
Paris	Purple 071	3	Justin Vaysman	United States	205,500	82
Paris	Purple 071	4	Pedro Rodriguez	United States	67,500	27
Paris	Purple 071	5	Yuto Misaka	Japan	153,500	61

Paris	Purple 072	1	Tony Ren Lin	China	114,000	46
Paris	Purple 072	3	Michael Matusow	United States	430,500	172
Paris	Purple 072	4	Brian Luo	United States	337,500	135
Paris	Purple 072	6	[Removed:564]	Netherlands	245,000	98

Paris	Purple 073	1	David Gonzalez	United States	39,500	16
Paris	Purple 073	2	John Hewgill	Canada	130,000	52
Paris	Purple 073	3	Matthew Barry Glantz	United States	178,000	71
Paris	Purple 073	5	Gonzalo Almada	Argentina	119,500	48
Paris	Purple 073	6	Giuseppe Calio	United States	175,000	70

Paris	Purple 074	1	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	364,000	146
Paris	Purple 074	2	Phua Wei	Singapore	184,500	74
Paris	Purple 074	5	Zhou Lin	China	111,500	45
Paris	Purple 074	6	Theo Arnoldi	Denmark	224,500	90

Paris	Purple 075	1	Alisson Miguel Piekazewicz	Brazil	70,500	28
Paris	Purple 075	3	Fabian Niederreiter	Germany	100,000	40
Paris	Purple 075	4	Isiah Ditoto	United States	71,500	29
Paris	Purple 075	5	Ehsan Amiri	Australia	45,500	18
Paris	Purple 075	6	Artem Metalidi	Ukraine	96,000	38

Paris	Purple 076	2	Julian Milliard	United States	23,000	9
Paris	Purple 076	3	Mike Meskin	United States	82,500	33
Paris	Purple 076	4	Tamer Kamel	United Kingdom	59,500	24
Paris	Purple 076	5	Robert Buckenmayer	United States	165,500	66

Paris	Purple 077	2	David Kaufmann	Germany	149,500	60
Paris	Purple 077	3	Barak Wisbrod	Israel	117,000	47
Paris	Purple 077	4	Rui Pinto Campos	Portugal	104,000	42
Paris	Purple 077	5	Chang Yu Chung	Taiwan	45,000	18

Paris	Purple 078	1	Baoqiang Ho	Singapore	157,500	63
Paris	Purple 078	3	Dong Chen	China	234,500	94
Paris	Purple 078	4	Christian Alexander Roberts	Venezuela	80,000	32
Paris	Purple 078	6	Artem Riabov	Russia	155,000	62

Paris	Purple 079	1	Daniel Kyosev	Bulgaria	246,000	98
Paris	Purple 079	2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	130,000	52
Paris	Purple 079	4	Roman Hrabec	Czech Republic	97,000	39
Paris	Purple 079	5	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	80,000	32
Paris	Purple 079	6	Marius Gierse	Germany	48,500	19

Paris	Purple 080	1	Giuseppe Dario Sammartino	Italy	288,500	115
Paris	Purple 080	3	Brekstyn Schutten	United States	142,500	57
Paris	Purple 080	5	Jianwei Lin	China	197,500	79
Paris	Purple 080	6	Cedric Schwaederle	France	98,000	39

Paris	Purple 081	1	Wenzhi Fei	China	49,000	20
Paris	Purple 081	2	Meng-Ling Lin	Taiwan	129,500	52
Paris	Purple 081	3	Paul Volpe	United States	41,000	16
Paris	Purple 081	4	Adrian Mateos	Spain	130,500	52
Paris	Purple 081	6	Miguel Riera	United Kingdom	132,000	53

Paris	Purple 082	2	Jun Obara	Japan	178,000	71
Paris	Purple 082	3	Aram Zobian	Canada	145,500	58
Paris	Purple 082	4	Justin Saliba	United States	284,000	114
Paris	Purple 082	5	Romain Lewis	France	69,000	28

Paris	Purple 083	2	Gary Hasson	Belgium	51,500	21
Paris	Purple 083	3	Jose Ignacio Barbero	Argentina	71,500	29
Paris	Purple 083	4	Joey Marc Weissman	United States	59,000	24
Paris	Purple 083	5	Jonathan Shoreman	United Kingdom	56,500	23

Paris	Purple 084	1	Aram Oganyan	United States	89,500	36
Paris	Purple 084	3	Yenhan Chen	Taiwan	55,500	22
Paris	Purple 084	4	Jimmy Guerrero	France	60,000	24
Paris	Purple 084	5	Matthew Wantman	United States	140,000	56
Paris	Purple 084	6	Yaniv Peretz	Israel	101,000	40

Paris	Purple 085	1	Simeon Spasov	Bulgaria	97,000	39
Paris	Purple 085	2	Gregory Brown	United States	262,000	105
Paris	Purple 085	5	Zdenek Zizka	Czech Republic	360,500	144
Paris	Purple 085	6	Fabrice Maltez	France	64,000	26

Paris	Purple 086	1	Pierre Nasr	Canada	101,000	40
Paris	Purple 086	2	Yuliyan Kolev	Bulgaria	80,500	32
Paris	Purple 086	5	Stephen James Chidwick	United Kingdom	156,500	63
Paris	Purple 086	6	Shahryarali Eslami	United States	57,500	23

Paris	Purple 087	1	Quan Zhou	China	105,000	42
Paris	Purple 087	3	Taylor Paur	United States	140,000	56
Paris	Purple 087	4	Matthew Haynes	United States	209,000	84
Paris	Purple 087	6	Daniyal Gheba	United States	24,500	10

Paris	Purple 088	2	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	78,000	31
Paris	Purple 088	3	Virgile Turchi	France	75,500	30
Paris	Purple 088	4	Jeffrey Whittinghill	United States	84,500	34
Paris	Purple 088	5	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	251,500	101

Paris	Purple 089	2	Leo Soma	France	95,500	38
Paris	Purple 089	3	Aleks Dimitrov	Bulgaria	344,000	138
Paris	Purple 089	4	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	95,000	38
Paris	Purple 089	5	Or Nezer	Israel	105,000	42

Paris	Purple 090	1	Kevin Rabichow	United States	197,500	79
Paris	Purple 090	3	Jakob Miegel	Germany	42,500	17
Paris	Purple 090	4	Andrew Wilson	United Kingdom	55,000	22
Paris	Purple 090	6	Nicholas Seward	United States	334,000	134

Paris	Purple 091	1	Faraz Quddus Jaka	United States	139,000	56
Paris	Purple 091	2	Kyle Edward Julius	United States	135,500	54
Paris	Purple 091	5	Alexander Zubov	Russia	190,000	76
Paris	Purple 091	6	Jason Wong	United Kingdom	204,000	82

Paris	Purple 092	1	Sergio Peral	Spain	315,000	126
Paris	Purple 092	2	Leonard Oliver Maue	Germany	131,000	52
Paris	Purple 092	5	Kevin Andriamahefa	United States	103,500	41
Paris	Purple 092	6	Brandon Sheils	United Kingdom	245,000	98

Paris	Purple 093	1	Daniel Maor	United States	69,000	28
Paris	Purple 093	3	Michael Gagliano	United States	95,500	38
Paris	Purple 093	4	Ignacio Moron	Spain	69,000	28
Paris	Purple 093	6	Jamie O'connor	United Kingdom	290,500	116

Paris	Purple 094	2	Clement Michaud	France	217,500	87
Paris	Purple 094	3	Amir Mirrasouli	United States	39,000	16
Paris	Purple 094	4	Ranganath Kanchi	United States	170,000	68
Paris	Purple 094	5	Lei Yu	China	116,000	46

Paris	Purple 095	2	Blas Torres	Italy	231,500	93
Paris	Purple 095	3	Nicholas Marchington	United Kingdom	287,000	115
Paris	Purple 095	4	Takao Shimizu	Japan	146,500	59
Paris	Purple 095	5	Alexander Sokolovsky	Slovenia	145,000	58

Paris	Purple 096	1	Ihar Soika	Belarus	208,000	83
Paris	Purple 096	3	Tobias Schwecht	Germany	55,500	22
Paris	Purple 096	4	Artur Martirosian	Russia	216,500	87
Paris	Purple 096	6	Agustin Coelli	Italy	57,000	23

Paris	Purple 097	1	Ali Shahni	United States	139,000	56
Paris	Purple 097	2	Hugues Girard	France	67,000	27
Paris	Purple 097	5	Clemen Zineng Deng	United States	179,500	72
Paris	Purple 097	6	Anton Lu	United States	59,000	24

Paris	Purple 098	1	Mateo Urretavizcaya	Spain	64,500	26
Paris	Purple 098	2	Benjamin Chalot	Ireland	552,000	221
Paris	Purple 098	5	Sean Sexton Winter	United States	138,000	55
Paris	Purple 098	6	John Andress	United States	122,500	49

Paris	Purple 099	1	Khoi Nguyen Le Nguyen	Vietnam	126,000	50
Paris	Purple 099	3	Alexandre Reard	France	71,000	28
Paris	Purple 099	4	Davide Suriano	Italy	286,000	114
Paris	Purple 099	6	Timothy Capretta	United States	235,500	94

Paris	Purple 100	2	Samuel Roussy-Majeau	Canada	303,500	121
Paris	Purple 100	3	Richard Sheils	United Kingdom	139,000	56
Paris	Purple 100	4	Daniel Palau Vicente	Spain	259,500	104
Paris	Purple 100	5	David Chen	United States	97,000	39

07-13-2025 01:34 UTC-7

Full Counts From Day 1 (full)

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Erick Torres

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Chalot	552,000 33,000	33,000

Mike Matusow	430,500 142,500	142,500

Fahredin Mustafov	382,000 246,000	246,000

Mike Watson	380,500 59,000	59,000

Blaz Zerjav	364,000 212,500	212,500

Zdenek Zizka	360,500 334,500	334,500

Adrien Delmas	351,500 291,500	291,500
Aleks Dimitrov	344,000 265,500	265,500

Brian Luo	337,500 277,500	277,500
Nicholas Seward	334,000 274,000	274,000

Sergio Peral	315,000
Samuel Roussy-Majeau	303,500 303,500	303,500
Pavels Spirins	295,000 167,800	167,800
Jamie O'Connor	290,500 237,000	237,000
Dario Sammartino	288,500 188,500	188,500
Nicholas Marchington	287,000 178,000	178,000
Davide Suriano	286,000 112,500	112,500

Justin Saliba	284,000 154,000	154,000

Nikita Kuznetsov	282,000 222,000	222,000
Gregory Brown	262,000 17,000	17,000
Brian Yoon	261,500 41,500	41,500

Daniel Vicente	259,500 127,500	127,500
Won Lim	257,000 197,000	197,000
Mike Leah	254,000 72,000	72,000

Daniel Rezaei	251,500 33,500	33,500

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07-13-2025 01:00 UTC-7

Day 1 Concludes

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players have bagged their chips and the action has concluded for Day 1 of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship.

Stay tuned for a full recap of the night's action.

07-13-2025 00:56 UTC-7

Chalot Amassing Piles of Chips

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 5♥4♥6♦K♠7♠ and around 35,000 in the middle Benjamin Chalot bet 30,000 from the small blind and Govert Metaal called from the big blind.

Chalot turned over an eight high straight with A♣8♠ and Metaal mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Chalot	585,000 358,500	358,500

Govert Metaal	42,000 13,100	13,100

Tags: Benjamin Chalot Govert Metaal

07-13-2025 00:56 UTC-7

Final Two Hands

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The tournament staff have announced that two more hands will be played before players bag their chips.

07-13-2025 00:52 UTC-7

Mateos Building a Stack

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Stewart Morrison

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Adrian Mateos raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and only Pavel Plesuv called, defending his big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of Q♠9♠4♣ and Plesuv check-called a bet of 4,000.

The turn card added the 10♣ to the board, and when checked to, Mateos continued for 15,000. Again, Plesuv called.

Both players then checked the K♦ river. Plesuv flipped over 10♦8♣ for one pair, Mateos then revealed his Q♣6♣ for a superior pair, earning him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	133,500 23,500	23,500

Pavel Plesuv	93,000 25,500	25,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Pavel Plesuv

07-13-2025 00:41 UTC-7

Ho Holds on With Jacks for Massive Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alex Keating shoved for 22,000 from the hijack and Baoqiang Ho called from the button, leaving around 70,000 behind. Gregory Brown raised to 60,000 from the small blind, Ho shoved and Brown called with a covering stack.

Alex Keating: J♥10♣ All in
Baoqiang Ho: J♦J♠ All in
Gregory Brown: A♦Q♣

No players connected with the 8♠K♥6♦5♠5♣ runout. Ho was best with two pair, jacks and fives to eliminate Keating and drag in just over a full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Brown	245,000 65,000	65,000
Baoqiang Ho	210,000 150,000	150,000
Alex Keating	Busted

Tags: Alex Keating Baoqiang Ho Gregory Brown

07-13-2025 00:36 UTC-7

Campos Stacks La Francesca

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Erick Torres

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alessio La Francesca chose to shove for 44,500 on the button and was called in the next seat over Rui Campos in the small blind to be at risk for his tournament life.

Alessio La Francesca: A♥8♦ All in
Rui Campos: J♣J♦

La Francesca was in trouble against the pocket jacks of Campos.

The flop offered no solace for La Francesca as it came 10♠5♦4♥. The J♠ turn made it so he was drawing dead as the inconsequential 9♦ peeled on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Campos	113,500 37,500	37,500
Alessio La Francesca	Busted

Tags: Alessio La Francesca Rui Campos