In a preflop confrontation Adrien Favre-Felix was all in from the small blind for a bit under 30,000 and up against Dong Chen who covered him from the button.
Adrien Favre-Felix: A♥10♠
Dong Chen: 8♣8♦
The 7♣8♥J♦2♠K♥ runout gave Chen a set of eights to eliminate Favre-Felix and add more chips to his stack.
The action was joined with Lirui Zhang and Andrew Lichtenberger facing off in a pot that already had 16,000 in the middle.
The flop Q♠6♥9♣ was already face up on the felt, and Zhang was first to act, in the cutoff.
Zhang elected to check, proceeding with a check-call of Lichtenberger's bet of 8,500.
The turn 3♥ brought the back door flush draw, and when Zhang checked again, Lichtenberger continued with a bet of 18,000. Again, Zhang called.
The dealer added the 10♥ river card to the board, and Zhang checked for a third time. This time, Lichtenberger assembled a bet of 41,000 and put it into the middle. Lichtenberger had left himself just 900 chips behind.
Zhang went into the tank, taking time to consider before eventually folding A♥Q♦ face up.
"Wow,” said Lichtenberger, who then showed Zhang the bad news. He flipped over A♦K♥, confirming he had bluffed his opponent.
With two players seeing a board of 10♥10♠2♣Q♠6♥ and around 30,000 in the middle, Masato Yokosawa checked from the small blind and Hugues Girard shoved from the cutoff. Yokosawa was covered and called with just over 30,000 behind.
Yokosawa had trips with 10♣8♣ but Girard's kicker played with 10♦9♦ to send Yokosawa to the rail.
The action was joined as Albert Nguyen and Erick Lindgren were already on the river in a substantially large pot.
With roughly 80,000 already in the middle, action was on Nguyen with a board showing 8♦8♠9♣J♥Q♥.
Nguyen attempted to put Lindgren under pressure by moving all in, covering his opponent's stack.
Lindgren called straight away, though, and revealed that he had flopped quads with his 8♥8♣. Nguyen attempted to muck his cards but was forced to turn them over as it was an all-in pot. The dealer flipped them over, showing A♣7♦.
Day 1 of the 2025 World Series of PokerEvent #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.
Fahredin Mustafov
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.
Stephen Chidwick
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.
Shaun Deeb
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.
