After an action-packed Day 1 in Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship, 179 players will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. for Day 2 here at the 2025 World Series of Poker. The event has attracted 450 entries so far, and that number will continue to grow as late registration remains open for the first two hours of play today.
Benjamin Chalot leads the field with 552,000 and is most closely followed by four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow, who ended the night with 430,500. Matusow has had a few deep runs already this series after making the final table of the $10,000 Stud championship and the final two tables of the $5,000 Senior’s High Roller and $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship. Matusow will be looking to top those deep runs with a final table finish in this event.
Top Ten 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 |
Alexandre Reard remains in contention with 71,000 for just over a starting stack. Reard won this event in 2023 before finishing runner-up to Michael Rocco last year in 2024. Reard will have his work cut out for him as he looks to repeat his 2023 performance.
Several 25K Fantasy Draft players remain in contention, including Nicholas Seward (334,000), Dario Sammartino (288,500), Justin Saliba (284,000), Brian Yoon (261,500), Mike Leah (254,000), David Coleman (251,500), Benny Glaser (239,000), Dong Chen (234,500), Artur Martirosian (216,500), Erick Lindgren (195,500), Matt Glantz (178,000), Stephen Chidwick (156,500), Aram Zobian (145,500), Matthew Wantman (140,000), Sean Winter (138,000), Adrian Mateos (130,500), Daniel Negreanu (130,000), Ren Lin (114,000), Renji Mao (112,000), Quan Zhou (105,000), Ian Matakis (102,500), Christian Roberts (80,000), Noel Rodriguez (67,500), Jon Shoreman (56,500), Paul Volpe (39,000) and Brandon Wilson (25,000).
The plan for Day 2 is to play ten 60-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every two hours of play and a one-hour dinner break after Level 16 at approximately 7:30 p.m. Play will resume at Level 11, with the blinds at 1,000/2,500/2,500.
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