Leo Soma moved all in for his final 3,500 from the cutoff before Aleks Dimitrov raised on the button to 7,000. Or Nezer made the call from the big blind, and the three went to a flop with Soma at risk.
The dealer put out a 4♦Q♦J♠ flop, and Nezer check-called a bet of 3,000 from Dimitrov.
Both Nezer and Dimitrov then checked on the K♠ turn, prompting Nezer to lead out for 26,000 on the river.
Dimitrov folded and Nezer turned over A♣10♦ for the Broadway straight. An unfortunate Soma turned over 10♣9♦ for a lower straight, seeing him eliminated from the event.
Alexandre Reard opened from the hijack, and Romain Lewis defended from the big blind.
The flop came Q♦K♣7♦ and Lewis check-called an 8,000 continuation bet from Reard.
Reard fired a second barrel for 16,000 when checked to on the 8♠ turn. Lewis shoved for a bit more than 50,000, and Reard called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Romain Lewis: K♥2♥
Alexandre Reard: K♠J♠
Both players had top pair, but Reard was ahead with the better kicker. The 9♥ river confirmed Lewis' elimination while Reard took the pot.
Gary Hasson and Joey Weissman entangled in a pot on the 4♦5♣7♣ flop. The players got the chips in the middle with Hasson at risk for 51,500.
Gary Hasson: 8♠8♣
Joey Weissman: A♣2♣
Hasson held the best hand with an overpair, but Weissman was drawing to a flush as well as an ace.
The J♣ turn was an unwelcome sight for Hasson as it had him drawing dead. The A♠ on the river completed the board as Hasson was eliminated in the opening minutes of Day 2.
The action was joined as Gregory Brown and Fabrice Maltez were competing in the first hand dealt of the day.
Playing a three-bet pot with a flop showing 10♣J♠6♠ and 35,000 already in the middle, Brown placed a bet of 11,000 from the small blind just to be met by an all-in from Fabrice Maltez for 129,000.
After taking some time to consider, Brown opted to call.
Fabrice Maltez: K♣J♥
Gregory Brown: A♥Q♣
There was no help on the 4♥ turn for Brown, but the K♠ river improved him to a straight, sending Maltez home on the first hand of the day.
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.
Alexandre Reard
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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