Adrien Delmas raised to 40,000 from the cutoff when he met a re-raise from Davide Suriano to 80,000 from the button. It folded back to Delmas, who chose to put himself at risk when he jammed for approximately 340,000. Suriano snap called to send them to a showdown.
Adrien Delmas: Q♣Q♠
Davide Suriano: A♥A♣
Delmas ran into a cooler against the pocket aces of Suriano, and the board did not offer any upset as it came 8♣8♥5♠6♠J♠ to eliminate Delmas.
"Meow, meow, meow. I'm a cat," said a jovial Suriano as he scooped in the pot.
Leonard Maue raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, which the player in the small blind called. Valentino Konakchiev then opted to three-bet from the big blind to 190,000. Action then returned to Maue, who promptly four-bet all in, having both remaining players well covered.
The player in the small blind folded, but after a glance back at his cards, Konakchiev called.
Valentino Konakchiev: K♠K♥
Leonard Maue: A♦7♦
The board ran out favourably for Konakchiev, coming 3♥6♦4♥10♠7♠, keeping him in the lead and earning him a huge double up towards the end of the day.
In the 906th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Daniel Negreanu suggesting that poker players shouldn't hesitate to call the clock on other slow-acting players.
Other stories include Will Kassouf being back in the poker spotlight, for better or worse, as well as how the PokerNews Podcast crew did in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. Hint: Kyna, who is now representing Tilted Compass, did an interview with Jeff Platt while Chad got pulled up on the PokerGO live stream. They also highlight Shaun Deeb capturing his seventh bracelet and setting himself up to win POY, Nick Ahmadi taking down the PokerNews Deepstack Championship, PokerGO founder Cary Katz claiming his first bracelet, and Chris Moneymaker winning another Moneymaker Tour title.
Finally, Maria Ho talks about releasing Pokerriculum (viewers/listeners have a chance to win a free copy of the game), and an update on the PokerNews Podcast Fantasy League between Mike, Chad/Kyna, Joey Ingram, and Christina Gollins.
A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice a week during the 2025 WSOP every Thursday and Sunday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!
After ten hours of play, Day 2 of Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has concluded here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
With late registration still open for the first two levels of play, the 179 players who bagged chips on Day 1 were joined by 96 new faces by the time the entry period closed. In total, 546 players entered, besting last year's attendance and creating a prize pool of $5,077,800.
By the end of the day, 27 players had survived to bag chips and will return to play Day 3 on Monday, July 14, at 1 p.m. local time. Each player will come back knowing they have locked up a minimum prize of $34,124, but will all have one eye on the first-place prize of $986,337, and of course, a much-desired 2025 WSOP bracelet.
Starting the third and final day atop the leaderboard is Jakob Miegel. Boasting impressive career earnings of over $1,250,000, Miegel is yet to add a WSOP bracelet to his resume. Entering the final day with a stack of 2,850,000, he will be hoping tomorrow is the day that changes.
Completing the Day 3 podium places are Omar Del Pino (2,365,000) and Leonard Maue (2,100,000). Two more players in the field who are yet to win a bracelet; they will enter Day 3 hot on the heels of the chip leader.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jakob Miegel
Germany
2,850,000
114
2
Omar Del Pino
Spain
2,365,000
95
3
Leonard Maue
Germany
2,100,000
84
4
Baoqiang Ho
Singapore
1,615,000
65
5
Eric Wasserson
United States
1,600,000
64
6
Gustavo Ortega
United States
1,595,000
64
7
Benjamin Chalot
France
1,580,000
63
8
Isaac Kempton
United States
1,540,000
62
9
Aleks Dimitrov
Bulgaria
1,460,000
58
10
Daniel Vicente
Spain
1,440,000
58
Daniel Negreanu
Several more of poker's elite navigated their way through the day, punching their ticket to the event's ultimate day. Players such as Eric Wasserson (1,600,000), Mike Watson (970,000), Daniel Negreanu (935,000) and Sean Winter (815,000) will return tomorrow, hoping to take their run to the very end.
Day 2 Action
After late registration closed and the payouts were announced, the next milestone to overcome was the bubble.
Plenty of notable names fell as the prizes drew closer. Players such as Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Andrew Lichtenberger, Max Neugebauer and Kevin Rabichow were among those to hit the rail before securing any prize money.
With just 84 players remaining, the players started playing hand for hand, until the bubble burst at 82 players.
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Once the bubble burst, an inevitable flurry of eliminations occurred. Justin Saliba (80th), Ryan Riess (73rd), Ren Lin (71st), Josh Arieh (65th), Adrian Mateos (60th) and Benny Glaser (58th) were among those to secure a minimum payout of $20,184 but got no further.
As the night drew to a close, players such as Erick Lindgren (44th), Blaz Zerjav (36th) and Mike Matusow (32nd) failed to hold on to progress to the final day.
Remaining Payouts
Rank
Prize
Rank
Prize
1
$986,337
7
$111,338
2
$649,925
8-9
$83,707
3
$437,276
10-11
$64,448
4
$300,521
12-17
$50,843
5
$211,068
18-23
$41,123
6
$151,567
24-27
$34,124
Action will resume on Monday, July 14, at 1 p.m. local time and will continue until a champion is crowned. Play will recommence at Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000. Players will get a 15-minute break after every two levels.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews to get all the latest updates here at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
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