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Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,381,000
Total Entries
735
Level
37
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
735
Players Left
68
Players Left 1 / 735
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a pot of around 30,000 and a flop of 4♥4♠6♦, Cherish Andrews bet 7,000 after a check from her heads-up opponent Ian Ohara. Ohara called.
Both players checked the turn 6♠. Ohara bet 10,000 on the river 10♥ and Andrews called.
Andrews showed 7♠7♥ and won the pot.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Giorgii Skhulukhia raised to 12,000 in late position and got an all-in shove from Nicholas Marchington in the small blind for around 55,000. When action returned to him, Skhulukhia snap-called.
Nicholas Marchington: K♣10♣ 
Giorgii Skhulukhia: K♦Q♠
The board ran 4♥7♦5♦A♦3♠ and with no one hitting the board, Skhulukhia’s king-high with a better kicker won the hand. Marchington left the table as the dealer awarded the pot to Skhulukhia.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Rehman Kessam opened to 12,000 from the button and received calls from Yuzhu Wang in the small blind and Xuan Liu in the big blind.
All three players checked the flop and turn on the 4♥Q♦J♦A♥2♣ runout. Wang checked, Liu bet 30,000, Kessam called and Wang folded.
Liu tabled Q♥10♥ for second pair and Kessam mucked his hand.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Boris Kolev opened to 12,000 in the hijack and got called by Anthony Zinno in the small blind. The flop dropped 5♥J♠K♣ and Zinno check-called Kolev's bet of 10,000.
Both players checked the turn K♠. Zinno fired 32,000 on the river Q♠ and Kolev called.
Zinno tabled K♥10♦ for trips and Kolev turned over A♥10♠ for a straight and the pot.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em had 735 entries, with first place paying $606,849. The winner will also take home a WSOP gold bracelet.
Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $606,849 | 10-11 | $36,636 |
| 2 | $404,532 | 12-15 | $29,218 |
| 3 | $283,554 | 16- 23 | $23,711 |
| 4 | $201,811 | 24–31 | $19,585 |
| 5 | $145,875 | 32–39 | $16,471 |
| 6 | $107,115 | 40–47 | $14,109 |
| 7 | $79,921 | 48–55 | $12,313 |
| 8 | $60,608 | 56–63 | $10,952 |
| 9 | $46,727 | 64–111 | $9,932 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu raised to 12,000 under the gun. Himmaphoum Bounthinh and Donald Cowie called from the button and big blind, respectively.
The flop came all spades Q♠J♠10♠, and the players checked.
The 4♥ hit on the turn and Negreanu bet out 25,000 chips. Bounthinh quickly folded.
Cowie gave it some thought.
"You fold, I'll show you," Negreanu said. "I promise.”
"Don't be curious."
Not fazed, Cowie made the call.
The 8♥ landed on the river. Negreanu checked behind Cowie, who turned over 10♣9♥ for a straight.
"Oh, I would called that hand too," Negreanu said, tossing his into the muck.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Maximiliano Castagnini raised it up from early position and Javier Zarco defended from the big blind. The flop came J♥7♠2♦ and Castagnini continued with a bet. Zarco just called and the 9♣ landed on the turn.
Castagnini sized up a bet of around 30,000 on the turn and Zarco check-raised all in for 131,000. Castagnini called and the cards were tabled. Zarco flopped two pair with J♦7♦ and Castagnini needed some help with A♠A♥. The river was the 10♦ and Zarco held on to double up.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In a preflop confrontation Dragos Trofimov was all in for around 75,000 from the button and up against Clemen Deng who had him covered from the big blind.
Dragos Trofimov: A♠5♣
Clemen Deng: A♥J♥
Deng had Trofimov dominated with a bigger ace and after remaining ahead on the K♦8♥9♣8♠J♦ runout he took the pot while Trofimov was sent to the rail.
