Table Of Contents
- Michael Mizrachi Comes Out Firing On Day 1 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship
- Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
- Josh Reichard in Control As Millionaire Maker Reaches Final Seven
- Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Final Day’s Chip Counts
- Thomas Boivin Bags Big Again, This Time in the $5,000 NLHE 6-Max
- Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Top Ten Chip Counts
- $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Ends With 11 Players Including the Reigning Champion
- Event #63: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Final Day Chip Counts
- Kenna James Flies High On Day 1 of the $1,000 Super Seniors
- Event #64: $1,000 Super Seniors Top Ten Chip Counts
- Some 1,373 Teams Enter the $1,000 Tag Team Event
- Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team Top Ten Chip Counts
- What to Expect on Day 30 of the 2025 WSOP
Day 29 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was the perfect day for you if you’re the kind of person who loves seeing your fellow players win WSOP bracelets. Three players became WSOP champions for the first time, helping themselves to big cash prizes, a place in poker’s history books, and that all-important bracelet.
Sebastiaan de Jonge of the Netherlands took down Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages for $335,390 and the first bracelet of his career. This event needed an unscheduled third day, but the wait was worth it for de Jonge, who defeated Argentina’s Ignacio Sagra to become a WSOP champion.
The second bracelet awarded went to Moshe Gavrieli in Event #60: $3,000 Limit Hold’em 6-Handed. Gavrieli found himself heads-up against seasoned pro Scott Bohlman, who was hunting his third piece of WSOP gold. He openly admitted to PokerNews that the cards were with him today as he marched onto an impressive victory.
WSOP Circuit regular Craig Savage became a bracelet winner after outlasting a field of 5,082 entrants in Event #61: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout. Savage almost doubled his lifetime winnings when he reeled in this event’s $229,628 top prize.
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Michael Mizrachi Comes Out Firing On Day 1 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi (849,000) has started fast out of the blocks in Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship as he attempts to capture this tournament’s title for a fourth time. Mizrachi triumphed in this star-studded event in 2010, again in 2012, before completing a remarkable hat trick in 2018.
Only Ali Eslami (903,000) and six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (886,500) bagged more chips than the three-time PPC champion.
As you would expect from such a prestigious tournament, the list of 68 surviving players, from a Day 1 field of 88, reads like a who’s who of the poker world.
Chris Hunichen (828,000), and Christopher Vitch (809,000) complete the top five, with such superstars as Erick Lindgren (710,500), Jon Kyte (699,500), Daniel Negreanu (662,000), Dario Sammartino (450,000), John Hennigan (438,000), Benny Glaser (392,500), Phil Ivey (380,500), Jason Mercier (375,000), and Mike Matusow (365,000) returning in the top half of the chip counts.
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time with late registration open for the first three levels. Join PokerNews then if you want to read how poker’s elite get on during Day 2’s action.
Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig BlindsBig Bets 1Ali EslamiUnited States903,00030175 2Jeremy AusmusUnited States886,50029674 3Michael MizrachiUnited States849,00028371 4Chris HunichenUnited States828,00027669 5Christopher VitchUnited States809,00027067 6Justin LibertoUnited States739,50024762 7Maxx ColemanUnited States721,50024160 8Erick LindgrenUnited States710,50023759 9Mike GorodinskyUnited States704,00023559 10Jon KyteNorway699,50023358
Josh Reichard in Control As Millionaire Maker Reaches Final Seven
Josh Reichard
Josh Reichard has a staggering 16 WSOP Circuit rings to his name, yet a bracelet eludes him. That could be set to change in the next 24 hours because Reichard (84,300,000) leads the final seven in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker, where $1,255,180 awaits the eventual champion.
Nobody in the final seven has captured a bracelet before, but each of the six players standing in Reichard’s way have reached this stage on merit. Jesse Yaginuma (55,700,000) and Jacques Ortega (37,700,000) are Reichard’s closest rivals, although the latter’s stack contains 39 fewer big blinds.
Jeffrey Tanouye (31,900,000), Alejandro Ganivet (29,305,000), and two-time World Poker Tour (WPT) champion James Carroll (24,000,000) make up the rest of the field, although they’re not only there to make up the numbers.
The final day’s action starts at 4:00 p.m. local time and will be streamed on PokerGO on a one-hour delay.
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Final Day’s Chip Counts
RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds 1Josh ReichardUnited States84,300,00070 2Jesse YaginumaUnited States55,700,00046 3Jacques OrtegaBrazil37,700,00031 4Jonah LabrancheUnited States35,100,00029 5Jeffrey TanouyeUnited States31,900,00027 6Alejandro GanivetSpain29,305,00024 7James CarrollUnited States24,000,00020
Thomas Boivin Bags Big Again, This Time in the $5,000 NLHE 6-Max
Thomas Boivin
Belgium’s Thomas Boivin (2,005,000) again finds himself near the top of the chip counts in a high buy-in event, this time Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed. Having already finished 12th in the $1,500 edition of this event, and third in both the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller and $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller, Boivin returns to the action in this event third in chips.
Germany’s Robert Ashelm (2,665,000) leads the 54 surviving players back into battle on Day 3. Spain’s Samuel Bernabeu (2,160,000) occupies third place when play resumes.
Lower down the counts and in with a genuine shot at the $855,515 top prize are Niall Farrell (1,735,000), Thomas Muehloecker (1,405,000), Jake Schwartz (1,080,000), Anthony Zinno (750,000), 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson (505,000), and Ryan Leng (410,000).
Day 3 of this exciting event shuffles up and deals at 12:00 p.m. local time, and it should end with the player count being in single digits.
Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Top Ten Chip Counts
RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds 1Robert AshelmGermany2,665,000222 2Samuel BernabeuSpain2,160,000180 3Thomas BoivinBelgium2,005,000167 4Erwann PecheuxFrance1,925,000160 5Naor SlobodskoyUnited States1,800,000150 6Andjelko AndrejevicSerbia1,755,000146 7Niall FarrellUnited Kingdom1,735,000145 8Nicholas GrippoUnited States1,720,000143 9Eric YanovskyUnited States1,695,000141 10Nazar BuhaiovUkraine1,590,000133
$1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Ends With 11 Players Including the Reigning Champion
Reigning champion Aaron Cummings
Event #63: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw is down to only 11 players, including the reigning champion Aaron Cummings (1,025,000). Winning a tournament twice is unlikely, but capturing back-to-back titles is extraordinary.
Cummings returns to his seat in the middle of the pack. He’ll have to contend with bracelet winners Andres Korn (1,970,000), Nathan Gamble (1,500,000), and Brandon Shack-Harris (550,000), $25K Fantasy Draft pick Jon Turner (710,000), and chip leader Hideki Nakamura (2,920,000) of Japan.
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 25 with the plan to crown a champion. Will that champion be the same as last summer? Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out.
Event #63: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Final Day Chip Counts
RankPlayerCountryChip Count 1Hideki NakamuraJapan2,920,000 2Mike Krescanko JrUnited States2,150,000 3Andres KornArgentina1,970,000 4Travis ErdmanUnited States1,725,000 5James TiltonUnited States1,580,000 6Nathan GambleUnited States1,500,000 7Aaron CummingsUnited States1,025,000 8Kristan LordUnited States1,000,000 9David MeadUnited States740,000 10Jon TurnerUnited States710,000 11Brandon Shack-HarrisUnited States550,000
Kenna James Flies High On Day 1 of the $1,000 Super Seniors
Kenna James
A bumper crowd of 3,328 players turned out for Day 1 of Event #64: $1,000 Super Seniors, but only 860 hopefuls found a bag at the close of play. Menahem Asher (280,000) claimed the overnight chip lead by a mere big blind from Ronald Hunt (278,000).
Kenna James (212,500) has WSOP cashes dating back to 2001, yet he has still not won a bracelet. A fourth-place finish in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event in 2003 is the closest Kenna has come to capturing a bracelet. He’ll be hopeful of going three places deeper in this tournament.
Dozens of seasoned poker veterans progressed to Day 2. They include John Esposito (172,000), Daniel Lacourse (148,500), Gary Benson (108,000), Robert Cheung (89,500), Allyn Shulman (83,000), Dara O’Kearney (72,000), and David Sklansky (23,500).
The 860 remaining Super Seniors return to their seats at 11:00 a.m. on June 25 to play another ten levels.
Event #64: $1,000 Super Seniors Top Ten Chip Counts
RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds 1Menahem AsherIsrael280,000140 2Ronald HuntUnited States278,000139 3Patricia YamanoUnited States268,000134 4Mary MckenzieUnited States263,000132 5Daniel MoranUnited Kingdom260,000130 6Marcelo BottinoArgentina249,500125 7Peter LukachUnited States247,500124 8Larry VezinaCanada241,500121 9Michael ThulsonUnited States231,000116 10John BrittnerUnited States229,000115
Some 1,373 Teams Enter the $1,000 Tag Team Event
Jamie Kerstetter’s team is flying high
Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team saw 1,373 teams battle it out at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, but only 276 of them made it through to the second day’s play. French duo Louis Seguin and Hugomanuel Robertblacker (436,000) bagged the overnight chip lead, but there’s a lot of poker still to be played.
Poland’s Kacper Pyzara and Dzmitry Urbanovich (279,000) bagged up enough chips for a place in the overnight top ten. Pyzara was responsible for most of the team’s chips because Urbanovich was busy grinding away in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
The team of Jamie Kerstetter and Corey Paggeot (194,5000) has started well, as has that of Ran Kadur and Ran Koller (189,000), Cody Daniels and Alan Keating (178,000), and Germany’s Sandra Naujoks and Jan-Peter Jachtmann (93,000).
Day 2 of this event starts at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 25.
Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team Top Ten Chip Counts
RankTeamCountryChip CountBig Blinds 1Louis Seguin – Hugomanuel RobertblacherFrance436,000174 2Mimi Roeder – Karim TannousUnited States336,000134 3Behnam Ghane – Mohammad PourmandiUnited States322,000128 4Alexander Farahi – Alexander MassmanUnited States300,500120 5Henry Liang – Benny ChenUnited States292,500117 6Carson Richards – Matthew RichardsUnited States285,500114 7John Ciccarelli – Hunter ColeUnited States281,500112 8Kacper Pyzara – Dzmitry UrbanovichPoland279,000111 9Richard Curren – Cathy SchenoneUnited States275,500110 10Benjamin Jacobs – Darin UtleyUnited States261,000104
What to Expect on Day 30 of the 2025 WSOP
Nikolay Fal won the $1,500 Stud Hi-Lo event in 2024
Two events will crown their champions on Day 30 of the 2025 WSOP. Event #63: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw’s final day begins at 1:00 p.m. local time, followed by the climax of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker at 4:00 p.m. local time.
Four other tournaments will continue whittling their fields, starting with Event #64: $1,000 Super Seniors and Event #65: $1,000 Tag Team at 11:00 a.m. local, and Event #62: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed at 12:00 p.m. local time.
The star-studded Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship sees Day 2 begin at 1:00 p.m. local time.
Three more events begin on June 25, starting at 10:00 a.m. local time with Event 67: $300 Gladiators of Poker. This is the cheapest live bracelet-awarding event of the series, so expect the attendance to be around the 20,000 mark!
Two hours later, at 12:00 p.m. local time, Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em shuffles up and deals. Paolo Boi left 1,772 opponents in his wake last year as he marched on to victory and a $676,900 prize.
Then at 2:00 p.m. local time, Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better gets underway. Nikolay Fal is the reigning champion, having bested a compact yet talented 61-strong field in 2024.
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