2025 WSOP Day 2: First of 100 Bracelets Awarded; Keokham Wins the Industry Employees Event

It’s a case of 1 down, 99 to go right here on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, as the primary bracelet of the summer season has been gained. Phovieng Keokham got here out on prime in Occasion #2: $500 Business Workers No-Restrict Maintain’em and helped himself to a $64,369 prize.

The event drew a 914-strong crowd, which created a $402,617 prize pool that the highest 138 finishers shared. PokerNews’ Claudio Elizalde was among the many in-the-money gamers, reaching the ultimate three tables earlier than busting in twenty second place.

Our very personal Connor Richards navigated to the ultimate desk, finally falling in seventh for $8,301.

You’ll be able to relive the occasion’s motion proper right here.

$25K Fantasy Draft Choose and Workforce Proprietor Didier Guerin Baggage Massive on Day 1b of the Thriller Hundreds of thousands

One other 1,833 gamers entered Occasion #1: $1,000 Thriller Hundreds of thousands on Day 1b, however solely 85 of them remained after the twenty second degree concluded. Veerachai Vongxaiburana bagged up the most important stack of the evening and the event thus far, turning his 40,000 beginning stack into 2,975,000.

Australia’s Didier Guerin owns Workforce Australia within the 25K Fantasy Draft. He not solely paid $25,000 to enter a workforce but additionally put his cash the place his mouth is and drafted himself for a possible cut price $1. Guerin seems to be set to earn his personal workforce some priceless factors after ending Day 1b of this occasion with 1,495,000 chips, sufficient for fifth place on the Day 1b leaderboard.

Others who made it safely to Day 2 embody two-time bracelet winner Jason Dewitt (2,000,000), Samuel Bernabeu (1,230,000), and Martin Zamani (1,075,000), who all completed the evening with a seven-figure stack.

William Kopp (955,000), Lok Chan (905,000), and AP Garza (820,000), Evan Sandberg (620,000), George Wolff (540,000), Ray Henson (245,000), and reigning WSOP Primary Occasion champion Jonathan Tamayo (200,000) are simply a number of the different stellar names by means of to Day 2.

Day 1c shuffles up and offers at 10:00 a.m. native time on Could 29, with PokerNews’ conventional stay updates commencing from Day 2 on June 1.

Occasion #1: $1,000 Thriller Hundreds of thousands Day 1b High 10 Chip Counts

Victoria Livschitz Baggage a High 10 Stack within the $5,000 NLHE 8-Max

Occasion #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em burst into life on Could 28, with 558 gamers coming into the combo. After the completion of ten ranges, solely 205 gamers had chips requiring bagging and tagging.

Jake Schwartz is the person to catch on Day 2, having completed with a 538,000 stack, which is the equal of 215 huge blinds. Schwartz has $4.7 million in stay event cashes, however a WSOP bracelet continues eluding him. After beginning this occasion on hearth, maybe Schwartz’s lengthy look forward to some WSOP {hardware} will finish?

Schwartz wasn’t the one participant off to a formidable begin as a result of Nicholas Go (492,500) and Thomas Cazayous (462,000) additionally ended Day 1 with massive stacks. As did Pavlin Karakikov (421,500) and Shawn Daniels (402,000), who spherical out the highest 5 positions on the in a single day leaderboard.

Disrespected Mike Matusow and Allen Kessler Out to Show Poker World Flawed

Excessive Curler common Victoria Livschitz (346,000) ended her Day 1 endeavors with a prime 10 stack. The Ukraine-born Montana resident has nearly $2.4 million in stay cashes however, like Schwartz, continues to be trying to find her first gold bracelet. She got here near profitable some poker gold in 2021, ending seventeenth within the $1,000 Women Championship.

The chunky $5,000 buy-in resulted in a stellar crowd descending on the on line casino, and a number of other top-tier grinders punched their Day 2 tickets on the first time of asking. Renji Mao (278,500), Mustapha Kanit (244,000), Simone Andrian (210,000), Dong Chen (203,000), Christopher Brewer (197,000), Ren Lin (190,000), and Toby Lewis (183,500) all return within the prime 40.

Decrease down the counts however actually not out of competition are such luminaries as Patrick Leonard (145,000), Dylan Linde (138,000), Jeremy Ausmus (110,000), Adam Friedman (101,500), and Likelihood Kornuth (91,000).

Day 2 begins at 12:00 p.m. native time on Could 29, with late registration open for the primary two 60-minute ranges. Be part of PokerNews then for all of the updates from this star-studded occasion.

Occasion #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em Day 1 High 10 Chip Counts

Jon Kyte Flies Excessive on Day 1 of the $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo

The primary non-Maintain’em occasion of the 2025 WSOP received off to a flying begin with 910 gamers shopping for into Occasion #4: $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher. After 15 ranges, the sphere was lowered to a extra manageable 224 gamers, with a sure Norwegian star, Jon Kyte, flying excessive.

Kyte got here agonisingly near profitable a WSOP bracelet final yr, ending second within the $2,500 Omaha 8/Stud 8 or Higher blended occasion. Kyte’s love of O8 confirmed by means of Day 1 of this occasion, and he completed with solely 2,000 fewer chips than chip chief David Shmuel (249,000). The Norwegian comes into the 2025 WSOP filled with confidence, having gained an occasion in Monte-Carlo for €340,000 in late April.

Solely a handful of chips separate Shmuel and Kyte from the remainder of the highest ten, such is how split-pot video games are likely to pan out. Alex Livingston (215,000) lurks simply exterior the highest ten, with Mike Matusow (172,000), Dylan Smith (170,000), on-line phenom Denis Strebkov (161,000), Brad Owen (154,000), Yueqi Zhu (153,000), and “Massive” Chris Hunichen (141,000) bagging up sufficient chip to return within the prime 50 locations.

25K Fantasy Draft managers will probably be preserving a detailed eye on David Funkhouser (137,000), Yuval Bronshtein (132,000), Christopher Vitch (125,000), Robert Mizrachi (104,000), Brad Ruben (95,000), and Scott Seiver (50,000) as this occasion progresses.

Day 2 begins at 1:00 p.m. native time on Could 29, and PokerNews will probably be on the event flooring bringing you all of the Omaha Hello-Lo updates you possibly can deal with.

Occasion #4: $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Day 1 High 10 Chip Counts

What’s Taking place on Day 3 of the 2025 WSOP?

Day 3 of the 2025 WSOP is one other busy day – get used to us saying that – with 5 occasions going down throughout Could 29. Gamers wishing to enter Day 1c of Occasion #1: $1,000 Thriller Hundreds of thousands should be up and at ’em at 10:00 a.m. Keep in mind that PokerNews’ conventional protection of this occasion begins from Day 2 on June 1.

Day 2 of Occasion #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em commences at 12:00 p.m. native time, with 205 gamers returning to their seats. That quantity ought to rise as a result of late registration stays open for the primary two ranges of the day.

An hour later, Day 2 of Occasion #4: $1,500 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher shuffles up and offers.

That takes care of the in-play occasions, however what in regards to the new tournaments beginning on Day 3 of the 2025 WSOP?

Occasion #5: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha will get underway at 12:00 p.m. native time. That is solely the second time this occasion has run, having made its debut in 2024. On that event, Bryce Yockey received his arms on the bracelet and $606,654 after outlasting 732 opponents.

The primary Stud occasion of the sequence, Occasion #6: $500 Seven Card Stud, begins at 2:00 p.m. native time. British professional Richard “Chufty” Ashby, a stud specialist, is the reigning champion. Ashby gained this occasion in 2010 and once more in 2024. Will he enter in 2025 to defend his title?

Keep tuned to PokerNews all through the 2025 World Sequence of Poker as we convey you all of the motion, because it occurs, from the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he grew to become the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.