Day 26 of the 2025 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was a three-bracelet day.
The largest story of the day was Benny Glaser‘s victory in Occasion #56: $2,500 Combined Triple Draw Lowball the place he gained his third bracelet of the sequence and eighth total.
Kristopher Tong beat a 21-bracelet closing desk to win his first WSOP gold within the Occasion #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
In the meantime, Brett Lim gained the $1,000 Seniors occasion, outlasting a discipline of seven,575 entries.
Elsewhere, the Millionaire Maker prize pool broke $16.5 million, Biao Ding leads the ultimate 11 within the PLO Excessive Curler, and Gus Hansen bagged a Day 1 stack within the $3,000 9-Sport Combine.
Millionaire Maker Prize Pool Set At $16,545,483
Robert Fluereci ended Day 1d of Occasion #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Restrict Maintain’em with 900,000 in chips.
When play closed, he led the day’s discipline of 1,027 survivors culled from 4,419 entries. This turnout introduced the full variety of entries to the occasion to 11,996 and the full prize pool to $16,545,483.
Amongst those that bagged on Day 1d had been earlier bracelet winners Yang Zhang (380,000) and Barry Hutter (357,00), each within the prime ten for chip counts.
Different luggage had different notable names written on them yesterday. These names included that of four-time bracelet winner, Asi Moshe (310,500); Poker Corridor of Famer, David Oppenheim (128,000); Chris Moorman (227,500); Alec Torelli (165,500); and Kristen Foxen (40,500) in addition to three earlier primary occasion winners — Jamie Gold (276,500), Jonathan Tamayo (101,500), and Stoyan Madanzhiev (114,000).
Later immediately, the two,618 survivors from all 4 Day 1 flights will return for a mixed Day 2.
The standard PokerNews stay protection will begin with the primary hand of the day at 11:00 a.m.
Day 1d High Ten Chip Counts
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Ding Leads Last Eleven In $50k PLO Occasion
Biao Ding (11,000,000) managed to seize the highest spot in Occasion #57: $50,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha.
Earlier within the day, Stephen Chidwick (6,955,000) grew to become the chip chief after he one-outered Alex Foxen. Nevertheless, Chidwick bumped into some dangerous luck of his personal, ending the day in fifth place and permitting Ding to finish in first.
Phil Ivey was eradicated simply earlier than the bubble, however some huge title gamers cashed, together with Shaun Deeb (twenty sixth – $100,000), Alex Foxen ($105,000), and Erik Seidel (twelfth – $123,051).
Play will resume at noon, native time, with the blinds at 60,000 and 120,000.
The event is anticipated to play right down to a winner immediately, with stay protection right here on PokerNews.
Occasion #57: $50,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha High Ten Chip Counts
Gus Hansen In High Ten After Day 1 Of 9-Sport Combine
Occasion $58: $3,000 9 Sport Combine earned 409 entries for a prize pool of $1,132,521.
This places $228,115 up prime for whoever ultimately takes the occasion down.
The nine-game combine is made up of the 5 basic H.O.R.S.E. video games — restrict maintain’em, Omaha 8-or-better, razz, seven card stud, and 7 card stud hi-lo — plus no restrict maintain’em, pot restrict Omaha, restrict 2-7 triple draw, and no restrict 2-7 single draw. This is identical mixture because the $50,000 Participant’s Championship.
With a requirement to excel (and get fortunate) in so many variants, the 9-game combine occasions usually entice the most effective gamers.
Positive sufficient, poker gamers like Gus Hansen and Yuri Dzivielevski seem within the prime ten chip counts
Additional down the 144-strong listing of survivors, events can discover Erick Lindgren (204,000), David “ODB” Baker (161,500), Dario Sammartino (161,500), Chad Eveslage (145,000), Brian Rast (134,000), Phil Hellmuth (87,500), Huck Seed (63,500), Viktor Blom (55,500), and Mike Matusow (25,500) amongst many different nice, good, and infamous gamers.
These gamers will all return at 1:00 p.m. on June 22 to play one other ten ranges. PokerNews may have stay updates as soon as play will get underway.
Occasion $58: 9-Sport Combine Finish Of Day 1 High Ten Chip Counts
What to Count on on Day 27 of the 2025 WSOP
In the present day (June 22), we’ll see no less than one bracelet awarded. It would go to one of many eleven remaining gamers of the $50,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler, which is returning for one final push at 11:00 a.m.
Two occasions are on Day 2 immediately. The mixed discipline of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker shall be again. This shall be Day 2 of a scheduled five-day occasion.
The opposite occasion on its Day 2 would be the $3,000 9-Sport Combine, which shall be again at 1:00 p.m. for an additional ten ranges of play. The sector is spectacular, with a number of huge names vying for the gold. This shall be one to observe carefully.
There can even be two new occasions beginning immediately. The short-handed Occasion #60: $3,000 Restrict Maintain’em 6-Handed begins at 2:00 p.m. and, maybe probably the most fascinating occasion of the day is Occasion #59. That is the brand-new $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em – Battle of the Ages.
The Battle of the Ages has two Day 1 flights operating immediately. The primary is barely open to gamers who’re 50 or over, whereas the afternoon flight is barely open to these beneath 50.
PokerNews may have protection of all these occasions on each the information and stay reporting areas of the location.
