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Table Of Contents

• Only 11 Remain in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet; Daniel Negreanu Second in Chips
• Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Final Day Chip Counts
• Quan Zhou Leads the Final Seven in the $10,000 PLO Championship
• Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
• Ethan Yau Builds a Big Day 1b Stack in the Mini Main Event
• Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
• Shaun Deeb Second in Chips in the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship
• Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
• What to Expect on Day 36 of the 2025 WSOP

June 30 was the 35th day of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and it had everything. Controversy, victory, multi-tabling, and more went down as we enter the latter stages of what has been another incredible WSOP.

First, let's get the controversy out of the way. The WSOP decided not to award a bracelet in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker after Jesse Yaginuma's comeback "victory" over James Carroll. The WSOP split the first and second place prize money between Yaginuma and Carroll, but states no winner of the event is recognized and the bracelet goes unwon. You can read all about this bizarre tale right here.

Now, let's have some positivity in the shape of a legitimate player winning a bracelet. Event #67: $300 Gladiators of Poker concluded on June 30, and Ian Pelz of Colorado, who finished third in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed event a couple of weeks ago, came out on top. He turned $300 into a career-best $420,680 and his first gold bracelet.

Amazingly, Pelz didn't intend to play this event, and entered on a whim after returning to the Horseshoe to pick up his car following a night on the tiles! What a decision that turned out to be.

Only 11 Remain in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet; Daniel Negreanu Second in Chips

GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu is only ten eliminations away from becoming an eight-time WSOP bracelet winner. The Canadian superstar returns for the final day of Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet with 2,513,000 chips, enough for second-place on the leaderboard.

Negreanu has reached four WSOP final tables this summer, including a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship. Should Negreanu emerge from this event with a bracelet on his wrist, he will become only the eighth player in history to accumulate eight bracelets.

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Four $25K Fantasy Draft picks are among those standing between Negreanu and bracelet number eight. Aaron Kupin (3,028,000) is one of them. Kupin leads the final 11 back into battle on July 1.

Marco Johnson (2,507,000) returns in third, Jeff Madsen (1,464,000) in fifth, with Christopher Vitch (1,240,000) just behind Madsen in sixth-place.

This event resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time and continues until only one player has all of the chips in play in their stack.

Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Final Day Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds (NLSD)	Big Blinds (PL/NL)
1	Aaron Kupin	United States	3,028,000	100	126
2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	2,513,000	83	104
3	Marco Johnson	United States	2,507,000	83	104
4	Bariscan Betil	United States	1,637,000	54	68
5	Jeff Madsen	United States	1,464,000	48	61
6	Christopher Vitch	United States	1,240,000	41	51
7	Steve Billirakis	United States	1,119,000	37	46
8	Ofir Mor	United States	1,035,000	34	43
9	Hiroyuki Noda	Japan	646,000	21	26
10	Robert Mclaughlin	United States	453,000	15	18
11	Hye Park	United States	388,000	12	16

Quan Zhou Leads the Final Seven in the $10,000 PLO Championship

China's Quan Zhou (16,750,000) is the player to catch going into the final day of Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Zhou is one of two players with more than 50 big blinds in their stack; Sean Rafael (13,250,000) is the other.

Two of the final seven have already tasted WSOP glory. Michael Wang (8,025,000) returns to the fray in third, while Alex Foxen (2,725,000) brings up the rear. Foxen was multi-tabling this event with another $10,000 at the Wynn Las Vegas, which could go some way to explaining why he is this event's shortest stack going into Day 4.

Dutchman Javier Francort (6,825,000), who led on Day 1 and Day 2, returns in fourth, while Michael Zulker (5,075,000) and Melad Marji (4,825,000) remain in contention.

These seven players return to the action at 2:00 p.m. local time, and they will play until a champion is crowned.

Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Quan Zhou	China	16,750,000	67
2	Sean Rafael	United States	13,250,000	53
3	Michael Wang	United States	8,025,000	32
4	Javier Francort	Netherlands	6,825,000	27
5	Michael Zulker	United States	5,075,000	20
6	Melad Marji	United States	4,825,000	19
7	Alex Foxen	United States	2,725,000	11

Ethan Yau Builds a Big Day 1b Stack in the Mini Main Event

Day 1b of Event #74: $1,000 Mini Main Event attracted 6,717 entrants to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, taking the total attendance to 10,794. From that Day 1b field, 541 progressed to Day 2, with France's Bernard Kobis (7,770,000) leading the way.

This flight attracted more than its fair share of stars, and several of those finished with a top ten stack. Harry Lodge (4,955,000), fresh from winning an online bracelet, bagged up the fourth-largest stack. The polarizing Martin Kabrhel (2,275,000) finished Day 1b in tenth.

Ethan "Rampage" Yau (2,350,000) is sandwiched between those two players. Earlier in the series, Yau spoke to PokerNewsabout how frustrating the 2025 WSOP had been for him. However, he has stuck to his guns, continued with his aggressive playing style, and now finds himself among the frontrunners going into Day 2.

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Others who progressed from Day 1b include Justin Liberto (1,185,000), Yilong Wang (965,000), Thomas Cazayous (660,000), Uri Reichenstein (640,000), Matt Affleck (485,000), Joe Cada (470,000), and Alexandre Reard (245,000).

Day 2 kicks off at 11 a.m. local time on July 1 with 859 hopefuls returning to the action. The plan is to whittle that large crowd to the final five players. Will that happen? Return to PokerNewson July 1 to find out.

Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bernard Kobis	France	7,770,000	194
2	Chakib Mhiri	Turkey	7,480,000	187
3	Jens Ullrich	Germany	7,355,000	184
4	Harry Lodge	United Kingdom	4,955,000	124
5	Freedom Burrows	Bermuda	3,610,000	90
6	Jonathan Fhima	France	2,815,000	70
7	William Blais	Canada	2,670,000	67
8	Ethan Yau	United States	2,350,000	59
9	Tao Chu	Taiwan	2,280,000	57
10	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	2,275,000	57

Shaun Deeb Second in Chips in the $10,000 Stud Hi-Lo Championship

Day 1 of Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship drew in 160 entrants, but more than half of them fell by the wayside over the course of ten levels. Shaun Deeb (384,500) not only survived and progressed to Day 2, but did so with the second-largest stack of the remaining 68 players.

Deeb has 15 cashes at this summer's series, including two final table appearances. He finished third in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and was the runner-up in the $1,500 Razz. The mixed game specialist now has a legitimate chance of reaching another final table and, maybe, adding to his haul of six bracelets.

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Walter Chambers (372,500) bagged the chip lead, while Scott Bohlman (284,500), Anthony Zinno (273,000), and Paul Houvener (259,500) finished Day 1 with top five stacks.

Also safely through to Day 2 are players such as Christopher Claasen (229,000), Brian Hastings (221,000), Brad Ruben (200,000), Blaz Zerjav (197,000), Nick Guagenti (175,000), Mike Gorodinsky (156,500), Viktor Blom (143,000), Allen Kessler (141,000), Benny Glaser (102,000), David "Bakes" Baker (75,500), Chad Eveslage (55,000), and Todd Brunson (42,500).

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time, with late registration open until the end of the first level. Should eight players take advantage of late registration, this event's attendance will be another that surpasses the 2024 edition.

Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
1	Walter Chambers	United States	372,500	47
2	Shaun Deeb	United States	310,000	39
3	Scott Bohlman	United States	284,500	36
4	Anthony Zinno	United States	273,000	34
5	Paul Houvener	United States	259,500	32
6	Qinghai Pan	United States	250,500	31
7	Nikolay Fal	Russian Federation	232,500	29
8	Christopher Claassen	United States	229,000	29
9	Brian Hastings	United States	221,000	28
10	David Lin	United States	215,500	27

What to Expect on Day 36 of the 2025 WSOP

Two bracelets will be awarded on July 1, both in non-hold'em tournaments. Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet are both scheduled to conclude. The former kicks off at 2:00 p.m. local time and the latter at a slightly earlier 1:00 p.m. local time.

Day 2 of Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event explodes into action at 11:00 a.m. with the 859 survivors from Day 1a and Day 1b coming together for the first time. PokerNews' live reporting from this event starts today.

Late registration is still open in Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, so there will almost certainly be more than the 78 Day 1 survivors in the mix. Join PokerNewsfrom 1:00 p.m. local time for all the stud action you can handle.

It's a 10:00 a.m. local time start for one of the most anticipated tournaments on the schedule: Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship. No other media outlet has a branded bracelet-awarding event at the WSOP, and we are immensely proud to have our name in WSOP lights. Hector Berry left 5,109 opponents in his wake in 2024, turning his $600 into $282,876, a WSOP bracelet, and a 24K gold PokerNewscoin. Will you be this year's champion?

At noon, poker's big guns will be out in force when Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller kicks off. This event is new for the 2025 WSOP and is expected to see some and all-star cast descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

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