What an incredible day Day 6 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was. Two of poker's superstars added to their bracelet collections, and it seemed each event was packed to the rafters with elite-level grinders. Here's what went down at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on June 1.
The first of Day 6's bracelets went to Russian superstar Artur Martirosian, who took down Event #7: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. There are no easy match-ups in this event, but Martirosian had a challenging road to victory. He defeated Jeremy Ausmus, Faraz Jaka, Kevin Rabichow, Chance Kornuth, and Patrick Leonard before besting Aliaksei Boika in the final. In addition to $500,000 in prize money, Martirosian got his hands on his third WSOP bracelet.
Negreanu Leads the Way After Day 2 of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship
Before the 2025 WSOP started, Daniel Negreanu said he would be focusing on having fun rather than being fixated on his results. Well, Negreanu seems to be having a blast in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, where he holds the chip lead with only 20 players remaining.
Negreanu captured his seventh bracelet in 2024, taking down the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Bracelet number eight is now within reach, which would be the Canadian's first in an Omaha format.
Negreanu returns to the action with 1,550,000 chips, around 500,000 more (10 big blinds) than Matthew Beinner in second place. The rest of the field is littered with WSOP champions and 25K Fantasy picks. They incude Maxx Coleman (1,020,000), Ryan Bambrick (985,000), Viktor Blom (840,000), Joao Vieira (840,000), Ben Lamb (740,000), Allan Le (620,000), Thomas Taylor (400,000), Eric Wasserson (375,000), Aaron Kupin (225,000), and David "ODB" Baker (80,000).
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time. Join PokerNews then to see if Negreanu becomes an eight-time WSOP champion.
Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Mystery Millions Ends With Only 20 Players in Contention for the $1M Top Prize
George Tatalovich
Only 20 players from a field of 19,654 remain in Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions. You'd think the excitement had passed after the $1 million jackpot mystery bounty was pulled within an hour of the bounties going into play, but you'd be wrong. Why? Because this event has a $1 million guaranteed top prize.
George Tatalovich (77,625,000) is the man leading the chase for that seven-figure prize, followed by Linda Ngo (67,000,000), and Wesley Fei (62,450,000).
In fifth place with 52,200,000 chips is Daniel Strelitz, the only player still in contention that has a bracelet to their name. Indeed, Strelitz has two bracelets, having won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2019 and the $1,500 Razz in 2022.
Everyone who has reached this stage has done so on merit, with each of the 20 returning players deserving the $39,180 they're guaranteed to take home. The top eight finishers will bank at least $120,950, and the champion a cool $1,000,000.
Play resumes at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2. Return to PokerNews then to see which player becomes an instant millionaire.
Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions End of Day 2 Chip Counts
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