Monnette Headlines $1,500 Limit Hold'em at Conclusion of Day 1
Limits: 5,000-10,000
A total of 491 players took their shot at Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. Players were put through a grind of 15 levels of 40 minutes of play on Day 1, with 99 players surviving to advance to Day 2. The remaining players will be chasing the top prize of $130,061 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Five-time WSOP bracelet winner John Monnette (368,000) surged to the top of the chip counts and will go into Day 2 in pole position. Monnette has a history in limit Hold'em, having won the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship in 2021.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Monnette | United States | 368,000 | 31 |
| 2 | Christoph Bohm | Germany | 342,000 | 29 |
| 3 | Anthony Ribeiro | Brazil | 327,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Florian Pesce | France | 284,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Nicholas Tsoukalas | United States | 251,000 | 21 |
| 6 | Christopher Bartley | United States | 231,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Nicholas Goedert | United States | 230,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Jeremy Maher | United States | 230,000 | 19 |
| 9 | Jeb Morrow | United States | 229,000 | 19 |
| 10 | Roberta Harrell | United States | 223,000 | 19 |
Anthony Ribeiro finished third in chips, bagging a total of 327,000, making him the only other player to cross the 300,000 chip mark besides Bohm and Monnette. According to the HendonMob, the Brazilian has found most of his success in his home country, with his most recent cash at the WSOP coming in 2021 in eighth place in the $2,500 Mixed Big Bet event. Ribeiro will aim to top that this year as he enters Day 2 with a formidable stack.
Although he is known for his no-limit play, notable high roller Chris Hunichen had a strong day, finishing with 120,000 in chips. Hunichen is chasing his second gold bracelet of his career after winning his first last year in $100,000 No-Limit Super High Roller.
The field saw several known players fall short of advancing. Two main event winners took their shot, but neither 2015 winner Joe McKeehen nor 2017 winner Scott Blumstein was able to gain traction in this event. McKeehen was one of a litany of players who max-late-registered in hopes of spinning it up into a stack to make a run, but failed to get out of the gate.
Poker legend Barry Greenstein made an appearance in the event, but was unable to gain any traction despite treading water, hovering near or slightly above a starting stack for a chunk of Day 2. Greenstein’s hopes of a fourth bracelet will have to wait for another day.
Seven-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser and six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings were another pair of notables who did not bag in the event.
Payouts
| Rank | Prize | Rank | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $130,062 | 9 | $9,242 | ||
| 2 | $86,673 | 10-11 | $7,305 | ||
| 3 | $59,263 | 12-15 | $5,905 | ||
| 4 | $41,318 | 16-23 | $4,885 | ||
| 5 | $29,384 | 24-31 | $4,138 | ||
| 6 | $21,324 | 32-39 | $3,590 | ||
| 7 | $15,798 | 40-47 | $3,193 | ||
| 8 | $11,954 | 48-74 | $3,041 |
Play will begin at 1 p.m. local time on June 10. Play will resume at Level 16 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000 and limits of 6,000/12,000. The top 74 players will make it into the money with a minimum cash prize of $3,041.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for more updates on Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.