2025 World Series of Poker

Day: 1a
Event Info

2025 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$1,133,750
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,924,690
Entries
11,996
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,612
Players Left
345

Sascha Manns Grabs Day 1a Lead as Millionaire Maker Explodes Into Action

Sascha Manns
Sascha Manns

Today saw 1,612 players begin their quest for glory in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em here at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but after 11 action-packed levels, only 345 of them left the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas having bagged up chips for Day 2.

Germany's Sascha Manns (776,000) clinched the Day 1a chip lead and returns on Day 2 armed with the equivalent of 310 big blinds.

End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Sascha MannsGermany776,000
2Damarjai DavenportUnited States427,000
3Ciaran DuffyIreland418,500
4Alex KimUnited States392,000
5Kristaps ZarinsUnited States380,500
6Lee FlemmingUnited States376,500
7Pedro FernandesPortugal338,000
8Yen-Tuan ChenTaiwan335,000
9John OnealUnited States329,500
10Grant GardnerUnited Kingdom316,500

Last year's Millionaire Maker champion, Franco Spitale (183,500) looks set to make another deep run after bagging a decent stack, while Matthew Bode (180,500), David Singontiko (176,500), Thomas Cazayous (175,000), David Pham (174,000), Boris Angelov (172,500), and Mathew Frankland (156,000) all ended Day 1a with a stack worth a place in the top third of the overnight leaderboard.

Below them, but by no means out of contention due to this event's structure, are the likes of David "ODB" Baker (132,500), Adam Owen (122,500), Brett Schaffer (109,500), Brock Wilson (101,500), Joe McKeehen (101,000), Maria Konnikova (74,000), Barry Greenstein (73,000), and Caitlin Comeskey (71,000).

Day 1b is scheduled to shuffle up and deal at 10 a.m. local time on June 19, with entrants hoping to navigate through 11 hour-long levels and join the 345 Day 1a survivors on Day 2. PokerNews traditional coverage begins on Day 2 on June 22.

Tags: Adam OwenBarry GreensteinBoris AngelovBrett SchafferBrock WilsonCaitlin ComeskeyDamarjai DavenportDavid PhamFranco SpitaleJoe McKeehenMaria KonnikovaMateusz MoolhuizenMathew FranklandMatthew BodePedro FernandesSascha MannsThomas CazayousYen-Tuan Chen