Yuri Dzivielevski, Gus Hansen in Contention as Oliver Tot and Fu Wong Lead the Way After Day 1 of the $3,000 Nine Game Mix
Stud Games: 700 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,600/2,400 Ante, 800-1,600 Blinds
The Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas was populated by the best mixed game players in the world today for the opening day of Event $58: Nine Game Mix here at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
A total of 409 entries were tallied for this event, which has created a prize pool of $1,132,521, with the eventual champion set to receive $228,115. The turnout for this year’s edition of the event bested last year’s mark of 379, but fell short of the 456 recorded runners in 2022.
After ten hours of play, just 144 players have survived and will advance to Sunday’s Day 2. Of those returning, only 62 will be in the money and guaranteed a minimum cash of $6,029.
Finishing the day with the chip lead is Slovakia’s Oliver Tot. Despite losing a massive pot limit Omaha hand early in the day, Tot fought his way back as he utilized a late-night heater to find a bag of 356,000.
Just behind Tot in second place is Fu Wong, better known as "Grasshopper" in the mixed game world. He cashed this event last year and will be trying to beat his 25th-place finish from 2024. After holding the chip lead for the majority of the day, he ended with 355,000.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Tot | Slovakia | 356,000 |
| 2 | Fu Wong | United States | 355,000 |
| 3 | Sean Akhavi | United States | 331,500 |
| 4 | Matthew Woodward | United States | 307,000 |
| 5 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 296,000 |
| 6 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russian Federation | 270,000 |
| 7 | Nicolas Milgrom | France | 254,500 |
| 8 | Nicolas Barthe | France | 248,500 |
| 9 | Fabrice Soulier | France | 244,500 |
| 10 | Gus Hansen | Denmark | 238,000 |
This event is one of the most popular events of the year for mixed game enthusiasts, as the combination of big bet and limit games creates the need for a varied skill set to survive. Those who tried their luck today rotated through all five H.O.R.S.E. games plus no limit hold’em, pot limit Omaha, 2-7 triple draw, and no limit 2-7 single draw: the same nine games that are played in the upcoming $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
Many notables still in contention include Gus Hansen (238,000), Philip Sternheimer (151,500), Chad Eveslage (145,000), Brian Rast (134,000), Nick Schulman (122,000), Phil Hellmuth (87,500), Huck Seed (63,500), and Viktor Blom (55,500).
Not everyone was fortunate enough to advance to Day 2. Previous champions of this event, Nicholas Julia and Ryutaro Suzuki both bowed out during today’s proceedings, but last year’s champion Yuri Dzivielevski was able to advance as he won several big hands late in the night on his way to a bag of 296,000.
Day 2 kicks off Sunday, June 22 at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe Convention Center. Play will resume in Level 13 with blinds at 1,000/2,000 and limits at 4,000/8,000. Levels will be 60 minutes long and the plan is to play a full ten levels. The average stack for those returning is 113,500.
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