Late registration surge forces full reseat in WSOP $25K high roller

A flood of late registrations for a 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) event threw the tournament staff a curveball on Sunday (June 8), as they had to completely reseat seats for everyone heading into Day 2.

The event in question was Event #26, the $25,000 High Roller, not to be confused with the $25,000 High-Roller 6-Max that wrapped up the day before. By the end of Day 1, there were already 300 entries, but since registration stayed open for the first level of Day 2, a wave of last-minute players came in, causing the need for a full reseat.

They're currently redrawing the entire Event #26: $25,000 NLH 8-handed. Players please stand by for your new seat assignments. #WSOP2025

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 8, 2025

The high roller tournament wrapped up with a record 392 entries, thanks in part to a last-minute rush. Forty players either jumped in for the first time or rebought just before registration closed after Level 9, and a total of 72 registered during the first level of Day 2.

At that point, a fresh starting stack of 150,000 chips only gave players 12.5 big blinds, with Level 10 set at 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante.

It’s not unusual for players to max late registration at a WSOP event. But it’s pretty rare to see this many do it in a high roller. It’s even more unusual for the tournament staff to have to reseat the entire field of 158 players just one level into Day 2, especially when nearly half of them had only just registered.