2025 WSOP Day 12: Can Mike “The Mouth” Matusow Finally Break Bracelet Drought?

Welcome again to PokerNews protection from the 2025 World Collection of Poker!

One other WSOP weekend is underway, with two extra bracelet winners topped as Blaz Zerjav and Aloisio Dourado each clinched maiden titles.

Two extra might be topped right this moment because the $1,500 PLO Bomb Pot and $10,000 Stud Championship attain their conclusion. All eyes might be on the latter, to see if Mike Matusow can break a 12-year bracelet drought and eventually win bracelet quantity 5!

In the meantime, Day 2 of the Colossus will get underway with a subject of over 16,000 trimmed right down to a simply 2,326. That resumes at 11 a.m. native time.

Matusow, Heimiller and Friedman Headline $10,000 Stud Championship Day 3

“I do not know when you have been watching right this moment, I performed phenomenal,” Mike Matusow instructed PokerNews shortly after bagging on Day 2 of Occasion #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. “I believe I am pretty much as good as anyone else.”

They sound just like the phrases of a person trying to win his fifth WSOP title, and he heads into the ultimate day fourth in chips. He’ll must deal with eight different powerful stud gamers, together with Corridor of Famer Mori Eskandani, 2025 bracelet winner Dan Heimiller and present chip chief Chino Rheem.

One other Corridor of Famer within the form of Daniel Negreanu narrowly missed out on a spot within the ultimate day, eradicated in eleventh place by the hands of Qiang Xu.

Occasion #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 2 Chip Counts

Xixiang Luo Eyes Again-to-Again Bomb Pot Bracelets

Twelve months in the past, the very first double board bomb pot occasion was held on the WSOP, and was received by Xixiang Luo. Now, that occasion was a mixture of No-Restrict Maintain’em and Pot-Restrict Omaha, with one bomb pot per orbit. Quick ahead to now, and the occasion is solely Omaha with bomb pots on each hand.

The tweaks, apparently, didn’t work as Luo leads the ultimate 13 gamers in Occasion #24: $1,500 Pot-Restrict Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot into the ultimate day

Luo leads from Day 1 chip chief Samuel Stranak, with former WSOP Participant of the 12 months Ian Matakis sitting fourth in chips.

The remaining gamers are all assured $14,748 with the winner taking house $290,400.

Occasion #24: $1,500 Pot-Restrict Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot Day 2 Chip Counts

Mustafov Chasing Maiden Bracelet in $25,000 Excessive Curler

Day 1 of Occasion #26: $25,000 Excessive Curler attracted 300 entries, with simply 96 advancing to Day 2. Late registration stays open by the primary degree of play on Day 2, with extra entries anticipated so as to add to the prize pool, which has already surpassed $7,000,000.

Main the way in which is Bulgarian Fahredin Mustafov forward of Cherish Andrews, however there may be expertise in every single place you look on this excessive curler subject.

Different notable names that bagged up for Day 1 embody John Juanda, Stephen Chidwick, Joao Simao and Mustapha Kanit. Considered one of poker’s most well-known married couple The Foxens each bagged up for Day 2 with Alex Foxen barely pipping his spouse Kristen Foxen within the chip counts.

Occasion #26: $25,000 Excessive Curler Prime 10 Chip Counts

Bubble Bursts as Rodgers Leads $1,500 Massive O

207 gamers will head to sleep this night protected within the information of locking up a $3,027 min-cash in Occasion #27: $1,500 Massive O after 15 ranges of play on Day 1.

Michael Rodgers will maybe sleep soundest of all, bagging the chip lead with 654,000 chips, however there’s loads of four-card specialists ready within the wings. They embody Justin Liberto, trying to win his second gold bracelet and finish a 10-year drought since successful Occasion #51: $3,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Six-Max in 2015.

On Sunday, the event will play right down to its ultimate 5 gamers, with the winner finally strolling away with $297,285.

Occasion #27: $1,500 Massive O Prime 10 Chip Counts

Final Colossus Flight Sees Deeb Bag Massive Stack

After the final of 4 beginning flights in Occasion #19: $500 COLOSSUS, 847 gamers survived into Day 2. That brings the full variety of survivors to 2,326.

Main the way in which after Day 1d is Stephanie Alderman, with former WSOP Participant of the 12 months Shaun Deeb bagging fourth in chips. Deeb final cashed a dwell Colossus on the WSOP in Las Vegas in 2018, ending 1,418th for $920, and is in good place right here in 2025.

Different notables advancing to Day 2 from Day 1d embody Jeremy Becker (1,207,000), Yuliyan Kolev (1,130,000), Eddie Sabat (1,025,000), Lily Kiletto (841,000), and Roberto Romanello (598,000).

Occasion #19: $500 COLOSSUS Day 1d Prime 10 Chip COunts

Get Prepared for Sunday WSOP Motion!

There might be a complete of seven occasions underway on Day 12 of the 2025 World Collection of Poker, with winners topped in Occasion #24: $1,500 Pot-Restrict Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot and Occasion #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.

Day 2 of the Colossus will undoubtedly take up loads of house within the Paris and Horseshoe, with over 2,000 gamers returning, however there are additionally Day 2s within the $25,000 Excessive Curler and $1,500 Massive O tournaments.

There’s additionally going to be house for 3 new occasions that begin on Sunday.

Primarily based in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract dwell reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time workers in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.

He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.