2025 WSOP Day 14: Another Deep Run For Daniel Negreanu

Welcome again to PokerNews’ recap of the motion from the 2025 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, the place Day 14 is within the bag. Two gamers obtained their arms on coveted gold bracelets, and there ought to have been a 3rd champion, however extra on that quickly!

Elsewhere, 5 different occasions edged nearer to awarding their prime prizes and WSOP {hardware}, together with the $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, the place solely 16 gamers stay within the hunt for the title of champion.

Day 14 noticed two gamers turn into on the spot millionaires due to the huge $9,212,000 prize pool in Occasion #26: $25,000 Excessive Curler. Money sport specialist, Chang Lee, had by no means performed in a WSOP occasion earlier than flicking within the $25,000 for this occasion. Certainly, he’d solely ever performed one match previous to this excessive curler! Regardless of being an MTT novice, Lee got here out on prime and banked $1,949,044 plus his first bracelet, leaving Andrew Ostapchenko to console himself with a $1,299,333 comfort prize.

Occasion #28: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em/Pot-Restrict Omaha Deepstack additionally topped its champion, with Tyler Brown rising victoriously. Brown led from begin to end, and even a one-round penalty could not cease him marching onto victory and claiming his second WSOP bracelet.

One other bracelet ought to have discovered a brand new residence, however Occasion #27: $1,500 Huge O requires an unscheduled fourth day. Igor Zektser and Paul Honest got the choice to play on for one more hour, however they opted to bag their chips and return to the motion on june 10 after evening’s sleep.

Negreanu Third in Chips as Alexander Leads the $10K NL 2-7 Championship

Seven-time WSOP champion Daniel Negreanu (1,620,000) finds himself amongst an all-star forged going into Day 2 of Occasion #30: $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, the place solely 16 gamers stay.

Negreanu got here agonizingly near profitable his eighth bracelet earlier within the sequence when he completed second within the $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship, then once more together with his Eleventh-place end within the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Is that this the occasion the place Negreanu tastes glory once more?

If he’s to emerge victoriously, Negreanu must be at his good finest as a result of the Day 3 subject is stacked. George Alexander (1,835,000) leads the way in which, adopted by Dan Smith (1,775,000), with the likes of Nick Schulman (1,195,000), Greg Mueller (1,070,000), Chad Eveslage (795,000), James Chen (760,000), and Brian Rast (540,000) returning with prime ten stacks.

Any of the returning gamers has the flexibility to win this occasion, however Negreanu’s followers will probably be hoping it’s their hero who pips all of them to the publish.

The motion resumes at 1:00 p.m. native time on June 10, with PokerNews’ stay reporting crew readily available to convey you reside and unique protection.

Occasion #30: $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship High Ten Chip Counts

Solely 9 Stay within the $500 Colossus

Occasion #19: $500 Colossus attracted 16,301 entrants over its beginning flights however solely 9 of these stay after a 3rd day’s play. Ramaswamy Pyloore (224,700,000) holds a large chip lead going into the fourth and closing day, however his victory is way from assured.

Sigrid Dencker (101,300,000) is in second place, with Kaiwen Wei (90,000,000) rounding out the rostrum.

All eyes will probably be on Matt Glantz (60,900,000), who, regardless of being one of the vital revered stay grinders, nonetheless does not have a bracelet. Glantz returns to the fray seventh in chips.

Ryan Leng (60,400,000) brings up the rear in ninth. The three-time bracelet winner wants a bit assist when play resumes, however this occasion might go in any path as a result of, the chip chief apart, no one has greater than 20 large blinds at their disposal.

Observe all of the stay updates from this occasion from 1:00 p.m. native time on June 10, or tune into the PokerGO stream from 2:00 p.m. native time (or do each!) The selection is yours.

Occasion #19: $500 Colossus Closing 9 Chip Counts

Spain’s Jon Vallinas Leads the Closing 17 within the $2,500 NLHE

Spaniard Jon Vallinas has been in unbelievable kind for the reason that finish of 2024 and is using the crest of a wave, hopefully in his case, to WSOP glory in 2025. Vallinas was the runner-up within the $10,400 NLHE GGMillion$ Championship occasion on the 2024 WSOP Paradise competition, a outcome that banked him $622,340. He then gained greater than $1 million throughout 4 cashes on the Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection Jeju cease. Now he leads the ultimate 17 in Occasion #29: $2,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em.

Vallinas sits down on Day 3 with 7,000,000 chips, round eight large blinds greater than David Mcgowan (6,215,000) in second, and 21 greater than Travis Hartshorn (4,865,000) in third.

Dylan Linde (2,490,000) is the one surviving participant who owns a WSOP bracelet, however there likes of Christopher Puetz (4,190,000), Aram Oganyan (3,575,000), Sebastian Crane (2,100,000), and Ian O’Hara (1,820,000) know there manner round a poker desk.

This occasion will crown its champion on June 10, with playing cards being again within the air from midday native time.

Occasion #29: $2,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em High Ten Chip Counts

Stephen Music Continues Scorching Type and Flies Excessive within the $800 NLHE Deepstack

Occasion #31: $800 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack attracted 4,481 entrants, however solely 258 of them made it via to Day 2. Discovering themselves among the many chip leaders, as is often the case currently, is Stephen Music (2,105,000), who can seemingly do no mistaken on the tables of late.

Music gained over $2.7 million final yr and is already as much as virtually $1.5 million in winnings midway via 2025. Ought to Music proceed on this occasion like he has began, he stands a official probability of reeling within the $352,610 prime prize and his second bracelet.

Japan’s Hajime Watanabe (3,235,000) is the participant to catch when play resumes, adopted by Daniel Cosner (2,505,000), Robert Gittelman (2,500,000), and Music.

Decrease down the counts is the place you discover such luminaries as Calvin Anderson (1,060,000), Nicholas Marchington (910,000), Will Jaffe (875,000), Michael Moncek (830,000), David “ODB” Baker (745,000), Patrick Leonard (560,000), and Nick Guagenti (325,000).

An 11:00 a.m. native time restart is on the playing cards on June 10, with the plan to play all the way down to a champion.

Occasion #31: $800 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack High Ten Chip Counts

Alexandre Reard Leads the Chasing Pack within the $50,000 Excessive Curler

Frenchman Alexandre Reard, a two-time bracelet winner, leads the pack after Day 1 of Occasion #32: $50,000 Excessive Curler, the most important buy-in match of the sequence to this point. Some 124 gamers purchased in, with 52 progressing to Day 2. These numbers will enhance as a result of late registration stays open for one more two degree.

Reard bagged 2,335,000 chips, or 195 large blinds. Swedish celebrity Viktor Blom (1,810,000) obtained the closest to Reard, whereas Joao Simao (1,636,000) is simply behind him.

Clearly, such a high-stakes occasion has drawn in a few of the world’s finest No-Restrict Maintain’em gamers. Brock Wilson (1,495,000), Joao Vieira (1,380,000), Oliver Weis (1,155,000), and Jason Koon (1,049,000) all bagged up prime ten stacks.

Danny Tang (972,000), Justin Saliba (870,000), Aleksejs Ponakovs (835,000), David Peters (722,000), and Mikita Badziakouski (648,000) discover themselves within the prime half of the in a single day chip counts.

The star-studded subject returns to their seats at midday on June 10 with the plan to play ten extra ranges. Keep tuned to PokerNews to see who registers late, who falls by the wayside, and who stays in competition for what will probably be a large prime prize.

Occasion #32: $50,000 Excessive Curler High Ten Chip Counts

John Monnette Claims $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em Day 1 Chip Lead

John Monnette gained one among his 5 bracelets within the $10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship in 2021, and he now leads Occasion #33: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em after the primary day’s play. Monnette completed Day 1 with 368,000 chips, edging out Germany’s Christoph Bohm (342,000) and Anthony Ribeiro (327,000) on the chip counts’ summit.

Ninety-nine of the 491 entrants progressed to Day 2. Amongst them are the likes of Ian Johns (215,000), Jeremy Becker (184,000), Ruth Corridor (182,000), Daniel Idema (151,000), Scott Seiver (142,000), Chris Hunichen (120,000), and the legendary Humberto Brenes (17,000).

One other day of fastened restrict motion begins at 1:00 p.m. native time on June 10, with PokerNews bringing you all of the updates you may deal with.

Occasion #33: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em High Ten Chip Counts

What’s Taking place on Day 15 of the 2025 WSOP?

As much as 12 occasions will probably be in play on June 10, the fifteenth day of the 2025 World Collection of Poker. A number of of these occasions will award their bracelets. Occasion #19: $500 Colossus will dish out its bracelet, as will Occasion #27: $1,500 Huge O, and Occasion #29: $2,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em.

The stacked Occasion #30: $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship can be scheduled to conclude, with Occasion #31: $800 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack set to comply with go well with.

The one in-play occasions not set to conclude are Occasion #32: $50,000 Excessive Curler and Occasion #33: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em.

Three new occasions shuffle up and deal on Day 15 of the 2025 WSOP. Count on chip to fly from the phrase go in Occasion #34: $1,500 Tremendous Turbo Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em. This one-day occasion begins at 10:00 a.m. native time and can award its bracelet on the identical day. Which means upwards of two,000 gamers will come and go within the house of a single day!

Occasion #35: $3,000 Freezeout No-Restrict Maintain’em begins at midday native time, and is an occasion for the purists as a result of there aren’t any re-entries. Erlend Melsom emerged victoriously final yr, leaving 1,251 opponents in his wake on his option to gathering $523,195.

At 2:00 p.m. native time, Occasion #36: $10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Championship will get underway. Some official superstars have gained this occasion prior to now, together with Eli Elezra, Josh Arieh, Nick Schulman, Phil Galfond, and reigning champion Sean Troha. Count on a prime prize of at the very least half one million {dollars}!

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker trade since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from stay reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his function of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.