2025 WSOP Day 19: David “ODB” Baker Eyes Third Bracelet in Seniors High Roller

The 2025 World Sequence of Poker continued to ship on Day 19.

Ian Johns secured victory in Occasion #41: $10,000 Restrict Maintain’em Championship, whereas David “ODB” Baker bagged the chip lead within the $5,000 Seniors Excessive Curler as that heads to an additional day.

Dylan Weisman has put himself in place for one more PLO bracelet, with deep runs from the likes of Allan Le and Nick Schulman maintaining issues thrilling as we head into Sunday.

As Occasion #40: $5,000 Seniors Excessive Curler heads to a fourth and closing day, there is a acquainted face atop the chip counts within the form of three-time WSOP bracelet winner David “ODB” Baker.

Baker received an enormous pot in the direction of the top of the evening towards Chuanshu Chen, to cement his place as chip chief. Simply behind him is Chen himself, who was out and in of the chip lead, solely shedding it for good late on.

The 4 remaining gamers are at the moment assured a minimal of $215,095, with the winner taking house $646,845.

Occasion #40: $5,000 Seniors Excessive Curler Day 3 Chip Counts

Seven Stay in $1,000 PLO

Carlos Leiva is the clear chip chief with simply seven gamers remaining in Occasion #42: $1,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha.

He moved to the highest of the counts by bursting the ultimate desk bubble, after which adopted that up with the ninth- and eighth-place eliminations to sit down nicely away from Hooman Nikzad.

Each gamers are on the lookout for their first WSOP bracelets — the truth is, there’s just one former bracelet-winner on the closing desk, and he is no stranger to Pot-Restrict Omaha.

Dylan Weisman is on the lookout for a 3rd Pot-Restrict Omaha bracelet to his resume, however begins the ultimate day sixth in chips.

Occasion #42: $1,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Day 2 Chip Counts

Last Desk Confirmed in $1,500 Razz

9 gamers stay in Occasion #43: $1,500 Razz with only a single wager separating Allan Le and Clinton Wolcyn on the prime of the chip counts.

Le is among the three distinguished poker-playing brothers (alongside Nam Le and Tommy Le) and has one WSOP bracelet to his identify from a $1,500 Combined Omaha occasion in 2016. Apparently, Le has by no means cashed in a WSOP Razz occasion and now finds himself in pole place so as to add a Razz bracelet to his poker resume.

Sitting a extra distant third is none aside from Shaun Deeb, who’s inarguably probably the most completed participant remaining with six WSOP bracelets to his identify, a WSOP Participant of the Yr title, and over $13 million in live-tournament earnings.

Occasion #43: $1,500 Razz Day 2 Chip Counts

Woodward Leads as Large O Championship Will get Underway

One other Championship occasion obtained underway on Saturday, with Occasion #44: $10,000 Large O Championship.

By way of the primary 10 ranges of motion, Matthew Woodward is main the 126 survivors from a subject of 323.

Not far behind is Nick Schulman, recent off his seventh WSOP bracelet win simply days in the past in Occasion #30: $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. Schulman sits third in chips with 372,500, simply behind Andrew Yeh.

Different notable names who will return are 25K Fantasy standouts Sam Soverel (288,000), Xixiang Luo (277,700), Aaron Kupin (128,000), and Nick Guagenti (100,000).

Occasion #44: $10,000 Large O Championship Day 1 Chip Counts

Last Monster Stack Flight within the Books

Day 1d put the Monster in Monster Stack, with 1,222 advancing from a subject of three,604. Main the survivors is Australia’s Keolin Naidoo who bagged 535,000, only a single 1,000 chip forward of Chander Jain.

Former November Niner Tom Cannuli bagged sixth in chips, with different notables reminiscent of Georgios Sotiropoulos (322,000), Dzmitry Urbanovich (312,500), Esther Taylor (258,000), Dylan Linde (256,500), Justin Saliba (169,500) and Ronnie Bardah (167,000) additionally advancing.

Two Corridor of Famers managed to make it by to Day 2, within the form of Barbara Enright (105,000) and John Juanda (32,500).

PokerNews conventional protection of this occasion begins on Day 2, that includes survivors of all 4 flights mixed. Play will resume at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 15. Play will proceed for one more 10 blind ranges, which can also be the plan for Day 3. This occasion isn’t anticipated to crown a winner till Day 4.

Occasion #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK Day 1d High 10 Chip Counts

Get Prepared for Extra Motion on Sunday, June 15

All eyes will probably be on three occasions tomorrow, with three winners set to be topped on Sunday, June 15:

Nevertheless, there’s additionally the small matter of Occasion #46: $250,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler which begins at 12 p.m. native time.

Final 12 months’s Tremendous Excessive Curler drew 75 entries, a rise from the 69 entries in 2023, and was received by India’s Santhosh Suvarna for $5,415,152,

In the meantime, there’s the continuation of the Monster Stack, with PokerNews stay reporting getting underway when Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. There’s additionally a Day 2 in Occasion #44: $10,000 Large O Championship.

Two extra occasions get underway on Sunday, with Occasion #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors at 10 a.m. in addition to Occasion #47: $2,500 Combined Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher; Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo 8 or Higher.

Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract stay reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time employees 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.