2025 WSOP Day 11: Final Tables Set in $25K 6-Max and $1,500 Badugi; Friedman Leads Stud Championship

4 bracelets have been handed out right this moment — congratulations to the winners — as motion on the 2025 World Sequence of Poker actually begins to warmth up.

Two extra might be topped on Saturday, with the $25,000 6-Max and $1,500 Badugi all the way down to last tables.

In the meantime, count on a large subject on the final beginning flight within the $500 Colossus which has already attracted over 10,000 entries.

Vaitiekunas Eyes First Dwell Bracelet in $25,000 6-Max

Simply 15 gamers stay in Occasion #22: $25,000 Excessive Curler 6-Handed from a large subject of 336 gamers.

Main the best way is Lithuania’s Paulius Vaitiekunas who’s attempting to find his first reside bracelet after successful a web-based bracelet in 2023.

One participant who is aware of what it takes to win a reside bracelet is Jared Bleznick. On the heels of a large cooler late within the day, Bleznick coasted by means of the final stage to place himself in a primary place to win WSOP titles in back-to-back years after successful his maiden bracelet in Occasion #92: $50,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Excessive Curler for $2,037,947.

The remaining gamers have all locked up $87,971, with the winner set to stroll away with $1,734,717.

Occasion #22: $25,000 Excessive Curler 6-Handed Day 2 Chip Counts

Seven Stay in $1,500 Badugi

Simply two former bracelet-winners stay in Occasion #23: $1,500 Badugi with Dominick Sarle and Matthew Schreiber sitting second and third in chips respectively.

They path Day 2 chip chief Aloisio Dourado who’s the one non-American on the last desk of seven. Dourado has come near successful a bracelet earlier than, ending second to Shaun Deeb within the 2023 $1,500 8-Recreation. He additionally recorded a 53rd-place finsih within the 2024 WSOP Predominant Occasion.

The seven remaining gamers will compete to find out a winner on Saturday, with the victor set to take house $138,114.

Occasion #23: $1,500 Badugi Day 2 Chip Counts

WSOP Europe Bracelet-Winner Stranak Leads PLO Bomb Pot Day 1

Again in 2021, Samuel Stranak took down a €2,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha event on the WSOP Europe for his first bracelet. Now within the very first PLO Bomb Pot bracelet occasion, he is heading into Day 2 of Occasion #24: $1,500 Pot-Restrict Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot because the chip chief.

He bagged 783,000 chips forward of former bracelet winner Robert Nehorayan’s 727,000. An entire host of different notables and bracelet-winners are by means of to Day 2 as effectively, together with Nacho Barbero, David “ODB” Baker and Michael Mizrachi in addition to final yr’s champion within the Occasion #41: $1,500 Combined NLH / PLO Double Board Bomb Pot Xixiang Luo

Occasion #24: $1,500 Pot-Restrict Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot High 10 Chip Counts

Former Champ Friedman on High in $10,000 Stud Championship

After a seventh-place end within the $10,000 Seller’s Alternative Championship, Adam Friedman is again at it in Occasion #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, ending Day 1 on the high of the counts with 420,000. In 2022, Friedman received this very occasion after overcoming a 96-player subject.

He leads from Dan Heimiller (364,500), seeking to do the double after his victory within the $1,500 Seven Card Stud, and Daniel Negreanu (302,000) who’s the one different participant above 300,000 in chips.

As anticipated from a combined sport Championship occasion, there are many large names remaining among the many 46 survivors from the 100-player subject. A number of winners of the occasion previously are additionally nonetheless in, together with 2021 champion Anthony Zinno (96,000), 2023 champion Brian Yoon (188,500), and defending champion James Obst (130,000).

Occasion #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Day 1 Chip Counts

Camno New Chip Chief After Third Flight in Colossus

The third beginning flight in Occasion #19: $500 COLOSSUS was the biggest by far, with 4,286 entries. The chip chief as soon as the mud settled was Spain’s Rafael Camno with 1,733,000.

Bracelet winners additionally advancing embody Kartik Ved (1,186,000) who sits fifth in chips after Day 1c, in addition to Dan Zack (383,000), Jeremy Pekarek (300,000), Anthony Spinella (299,000), former WSOP Predominant Occasion last tablist Bruno Politano (163,000) and Felipe Ramos (128,000)

Occasion #19: $500 COLOSSUS Day 1c Chip Counts

What’s Taking place on Day 12 of the 2025 WSOP?

In addition to two winners being topped, there are additionally 5 different occasions happening. An enormous subject is anticipated on Day 1d of the Colossus which ought to unfold throughout a number of event rooms at Paris and Horseshoe.

Day 2s get underway within the $1,500 PLO Bomb Pot at 12 p.m., and the $10,000 Stud Championship at 1 p.m., as two different occasions get underway.

Occasion #26: $25,000 Excessive Curler begins at 12 p.m. with eight 60-minute ranges scheduled on Day 1. Final yr, Nick Schulman received $1,667,842 on this occasion after topping a subject of 318 gamers.

For this with barely smaller financial institution rolls, or extra affinity for Omaha, Occasion #27: $1,500 Large O begins ath the marginally later time of two p.m.

Large O is a type of Omaha poker the place, as an alternative of 4 playing cards, gamers obtain 5 playing cards. The format can also be performed Hello-Lo cut up with half the pot being awarded to the excessive hand, and the opposite half to the low hand. Final yr, Michael Christ was the champion on this occasion and received $306,884

Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract reside 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.