Daniel Zack’s So-Called Weak Spot Turns Into WSOP Gold and $471,170

The ultimate day of the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) noticed yet another gold bracelet awarded earlier than the lights went out on one other summer season within the desert. After 4 days of motion and 1,088 entries, it was Daniel Zack who got here out on high in Occasion #84: $3,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha, capturing his fourth WSOP bracelet and the $471,170 high prize.

Zack returned for the unscheduled Day 4 second in chips however rapidly took management inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. He outlasted a troublesome closing 4 that included Zachary Schwartz, who completed runner-up for a career-best $314,056. Joshua Ladines positioned third for $216,539, whereas in a single day chip chief Richard Gryko fell in fourth for $151,802.

The victory capped off a quiet summer season for Zack, who had made eight earlier cashes on the 2025 WSOP with out reaching a closing desk. He now heads house with a fourth bracelet and an announcement win in a recreation he brazenly admits is just not his strongest, plus the lion’s share of the $2,904,960 prize pool.

Closing Desk Outcomes

Winner’s Response

“It feels nice,” Zack mentioned with a large grin. “It’s a very great technique to finish the summer season, and I wasn’t even essentially speculated to nonetheless be right here. I got here again. I went house for 2 weeks, and so simply very ecstatic to complete this fashion.”

Regardless of the win, Zack was fast to downplay his Pot-Restrict Omaha talents. “No, positively not,” he laughed when requested if PLO was his fundamental recreation. “I believe I get made enjoyable of within the blended money video games I play for my PLO play by far essentially the most. So, if something, I’d say everybody again house would say it was my worst recreation.”

“I’d say everybody again house would say it was my worst recreation.”

As for whether or not he plans to enhance within the format, Zack was refreshingly candid. “I simply don’t work on poker a lot anymore nowadays, so I’ve simply come to peace with the truth that it’s not my greatest recreation. However I attempt my hardest once I’m taking part in and see what occurs.”

Though the highway had been powerful for a lot of the summer season, Zack remained constructive. “It’s been a troublesome 12 months for tournaments usually. I haven’t actually had any good outcomes previous to this, however I haven’t been sad being right here, which typically I’m once I’m operating poorly. I’ve had good instances with pals and I assumed they’ve run the occasions effectively this 12 months. So no complaints coming into this occasion, even when I had bricked out, I assumed it was an okay 12 months.”

Wanting forward, Zack doesn’t plan on leaping into extra tournaments anytime quickly. “I simply go house. I play poker as soon as every week at house in a money recreation and out of doors of that, in all probability no tournaments till both the Bahamas or the World Sequence once more subsequent 12 months. I actually don’t play a lot.”

Gryko got here into the day with the chip lead, however that rapidly evaporated as he turned the primary to hit the rail when his kings couldn’t enhance towards Ladines’ aces. Shortly after, Zack took management by successful a number of pots from Ladines and moved into the chip lead, a place he wouldn’t surrender.

He then rivered a full home to get rid of Ladines in third place, coming into heads-up play with a commanding five-to-one chip benefit. After a short break, the ultimate duel started and led to a matter of minutes.

The chips went in on the flip with each gamers holding flush attracts, however Zack additionally had the largest pair. Schwartz couldn’t enhance on the river and needed to accept second place.