2025 WSOP Day 13: Nick Schulman Out in Front in $10K NL 2-7 Championship

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Jun 09, 2025 8 min read

Welcome back to PokerNews coverage from the 2025 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Another busy day of intense poker action took place in "Sin City," which included two bracelets being won, several fields full of elite-level grinders, and much more. Here's a quick recap of all the action from Day 13 of the 2025 WSOP.

China's Xixiang Luo became a three-time WSOP bracelet winner after defeating Robert Klein heads-up in Event 24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot. The $290,400 Luo collected pushed his live poker tournament earnings past $4.8 million.

Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship also concluded, although it initially seemed destined for an unscheduled fourth day. Chino Rheem and Nick Guagenti were in something of a stalemate in the early hours of June 9, but they agreed to continue grinding away until a champion was crowned. Guagenti is that champion, claiming his third bracelet and his second in as many years. For Rheem, the wait for a bracelet continues.

Stars Turn Out in Force on Day 1 of the $10,000 NL 2-7 Championship

Specialist events always attract the biggest names in poker, which was the case in Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. Including re-entries, 179 players bought in on Day 1, with 79 progressing. However, both numbers should increase because late registration remains open until the end of the first level on Day 2.

Six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman (322,500) leads the returning players back into battle on the second of three scheduled days. Schulman is closely followed by reigning champion Scott Seiver (304,000), who fired three $10,000 bullets at this tournament.

Alex Foxen (300,500), Bradley Johnson (293,500), and Darren Elias (287,500) complete the overnight top five.

Others still in the hunt include Dan Smith (276,500), Daniel Negreanu (273,500) who also bought in three times, Brian Rast (198,500), Joao Vieira (190,000), Chad Eveslage (180,000), James Obst (159,000), Shaun Deeb (142,000), and Huck Seed (136,500)

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Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. on June 9, and PokerNews will provide live updates every step of the way.

Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Carlos Caldas Leads Colossus Where Only 103 Remain

Event #19: $500 Colossus saw 16,301 players buy in across four starting flights, but only 103 of those grinders have progressed to Day 3 and still have a chance to bank the $542,540 top prize.

Carlos Caldas (31,375,000) is the man to catch going into the final day's play. Caldas has more than a dozen WSOP cashes, including a 60th-place finish in last year's Main Event that earned him $160,000. However, a bracelet still eludes him.

Tom Verbruggen (30,345,000) and Mark Tornai (24,750,000) round off the podium, while bracelet winner Lok Chan (19,500,000) has enough chips for fifth place at the restart.

Others still in the hunt include Matt Glantz (9,150,000), Ryan Leng (6,525,000), and three-time WSOP champion David "The Dragon" Pham (4,000,000).

Play resumes at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 9, with the plan to play down to a champion. Stay tuned to PokerNews to discover who that champion turns out to be.

Event #19: $500 Colossus End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Anatoly Nikitin Leads $25,000 High Roller After Day 2

Event #26: $25,000 High Roller is down to only 18 players, with Russia's Anatoly Nikitin (5,550,000) leading the way after the second of three scheduled days. Nikitin won a $10,000 side event at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown for $188,000 in April and has continued his hot form in this event.

Nikitin leads from Chin Wei Lim (4,830,000) and Andrew Ostapchenko (4,605,000), but there are a host of stars still in this event who will have a say in where the bracelet and $1,949,044 top prize calls home.

Orpen Kisacikoglu (4,550,000), Byron Kaverman (4,525,000), Punnat Punsri (4,370,000), Mathew Frankland (3,815,000), and Joao Simao (3,440,000) all return to their seats with top 10 stacks. Joe McKeehen (3,030,000), Jim Collopy (1,335,000), and Brandon Wittmeyer (1,065,000) are the shortest stacks, but by no means out of contention in this event.

The final day commences at noon local time on June 9, and each returning player is guaranteed $73,639. A top-11 finish increases the payout to $111,294, and the top two finishers win prizes of over $1.2 million. Exciting times are ahead.

Event #26: $25,000 High Roller End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Ryan Hoenig Looking For Second bracelet of the Series in the $1,500 Big O

Only 17 players remain in Event #27: $1,500 Big O and there could be some superb stories produced by the time the final hand is dealt. Ryan Hoenig, who won the $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship a few days ago, finds himself fifth in chips (2,375,000) and with a legitimate chance of securing his second bracelet of the series.

Elsewhere, Lawrence Brandt (2,150,000) could become a three-time bracelet winner as he returns with a top ten stack, while reigning champion Michael Christ (1,945,000) also sits down on Day 3 with a top ten stack and an opportunity to win back-to-back events.

Outside those stars, only Owais Ahmed (1,630,000) and Shawn Daniels (1,515,000) have previously won bracelets.

Team DPMD of the 25K Fantasy Draft, owned by Donnie Peters and Mickey Doft, will be keeping a close eye on Nicolas Milgrom (2,915,000), who returns in second place. Peters and Doft spent just $4 to acquire Milgrom for their team.

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time with Kevin Ho (6,480,000) holding a massive chip lead. Return to PokerNews' live reporting pages on June 9 to see how the final day of this event pans out.

Event #27: $1,500 Big O End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

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James Calderaro Among the Leaders in the $600 Mixed NLHE/PLO

James Calderaro won his one and only bracelet in 2017 after taking down the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for $1,289,074. The Florida native has done his chance of capturing a second piece of WSOP hardware no harm at all by bagging up the third-largest stack (2,375,000) in Event #28: $600 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack.

Calderaro has over $6.3 million in live earnings, much of that impressive sum stemming from PLO events. Only Valentin Vornicu (2,520,000) and chip leader Easton Oreman (3,020,000) finished Day 1 with more chips than Calderaro.

Day 1 drew 2,775 entrants, with 115 making it through to Day 2. Among the survivors are Kane Kalas (1,565,000), Noah Bronstein (1,325,000), Tyler Brown (1,045,000), five-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson (990,000), Ari Engel (675,000), Jesse Lonis (385,000), and Ben Yu (305,000).

Expect the chips to be flying from the word go on Day 2, which starts at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 9. This event should crown its champion, but who will that champion be?

Event #28: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Field Cut to 225 in the $2,500 NLHE; Bin Weng Flying High

Some 1,493 players may have bought into Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em but only 225 of them will return for Day 2. Sheldon Gross (761,000) leads the way, with Daniel Lee (755,000) and Gregory Brown (743,000) only one and two big blinds behind, respectively.

Bin Weng (724,000) also bagged a big stack and returns for the second day in fourth place. Weng's aggressive style needs a big stack to work properly, and he now has one at his disposal.

Christian Roberts (520,000) recently won his first bracelet and finds himself sitting back down in this event with a top 20 stack. Faraz Jaka (446,000), David Coleman (426,000), Dong Chen (409,000), Eric Baldwin (352,000), Matthew Wantman (284,000), Dylan Linde (248,000), John Juanda (153,000), and Michael Gathy (129,000) also remain in contention.

This event resumes at noon on June 9, with the event on the stone bubble because 224 players are paid. Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who the unfortunate bubble boy, or girl, is in this tournament.

Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

What's Happening on Day 14 of the 2025 WSOP?

The action continues coming thick and fast on Day 14 of the 2025 WSOP.

Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS may have 103 players returning to the action at 11:00 a.m. local time, but it will crown its worthy champion at some stage. As will Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack, which also resumes at 11:00 a.m. local time.

We shall also discover who captures the bracelet in Event #27: $1,500 Big O, where cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time.

The star-studded Event #26: $25,000 High Roller is back in play from noon local time. In Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, 225 players sit back down at noon local time on the stone bubble. Another ten levels are planned on Day 2, which should get the event somewhere near its final table.

The ridiculously stacked Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. local time restart. Late registration remains open for the first 60-minute level, so expect the total attendance of this tournament to burst through the 200 barrier.

Three more fresh events are scheduled on the 2025 WSOP's 14th day. Event #31: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack is the first of that trio to shuffle up and deal. A 10:00 a.m. start is on the cards thanks to a field of over 4,700 expected to descend on the Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. TJ Murphy outlasted 4.731 opponents last year, and Renji Mao 4,756 the year before.

At noon, the high rollers are back in action with Event #32: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) getting underway. Spain's Sergio Aido is the reigning champion, having reeled in the $2,026,506 top prize in 2024.

Two hours later, Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) begins. Limit Hold'em may not be anywhere near as popular as it once was, but try telling that to Nick Guagenti, who won his first live bracelet in this event last year.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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