Update: Phil Ivey's 12th Bracelet Run Ends at WSOP $25K Final Table

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Jun 19, 2025 3 min read

Phil Ivey had a shot at capturing his 12th gold bracelet at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but the Poker Hall of Famer bowed out of the $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event in sixth place.

Ivey, who earned $394,531 for his deep run, entered his first final table of the summer second in chips in a tournament with 489 entrants.

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Bryn Kenney, who is closing in on $80 million in live tournament cashes, busted in 11th place ($134,007), while 2011 WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb finished ninth in what he called his "white whale" tournament.

The remaining players still have a shot at the $2,292,155 first-place prize, to be awarded on Friday.

Poker Legend Comes Up Short?

Ivey, who ended a 10-year bracelet drought last year when he took down the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship, started the summer off a bit slow. But he's been stepping it up recently, and bracelet number 12 could be on the horizon, which would pull him closer to Phil Hellmuth's 17-bracelet record.

The former Full Tilt Poker pro widely considered the best poker player of all time, at the time of original publishing, held a sizable chip lead in the PLO High Roller. Ivey was sitting on 12,960,000 chips, a commanding advantage over his nearest competitor, Evan Krentzman, who had 9,570,000 chips.

Ivey entered Day 3 near the bottom of the chip counts, finding himself 26th of 28 with a stack of 785,000. He since run his stack up to more than ten times that with ten players remaining.

Ivey gained some of those chips in a pot against Daniel Geeng that saw the Poker Hall of Famer four-betting the flop with jacks full and Geeng calling with trips to be eliminated in 17th place for $87,098, according to PokerNews live updates.

Additional chips were earned with 11 players left as Ivey moved all in on the river in a big heads-up pot against Kentzman, only to secure a fold from the first-time bracelet hopeful.

Things turned for Ivey during six-handed play when he ran into the nut flush of British High Roller Talal Shakerchi and soon after lost a three-bet pot against Dennis Weiss.

Ivey was left short and soon after ran kings into the aces of Michael Duek to go out in sixth place for $394,531.

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

Poker fans can follow the remainder of the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller here at PokerNews.

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Connor Richards is a Senior Editor U.S. for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for three Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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