2025 WSOP Day 10: $10K Dealers Choice Stretches to Day 4, Big Names Advance in $25K

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Jun 06, 2025 6 min read

Welcome back to the PokerNews coverage of the 2025 World Series of Poker.

Another packed day at the Paris and Horseshoe Casino, Las Vegas saw the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship stretch into a fourth day, with Ryan Hoenig bagging the overnight lead with just three places remaining.

Meanwhile, Scott Bohlman and Dusti Smith will return for an extra day while heads-up in the $2,000 NLHE. There's $1,500 Shootout and $1,500 PLO8 action, and Michael Gathy leads the way in the $25K High Roller 6-Max.

Add in the biggest Badugi field in WSOP history and there’s no shortage of drama as the weekend begins.

In case you missed it, two events wrapped up today as Lou Garza secured his second bracelet in Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed.

But how about a second bracelet in almost as many days for British poker legend Benny Glaser, who now has seven for his career after an overtime victory in Event #15: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Extra Day Needed in $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship

Another day, another chip lead bagged for Ryan Hoenig as the final three players in Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship head for an unscheduled fourth day.

Hoenig, along with Dylan Smith and Philip Sternheimer are all hunting their first WSOP bracelet, after the last remaining bracelet-winner Dario Alioto fell in fourth place.

Adam Friedman almost made it to the final table of this event for the fourth time — did we mention he won it three times in a row? — but had to settle for seventh place.

Ninety minutes after Alioto's elimination, the players bagged for the evening and will return on Saturday to play down to a winner. The three remaining players are guaranteed $154,460, while the champion takes home $354,444.

Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship Day 3 Chip Counts

Heads-Up Showdown Awaits in $2,000 NLHE

Everyone loves a duel in the desert. And that's exactly what's in store in Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem as Scott Bohlman will return with a slight heads-up chip lead against Dusti Smith.

The winner will walk away with $436,044, and while Bohlman will look to close it out for his second bracelet, six years after his first, Smith will have extra incentive to come from behind and win her first.

If she does so, she will join Leo Margets, Kristen Foxen and Vivian Saliba as the only women to win open bracelet events at the live felt this decade.

Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Heads-Up Chip Counts

Just 15 Players Left in the Shootout

Just 15 players remain in Event #20: $1,500 Shootout after winning a second single-table shootout.

Jason Wheeler and Punnat Punsri headline the action heading into Day 3, with Wheeler chasing his second bracelet and Punsri gunning for his first. Also through to Day 3 is Joshua Thomas who, after being the first player to win his table yesterday, repeated the feat today to wrap up proceedings in just four hours.

The format switches to a regular freezeout on Day 3, with the remaining players all guaranteed $13,440 and guning for the $267,373 first-prize and WSOP gold bracelet.

Zaret Leads Final 11 in $1,500 PLO-8

The big names are out in force with eleven players remaining in Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with Zachary Zaret leading the way.

He started Day 2 with just six big blinds, but ended it bagging over 141 big blinds. Zaret moved to the top of the counts following a massive three-way all in after dinner break. Zaret hit running cards to make a Broadway straight, eliminating Jake Schwartz and ascending to the top of the counts in the process. He leads from Bryce Yockey and Ronnie Tate.

Other notables still in contention include Christopher Vitch, Calvin Anderson and Marco Johnson.

Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts

Gathy Leads Star-Studded $25,000 6-Max Day 1 Field

As expected, Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em attracted a field of some of the biggest names in poker, with 272 entries so far — coincidentally exactly the same number as last year's event. However, that number is set to be broken with late registration is still available during the first level of play on Day 2.

Leading the 72 survivors is Michael Gathy on the hunt for his fourth WSOP bracelet. Also inside the top ten is six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman, Seth Davies and Jared Bleznick.

Rounding out the top ten is bracelet-winner Boris Kolev, best-known for winning the last WSOP bracelet awarded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in 2021.

Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Chip Counts

Fishman Leads Biggest Badugi Tournament of All Time

A total of 534 players entered Event #23: $1,500 Badugi, setting the record as the biggest ever Badugi tournament run in the WSOP’s history.

Leading the way is young gun Ray Fishman, who ended their day with 441,000 ahead of Brian Tate (353,000) and Aloisio Dourado (348,000).

Plenty of former bracelet-winners are part of the 98-player field through to Day 2, although only 81 players will be in the money. Andrew Yeh, Dan Zack, Ryutaro Suzuki and Ben Yu will all be looking to ensure a cash before hoping to add another bracelet to their collection.

However, former champions Michael Rodrigues and David Prociak both fell short, ensuring a new champion in the third-ever edition of this event.

Event #23: $1,500 Badugi Top 10 Chip Counts

Colossus Field Surpasses 6,000 After Day 1b

The total entries in Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS is now over 6,000 after the second of four starting flights.

464 players bagged at the end of Day 1b and they are lead by France's Theo Rebour. There are plenty of big names safely through including four-time bracelet-winner Jeff Madsen who sits fifth in chips, as well as Jared Jaffee, Theo Jorgensen, Barry Shulman, Kathy Liebert and Matt Glantz.

Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

What's Happening on Day 11 of the 2025 WSOP?

So, four winners were meant to be crowned on Wednesday, only for two events to get bumped into extra days. That meant four events were meant to finish on Thursday, but now two more have headed into overtime.

That means that, hopefully, four WSOP bracelets will be handed out today:

• Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem
• Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship
• Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT
• Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

The Shootout resumes at 12 p.m. local time, with the other three getting underway at the slightly later time of 1 p.m.

Meanwhile there's another flight in Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS from 10 a.m., with Day 2 in Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em starting at 12 p.m. Day 2 in Event #23: $1,500 Badugi starts at 1 p.m.

Oh, and if things weren't busy enough, two more bracelet events get underway.

First up is Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot — a brand new event for 2025 featuring a double board bomb pot every hand. This starts at 12 p.m. and plays 15 levels or down to 15% of the field, whichever is later. Late registration is open for six 40-minute levels.

Then at 2 p.m. is one for the mixed game purists as Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship gets underway. Last year, James Obst won his second WSOP bracelet after defeating a field of 107 players, battling against Paul Volpe heads-up to win $260,658.

Based in the United Kingdom, Will started working for PokerNews as a freelance live reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time staff in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor. He graduated from the University of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He also holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports Journalism.

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