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07-18-2025 00:53 UTC-8

Zack Victory Seals 25K Fantasy Victory for Team BTG

Will Shillibier

Congratulations to Team BTG who have won the 2025 25K Fantasy Contest!

They finished with a score of 1,279, ahead of Team Lady Gaga (1,179) and Team Handsome Horses (1,115). Team Dinkers (1,005) was the only other team over 1,000 points.

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2025 25K Fantasy Contest Final Standings

Rank	Team	Score
1	Team BTG	1279
2	Team Lady Gaga	1179
3	Team Handsome Horses	1115
4	Team Dinkers	1005
5	Team Liaison	932
6	Team Phenom	853
7	Team Survivor Sweat	828
8	Team Wass	807
9	Team Negreanu	805

Dan Zack's victory in Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha was the icing on the cake, increasing Team BTG's lead from just 11 points to a clean 100 points.

Team Liaison leapfrogged Team Phenom into fifth place, while Team Survivor Sweat and Team Wass burst into the top 10.

Two results for Team Survivor Sweat saw them secure seventh place, as Ben Yu finished ninth in #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. and Sam Laskowitz finished sixth in Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Team Wass also came from the clouds with 132 points, mostly thanks to Brian Rast's runner-up finish and John Hennigan's seventh-place finish in Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E..

Top Performing 25K Fantasy Players

Rank	Player	Team	Score	Salary	Cashes	Pts/$
1	Shaun Deeb	Team Phenom	359	99.00	17	3.63
2	Viktor Blom	Team Dinkers	310	22.00	9	14.09
3	Dylan Linde	Team BTG	299	36.00	6	8.31
4	Brian Rast	Team Wass	292	57.00	14	5.12
5	Joao Vieira	Team Lady Gaga	284	85.00	7	3.34
6	Adam Hendrix	Team Lady Gaga	280	33.00	8	8.48
7	[Removed:548]	Team Liaison	277	9.00	11	30.78
8	Isaac Haxton	Team BTG	276	6.00	4	46
9	Daniel Negreanu	Team Negreanu	269	108.00	13	2.49
10	Benny Glaser	Team Dinkers	267	99.00	11	2.7

25K Fantasy Bracelet Winners at the 2025 WSOP

In addition to Dan Zack's PLO victory, there were two other 25K Fantasy draftees adding bracelets on the last day of action.

Chad Eveslage - Winner - Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.

Chad Eveslage won Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. ahead of a final table packed with 25K Fantasy players. Eveslage defeated a field of 150 players to win his fourth bracelet and $883,841.

Finally, Andrew Ostapchenko defeated Brandon Wilson heads-up in Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $606,849. Third-place went to David "ODB" Baker for $283,554.

25K Fantasy Bracelet Winners

Event	Team	Player	Score
Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship	Jeremy's	Artur Martirosian	$125
Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	$80
Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	NOVIG	Brad Ruben	$80
Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	87
Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem	Brown's Bargain Bin	Scott Bohlman	91
Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship	Lang	Ryan Hoenig	126
Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot	Lady Gaga	Xixiang Luo	89
Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	BTG	Nick Guagenti	126
Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	Negreanu	Tyler Brown	77
Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	Splash Sports	Nick Schulman	127
Event #32: $50,000 High Roller	Splash Sports	Jason Koon	126
Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty	Splashy Octopi	John Racener	97
Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	Handsome Horses	Philip Sternheimer	128
Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK	Liaison	[Removed:548]	174
Event #38: $100,000 High Roller	Lady Gaga	Joao Vieira	126
Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller	Australia	David 'ODB' Baker	108
Event #43: $1,500 Razz	Dinkers	Allan Le	79
Event #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors	Brown's Bargain Bin	Joey Couden	89
Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller	DPMD	Seth Davies	125
Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Jason Daly	80
Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Tyler Patterson	89
Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship	Wass	Brian Rast	126
Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	Brown's Bargain Bin	Matt Vengrin	90
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	79
Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	BTG	Dylan Linde	126
Event #58: $3,000 Nine Game Mix	Hoggers	Robert Wells	79
Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Michael Mizrachi	126
Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Michael Wang	133
Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event	Hoggers	Aaron Kupin	79
Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	Phenom	Shaun Deeb	126
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Michael Mizrachi	272
Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship	Splashy Octopi	Mike Gorodinsky	126
Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	AJ's Eagles	Cary Katz	87
Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	Lang	Sam Soverel	130
Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	BTG	Dan Zack	85
Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.	Handsome Horses	Chad Eveslage	126
Event #99: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	Liaison	Andrew Ostapchenko	107

This wraps up the PokerNews coverage of the 2025 25K Fantasy Contest. Thank you for following along and we'll be back in 2026!

07-16-2025 16:00 UTC-8

WSOP Day 51: Team BTG Leads Late Stage of Daniel Negreanu's 25K Fantasy League

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Connor Richards

Sam Soverel Wins Event #94 $10k NLH 6-Max — Sam Soverel

It's the final day of the 2025 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and Team BTG is poised for victory in the 14th Annual Daniel Negreanu 25K Fantasy League.

The $25,000 buy-in Fantasy League drew 24 teams for a $600,000 prize pool that will see the winning team take home $250,000 the runner-up earning $125,000 and third place winning $100,000. Fourth and fifth will respectively take home $75,000 and $50,000.

With just a half-dozen events left to play out, Team BTG sits in front with 1,194, propelled by the strong summers of Dylan Linde, Isaac Haxton, Nick Guagenti and Punnat Punsri. Not far behind is Team Lady Gaga with 1,174 points after Adam Hendrix's sixth-place finish in the WSOP Main Event good for 172 points.

25k Fantasy Bracelet Winners at the 2025 WSOP

PokerNews reported last month that 27 gold bracelets had been awarded to either 25K Fantasy players this summer. Since then, an additional seven bracelets have gone to Fantasy players for a total of 34 across 94 events.

ODB Bonus player Michael Wang took down Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, while Aaron Kupin of Team Hoggers took down Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event for 79 points.

Not long after, Shaun Deeb won Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for 126 points and to take the Player of the Year lead before Mike Gorodinsky of Team Splashy Octopi won Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship for 126 points.

The very next event, PokerGO founder Cary Katz of Team AJ's Eagles won Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em for 87 points. Sam Soverel of Team Lang later won Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship for 130.

All eyes were on the Main Event as Michael Mizrachi achieved the incredible feat of winning the Poker Players Championship and world championship in the same summer, enough to get him fast-tracked directly into the Poker Hall of Fame. It also earned ODB Bonus team some points.

Event	Team	Player	Score
Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship	Jeremy's	Artur Martirosian	$125
Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	$80
Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	NOVIG	Brad Ruben	$80
Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	87
Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem	Brown's Bargain Bin	Scott Bohlman	91
Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship	Lang	Ryan Hoenig	126
Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot	Lady Gaga	Xixiang Luo	89
Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	BTG	Nick Guagenti	126
Event #28: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	Negreanu	Tyler Brown	77
Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	Splash Sports	Nick Schulman	127
Event #32: $50,000 High Roller	Splash Sports	Jason Koon	126
Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty	Splashy Octopi	John Racener	97
Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	Handsome Horses	Philip Sternheimer	128
Event #37: $1,500 MONSTER STACK	Liaison	[Removed:548]	174
Event #38: $100,000 High Roller	Lady Gaga	Joao Vieira	126
Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller	Australia	David 'ODB' Baker	108
Event #43: $1,500 Razz	Dinkers	Allan Le	79
Event #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors	Brown's Bargain Bin	Joey Couden	89
Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller	DPMD	Seth Davies	125
Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Jason Daly	80
Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Tyler Patterson	89
Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship	Wass	Brian Rast	126
Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	Brown's Bargain Bin	Matt Vengrin	90
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	Dinkers	Benny Glaser	79
Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	BTG	Dylan Linde	126
Event #58: $3,000 Nine Game Mix	Hoggers	Robert Wells	79
Event #66: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Michael Mizrachi	126
Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	2025 ODB Bonus Players	Michael Wang	133
Event #76: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event	Hoggers	Aaron Kupin	79
Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	Phenom	Shaun Deeb	126
Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship	Splashy Octopi	Mike Gorodinsky	126
Event #83: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	AJ's Eagles	Cary Katz	87
Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	Lang	Sam Soverel	130

Team Rankings as of 7-16-25

Rank	Team	Score	Cashes
1	Team BTG	1,183	58
2	Team Lady Gaga	1,174	74
3	Team Handsome Horses	946	76
4	Team Dinkers	927	42
5	Team Phenom	850	67
6	Team Liaison	819	70
7	Team Negreanu	800	70
8	Team Girl Dads	774	70
9	Team AJ's Eagles	762	78
10	Team Survivor Sweat	757	62
11	Team Brown's Bargain Bin	748	82
12	Team Hoggers	700	71
13	Team Lang	698	70
13	Team Splash Sports	698	64
15	Team Wass	675	54
16	Team Money Mondays Podcast	647	51
17	Team NOVIG	610	73
18	Team DPMD	560	55
19	Team Noori	534	50
20	Team Glue Factory	523	47
21	Team Splashy Octopi	499	64
22	Team Frog Poison	439	63
23	Team Jeremy's	393	48
24	Team Australia	375	52

Top Performing Fantasy Players as of 7-16-25

Rank	Player	Team	Score	Salary	Cashes	Pts/$
1	Shaun Deeb	Team Phenom	358	99	16	3.62
2	Viktor Blom	Team Dinkers	310	22	9	14.09
3	Dylan Linde	Team BTG	299	36	6	8.31
4	Joao Vieira	Team Lady Gaga	284	85	7	3.34
5	Adam Hendrix	Team Lady Gaga	279	33	7	8.45
6	[Removed:548]	Team Liaison	276	9	10	30.67
6	Isaac Haxton	Team BTG	276	6	4	46
8	Daniel Negreanu	Team Negreanu	269	108	13	2.49
9	Benny Glaser	Team Dinkers	264	99	8	2.67
10	Patrick Leonard	Team Girl Dads	256	30	16	8.53
11	Philip Sternheimer	Team Handsome Horses	254	21	10	12.1
12	Marco Johnson	Team Survivor Sweat	251	49	9	5.12
13	Nick Schulman	Team Splash Sports	250	107	9	2.34
14	Ben Lamb	Team Money Mondays Podcast	228	15	6	15.2
15	Scott Bohlman	Team Brown's Bargain Bin	224	9	13	24.89
16	Sam Soverel	Team Lang	214	4	8	53.5
17	Nick Guagenti	Team BTG	208	38	11	5.47
18	Alex Foxen	Team Lady Gaga	204	66	13	3.09
19	Brian Rast	Team Wass	201	57	13	3.53
20	Quan Zhou	Team Lady Gaga	194	1	11	194
21	Brad Ruben	Team NOVIG	193	31	10	6.23
22	Chino Rheem	Team Handsome Horses	192	45	11	4.27
23	Ryan Hoenig	Team Lang	189	52	9	3.63
24	Arthur Morris	Team AJ's Eagles	186	38	15	4.89
25	Huck Seed	Team Phenom	185	1	13	185

For a full list visit 25kfantasy.com here!

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

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07-15-2025 07:51 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 50 - Sam Soverel Leads Final 4 in Event #94; Ryan Leng Still in $3K PLO

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Chad Holloway

On Day of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event – which is down to the final table of nine out of 9,735 runners – will return to play down to four players. ODB Bonus player Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is second in chips and Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga) sits in seventh.

Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship is down to the final four players from a 546-entry field returning for Day 4 action. They include Sam Soverel (Team Lang) and [Removed:548] (Team Liaison); as well as, ODB Bonus player Isaac Kempton.

After Day 2 of Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, 21 players from a 1,088-entry field remain, including four fantasy players in Ryan Leng (Team Frog Poison), Daniel Zack (Team BTG), Jeremy Ausmus (Team DPMD), and Chino Rheem (Team Team Handsome Horses).

After Day 1 of Event #98: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E., 77 or 121 runners remain, though that number is sure to go up as late registration is open into Day 2. Plenty of 25K Fantasy players remain in this one, including the top four chip counts in order – Yuri Dzivielevski (Team Liaison), Paul Volpe (Team Wass), Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory), and Phil Ivey (Team Glue Factory).

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-14-2025 09:45 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 49 - Mizrachi & Hendrix Make Main Event Final Table; Patrick Leonard Eyes a Bracelet

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Chad Holloway

On Day 49 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event – which is down to the final table of nine out of 9,735 runners – will be on a break before returning to action on Tuesday. ODB Bonus player Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is second in chips while Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga) sits in seventh.

After Day 2 of Event #90: $777 Lucky 7’s, just eight players remain from an 8,012-entry field. Patrick Leonard (Team Girls Dads) is the only remaining 25K Fantasy player, and he’s short-stacked, sitting seventh in chips at the final table.

Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship has 27 players from a 546-entry field returning for Day 3 action. They include eight fantasy players in Eric Wasserson (Team Wass), Daniel Negreanu (Team Negreanu), Sam Soverel (Team Lang), Sean Winter (Team Wass), Dario Sammartino (Team Wass), Quan Zhou (Team Lady Gaga), and [Removed:548] (Team Liaison); as well as, ODB Bonus player Isaac Kempton.

Daniel Negreanu — Negreanu is still kicking in Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship.

Event #95: $800 NLH Deepstack began with 2,851 entries but only 162 remain, each guaranteed $2,111 in prize money headed into Day 2. They include Josh Reichard (Team Lang), Christian Roberts (Team Girl Dads), Maxx Coleman (Team AJ’s Eagles), Jerry Wong (Team Australia), and Jon Turner (Team Negreanu); as well as ODB Bonus player Francis Anderson.

After Day 1 of Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, 198 players from a 1,088-entry field remain, including 38 fantasy players! There are too many to list here, but Chino Rheem (Team Handsome Horses), Brandon Shack-Harris (Team Australia), and Martin Zamani (Team AJ’s Eagles) all sit in the top 15 counts.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-13-2025 11:06 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 48 - Hendrix, Mizrachi & Pisarenko Remain in Main Event, Prociak Leads Final 16 in T.O.R.S.E.

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Chad Holloway

On Day 48 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 8 of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event will play out. The field of 9,735 runners is down to 24 and there are only three fantasy players remaining.

ODB Bonus player Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is in there as are Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga) and Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori), who sit fourth and 13th in chips, respectively.

Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship is headed to Day 5 with five players from a 3,797-entry field returning. Unfortunately, none of them are fantasy players.

Event #93: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. is down to 16 players from a 522-entry field after Day 2. They include four fantasy players in chip leader David Prociak (Team Dinkers), Toby Lewis (Team Noori), James Obst (Team Australia), and ODB Bonus player Ryan Miller.

Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship has a couple hundred players left for Day 2 including dozens of fantasy players including Mike Matusow (Team Negreanu), Nick Seward (Team NOVIG), and Dario Sammartino (Team Wass), just to name a few.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-12-2025 09:58 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 47 - Mizrachi, Hendrix, Pisarenko & Pupillo Only Fantasy Players Remaining in the Main Event

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Chad Holloway

On Day 47 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 7 of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event will play out. The field of 9,735 runners is down to 57, and there are only four fantasy players remaining.

ODB Bonus player Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi currently sits third in chips, while Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga) is fourth, Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori) is eighth, and Nick Pupillo (Team Girl Dads) is short in 53rd.

Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship is headed to Day 3 with 219 players from a 3,797-entry field returning. They include 25K Fantasy players Alex Foxen (Team Lady Gaga), Punnat Punsri (Team BTG), Chino Rheem (Team Handsome Horses), Noah Bronstein (Team Noori), Matt Glantz (Team Hoggers), Mike Leah (Team Splashy Octopi), Danny Wong (Team Hoggers), Brian Rast (Team Wass), Ryan Laplante (Team Australia), Paul Volpe (Team Wass), David Peters (Team Wass), Huck Seed (Team Phenom), John Racener (Team Splashy Octopi), Xixiang Luo (Team Lady Gaga), and Kane Kalas (Team AJ’s Eagles); as well as, ODB Bonus players Blake Bohn, Joe McKeehen, Mike Noori, John Richards, and Ben Ludlow.

In Event #91: $1,500 PLO, the 1,384-entry field was whittled down to 10 players after Day 2. They include Nacho Barbero (Team Glue Factory) and Andrew Ostapchenko (Team Liaison) as the only two fantasy players remaining.

Event #92: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty started with 1,115 entrants but is down to 167 players after the first day. They include Artur Martirosian (Team Jeremy’s), Joao Simao (Team Negreanu), Ren Lin (Team Splash Sports), and Phil Hellmuth (Team Money Mondays Podcast); as well as, ODB Bonus player Ankush Mandavia.

Finally, Event #93: $3,000 T.O.R.S.E. is down to 159 players from a 522-entry field after Day 1. There are still dozens of fantasy players remaining including David Prociak (Team Dinkers), ODB player Ryan Hughes, Nick Guagenti (Team BTG), and Nick Milgrom (Team DPMD), who sit second through fifth in chips, respectively.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-12-2025 09:34 UTC-8

Current Standings as of July 12, 2025 - Can Anyone Catch Team BTG?

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Chad Holloway

Rank	Team	Score
1	Team BTG	1179
2	Team Lady Gaga	955
3	Team Handsome Horses	930
4	Team Dinkers	903
5	Team Phenom	766
6	Team AJ's Eagles	751
6	Team Survivor Sweat	751
8	Team Brown's Bargain Bin	742
9	Team Negreanu	727
10	Team Hoggers	689
11	Team Liaison	684
12	Team Splash Sports	678
13	Team Money Mondays Podcast	641
14	Team NOVIG	609
15	Team Girl Dads	579
16	Team Lang	559
17	Team Wass	525
18	Team DPMD	523
19	Team Splashy Octopi	495
20	Team Glue Factory	494
21	Team Frog Poison	414
22	Team Jeremy's	374
23	Team Noori	366
24	Team Australia	322

07-11-2025 06:49 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 46 - 7 Fantasy Sweats Remain in Main Event; Brandt or Wong Could Win a Bracelet Today

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Chad Holloway

On Day 46 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 6 of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event will play out. The field of 9,735 runners is down to 202, and there are a handful of fantasy players remaining.

They include Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori), Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga), Nick Pupillo (Team Girl Dads), Isaac Haxton (Team BTG), and Esther Taylor (Team Survivor Sweat). Likewise, ODB Bonus players still in are Michael Mizrachi and Francis Anderson.

Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO is down to the final 29 players from a 5,284-entry field. Of those, two of them are 25K Fantasy players in Lawrence Brandt (Team Handsome Horses) and Danny Wong (Team Hoggers), who sit 11th and dead last in chips, respectively.

Day 3 of Event #88: $50,000 High Roller will see 17 players from a 252-entry field return to action, including five fantasy players – Martin Zamani (Team AJ’s Eagles), Sergio Aido (Team Dinkers), Sam Soverel (Team Lang), Matthew Wantman (Team Handsome Horses), and Philip Sternheimer (Team Handsome Horses).

In Event #91: $1,500 PLO, the 1,384-entry field was whittled down to 103 players after Day 1. They include chip leader Nacho Barbero (Team Glue Factory), Josh Reichard (Team Lang), Dario Alioto (Team Liaison), Sean Troha (Team Frog Poison), Renji Mao (Team Splash Sports), Andrew Ostapchenko (Team Liaison), Robert Mizrachi (Team Splashy Octopi), Erik Seidel (Team Splashy Octopi), David Coleman (Team Liaison), Yueqi Zhu (Team NOVIG), Joshua Mccully (Team Lady Gaga), Allan Le (Team Dinkers), and Ben Yu (Team Survivor Sweat); as well as, ODB Bonus players Bin Weng, Jason Stockfish, and Qiang Xu.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-10-2025 06:03 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 45 - 14 25K Fantasy Players Remain in Main Event, Half a Dozen ODB Bonus Players

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Chad Holloway

On Day 45 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 5 of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event will play out. The field of 9,735 runners is down to 522, and there are plenty of fantasy players remaining.

They include Nick Pupillo (Team Girl Dads), Josh Reichard (Team Lang), Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga), Stephen Chidwick (Team BTG), Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori), Isaac Haxton (Team BTG), Brian Hastings (Team AJ’s Eagles), Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers), Dong Chen (Team Lady Gaga), Esther Taylor (Team Survivor Sweat), [Removed:548] (Team Liaison), Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory), Brad Owen (Team Girl Dads), and Justin Liberto (Team AJ’s Eagles).

Likewise, ODB Bonus players still in include Asher Conniff, Matt Affleck, Nate Silver, Francis Anderson, Kevin Calenzo, and Nadya Magnus.

Registration is still open headed into Day 2 of Event #88: $50,000 High Roller, but as it stands 78 players from a 194-entry field will return including ODB Bonus players Brek Schutten, Mikita Badziakouski, and Christoph Vogelsang; as well as, 25 25K Fantasy players such as Sam Soverel (Team Lang), Kristen Foxen (Team Money Mondays Podcast), and Joe Cada (Team Money Mondays Podcast), just to name a few.

Thursday will also see Day 1b of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship and the start of both Event #90: $777 Lucky 7’s and Event #91: $1,500 PLO.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

07-09-2025 08:39 UTC-8

2025 WSOP Day 44 - A Look at All the Remaining Fantasy Sweats in the Main Event

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Chad Holloway

[Removed:548] leads the remaining 25K Fantasy players in the Main Event.

On Day 44 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #85: $600 Ultra Stack is down to the final 14 players from a 7,057-entry field. However, none of those remaining are fantasy players.

In the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, the field of 9,735 runners is down to 1,476, which is just 15 off the money. There are plenty of fantasy players remaining and primed to get some points including [Removed:548] (Team Liaison), Dong Chen (Team Lady Gaga), Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori), Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers), Kevin Gerhart (Team Phenom), Nick Pupillo (Team Girl Dads), Jason Mercier (Team Hoggers), Brian Hastings (Team AJ’s Eagles), Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory), Mike Matusow (Team Negreanu), Esther Taylor (Team Survivor Sweat), Chris Hunichen (Team Handsome Horses), Adam Hendrix (Team Lady Gaga), Justin Liberto (Team AJ’s Eagles), Stephen Chidwick (Team BTG), Brian Yoon (Team Hoggers), James Obst (Team Australia), Brad Owen (Team Girl Dads), Andrew Ostapchenko (Team Liaison), Anthony Zinno (Team Negreanu), Josh Arieh (Team Jeremy’s), Noel Rodriguez (Team Frog Poison), Dylan Linde (Team BTG), Jerry Wong (Team Australia), Sergio Aido (Team Dinkers), Dan Sepiol (Team Phenom), Yuri Dzivielevski (Team Liaison), Christian Harder (Team Splash Sports), and Josh Reichard (Team Lang).

Likewise, ODB Bonus players still in include Nate Silver, Matt Affleck, Masato Yokosawa, Dash Dudley, Justin Zaki, Nadya Magnus, Darren Elias, Kevin Calenzo, Matthew McEwan, Francis Anderson, Michael Mizrachi, Asher Conniff, Bin Weng, Loni Harwood, Landon Tice, John Holley, and Natalie Ferguson.

Meanwhile, two new events will kick off on Wednesday in Event #88: $50,000 High Roller and Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!