25K Fantasy 2025

Day 20 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will see just four players return for Day 4 of Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller, which has one 25K Fantasy player remaining in David “ODB” Baker (Team Australia), who currently holds a chip lead. Whether or not he can win his fourth gold bracelet remains to be seen, but either way, he’s going to earn some much-needed fantasy points for the boys down under.

On Saturday, the final table of Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship played out and four 25K players cashed – Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers) took second place for $188,295, Anthony Zinno (Team Negreanu) third for $130,447, Daniel Negreanu (Team Negreanu) eighth for $31,316, and Scott Bohlman (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin) ninths for $25,687, as well as ODB Bonus player Max Hoffman, who finished in sixth place for $50,915.

Event #42: $1,000 PLO is down to the final seven players from a 1,932-entry field, and the only 25K Fantasy player remaining in PLO juggernaut Dylan Weisman (Team Dinkers), who sits sixth in chips.

Likewise, Event #43: $1,500 Razz is down to the final nine with Allan Le (Team Dinkers) out in front. Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom) sits third in chips while Maxx Coleman (Team AJ’s Eagles) is hot on his heels in fourth.

Finally, well over 100 players will return for Day 2 of Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship, including Nick Schulman (Team Splash Sports), Matthew Wantman (Team Handsome Horses), and Sam Soverel (Team Lang), just to name a few. Likewise, ODB Bonus players Andrew Yeh, Allen Kessler, and John Bunch are all in the thick of it.

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!

The 25K Fantasy was shaken up again on Friday night as two drafted players scored bracelets. Philip Sternheimer (Team Handsome Horse) became the league’s highest performer up to this point with 225 points off six cashes, the biggest being $763,087 for winning Event #36: $10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship for his first bracelet.

Similarly, Joao Vieira (Team Lady Gaga) moved up to sixth with 152 points thanks largely to winning his fourth bracelet and $2,649,158 in prize money for taking down Event #38: $100,000 High Roller. And while he didn’t quite win, Thomas Taylor got some points for Team Liaison for finishing runner-up in Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $131,916.

Day 19 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will also have some fantasy poker implications starting with Day 3 of Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller, which has four 25K Fantasy players remaining – David Stamm (Team Frog Poison), David “ODB” Baker (Team Australia), Mike Matusow (Team Negreanu), and Matt Glantz (Team Hoggers) – as well as a lone ODB Fantasy player in Daniel Lowery, though he is the shortest stack in the tournament.

The final table is set in Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship and four of them are 25K players including chip leader Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers). He’s joined by Anthony Zinno (Team Negreanu), Daniel Negreanu (Team Negreanu), and Scott Bohlman (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), as well as ODB Bonus player Max Hoffman.

More than 100 players will return for Day 2 of Event #42: $1,000 PLO including chip leader John Riordan (Team Splashy Octopi), Mike Leah (Team Splashy Octopi), Dylan Weisman (Team Dinkers), and Frank Brannan (Team Splash Sports), among others.

Likewise, nearly 100 players will return for Day 2 of Event #43: $1,500 Razz including Phil Hui (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Matt Vengrin (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Allan Le (Team Dinkers), Calvin Anderson (Team Money Mondays Podcast), and Hal Rotholz (Team Phenom).

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.

It’s been a big few days at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), especially for several 25K Fantasy players.

On Monday night, Nick Schulman (Team Splash Sports) defeated ODB bonus player Darren Elias heads-up to win Event #30: $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for $497,356 and his seventh gold bracelet. That moved Schulman, who sold for $107, up to 154 points and made him the third-highest points earner thus far behind Ryan Hoenig (184 points) and Benny Glaser (167 points).

In addition, Jason Koon (also of Team Splash Sports) defeated Andrew Lichtenberger (Team Glue Factory) heads up to win Event #32: $50,000 High Roller for $1,968,927 and his second bracelet. Koon doesn’t play a ton of tournaments, but he’s already earned 128 points off just two cashes.

The two big scores vaulted Team Splash Sports, owned by the PokerGO commentary duo Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks, into fourth place with 375 points, up from 21st place with just 120 points the day before.

For Thursday, Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout NLH is down to the final eight players, though none have fantasy implications. The same cannot be said for Event #36: $10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, which will see 27 players from a 386-entry field return to action. Of those, a dozen are 25K Fantasy players and three more – Jordan Siegel, Loni Hui, and Allen Kessler – are all ODB bonus players. In fact, the top five chip counts are all 25K players in Sam Soverel (Team Lang), Chris Vitch (Team Phenom), James Obst (Team Australia), Brian Hastings (Team AJ’s Eagles), and Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom).

Late reg is still open in Event #38: $100,000 High Roller, and plenty of fantasy players will return for Day 2 action including Joao Vieira (Team Lady Gaga), Adrian Mateos (Team Splash Sports), Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen (Team Handsome Horses), Brandon Wilson (Team Dinkers), and David Peters (Team Wass).

Meanwhile, Event #39: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. has nearly 200 players from an 867-entry field coming back for Day 2 including Nick Milgrom (Team DPMD), Josh Reichard (Team Lang), AJ Kelsall (Team AJ’s Eagles), Ryan Leng (Team Frog Poison), and Nick Guagenti (Team BTG); as well as, ODB Bonus players Dekel Balas, Greg Mueller, Ray Fishman, and Bin Weng.

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!

The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is over two weeks in, and things are in full swing.

Today, Event #19: $500 COLOSSUS will play down to a winner. Just nine players remain from the 16,301-entry field, and two of them are draftees from the 25K Fantast. Matt Glantz (Team Hoggers) sits seventh in chips while Ryan Leng (Team Frog Poison) is the short stack. Both are primed to earn big points for their respective teams, and even more if either can spin and make a run at the bracelet, which would be Glantz’s first and Leng’s fourth.

Event #27: $1,500 Big O will also crown a winner as an extra day was needed. Just two players remain, but neither has fantasy implications. That ended when Ryan Hoenig (Team Lang) busted in third place late Monday night. Hoenig, who sold for $52, is now the league’s top points earner with 182 over four cashes, which included a bracelet win.

In Event #29: $2,500 NLH, 17 players remain including Dylan Linde (Team BTG), the lone fantasy player remaining.

Day 3 of Event #30: $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship will have the final 16 players from a 233-player field return to action including Dan Smith (Team Money Mondays Podcast), Daniel Negreanu (Team Negreanu), Nick Schulman (Team Splash Sports), Chad Eveslage (Team Handsome Horses), Brian Rast (Team Wass), Ali Eslami (Team Survivor Sweat), and Ben Yu (Team Survivor Sweat). Likewise, ODB Bonus players Greg “FBT” Mueller, James Chen, and Darren Elias are all still in contention.

There are still 258 players remaining from a 4,481-entry field headed into Day 2 of Event #31: $800 NLH Deepstack including Stephen Song (Team DPMD), Calvin Anderson (Team Monday Mondays Podcast), “Texas” Mike Moncek (Team Survivor Sweat), David “ODB” Baker (Team Australia), Nick Seward (Team NOVIG), Patrick Leonard (Team Girl Dads), Uri Reichenstein (Team DPMD), Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles), and Nick Guagenti (Team BTG).

Among the ODB Bonus players returning are Nick Marchington, Nick Verderamo, Mike Noori, Shawn Buchanan, Loni Harwood, Jonathan Tamayo, Maria Konnikova, and Nitesh Rawtani.

Late registration is still open in Event #32: $50,000 High Roller, so chances are some fantasy players will be jumping into action. However, among the 52 to advance from Day 1, dozens are from the fantasy leagues including Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers), Joao Simao (Team Negreanu), Brock Wilson (Team Glue Factory), Joao Vieira (Team Lady Gaga), and Jason Koon (Team Splash Sports), all of who sit in the Top 10 chip counts.

In Event #33: $1,500 Limit Hold’em, 99 players from the 491-entry field will return for Day 2 including six fantasy players in John Monnette (Team Liaison), Jeremy Becker (Team Jeremy’s), Scott Seiver (Team Frog Poison), Frank Brannan (Team Splash Sports), Chris “Big Huni” Hunichen (Team Handsome Horses), and David “ODB” Baker (Team Australia).

There will also be several new tournaments kicking off, including Event #34: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty, Event #35: $3,000 Freezeout NLH, and Event #36: $10,000 PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better 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!

Welcome to Day 12 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), where Team Girl Dads has taken the lead from Team Dinkers in the 25K Fantasy Draft with 268 points.

Here's a look at the Fantasy players to watch out for today at the WSOP.

Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

All eyes will be on Day 2 of Event #25: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship as Daniel Negreanu is among the big stacks. Negreanu has already earned Team Negreanu 92 points after a runner-up finish in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.

Meanwhile, Adam Friedman is chip-leading just days after final tabling an event that he's won three times.

Other Fantasy players in the Day 2 field include Dylan Weisman, Chino Rheem, Eric Wasserson, James Obst, Mike Matusow, and Jeremy Ausmus.

Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed

There are 15 players returning for Day 3 of Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed, and a third of them are Fantasy players.

Those players include David Peters, Kristen Foxen, Dan Sepiol, Mustapha Kanit, and Jared Bleznick.

Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot

There are 11 Fantasy players to watch out for in Day 2 of Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot, including Danny Wong, Nacho Barbero, Dario Alioto, Christian Harder and 2023 WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis.

Also among the Fantasy players in the field is David "ODB" Baker, who is running a Fantasy Draft of his own.

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Tags: Adam FriedmanAnson TsantChino RheemChristian HarderDan SepiolDaniel NegreanuDavid PetersDylan WeismanEric WassersonJames ObstJared BleznickJeremy AusmusKristen FoxenMike MatusowMustapha KanitNacho BarberoTeam Dinkers

We are more than ten days into the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and there are already plenty of players who've put in work for their 25K Fantasy teams.

Here's a look at some of the 25K Fantasy sweats heading into Day 11 of the WSOP.

Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em

25K Fantasy pick and bracelet winner Scott Bohlman is heads-up in Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em, which went to an unscheduled extra day of play.

Bohlman will face off against Dusti Smith.

Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship

There is also an extra day in Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship, which has three players remaining and all three are Fantasy players.

The three remaining players are: Ryan Hoenig, Dylan Smith and Philip Sternheimer, all of whom are going for their first bracelets.

Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT

There are 15 players heading into Day 3 of Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT, and only one of them is a Fantasy player.

All those interested in the 25K Fantasy Draft will be watching Thailand's Punnat Punsri, who is after his first bracelet.

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

Among the 11 players remaining in Day 3 of Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better there are five Fantasy players remaining.

Those players are: three-time bracelet winner Christopher Vitch, five-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson, and two-time bracelet winners Bryce Yockey and Marco Johnson.

Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed

There are no shortage of Fantasy players to watch in Day 2 of Event #22: $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed.

Those players include Mustapha Kanit, Jared Bleznick, Nick Schulman, Ognyan Dimov and Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast.

Event #23: $1,500 Badugi

Mixed game specialists are often the best performing Fantasy players, so it isn't surprising to see a handful of them in Day 2 of Event #23: $1,500 Badugi.

The Fantasy players remaining include Andrew Brown, George Wolff, Arthur Morris, John Monnette and David Funkhouser.

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It's Day 10 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the 25K Fantasy hangs in the balance as Benny Glaser goes for his second bracelet of the summer in Event #15: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better with three players remaining.

A Glaser victory would be welcomed news to Team Dinkers, which currently sits seventh in the race thanks to Glaser and Viktor Blom. Team Girl Dads, meanwhile, sits comfortably in first place with 242 after deep runs from Patrick Leonard, Christian Roberts and David Funkhouser.

Here's a look at some of the other sweats heading into Day 10 of the WSOP.

Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed

2011 WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb is off to a strong start that could bring him his third bracelet. Lamb sits first of five in Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed, which went to an unscheduled third day of play today.

The Team Money Mondays Podcast drafted Lamb and already has 22 points on the board.

Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Just 19 players remain in Day 3 of Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em, and there are three Fantasy players among them.

Those three players are: resident poker gorilla Jesse Lonis, bracelet winner Scott Bohlman and China's Quan Zhou.

Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship

There are 14 players remaining in Day 2 of Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship, and all but two are Fantasy players.

Those players are: Allan Le, Nick Guagenti, Bariscan Betil, Matthew Vengrin, Andrew Kelsall, Jon Turner, Adam Friedman, Dylan Smith, Daniel Zack, Dario Alioto, Philip Sternheimer, Ryan Hoenig and poker legend Gus Hansen, who PokerNews caught up with about his return to the WSOP.

Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT

As one of the most unique and intriguing events of the summer, it should be no surprise that there are several Fantasy players left in Day 2 of Event #20: $1,500 SHOOTOUT.

Among the more than a dozen Fantasy players in the Day 2 field are: Nicholas Seward, Punnat Punsri, [Removed:548], Ryan Laplante, Anthony Zinno, Ian Steinman, Josh Reichard, Eric Baldwin and Brock Wilson.

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

More than a hundred players remain in Day 2 of Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and there are plenty of Fantasy sweats left standing.

Those sweats include Jake Schwartz, Marco Johnson, Christopher Vitch, Calvin Anderson, James Obst, Bryce Yockey and Jon Kyte.

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It's time for Day 6 of the World Series of Poker, and the 25K Fantasy is starting to heat up.

Team Girl Dads is currently in front with 86 points, propelled almost entirely from Christian Roberts' third-place finish in Event #3: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em that brought 66 points, as well as Ethan "Rampage" Yau's 17th place in the same event that eaerned the team 14 points.

Other teams in the mix include Team Splash Sports (66 points), Team DPMD (56 points), Team NOVIG (53 points) and Team Frog Poison (51 points).

Let's take a look at some of the player sweats heading into Day 6 of the WSOP.

Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions

There are plenty of notable Fantasy players to keep an eye on in Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions, one of the most exciting events of the summer that will award life-changing money to a few lucky players.

Fantasy players toward the top of the counts include Alex Foxen, Josh Reichard, Brian Yoon and popular poker vlogger Brad Owen, while the players looking to run up a short stack include Cooper Feltham, Scott Bohlman, Brock Wilson and Ray Henson.

Other Fantasy players in the $1,000 Mystery Bounty include Phil Hui, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Dan Shak and Andrew Kelsall.

Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship

Just four players remain in one of the most exciting events of the summer, Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship, and two of them are Fantasy players.

Russian endboss Artur Martirosian is looking for his third bracelet, while online wizard Patrick Leonard seeks a second piece of WSOP gold. Only one will advance to the championship round as the two Fantasy picks face off today in a heads-up match.

Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice

There are six Fantasy players to watch among the 14 remaining players heading into Day 3 of Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice.

Five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser leads as the big stack, but he will have to fend off Justin Liberto, Scott Bohlman, Dan Zack, Eric Baldwin and Adam Owen, the only non-bracelet winner among the remaining Fantasy players.

Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

There are dozens of Fantasy players in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and more are expected to join on Day 2. That includes Daniel Negreanu, who bagged a top-10 stack as the Poker Hall of Famer looks for his second bracelet in two years.

Fantasy players already in the field include Robert Mizrachi, Anthony Zinno, Matt Glantz, Andrew Brown, Maxx Coleman and Alex Livingston.

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After three days at the 2025 World Series of Poker, six events have gotten underway, the first bracelet has been awarded, and the $25,000 Fantasy Draft is in the books.

Phovieng Keokham took down Event #2: $500 Industry Employees No-Limit Hold'em to earn the first bracelet of the summer. Christopher Zollo, whose WSOP+ nickname raised a few eyebrows, had to settle for second after four-bet jamming... a fitting hand.

Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions kicked off the series with 6,222 entries across the first three flights, with two more still to come.

On Day 1 of the WSOP, the $25,000 Fantasy Draft took place at the PokerGO Studio with 24 teams there, while the first two events were already in play, meaning those won’t count toward fantasy scoring. Since the draft, four more events have kicked off, points are on the board, and the 25K sweats are officially underway.

Day 4 Gets Sweaty

The first points of the fantasy season were awarded in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, which saw players like Ari Engel (Team Lang), Mike Matusow (Team Negreanu), Robert Mizrachi (Team Splashy Octopi), Dylan Smith (Team Frog Poison), and others earn points for their teams.

The first two players with a shot to bring gold to their fantasy teams are in this event, as Christopher Vitch (Team Phenom) and Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory) both remain in contention with 16 players left. Kyte sits 9th in chips, Vitch 11th, with the event playing down to a winner on Day 4 of the WSOP.

Fantasy owners should have their eye on Event #3: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, which only has 25 players remaining, nine of which are 25K Fantasy players, with five players in the top 10 in chip counts. Team Girl Dads is the only team with two players still remaining.

Approximately 18 players failed to bag for Day 3 but did manage to cash and earn points for their teams. Among them were several high-priced picks living up to expectations, including Jeremy Ausmus (Team DPMD), Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), and Jesse Lonis (Team Girl Dads).

The field will play down to its final five players on Day 4 of the WSOP.

Remaining 25K Players in 5K NLH

Approaching the bubble heading into Day 4 of the WSOP are two events packed with fantasy implications: Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud, with PLO sitting just 14 players off the money, and Stud only 12.

Two events are scheduled to begin on Day 4, both of which should be flooded with fantasy players. Event #7: $25,000 Heads Up Championship kicks off at 12:00 p.m. local time, and Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Be sure to follow PokerNews for live updates to live sweat all of the 25K Fantasy Draft action at the World Series of Poker.

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