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).
Nacho Barbero leads Event #91.
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.
In the 906th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Daniel Negreanu suggesting that poker players shouldn't hesitate to call the clock on other slow-acting players.
Other stories include Will Kassouf being back in the poker spotlight, for better or worse, as well as how the PokerNews Podcast crew did in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. Hint: Kyna, who is now representing Tilted Compass, did an interview with Jeff Platt while Chad got pulled up on the PokerGO live stream. They also highlight Shaun Deeb capturing his seventh bracelet and setting himself up to win POY, Nick Ahmadi taking down the PokerNews Deepstack Championship, PokerGO founder Cary Katz claiming his first bracelet, and Chris Moneymaker winning another Moneymaker Tour title.
Finally, Maria Ho talks about releasing Pokerriculum (viewers/listeners have a chance to win a free copy of the game), and an update on the PokerNews Podcast Fantasy League between Mike, Chad/Kyna, Joey Ingram, and Christina Gollins.
A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice a week during the 2025 WSOP every Thursday and Sunday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!
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), Klemens Roiter (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.
Nadya Magnus is one of six ODB Bonus players remaining in the Main Event.
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.
Chad HollowayKlemens Roiter 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 Klemens Roiter (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).
Nate Silver leads the remaining ODB Bonus players.
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.
