Ethan "Rampage" Yau has been brutally honest about his struggles this year and they continued on poker’s biggest stage.
The popular vlogger, who’s down more than $350,000 in 2025 and averaging an eye-watering $850 an hour in losses, couldn't even survive a single level in the WSOP Main Event, busting on Day 1d.
Last month, Yau admitted he was “ready to quit” three weeks into the 2025 World Series of Poker and the nightmare has showed no signs of slowing down.
“It’s not personal… It’s just business,” said Daniel Negreanu, who wants players to draw a line in the sand when it comes to slow play in the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event.
The seven-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer took to social media to tell players it’s time to normalize calling the clock and not to feel bad about it.
Negreanu encouraged players to take action when opponents drag their feet, especially those who seem to tank on every street.
He made it clear that he’s not trying to create friction at the table. In KidPoker's view, there’s nothing wrong with players taking extra time on a big river spot, particularly those who normally play at a decent pace. But for the habitual tankers? The gloves are off.
In the 905th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Rec Poker's Jim Reid at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Martin Kabrhel, who topped a massive field in the Mini Main Event to claim his fourth gold bracelet. Love him or hate him, poker's newest villain/hero is consistent and seemingly here to stay!
Then learn what Daniel Negreanu had to say about the alledged chip dumping that occurred between Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll in the 2025 WSOP Millionaire Maker tournament, David Lappin's critical Op-Ed of Negreanu's take, and a couple of wild hands including Barstool Mintzy's bad beat and the unbelievable end to the 2025 Wynn Summer Classic Championship.
The hosts then take a look at some of the notable players who fell on Day 1 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, including Chris Moneymaker and Faraz Jaka, before highlighting some recent bracelet winners in Michael Wang and Aaron Kupin. Maria Ho then talks about releasing Pokerriculum, and viewers/listeners have a chance to win a free copy of the game.
Chad then remembers Eric “Goldy” Goldstein, who passed away unexpectedly, before Jim Reid shares what Rec Poker is all about.
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 41 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #83: $2,500 NLH Freezeout, which attracted 1,299 players, will see four players return for Day 4. They include Cary Katz (Team AJ’s Eagles), who sits third in chips and is the only 25K Fantasy player remaining.
Over in Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, a 1,873-entry field is down to three players, and Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom) is the chip leader. Deeb is seeking his eighth gold bracelet and to extend his lead atop the 2025 WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.
Unfortunately, a handful of fantasy players fells on Day 1d of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event including Loni Hui, Andrew Moreno, Anson Tsang, James Chen, Dan Sepiol, Sergio Aido, Ren Lin, Dario Sammartino, Nacho Barbero, Danny Tang, Dan Zack, Brad Ruben, Jon Shreman, Evan Sandberg, Ali Eslami, Jared Bleznick, David Coleman, Allen Kessler, Ethan Yau, Arthur Morris, Robert Mizrachi, Jacob Baumgartner, Quan Zhou, Yingui Li, Alex Foxen, Maria Konnikova, Jeremy Becker, Keith Lehr, and Phil Ivey.
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.
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team BTG | 1015 |
| 2 | Team Lady Gaga | 942 |
| 3 | Team Dinkers | 810 |
| 4 | Team Handsome Horses | 753 |
| 5 | Team Survivor Sweat | 744 |
| 6 | Team Brown's Bargain Bin | 737 |
| 7 | Team Negreanu | 710 |
| 8 | Team Phenom | 694 |
| 9 | Team Liaison | 672 |
| 10 | Team Splash Sports | 652 |
| 11 | Team Money Mondays Podcast | 635 |
| 12 | Team Hoggers | 631 |
| 13 | Team AJ's Eagles | 613 |
| 14 | Team NOVIG | 600 |
| 15 | Team Girl Dads | 553 |
| 16 | Team Wass | 519 |
| 17 | Team DPMD | 518 |
| 18 | Team Lang | 512 |
| 19 | Team Glue Factory | 489 |
| 20 | Team Splashy Octopi | 487 |
| 21 | Team Frog Poison | 407 |
| 22 | Team Jeremy's | 369 |
| 23 | Team Noori | 363 |
| 24 | Team Australia | 299 |
On Day 40 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship will see the final two players – Eric Wasserson (Team Wass) and Mike Gorodinsky (Team Splashy Octopi) – return to battle to a winner. The former holds a significant chip lead, but anything can happen.
Event #83: $2,500 NLH Freezeout attracted 1,299 players, but only 25 of them will return for Day 3. They include Cary Katz (Team AJ’s Eagles) and the short-stacked Klemens Roiter (Team Liaison), as well as ODB Bonus players Nicholas Verderamo and Justin Zaki.
Over in Event #84: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, a 1,873-entry field was whittled down to 281 players after Day 1 action. Of those, only four are fantasy players, including chip leader Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), Uri Reichenstein (Team DPMD), Lawrence Brandt (Team Handsome Horses), and the short-stacked Ben Yu (Team Survivor Sweat).
Unfortunately, a handful of fantasy players fell on Day 1c of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, including Punnat Punsri, Julien Martini, Ryan Hughes, Xixiang Luo, and Lawrence Brandt.
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.
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team BTG | 1015 |
| 2 | Team Lady Gaga | 942 |
| 3 | Team Dinkers | 810 |
| 4 | Team Handsome Horses | 753 |
| 5 | Team Survivor Sweat | 743 |
| 6 | Team Brown's Bargain Bin | 737 |
| 7 | Team Negreanu | 710 |
| 8 | Team Phenom | 694 |
| 9 | Team Liaison | 659 |
| 10 | Team Splash Sports | 652 |
| 11 | Team Money Mondays Podcast | 635 |
| 12 | Team Hoggers | 631 |
| 13 | Team AJ's Eagles | 613 |
| 14 | Team NOVIG | 600 |
| 15 | Team Girl Dads | 553 |
| 16 | Team DPMD | 517 |
| 17 | Team Lang | 512 |
| 18 | Team Glue Factory | 489 |
| 19 | Team Wass | 428 |
| 20 | Team Frog Poison | 407 |
| 21 | Team Jeremy's | 369 |
| 22 | Team Noori | 363 |
| 23 | Team Splashy Octopi | 361 |
| 24 | Team Australia | 299 |
On Day 39 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship will play down from the final six players to a winner, though none of them are fantasy players.
After Day 2 of Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship, the 198-entry field is down to the final 13 players, including Thomas Taylor (Team Liaison) and Jon Turner (Team Negreanu), who sit first and second in chips, respectively. Eric Wasserson (Team Wass), Mike Gorodinsky (Team Splashy Octopi), Brian Hastings (Team AJ’s Eagles), and Jeremy Ausmus (Team DPMD) are also still in contention.
Event #83: $2,500 NLH Freezeout attracted 1,299 players, but only 247 of them will return for Day 2. They include chip leader Noel Rodriguez (Team Frog Poison), Phil Hui (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Andrew Ostapchenko (Team Liaison), Cary Katz (Team AJ’s Eagles), Alex Livingston (Team Noori), Ryan Hoenig (Team Lang), Danny Wong (Team Hoggers), Klemens Roiter (Team Liaison), and Renan Bruschi (Team Wass); as well as, ODB Bonus players Nicholas Verderamo, Shawn Daniels, Justin Zaki, and David Mzareulov.
Unfortunately, many fantasy players fell on Day 1b of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, including David “Bakes” Baker, Andrew Brown, Nick Schulman, Artur Martirosian, Shawn Daniels, Ian Steinman, Felipe Ramos, Chino Rheem, Renji Mao, and Ryan Hoenig.
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.
| Rank | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team BTG | 1015 |
| 2 | Team Lady Gaga | 942 |
| 3 | Team Dinkers | 810 |
| 4 | Team Handsome Horses | 751 |
| 5 | Team Survivor Sweat | 742 |
| 6 | Team Brown's Bargain Bin | 736 |
| 7 | Team Phenom | 694 |
| 8 | Team Splash Sports | 652 |
| 9 | Team Money Mondays Podcast | 635 |
| 10 | Team Hoggers | 630 |
| 11 | Team Negreanu | 629 |
| 12 | Team Liaison | 617 |
| 13 | Team AJ's Eagles | 602 |
| 14 | Team NOVIG | 599 |
| 15 | Team Girl Dads | 553 |
| 16 | Team Lang | 511 |
| 17 | Team Glue Factory | 489 |
| 18 | Team DPMD | 486 |
| 19 | Team Wass | 427 |
| 20 | Team Frog Poison | 405 |
| 21 | Team Jeremy's | 369 |
| 22 | Team Noori | 362 |
| 23 | Team Splashy Octopi | 361 |
| 24 | Team Australia | 299 |
On Day 38 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 4 of Event #77: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship is down to the final four players from a 186-runner field, but none of them are fantasy players. Likewise, there are no fantasy players remaining on Day 3 of Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship.
Day 3 of Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller is down to just seven players, including Isaac Haxton (Team BTG) and Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), who sit first and second in chips, respectively. The other 25K Fantasy players still in contention are Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles), Alex Foxen (Team Money Mondays Podcast), and Phil Ivey (Team Glue Factory).
Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship drew 166 runners on Day 1, with 75 of them advancing. Late registration is still open, so the final tally will go up, but among the fantasy players are ODB Bonus players Qiang Xu, who is the chip leader, and Nate Silver, who is third. Jon Turner (Team Negreanu) sits second in chips and will be joined by Aaron Kupin (Team Hoggers) and Brian Yoon (Team Hoggers), who round out the top five stacks.
Unfortunately, many fantasy players fell on Day 1a of the 2025 WSOP $10,000 Main Event, including Ben Ludlow, Chris Brewer, Samuel Mullur, Nicholas Seward, Stephen Song, Spencer Champlin, Noel Rodriguez, Angela Jordison, Faraz Jaka, Joe Cada, Joao Vieira, and “Texas” Mike Moncek.
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.
