It's the milestone 900th episode of the PokerNews Podcast!
Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas, where they break down the recent viral video fist fight from a Texas poker room involving former NFL running back Adrian Peterson, highlight the upcoming Ladies Week, and discuss whether or not Daniel Negreanu is having a "good" summer at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Speaking of the WSOP, Phil Hellmuth got a political shoutout from Senator Ted Cruz, our fans showed their support for Martin Kabrhel in the comments of last week's episode, and a new segment of the "Chainsaw Report" featuring Allen Kessler.
Guest Robert Jen, the world's greatest unknown WSOP historian, then goes one-on-one with Chad, offering fun and interesting trivia and stats involving 900 to keep in theme with the episode. Speaking of which, some of the biggest names in poker offered their support and congratulations to the PokerNews Podcast family on 900 episodes!
Finally, learn about recent tournament winners, including Seth Davies, Tyler Patterson, Brian Rast, and Jonathan Little; as well as, a look at Robbie Strazynski's recently-completed Mixed Game Festival XI
Learn about all those stories and more in the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!
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On Day 28 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker will see 357 players from a massive 11,996-entry field return for Day 3 action. They include 25K Fantasy players Matt Glantz (Team Hoggers), Josh Reichard (Team Lang), Stephen Song (Team DPMD), Uri Reichenstein (Team DPMD), Aram Zobian (Team Girl Dads), Adam Owen (Team Lang), Justin Saliba (Team Noori), Didier Guerin (Team Australia), and Nicholas Seward (Team NOVIG); as well as, ODB Bonus players Daniel Strelitz, Matt Affleck, and Chris Moorman.
Event #58: $3,000 Nine Game Mix is down to the final 18 players from a 409-entry field including Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory), Thomas Taylor (Team Liaison), Jeff Madsen (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Yueqi Zhu (Team NOVIG), Philip Sternheimer (Team Handsome Horses), Robert Wells (Team Hoggers), and Yuri Dzivielevski (Team Liaison).
Jon Kyte
Day 2 of Event #59: $1,000 Battle of the Ages will see 461 players from a 3,074-entry field return to action including George Wolff (Team Frog Poison), Joao Simao (Team Negreanu), Ryan Riess (Team Money Mondays Podcast), Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles), Jeremy Becker (Team Jeremy’s), Kane Kalas (Team AJ’s Eagles), Allan Le (Team Dinkers), Ryan Leng (Team Frog Poison), Dong Chen (Team Lady Gaga), and Yingui Li (Team Jeremy’s). Likewise, ODB Bonus players include Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Michael Rossitto, and Shawn Buchanan.
After Day 1 of Event #60: $3,000 Limit Hold’em, just 100 players from a 343-entry field advance. They include Marco Johnson (Team Survivor Sweat), Patrick Leonard (Team Girl Dads), Xixiang Luo (Team Lady Gaga), Ren Lin (Team Splash Sports), Dario Alioto (Team Liaison), James Obst (Team Australia), Nick Guagenti (Team BTG), Ali Eslami (Team Survivor Sweat), Benny Glaser (Team Dinkers), AJ Kelsall (Team AJ’s Eagles), Scott Bohlman (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Christian Roberts (Team Girl Dads), Christopher Claassen (Team Handsome Horses), Alex Livingston (Team Noori), “Texas” Mike Moncek (Team Survivor Sweat), Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), and Ben Yu (Team Survivor Sweat); as well as, ODB Bonus players Jonathan Tamayo, Jason Daly, and Donny Rubinstein.
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.
The British pro, who has already taken down the $1,500 Dealer’s Choice and $1,500 Mixed: PLO Hi-Lo 8 or Better at this year’s series, will now be hoping to complete a hat trick of bracelets and strengthen his case for the 2025 WSOP Player of the Year title.
The event drew 463 entries and will award $208,552 to the winner. Play is scheduled to conclude today, Saturday, June 21.
On Day 26 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 5 of Event #48: $1,000 Senior’s NLH Championship will see seven players from a 7,575-entry field return to action including ODB Bonus player Manish Madan, though he is the extreme short stack so will face an uphill battle to capture the bracelet.
Just four players from a 207-entry field remain in Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, including Brad Ruben (Team NOVIG) and Jason Mercier (Team Hoggers), who sit third and fourth in chips, respectively.
Brad Ruben is also still in contention in the H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball will see 15 players from a 463-entry field return to action including chip leader David “Bakes” Baker (Team Jeremy’s), Benny Glaser (Team Dinkers), Yuval Bronshtein (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), and Chino Rheem (Team Handsome Horses).
Finally, Event #57: $50,000 PLO High Roller drew 148 runners on Day 1, but only 62 players advanced including dozens of 25K Fantasy players such as Biao Ding (Team Noori), Alex Foxen (Team Lady Gaga), Eelis Parssinen (Team Jeremy’s), Sean Winter (Team Wass), Isaac Haxton (Team BTG), Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles), Artur Martirosian (Team Jeremy’s), Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), and John Riordan (Team Splashy Octopi).
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.
On Day 25 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), Day 4 of Event #48: $1,000 Senior’s NLH Championship will see 19 players from a 7,575-entry field return to action including ODB Bonus player Manish Madan, who is on the shorter side of thing sitting 16th in chips.
In Event #51: $25,000 High Roller PLO, the 489-entry field is down to the final five players after Phil Ivey (Team Glue Factory) exited in sixth place last night for 54 fantasy points. The only player remaining with fantasy implications is ODB Bonus Player Michael Duek, who sits second in chips.
Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout NLH needed an extra day as three players from the 2,320-player field remain, and two of them are ODB Bonus Players in Michael Rossitto and Asher Conniff. The former is seeking his first gold bracelet and the latter his second.
Matt Vengrin
Headed into Day 3 of Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, it’s down to the final 11 from a 1,564-entry field. They include chip leader Matt Vengrin (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Punnat Punsri (Team BTG), and Bryce Yockey (Team Jeremy’s); as well as, ODB Bonus player Jason Stockfish.
Similarly, just 16 players from a 207-entry field remain in Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship including Scott Seiver (Team Frog Poison), Jason Mercier (Team Hoggers), Cary Katz (Team AJ’s Eagles), John Hennigan (Team Wass), Dylan Smith (Team Frog Poison), Alex Livingston (Team Noori), Brad Ruben (Team NOVIG), Huck Seed (Team Phenom), and Marco Johnson (Team Survivor Sweat); as well as, ODB Bonus players Matt Grapenthien and Walter Chambers.
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball will see 133 players from a 463-entry field return to action, including chip leader David Prociak (Team Dinkers), Christopher Vitch (Team Phenom), and Renan Bruschi (Team Wass), just to name a few 25K Fantasy players.
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.
