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48 minutes ago

2026 WSOP Day 5: Big Fantasy Points in Store at a Pair of Final Tables

Chad Holloway

Jesse Lonis (Team Blades & Shades) enters the final day of Event #5: $5,000 PLO as chip leader among the returning seven players. It’s no ordinary lead either, as he had more than 3-to-1 over his next closest competitor.

The only other player remaining in that one with 25K Fantasy implications is Dylan Weisman (Team Lucky), who sits fourth in chips.

Similarly, a trio of 25K Fantasy players returns for the final table of six in Event #6: $1,500 Seven Card Stud, albeit as the short stacks. Brian Yoon (Team Wasserson) is in fourth place with 1.2 million, well ahead of both Bradley Jansen (Team Lang) and Jonathan Glendinning (Team Dinkers), who have 375,000 and 135,000, respectively.

Finally, in Event #7: $25,000 Heads-Up NLH Championship, eight players from Day 1a’s 64-player bracket advanced including 25K Fantasy players Alex Foxen (Team Lady Gaga), Cary Katz (Team Lucky), Daniel Negreanu (Team DNegs), Michael Mizrachi (Team Fleyshman), and Justin Saliba (Team Browndog).

Tags: Alex Foxen Bradley Jansen Brian Yoon Cary Katz Daniel Negreanu Dylan Weisman Jesse Lonis Jonathan Glendinning Justin Saliba Michael Mizrachi

1 hour 27 minutes ago

Team Lang Out to an Early Lead Thanks to Ren Lin's Final Table

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Chad Holloway

It’s still early in the 2026 WSOP, but Team Lang, headed by Mike Lang & Josh Reichard, is out to an early lead with 60 points. That’s thanks to the 58 points that Ren Lin – who they bought for $29 – received for finishing fourth in Event #2: $5,000 8-Handed NLH. The other two points are from a 30th-place finish for Ari Engel in Event #5: $5,000 PLO.

Currently in second place is Texas Mike’s Team Gators, who have 35 points. That’s because Zach Estes finished eighth in Event #5: $5,000 PLO for 30 points, and also took 65th in Event #2 for a couple more points. Tack on two points from Piotr Krupa and a single point from Martin Zamani, and it puts them solely in second place.

Place	Team	Points
1	Team Lang / Mike + Josh	60
2	Team Gators / Moncek	35
3	Team Glue Factory / Sepiol	19
4	Team Noori / Noori	18
4	Team Trump Power / Gary Benson	18
6	Team Fleyshman / Fleyshman	17
6	Team Spitework / Wantman	17
8	Team Chocolate Factory / Frederic	15
9	Team Lady Gaga / Ren Lin	11
10	Team Torching with TJ / TJ Reid	9
11	Team Very Handsome Horses / Phil S	8
12	Team Browndog / Andrew Brown	7
12	Team Lucky / Deeb	7
14	Team Dinkers / Josh K	6
15	Team Back Office / Becker	5
16	Team Stake Kings / Ryan Stiner	4
17	Team Blez/NGNF / Hanks	3
18	Team Blades & Shades / Nick G	2
18	Team Glaser / Benny G/Brewer	2
18	Team Verderamo / Nick + Jake	2
18	Team Wasserson / EWass	2
22	Team Banana / David Baker	1
23	Team DNegs / Daniel Negreanu	0
23	Team Premiums Only / Fawcett	0

Tags: Ren Lin

1 day 17 hours ago

Check Out the PokerGO Podcast for More 25K Fantasy Analysis

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Chad Holloway

When it comes to fantasy poker, few know more than poker media veteran Donnie Peters, who was actually a part of a team that won the 25K Fantasy a few years back.

While he skipped this year, Peters was at PokerGO Studio for the draft where he interviewed several team owners including Shaun Deeb, Jeremy Becker, and Ryan Stiner.

Peters also offered his expert analysis on the teams in the first PokerGO Podcast of the summer, and the first since February! If you're looking for even more 25K Fantasy content, be sure to give him a listen.

Click here to listen to the PokerGO Podcast about 25K Fantasy!

1 day 17 hours ago

Don't Forget About the ODB $500 League!

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Chad Holloway

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1 day 17 hours ago

The 25K Fantasy Teams for the 2026 WSOP

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Chad Holloway

1 day 17 hours ago

Welcome to PokerNews Coverage of the Summer-Long 25K Fantasy at the 2026 WSOP!

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Chad Holloway

Welcome to PokerNews coverage of the 25K Fantasy at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). On Monday, May 25, dozens of poker players and media packed PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas for Daniel Negreanu's annual 25K Fantasy Draft.

A record-tying 24 teams (the same as last year) each put up the $25,000 buy-in to compete in the summer-long competition, which will ultimately see the top five point-earning teams get a piece of the $600,000 prize pool. The winner will earn $250,000, second place $125,000, third $100,000, fourth $75,000, and the fifth-place finisher will double their money with a $50,000 prize.

PokerNews will offer daily updates in this running blog of all things 25K Fantasy, including current standings, daily sweats to follow in our live updates, and more.

You can also visit the official 25K Fantasy website for even more information.

Click here to visit 25KFantasy.com!

Here's a look at the teams that were drafted. You can also check out our live updates blog to see pick-by-pick updates from the actual draft.

Team	Owner/Captain	Player	Price
Team Lucky	Shaun Deeb	Esther Taylor	18
		Max Neugebauer	11
		Frankie Brannan	25
		Dylan Weisman	46
		Martin Kabrhel	69
		Cary Katz	12
		Zdenek Zizka	12
		Andreas Frohlich	1

Team Blades & Shades	Nick Guagenti	Jesse Lonis	69
		Ray Henson	4
		John Monnette	36
		Chris Hunichen	35
		Christian Roberts	8
		Phil Hui	12
		Qinghai "Jack" Pan	12
		Allen Le	24

Team Premiums Only	Justin Fawcett	Dylan Linde	59
		Thomas Taylor	34
		AJ Kelsall	15
		Andrew Ostapchenko	12
		Ryan Hoenig	58
		Cherish Andrews	1
		Yuval Bronshtein	3
		Justin Fawcett	1

Team Glaser	Benny Glaser & Chris Brewer	Brandon Shack-Harris	16
		Craig Chait	1
		Sean Winter	13
		Kristen Foxen	16
		Dan Smith	8
		James Obst	55
		Blaz Zerjav	57
		Patrick Stacey	34

Team Spitework	Matthew Wantman	Biao Ding	24
		Robert Wells	36
		Punnat Punsri	38
		Dylan Smith	59
		Jeremy Becker	6
		Ryutaro Suzuki	24
		Renji Mao	7
		David Peters	3

Team Wasserson	Eric Wasserson	Viktor Blom	69
		Adam Hendrix	31
		Isaac Haxton	19
		Stephen Chidwick	32
		Shannon Shorr	11
		Brian Yoon	30
		Huck Seed	7
		Jon Turner	1

Team Stake Kings	Ryan Stiner & Steven Jones Jr	Brian Rast	97
		David "ODB" Baker	61
		Stephen Song	18
		Nick Seward	9
		John Riordan	12
		Ethan Yau	1
		Brandon Sheils	1
		Michael Wang	1

Team Torching w/ TJ	TJ Reid	Nacho Barbero	43
		Sam Soverel	28
		Josh Reichard	20
		Alex Livingston	61
		Brock Wilson	20
		TJ Reid	5
		Brian Battistone	1
		John Wasnock	5

Team Chocolate Factory	Frederic Normand	Benny Glaser	94
		Joey Weissman	5
		Josh McCully	1
		Tomasz Gluszko	35
		Jon Kyte	12
		Frederic Normand	3
		Michael Gathy	1
		Renan Bruschi	49

Team Back Office	Jeremy Becker	Artur Martirosian	39
		Philip Sternheimer	65
		Ben Yu	37
		Aaron Kupin	34
		Jason Daly	5
		Ryuta Nakai	6
		Danny Wong	3
		Ben Tollerene	1

Team Trump Power	Gary Benson	Shaun Deeb	133
		Qiang Xu	4
		Jeff Madsen	4
		Ashish Gupta	1
		Malcolm Trayner	5
		Yueqi Zhu	18
		John Hennigan	1
		Gary Benson	1

Team Brown Dog	Andrew Brown	Arthur Morris	31
		Maxx Coleman	58
		Nick Guagenti	37
		Scott Bohlman	35
		Justin Saliba	22
		Joey Couden	12
		Ray Fishman	1
		Matthew Beinner	1

Team Verderamo	Nick Verderamo	Nick Schulman	89
		Phil Ivey	80
		Brad Ruben	21
		Jason Mercier	1
		Ryan Reiss	3
		Dan Shak	1
		Gabrielle Andrade	2
		Andrew Lichtenberger	3

Team Handsome Horses	Philip Sternheimer	Robert Mizrachi	30
		Chino Rheem	51
		Bryce Yockey	46
		Daniel Rezaei	18
		Joao Simao	20
		Anthony Zinno	7
		Ariel Mantel	11
		Phillip Long	17

Team Lang Gang	Mike Lang & Josh Reichard	Ari Engel	47
		Jeremy Ausmus	90
		Ren Lin	29
		Allen Kessler	2
		Mike Leah	8
		Jim Collopy	14
		Bradley Jansen	1
		Ian Matakis	9

Team DNegs	Daniel Negreanu	Daniel Negreanu	116
		Josh Arieh	55
		Ben Lamb	14
		Dong Chen	4
		Nick Pupillo	2
		Eli Elezra	1
		Bryn Kenney	7
		Jason Koon	1

Team Blez/NGNF	Brent Hanks & Jeff Platt	Justin Liberto	70
		Chris Brewer	61
		Eric Wasserson	35
		Adrian Mateos	12
		Sam Laskowitz	7
		Matt Schreiber	2
		Ben Miner	1
		Jared Bleznik	12

Team Banana	David "ODB" Baker	Scott Seiver	79
		David Coleman	26
		Marco Johnson	51
		Danny Tang	12
		Brian Hastings	1
		Brad Owen	1
		Lawrence Brandt	1
		Naoya Kihara	1

Team Noori	Mike Noori	Joao Vieira	101
		John Racener	86
		Justin Zaki	1
		Michael Noori	1
		Shaun Buchanan	2
		Mike Matusow	7
		Dara Taherpour	1
		Jordan Seigal	1

Team Lady Gaga	Ren Lin	Yuri Dzivielevski	90
		Alex Foxen	79
		Klemens Roiter	24
		Yun Lam Choi	1
		Anson Tsang	1
		Chongg Xian Yang	1
		Jun Obara	1
		Jun Weng	1

Team Gators	Texas Mike Moncek	Brandon Wilson	15
		Mike Moncek	130
		Tyler Moncek	7
		Martin Zamani	3
		Michel Molenaar	1
		Ryan Leng	1
		Zack Estes	1
		Peter Krupa	42

Team Fleyshman	Dan Fleyshman	Mike Mizrachi	80
		Phil Hellmuth	66
		Chance Kornuth	34
		Chris Moorman	6
		Paul Volpe	5
		Christian Harder	6
		Erik Seidel	1
		Valentin Vornicu	1

Team Dinkers	Josh Kay	Chad Eveslage	89
		Patrick Leonard	41
		Aram Zobian	7
		Matt Glantz	27
		Jerry Wong	8
		Nick Milgrom	16
		Vladas Tamasaukas	1
		John Glendenning	1

Team Glue Factory	Dan Sepiol	Matthew Wantman	46
		Chris Vitch	49
		Calvin Anderson	25
		Dario Sammartino	45
		Maksim Pisarenko	19
		Matt Vengrin	6
		Tyler Phillips	5
		Daniel Sepiol	1

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