Ari Engel was the next player to be nominated.
Aftre a short bidding battle, Team Lang's $20 bid was enough to add him to their roster.
Erik Seidel was nominated for $1, and several teams joined the bidding.
A $15 bid from Team Splashy Octopi got the job done, as Seidel joins Robert Mizrachi, John Racener, and John Riordan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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125
20
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20 |
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37
15
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15 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich was the 70th player nominated in the 2025 $25K Fantasy, and he fetched a price of $21 from Team Jeremy's.
Paul Volpe, the sixth-highest scorer in the history of the league, was nominated for $1, and at first, there didn't seem to be much interest. It looked as if he might for for single digits, but eventually he was pushed up to $14, which was the winning bid for Team Wass.
From there, it was Phil Hui going to Team Brown for $30 and Seth Davies to Team DPMD, who have been silent since winning Jeremy Ausmus for a record-high price of $141. They got Davies for a much more reasonable $29.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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126
30
|
30 |
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87
14
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14 |
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30
29
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29 |
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9
21
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21 |
After an opening bid of $1, a small bidding war broke out, which was saw Team Splash Sports win Renji Mao for $9.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17
9
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9 |
Artur Martirosian was nominated for an opening bid of $1.
Team BTG and Team Jeremy's got into a back and for battle, before Team Jeremy's bid of $17 got Team BTG out of the way, sending him to Team Jeremy's.
Arthur Morris was nominated by team BTG for $1, before Daniel Negreanu stood up bid and $5.
After going back and forth Team AJ's Eagles joined the bidding war, forcing out Team Negreanu.
A $38 bid from Team AJ's Eagles was enough get the job done, and as Team BTG bowed out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57
38
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38 |
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30
28
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28 |
Jared Bleznick, who tweeted that he wasn't going to play much, was nominated for $1 and garnered a handful of bids before selling for $6 to Team Money Mondays.
Team AJ's Eagles then nominated Adam Friedman for $1, and bids quickly drove the price up to $18, which sold to Team BTG.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80
18
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18 |
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22
6
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6 |
Justin Liberto was the 63rd player nominated, and he had some takers as bidding quickly escalated to over $30; in fact, he sold for $35 to Team AJ's Eagles, joining Maxx Coleman as the only two players on that roster.
Daniel Negreanu then nominated Stephen Chidwick for $1, and the man who just moved into second place on poker's all-time money list got a bunch of bids.
Bryce Yockey was bidding hard before Team Jeremy's made it $50. Yockey responded with $51 for Team BTG, and that got the job done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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98
51
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51 |
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95
35
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35 |
Marco Johnson was nominated for $1, and his price quickly reached the 30s.
After a bidding war, Survivor Sweat made a $49 bid to secure Johnson, adding him to their team of Michael Moncek and Ben Yu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31
49
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49 |
Frog Poison made an opening bid of $6 for Ryan Leng, which was uncontested as they add him to their roster.
Brian Yu was nominated next for $1, and which sparked several team's interest.
As multiple teams bid on Yoon, his price settled at $34 to Team Hoggers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58
34
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34 |
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5
6
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6 |
Team Australia nominated Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen for $1, and Daniel Negreanu started bidding him up.
Some other teams got in on the action and bid him up to $15, which was the winning bid for Team Handsome Horses.
Spanish phenom Adrian Mateos was then put on the block for $1, and dollar by dollar, his value rose to $25 to go to Team Splash Sports, putting him on the same team as Nick Schulman and Ren Lin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32
15
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15 |
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26
67
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67 |
Ben Yu was nominated for an opening bid of $1.
Team Girl Dads and Bryce Yokcey's team were going back and forth, before Team Jeremy's got into the mix.
His priced continued to rise, before Survivor Sweat's made a winning bid of $31, giving them their second player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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80
31
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31 |
