25K Fantasy Draft 2025

Alex Foxen was nominated with an opening bid of $5.

He his price immediately shot up to $30, before a bidding war broke out.

Foxen eventually went to Team Lady Gaga for $66, to much delight of Ren Lin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Lady Gaga	101 66	66

Tags: Alex FoxenRen Lin

Josh Arieh was nominated for $19, and Daniel Negreanu immediately bid him to $20. Brent Hanks then made it $30, Negreanu responded with $35, and then some more bids rolled in.

Negreanu snapped over every bid and seemed intent on getting Arieh, and things got serious when the price crossed $50. It went into the sixties, and still Negreanu wouldn't relent going head-to-head against Team Jeremy's.

Negreanu big $70, but it wasn't enough as Team Jeremy's went a buck more. It proved a dollar too much for Negreanu, who cried uncle to send Arieh to Team Jeremy's for $71.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Jeremy's	129 71	71

David "ODB" Baker was nominated.

Baker was adamant to get himself on his team, but Team Australia's final bid of $51 forced Baker out, sending Baker to Team Australia.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Australia	58 51	51

Tags: Team Australia

John Racener, who is the fourth-highest point earner in the history of the $25K Fantasy with 1,640 points behind only Negreanu, Hellmuth, and Deeb, was the 23rd player nominated.

He ended up going for what seemed to be a reasonable $54 to Team Splashy Octopi, joining John Riordan on the roster.

Eric Wasserson was the next nominee, and a bidding war saw Brent Hanks of Team Splash Sports say that $39 was their final bid. It looked for a moment as if that would get the job done, but $3 more worth of bids saw him go to Team Wass.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Wass	158 42	42
Team Splashy Octopi	92 54	54

Team Jeremy's nominated James Obst.

Four different teams had their sights on Obst, but the final two teams bidding was Team Jeremy's, and Obst's own team, Team Australia.

Team Jeremy's seemed determined to secure Obst, but Team Australia's final bid of $91 made Team Jeremy's bow out, sending Obst to his own team.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Australia	109 91	91

Tags: James ObstTeam AustraliaTeam Jeremy's

Kristen Foxen, who finished 13th out 10,112 players in the 2024 WSOP for $600,000, was the next player on the block. The first female nominated received several bids before Team Money Mondays ended up securing her for $31.

Foxen became the fourth player on Team Money Mondays' roster alongside Phil Hellmuth, Calvin Anderson, and Ryan Riess.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Money Mondays	28 31	31

Team AJ's Eagles nominated Jesse Loins for $1.

Several teams bid on Lonis as he quickly shot up past $50.

Mutiple teams kept increasing the price, but it was Team Lady Gaga and Team Girl Dads the final two teams going back and forth.

Finally, Team Girl Dads secured Lonis with their final bid of $103.

Player	Chips	Progress
Team Girl Dads	97 103	103

Tags: Jesse LoinsTeam AJ's EaglesTeam Girl DadsTeam Lady Gaga