Brandon Mitchell raised to 1,525,000 from the cutoff with just 1,000,000 behind. Lou Garza three-bet to 2,700,000 from the button, forcing the blinds to fold. Mitchell called for the remainder of his chips, and the cards were turned over with Mitchell at risk.
Brandon Mitchell: K♥9♥
Lou Garza: K♦K♣
Mitchell was in rough shape against the Cowboys of Garza. The flop came down J♣A♣10♠ to give Mitchell a glimmer of hope at a chop. The 4♣ turn removed one of those chop outs, as Garza picked up a flush draw. The river was the 10♦ sealing Mitchell's fate as the fifth-place finisher of this event.
After three action-packed days of poker, just five players remain in Event #14: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha / No-Limit Hold'em at the 2025 World Series of Poker. What began with 245 entries at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has been whittled down to the final five, each chasing the gold bracelet and a $1,302,233 top prize from a massive $5,757,500 prize pool.
Leading the way is Ben Lamb, who will return with a gigantic stack of 17,140,000, which is good for 71 big blinds and nearly half the chips in play. Lamb’s comeback story was one of the highlights on Day 3, as he went from just two big blinds with 14 left to bagging a massive lead.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Chongxian Yang
China
5,170,000
22
2
Brandon Mitchell
United States
3,160,000
13
3
Robert Cowen
United Kingdom
4,535,000
19
4
Lou Garza
United States
6,650,000
28
5
Ben Lamb
United States
17,140,000
71
Ap Garza
Joining Lamb on center stage is Lou Garza, who returns second in chips with 6,650,000. Garza, already a WSOP bracelet winner in pot-limit Omaha, is the only player within striking distance of Lamb, and an early double-up could flip the script in a hurry.
Rounding out the top three is China’s Chongxian Yang with 5,170,000. Two-time bracelet winner Robert Cowen (4,535,000) and Brandon Mitchell (3,160,000) are the short stacks, each returning with less than 20 big blinds. All three will be hoping to play spoiler to Lamb’s comeback run and secure the victory themselves.
Chongxian Yang
Action resumes at 1 p.m. local time on June 5 with blinds at 120,000/240,000. All remaining players have locked up $303,773, but all eyes will be on the seven-figure top prize and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Final Table Payouts/Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
$1,302,233
2
$868,140
3
$598,285
4
$421,524
5
$303,773
6
John Pannucci
United States
$224,034
7
Zhargal Tsydypov
United States
$169,183
8
Youness Barakat
Italy
$130,896
9
Michael Moncek
United States
$103,821
The final table will be streamed on PokerGO with a one-hour delay, beginning at 2 p.m. PDT. Updates here will be posted in sync with the stream in order to avoid spoilers. Don’t miss a moment as we play down to a champion!
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