Just 19 players remain in Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker, and one of them will walk away with a coveted WSOP gold bracelet and the lion’s share of the $3,011,760 prize pool. Leading the way is Dusti Smith, who bagged a monstrous 8,500,000 chips and holds a commanding lead heading into the final day inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Smith has already locked up the deepest WSOP run of her career, and if she wants to progress further, she’ll need to navigate a field packed with dangerous opponents. Quan Zhou sits second in chips and is the only other player above five million, while Scott Bohlman, a seasoned bracelet winner and 25K Fantasy Draft pick, rounds out the top three with 4,815,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Dusti Smith | United States | 8,500,000 | 142 |
| 2 | Quan Zhou | China | 5,245,000 | 87 |
| 3 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 4,815,000 | 80 |
| 4 | Rafael Mota | Brazil | 4,290,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Benjamin Williams | United States | 3,535,000 | 59 |
| 6 | Ricardo Martinez | Costa Rica | 2,830,000 | 47 |
| 7 | Shuofei Geng | United States | 2,825,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Samy Dubonnet | France | 2,690,000 | 45 |
| 9 | Allen Shen | Canada | 2,500,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Xiaohu Liu | China | 2,340,000 | 39 |
Also still in contention are the likes of Jesse Lonis, Pete Chen, and Brian Green, each looking to add more hardware to their collections. Lonis will return in the middle of the pack with 21 big blinds, while Chen and Green have some work to do as two of the shortest stacks in the field.
Each of the remaining 19 players has locked up at least $15,810, but all eyes will be on the top prize of $436,044 and the gold strap. The runner-up will walk away with $290,588, while a podium finish is worth $210,033. Reaching the final table guarantees a minimum payday of $38,369, with six-figure payouts for the top five.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | $436,044 |
| 2 | $290,588 |
| 3 | $210,033 |
| 4 | $153,576 |
| 5 | $113,617 |
| 6 | $85,056 |
| 7 | $64,443 |
| 8 | $49,421 |
| 9 | $38,369 |
| 10-11 | $30,161 |
| 12-13 | $24,010 |
| 14-17 | $19,358 |
| 18-19 | $15,810 |
Cards are back in the air at 1 p.m. local time inside the Horseshoe Event Center, with blinds resuming at 30,000/60,000 and a 60,000 big blind ante. Levels will remain 60 minutes in length as the tournament plays all the way down to a winner.
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Allen ShenBenjamin WIlliamsBrian GreenDusti SmithJesse LonisPete ChenQuan ZhouRafael MotaRicardo MartinezSamy DubonnetScott BohlmanShuofei GengXiaohu Liu
