$25,000 High Roller Bracelet Battle Resumes Today

Another coveted gold bracelet is set to be awarded today at the 2025 World Series of Poker, as the final 18 players will return for the final day of Event #26: $25,000 High Roller 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em.

The event saw a record-breaking field of 392 entries, leaving the largest portions of the $9,212,000 prize pool up for grabs when action resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Anatoly Nikitin leads the way with 5,550,000 chips, sitting in the driver's seat to claim the top prize of $1,949,044. That leaves Nikitin just ahead of Chin Wei Lim, who sits in second with 48 big blinds.

The top 25K Fantasy contender is Andrew Ostapchenko, who rounds out the top three on the leaderboard with 4,605,000 chips.

Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Anatoly Nikitin	Russian Federation	5,550,000	56
2	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	4,830,000	48
3	Andrew Ostapchenko	United States	4,605,000	46
4	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	4,550,000	46
5	Byron Kaverman	United States	4,525,000	45
6	Punnat Punsri	Thailand	4,370,000	44
7	Mathew Frankland	United Kingdom	3,815,000	38
8	Rafael Mota	Brazil	3,460,000	35
9	Joao Simao	Brazil	3,440,000	34
10	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	3,220,000	32

Plenty of star power will be on display on Day 3, as WSOP bracelet winners Orpen Kisacikoglu (4,550,000), Byron Kaverman (4,525,000), Joao Simao (3,440,000), 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, and three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy (1,355,000) all return to action today.

One last WSOP champion rounds out the chip counts, as Brandon Wittmeyer sits as the short stack with 1,065,000 chips.

Action will resume at noon local time, with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000. Players will continue to navigate 60-minute levels until a winner is determined.

All 18 players have confirmed a payday of at least$73,639 thus far, with the top two spots guaranteed a seven-figure score.