Philip Sternheimer Leads Final Two After Day 3 of $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship

The penultimate day of Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker, inside the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas has wrapped up. Just two players are set to return for Day 4, where they will be competing heads-up for the $763,087 top prize along with the coveted WSOP bracelet.

After another ten one-hour levels, Philip Sternheimer bagged the biggest stack, finishing with 14,025,000. He’ll go up against Bruno Furth, who ended Day 3 with 9,150,000 and will need to mount a comeback if he wants to capture his second bracelet of the series.

Sternheimer, who boasts over $3,300,000 in live tournament earnings and six WSOP final tables, is still chasing his first bracelet. A victory tomorrow would not only more than double his best career cash, but also cement his name in the history books as the winner of this record-breaking event.

Heads-Up Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Philip Sternheimer	United Kingdom	14,025,000	56
2	Bruno Furth	United States	9,150,000	37

Day 3 Action

Just 27 players from the 386 entrants returned to the baize today, each already guaranteed $24,515 for their efforts. It didn’t take long for the field to shrink below twenty, with Scott Baumstein, Dylan Wilkerson, and Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast among the early eliminations.

After Furth's lonely pair of fours was enough to score a double knockout of James Obst and Michael Korody, the tournament was down to two tables, with Furth sitting atop the counts. Allen Kessler managed to lock up his fantasy points by making the top sixteen, but his run ended in 12th place after failing to find the outs he needed against the aces of Dennis Weiss.

Jonathan Greene’s exit in tenth place as the final table bubble boy meant the final nine was set, with Furth still out in front and Shaun Deeb and Sternheimer not far behind. During the opening level of the final table, Edward Jackson Spivack and Dennis Weiss couldn’t spin up their short stacks and were both quick to hit the rail.

Heading into the dinner break, Sternheimer sat atop of chip counts with seven players left, while Furth and Deeb were neck-and-neck for second. Sam Soverel was the first to fall after the restart, running into Sternheimer’s aces. Then, in just one orbit, Magnus Edengren, Christopher Vitch, and Brian Hastings all departed, leaving just Deeb, Sternheimer, and Furth.

The chips bounced back and forth between the final three, with both Sternheimer and Deeb all in and at risk multiple times. Deeb even held the chip lead briefly, but was left on fumes after getting involved in a pot for over 60 percent of the chips in play against Sternheimer, where an unfortunate river gave Sternheimer Broadway.

Deeb couldn’t recover and bowed out shortly after, with Furth delivering the knockout blow. When heads-up play began, the players were offered the option to play another level and try to finish it out, but Furth preferred to call it a night. With that, they bagged up their chips and will return on Friday, June 13, at 1 p.m. local time to play for the title.

The action will pick up on Level 31 with blinds of 125,000/250,000 and a 250,000 big blind ante. Both players are guaranteed $508,705, while the champion will take home $763,087, the WSOP gold bracelet, and the prestige that comes with besting a tough field.

Final Table Payouts/Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1			$763,087
2			$508,705
3	Shaun Deeb	United States	$348,304
4	Brian Hastings	United States	$243,144
5	Christopher Vitch	United States	$173,121
6	Magnus Edengren	Sweden	$125,772
7	Sam Soverel	United States	$93,273
8	Dennis Weiss	Germany	$70,639
9	Edward Jackson Spivack	United Kingdom	$54,657