Viktor Blom Bags Big Stack Ahead of $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Final Table
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Viktor Blom ended Day 1 of Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as the chip leader. What has changed since then? Not much, as after eight levels of play on Day 2, ‘Isildur1’ continues to dominate.
Nothing seemed to stop Blom at the table as, once again, his stack kept growing all day long. Jeremy Ausmus (12th - $20,701), followed by Angelo Karimalis (11th - $21,736), both reached the 18 places in the money, but ultimately gave their last chips to Blom, who used them to bag 1,875,000.
One major difference, though, is that out of the 118 entries recorded in this event, only 9 players remain and have reached the final table. Among these players, Blom’s closest opponent, Ryan Bambrick, ended the day with 1,465,000 and will try to win a second WSOP bracelet this summer after taking down the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship earlier in the series.
Final Table Seating and Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Johns | United States | 810,000 | 16 |
| 2 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 790,000 | 16 |
| 3 | David Lieberman | United States | 475,000 | 10 |
| 4 | Max Hoffman | United States | 575,000 | 12 |
| 5 | Ryan Bambrick | United States | 1,465,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 420,000 | 8 |
| 7 | Pedro Neves | Portugal | 510,000 | 10 |
| 8 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 1,875,000 | 38 |
| 9 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 165,000 | 3 |
When he won his bracelet, Bambrick defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up. Now, Negreanu could get his shot at revenge, as he also qualified for the final table. The seven-time WSOP champion was among the chip leaders before the dinner break, eliminating 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, among others. However, losses in pots against Blom and Pedro Neves (510,000) during the final levels of the day brought his stack down, and he bagged just 420,000. Only Scott Bohlman will return with fewer chips (165,000).
Slightly ahead of Negreanu, Max Hoffman bagged 575,000, followed by David Lieberman with 475,000. Lieberman sent Erick Lindgren to the rail two spots shy of the money, just before Dzmitry Urbanovich burst the bubble by eliminating Aaron Kupin.
Urbanovich later bubbled the final table himself after Anthony Zinno hit a runner-runner straight, ending the day with 790,000 chips. Ian Johns has almost the exact same stack (810,000).
The nine remaining players have been asked to return to the Horseshoe Event Center at noon local time this Saturday, June 14, for the final table.
The action will be picked up later in the day and streamed on PokerGO, on a delay, where viewers can find out who will become the next WSOP bracelet winner. For now, all finalists are guaranteed a minimum cash prize of $25,687.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $282,455 |
| 2 | $188,295 |
| 3 | $130,447 |
| 4 | $92,774 |
| 5 | $67,783 |
| 6 | $50,915 |
| 7 | $39,349 |
| 8 | $31,316 |
| 9 | $25,687 |
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