Andrew Bradshaw Tops Final 11 in Hunt for WSOP Glory

The penultimate day of Event #60: $3,000 Limit Hold’em at the 2025 World Series of Poker has wrapped up, with 11 players set to return and battle tomorrow for the $200,303 top prize and the coveted WSOP bracelet, inside the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

After ten one-hour levels, the United Kingdom's Andrew Bradshaw ended the day as chip leader, bagging a stack of 2,475,000 and is the only player to have breached the two-million-chip mark. Bradshaw started the day with an average stack, but managed to climb his way to the top of the counts by the time everything was said and done.

Some of Bradshaw’s chip surge came in the second-to-last level when he turned two pair against Ian Pelz and managed to extract additional value from him on both the turn and river. Not long after scooping the pot, Bradshaw pointed to his neighbor Pelz and said, “You can take a horse to water, but you bring a donkey to the river,” much to Pelz's amusement and the rest of the table.

Day 2 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
1	Andrew Bradshaw	United Kingdom	2,475,000	31
2	Kerry Welsh	United States	1,910,000	24
3	Stephanie Nguyen	United States	1,820,000	23
4	Simeon Tsonev	Bulgaria	1,380,000	17
5	Nicholas Tsoukalas	United States	1,285,000	16
6	Roland Israelashvili	United States	1,280,000	16
7	Scott Bohlman	United States	975,000	12
8	Matthew Valeo	United States	905,000	11
9	Moshe Gavrieli	United States	785,000	10
10	Ian Pelz	United States	765,000	10
11	Robert Klein	United States	245,000	3

Bradshaw's closest rival at the start of the final day will be Kerry Walsh with a stack of 1,910,000, while Stephanie Nguyen rounds out the podium positions with 1,820,000 and is the only female player remaining in the field. Nguyen hovered around the top of the leaderboard for most of the day. A portion of her chips came when she flopped Broadway against Ali Eslami and managed to chip up considerably.

The day started with 100 players returning from the record-breaking field of 343. The first goal for everyone was to make it into the final 52 and secure at least a min-cash. After just three hands of hand-for-hand play, Andrew Kelsall, Mark Seif, and Charles Thomas were all eliminated in the same hand. As a result, the prize money was split, and each of them walked away with about $4,023.

Eliminations came quickly after the bubble burst, and by the final break of the day, the field was down to just three tables. Among those who failed to make it that far were bracelet winners Diego Cordovez and Patrick Leonard. Two of the 2025 WSOP bracelet winners, Xixiang Luo and Nick Guagenti, also departed in the money. Ren Lin will have to wait for another chance at his first bracelet after hitting the rail in 18th place when Matthew Valeo’s rivered trips bested his pocket jacks.

Still in the hunt for the bracelet and returning tomorrow are Bulgaria’s Simeon Tsonev (1,380,000) and bracelet winner Roland Israelashvili (1,280,000). Scott Bohlman (975,000), who is chasing his second bracelet of the series after winning Event #17: $2,000 No‑Limit Hold’em a few weeks ago, is also in the mix. Meanwhile, Pelz (765,000) and Robert Klein (245,000) find themselves at the bottom of the counts and will have the most work to do if they want to make a run at the title.

The final day of this three-day affair kicks off at 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday, June 24, with players returning to blinds of 20,000/40,000 and limits of 40,000/80,000. Everyone coming back has secured at least $12,547 for their efforts. All eyes will be on the $200,303 top prize from the $915,810 prize pool and the coveted gold bracelet that awaits the winner.