Brad Owen, one of poker’s most popular vloggers and a WPT Global Ambassador, is officially taking his shot in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, the biggest and toughest mixed-game event of the summer.
From selling action at a markdown to bringing new eyes to the mixed-game world, find out why this is “the dream he didn’t know he had” and how he plans to represent his massive fanbase on poker’s biggest stage.
Archie Bailey got his last few thousand chips into the middle preflop and Ashish Diwan easily made the call.
Archie Bailey: K♠4♣
Ashish Diwan: A♣A♥
"I'm going to need a couple fours...", said Bailey as he saw he was up against aces.
The flop brought a collective affirmation from the table as it scrolled across 4♦8♣2♣.
Bailey got there the other way when the K♦ turned and the table was in an amused uproar when the river bricked the J♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,000 | |
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7,600 |
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.
Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.
1998 Main Event Champion, Scotty Nguyen, was heard saying the following at his Super Senior's table:
"It's a freeroll, baby! If you make it this far, if you make it past sixty, it's all a free roll, baby! Nothing to lose, just play."
Nguyen's table whole-heartedly agreed and the moment was further proof of the camaraderie that is bred in closed events (i.e. Employees, Seniors, Womens).
Nguyen cashed Event #48: Senior's Championship in 39th place ($17,948) and it marks his only cash of the 2025 World Series of Poker thus far. Only time will tell how the five-time bracelet fares the rest of the Series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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49,200
49,200
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49,200 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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171,000 | |
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170,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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|
168,000 | |
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155,600 | |
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152,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
149,700
33,900
|
33,900 |
|
142,000 | |
|
135,300
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
134,400
5,600
|
5,600 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The field has gone on a 75-minute dinner break.
They will return at approximately 5:55 p.m. local Las Vegas to blinds of 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
There will still be two levels of late registration after dinner and all competitors have one reentry available to them.
Una Kelly raised to 1,200 in middle position and Richard Jutte defended his big blind.
The flop scrolled across 7♦3♦3♠ and both players checked.
Jutte check-called a bet of 1,000 when the 9♥ snapped off on the turn.
Both players checked the 8♠ river and Jutte tabled 8♥6♣ but Kelly had better with the A♠9♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,300 | |
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40,200 |
Robert Goldstein was all in and at risk with cards on their backs against Julie Herbert.
Robert Goldstein: K♠K♥ 
Julie Herbert: A♥Q♦
The dealer fanned out 8♣K♦10♠, giving Goldstein top set and Herbert a gut shot.
The A♠ came on the turn but Herbert needed a jack to eliminate Goldstein but the Q♣ came on the river, just a further needle to Herbert as Goldstein collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000 | |
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7,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
