Day 22 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) saw ten event take place inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with half of them crowning their champions and awarding their bracelets. There should have been six bracelets dished out, but the Monster Stack ran over its allotted time and required an unscheduled fifth day.

Veerachai Vongxaiburana, a day trader who only plays poker recreationally, took down Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship for $784,353 and his first bracelet. The champion bested a star-studded final table that housed the likes of Viktor Blom, Shawn Rice, Marco Johnson, and runner-up Phil Hui.

A comedy-sized cheque for $187,937 and the second bracelet of his career went to Joey Couden, who triumphed in Event #45: $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em. Couden won his first bracelet in 2018 and now joins an ever-growing list of stars with multiple pieces of WSOP hardware to their name.

Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller concluded on June 17, and it was Seth Davies who came out on top. Davies defeated Alex Foxen heads-up, denying him his fourth bracelet, while collecting his first and a career-best score worth a cool $4,752,551. This is Davies’ second $4 million score in the space of a month, having won $4,190,000 in mid-May in a Triton Poker Super High Roller Series event in Montenegro.

The fourth bracelet of the day belongs to Jason Daly, champion of Event #47: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. All eyes were on Phil Hellmuth and his quest to win an 18th bracelet, but the “Poker Brat” could only muster a third-place finish. Daly emerged victoriously after defeating Kevin Choi heads-up. He banked $244,674.

Last but certainly not least is Tyler Patterson, who will forever be known as the champion of Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout. Patterson’s first bracelet was accompanied by a $574,223 score, which happens to be a career-best for the California-born grinder.

David Uvaydov Leads As Monster Stack Requires Additional Day

Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack was due to crown its champion, but that never happened because seven players still have chips. David Uvaydov (102,000,000) has the most chips of any of the returning players. Uvaydov only needs to ladder two places to receive his largest-ever payout, which currently stands at $293,950.

Two $25K Fantasy Draft picks, Klemens Roiter (89,900,000) and Dylan Linde (85,500,000) complete the podium positions. They’ll be joined on the unscheduled fifth day by Daniel Lei (81,600,000), Ivan RubaIvan Rubann (62,100,000), James Leonard (40,700,000), and Australia’s Ashish Gupta (30,800,000).

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 18, and we promise that a champion will be crowned at some stage!

Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack Final Day Chip Counts

Mike Leah Among the Leaders in the $1K Seniors Event

A bumper crowd of 4,210 entrants jumped into Day 1b of Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship, taking the total attendance to 7,575 over the course of two flights. From that Day 1b field, only 824 progressed to Day 2, and Mike Leah (657,000) bagged up one of the biggest stacks.

Leah won his bracelet in 2014 when the WSOP headed to Australia; the Canadian took down the A$25,000 High Roller. Leah has cashed in five events at the 2025 WSOP and looked all but guaranteed to add a sixth in-the-money finish to his Hendon Mob profile.

Others to look out for on Day 2 include China’s three-time bracelet winner Xixiang Luo (285,000), the legendary Billy Baxter (200,000), Yucel Eminoglu (200,000), Robert Cheung (149,500), Kevin Song (121,500), John Juanda (112,000), and Kathy Liebert (84,500).

Day 2 starts at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 18, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you all of the action, as it happens.

Event #48: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Ali Eslami Leads Going Into the $10K Razz Championship’s Final Day

Only 12 players remain in Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship, and Ali Eslami (1,336,000) is the man to catch when the final day shuffles up and deals. Eslami finally captured a gold bracelet in 2022 when he came out on top in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event. He’s had dozens of near misses before and after that bracelet victory. Is this the event where Eslami becomes a two-time champion?

Eleven seasoned grinders stand between Eslami and his second piece of WSOP hardware. They include Brian Yoon (1,240,000), Andrew Yeh (1,231,000), Brian Rast (694,000), Maksim Pisarenko (692,000), Joao Vieira (461,000), David Funkhouser (361,000), and Christian Roberts (230,000).

If high-stakes Razz tournaments are what get you all hot under the collar, return to PokerNews from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 18 as we wrap up this event.

Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship Final Day Chip Counts

Talal Shakerchi Leads a Host of Stars in the $25K PLO High Roller

A ridiculously stacked field descended on Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha, as you might expect from such a high buy-in specialist format. Some 370 players bought in but only 160 managed to navigate through the shark-infested waters to take their seats on Day 2.

British star Talal Shakerchi (1,456,000) leads the way on Day 2 as he hunts his first bracelet. Richard Gryko (1,212,000), Aaron Kupin (1,136,000), Michael Duek (1,026,000), Bruno Furth (1,025,000), and Gergo Nagy (1,000,000) also bagged up seven-figure stacks.

When you look at the overnight chip counts, it feels like almost every surviving player either has a WSOP bracelet or is a $25K Fantasy Draft pick! Such luminaries as Dylan Smith (760,000), Jesse Lonis (668,000), Ryan Leng (593,000), Jeremy Ausmus (474,000), Isaac Haxton (467,000), Dario Sammartino (450,000), Alex Foxen (428,000), Team PokerStars’ Jason Koon (425,000), Ryan Riess (424,000)and Sean Troha (334,000) are just a handful of the elite-level players returning in the top third of the chip counts.

This plethora of superstars will be joined by some late registrants on Day 2 from 12:00 p.m. local time on June 18. Play resumes on Level 11, with levels spanning 60 minutes. Late registration remains open until the start of the 13th level. Stay with PokerNews as we bring you live and exclusive coverage of this star-studded event.

Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Liran Betito Leads as the Bubble Looms in the $1,500 NLHE Freezeout

The money bubble was expected to burst on Day 1 of Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em, but it remained intact. The 2,318 field was whittled to 354 players before the curtain came down on proceedings. Only 348 of those survivors will receive a payout for their effort.

Israel’s Liran Betito is the overnight chip leader with 555,900 chips, closely followed by Bing Li (540,000), and Pedro Fernandes (524,000). Asher Conniff (502,000), and David Daneshgar (493,000) also bagged up top ten stacks.

Lower down the counts, you find the likes of Jason Wheeler (365,000), Faraz Jaka (339,000), Bryan Piccioli (339,000), Jamie Gold (243,000), Georgios Sotiropoulos (202,000), and a short-stacked Kristen Foxen (45,500).

This event resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 18. Join PokerNews then to discover who the unfortunate bubble boy, or girl, is in this event.

Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 23 of the 2025 WSOP

There will be eight events in play on Day 23 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Of those eight events, two will award their bracelets. Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack and Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship are the tournaments to keep your eye on if you want to see someone capture some WSOP gold.

Event #48: $1,000 Seniors Championship will start to trim its large field to a more managable number, while Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha will see its star-studded field start to reduce once late registration ends.

There’s the excitement and drama of a money bubble as soon as Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em kicks off at 1:00 p.m. local time. Only ten players need to bust before the prize pool starts being awarded.

Three new events get underway on June 18, starting at 10:00 a.m. local time with Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker. This event features four flights, with PokerNews‘ traditional coverage starting on Day 2 on June 22.

Two hours later, at noon local time, Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed exploded into life, with the eagerly anticipated Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship starting at 2:00 p.m. local time. Expect an all-star cast to turn out for that one.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.