Welcome back to PokerNews‘ recap of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) action, of which there was plenty at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on Day 8 of the series. Three players captured gold bracelets, while several other stars put themselves in contention to win their first piece of WSOP hardware or add to their growing collections.

While all eyes were on Viktor Blom and Daniel Negreanu in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, Ryan Bambrick was planning on causing an upset. Blom busted in fifth, but Negreanu navigated to heads-up, where he faced Bambrick. Negreanu fought valiantly, but it was Bambrick’s day. Bambrick now has two WSOP bracelets from two final table appearances.

The WSOP never fails to provide us with epic stories, and they don’t come much better than the tale of Event #11: $10,000 Mystery Bounty. Six years ago, Jordan Fox won a bracelet with his proud father, Yosef Fox, on the rail. Yesterday, the role reversed, and Jordan watched his pops take down the $10,000 Mystery Bounty for $729,333. Incredibly, Fox also pulled $335,000 in bounties, including the $250,000 bounty that had remained in play until the elimination of Patrick Kennedy in fifth place.

The third bracelet of Day 8 is adorning the wrist of Brad Ruben, who has now won five bracelets in the space of five years. Ruben defeated Han Liu heads-up in Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw to clinch another title. Commiserations to Liu who bagged the chip lead on Day 1 and Day 2 but had to make do with a bridesmaid finish when all was said and done.

Brandon Mitchell Leads a Host of Stars in the $25,000 PLO/NLHE High Roller

Only 17 of the 245 starters in Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed remain in contention for the massive $1,302,223 top prize and the event’s bracelet. Brandon Mitchell (7,465,000) is the man to catch, and by some distance, going into the third and final day, yet it’s the player in fifth place that cannot escape our attention.

Nick Schulman (2,500,000) could become a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner if he comes out on top in this event. Schulman captured two bracelets last year, one in the $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em worth $1,667,842 before adding another at the WSOP Paradise stop at the end of the year.

Should Schulman clinch his seventh bracelet, he’ll join Scott Seiver, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan, and the legendary Billy Baxter in an exclusive club; that’s not bad company to keep.

However, standing between Schulman and that lucky number seven are a host of stars. They include Michael Moncek (5,050,000), Ben Lamb (2,715,000), Robert Cowen (1,865,000), Arthur Morris (715,000), AP Garza (680,000), Eric Wasserson (435,000), and short stack Shaun Deeb (225,000). The latter could also bag a seventh bracelet if he embarks on an epic comeback.

Play resumes at noon local time on June 4, with the plan to play down to a champion.

Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed Day 2 Chip Counts

Damarjai Davenport Leads Final 11 in the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max

Only ten players stand between the man mountain that is Damarjai Davenport (11,000,000) and him becoming a WSOP champion in Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. The 6 ft 4 in, 300+ pounds Davenport is up for making amends for his runner-up finish in last year’s $10,000 Mystery Bounty event.

Davenport was in the thick of the action throughout Day 2 before emerging as a worthy chip leader when play concluded.

David Jackson (5,500,000) is the only player left in the field who already owns a bracelet. In fact, he has two. Jackson won the $777 Lucky Sevens online event in 2021 and then the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2022 WSOP. Could he complete a hat trick by taking down this event?

Look out for Shundan Xiao of China (9,330,000) who returns second in chips. Xiao has a chance of becoming the latest female champion of an open WSOP event.

Cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time, so return to PokerNews then for all of this event’s live updates.

Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Final Day Chip Counts

$1,500 PLO8 Mixed Event’s Field Cut to Only 25

Day 2 of Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better started with 264 players from the original 1,239, and ended with only 25 hopefuls still in the mix. Abdyl Konjuhi bagged up 3,195,000 chips and is the only player to eclipse three million chips.

Had Konjuhl not had a surge, a certain Benny Glaser, fresh from winning his sixth bracelet earlier in the week, would have been the overnight chip leader. Glaser returns to the action with 2,520,000 chips.

Thomas Taylor (1,755,000), Tyler Brown (1,475,000), and Patrick Leonard (1,275,000) finished Day 2 with top ten stacks, while Dennis Weiss (1,055,000), Alan Sternberg (875,000), David Shmuel (810,000), Rep Porter (625,000), and Andrew Yeh (135,000) remain in contention.

This event will crown its champion on June 4 after resuming play at 1:00 p.m. local time.

Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Nick Maimone Bags a Big Stack on Day 1 of the $600 PLO Deepstack

Event #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack continued the trend of affordable buy-in events bringing in massive crowds, with 3,110 players buying in on Day 1. After 22 levels, only 108 of those starters had chips requiring bagging, and nobody bagged more than Zachary Reinbold (3,475,000).

Nick Maimone (2,155,000) finished Day 1 in fifth place as he mounts a charge to win his second bracelet. He’s closely followed by Miguel Proulx (1,805,000) in sixth, and Adam Levy (1,605,000) in tenth.

Further down the list, you find such luminaires as John Riordan (1,480,000), Konstantin Held (1,280,000), Pei Li (1,220,000), and Martin Nielsen (1,220,000), who all have a bracelet in their collection.

Just below them is Josh Arieh (980,000), a six-time bracelet winner and a PLO aficionado.

Will one of the mentioned players come out on top in this event? Find out from 11:00 a.m. local time on June 4.

Event #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Jesse Lonis Third in Chips in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event

Jesse Lonis, fresh from his impressive Titan Super High Roller victory, has started Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em like a house on fire, ending Day 1 with 696,000 chips. Lonis finished second in the 2024 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race and leads the current standings. If he manages to close out this event and capture his third bracelet, he’ll do his POY chances no harm at all.

When play resumes, Canada’s Ernest Chevrette (728,000) leads from the front, followed by Lukas Hafner (722,000) and the aforementioned Lonis.

Elsewhere, Ali Eslami (473,000), Joey Weissman (412,000), Ethan Yau (389,000), Barry Greenstein (367,000), Chris Brewer (341,000), Joe McKeehen (325,000), Alex Foxen (303,000), and Chris Moorman (260,000) bagged and tagged their stacks at night’s end.

Day 2 resumes at noon local time on June 4. Some 264 of the 1,692 entrants will return to their seats and aim to edge closer to the $436,044 top prize.

Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Adam Friedman Second in Chip After Day 1 of the $10K Dealers Choice

Between 2018 and 2021, Adam Friedman made the $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship his own. Unbelievably, Friedman won three consecutive titles, proving his mixed game prowess. Fast forward to Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship, and Friedman is up to his old tricks.

The five-time bracelet winner bagged up 258,000 chips at the end of the first day’s play, enough for second place on the overnight leaderboard. Only Ryan Hoenig (298,500) has more chips than Friedman right now, and even he is within touching distance.

Joining Friedman at the top of the chip counts is Daniel Negreanu, who narrowly missed out on winning his eighth bracelet earlier in the day. Negreanu bagged and tagged 255,000 chips, while Scott Seiver (245,000) and David “Bakes” Baker (229,500) finished in the top five.

This event is a 25K Fantasy Drafter’s dream tournament, with a large percentage of the 62 surviving players competing in that high-stakes competition. The likes of Dzmitry Urbanovich (198,500), David “ODB” Baker (180,000), Phil Hui (165,000), Mike Matusow (119,500), Alex Livingston (118,000), Brian Rast (107,000), Mike Gorodinsky (82,000), Daniel Zack (78,000), and Paul Volpe (59,000) are still in contention.

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you all of the action as it happens.

Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

What’s Happening on Day 9 of the 2025 WSOP?

Up to nine bracelet-awarding events will be in play on Day 9 of the 2025 WSOP, and PokerNews is the only place you’ll find official updates, chips counts, and more.

The final 11 players in Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em return to their seats from 1:00 p.m. local time and will continue battling until a champion is crowned. Victory comes with $414,950 in prize money and the all-important bracelet.

Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed returns from noon local time, with only 18 players in contention for a $1,302,233 first-place prize. Unsurprisingly, the field is stacked with elite-level grinds. Tune into PokerNews to discover which of them gets the job done.

The third and final day of Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better is scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. local time restart. At that time, 28 players will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, but only one will leave as a WSOP champion.

Despite drawing in 3,100 entrants on Day 1, Event #16: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack will crown its champion on June 4. The monster-sized Day 1 field was reduced to 108, with those surviving players returning to the action from 11:00 a.m. local time under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews Live Reporting team.

Still with us? Good, because there are more tournaments to come! Day 2 Event #17: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em begins at noon local time, with the star-studded Day 2 field of Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship shuffling up and dealing an hour later at 1:00 p.m. local time.

Three new events enter the mix on Day 9 of the 2025 WSOP, starting with Event #19: $500 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em. The first of four flights starts at 10:00 a.m. local time, and a massive crowd is expected. Last year’s event saw 19,337 players buy in, and Martin Alcaide come out on top, banking $501,250. Please note: PokerNews‘ traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2 on June 8.

Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout commences at noon local time. A unique tournament, where players must come out on top of their starting table to progress, the shootout is extremely popular with sit & go specialists. Dan Sepiol is the reigning champion. He took down this event for $305,849 only six months after helping himself to a near $5.3 million score in the 2023 WPT World Championship.

Then at 2:00 p.m. local time, Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better gets underway. Bruno Furth, who won the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event here at the 2025 WSOP, is the reigning champion. Furth claimed his first bracelet and $265,361 in 2024 after leaving 1,276 opponents in his wake.

Over in the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge…

Week 1 of the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge wrapped on Monday, June 2, after a strong opening stretch that saw 8,543 entries across 21 events and more than $1.89 million awarded in prize money.

With three daily events priced at $200, $250, and $400, players had multiple opportunities to cash, climb the ranks, and earn a seat to the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship bracelet event.After seven days of action, the Week 1 leaderboard has been finalized. The top ten point earners all locked up their seats to the Championship event, but three players stood out from the pack with especially consistent performances.

James Derosa topped the Week 1 standings after a strong showing that included a win in the May 28 $250 Deepstack and another final table finish later in the week. Just behind him, Jacob Baumgartner banked a $400 victory on May 30 and made a deep run in the same event type the day after.

Sinéad Davenport rounded out the top three, thanks to a $400 win on May 29 and two additional cashes in the daily series.Other names in the top ten include Jack Kizilarslan, who won the largest field of the week (1,222 entries), and Jean Lescadres, who banked $27,585 in the May 31 $250 event.

PokerNews will be contacting each leaderboard winner with instructions on how to redeem their seats. The PokerNews Deepstack Challenge continues through June 30 with a new leaderboard every week. Play any eligible Daily Deepstack at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., or 8 p.m. in Las Vegas to earn points.Click here to follow the current leaderboard.

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.