2025 WSOP Day 23: Hall of Famer Brian Rast Must Wait For Seventh Bracelet

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Jun 19, 2025 7 min read

Day 23 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw one bracelet awarded and another seven bracelet-awarding events whittle their respective fields down to more manageable numbers.

Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack finally crowned its champion a day later than scheduled, and Klemens Roiter is that champion. Day 4 ended with seven hopefuls who Davd Uvaydov led back into battle, but the night belonged to Roiter who captured his first bracelet and $1,204,457.

Another bracelet should have been awarded because Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship was scheduled to conclude. Only 12 players returned for the final day's play, yet Day 3 ended with Brian Rast and Andrew Yeh heads-up. The heads-up duo butted heads for two levels but neither player could get the job done.

Should Rast come out on top and capture his seventh bracelet, he will become only the 14th player to achieve such a feat. Already a Poker Hall of Fame member, Rast will rank alongside Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Erik Seidel, Johnny Moss, Billy Baxter, Benny Glaser, John Hennigan, Daniel Negreanu, Men Nguyen, Nick Schulman, and Scott Seiver in an exclusive club.

However, Yeh, who holds a 3:1 chip lead when play resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time on June 19, is in a prime position to spoil Rast's party.

Ron Fetsch Bags Huge Stack in the $1,000 Seniors

Ron Fetsch claimed the chip lead on Day 2 of Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold'em Championship as the 1,445 returning players were reduced to a more managable 202 over the course of ten 60-minute levels.

Fetsch, who cashed in last year's Seniors and Super Seniors events, bagged 2,930,000 chips as the day's end, the equivalent of 117 big blinds, and 32 big blinds more than second-placed Mansour Alipourfard (2,125,000).

Last year's Super Seniors runner-up Yucel Eminoglu (2,070,000) bagged a top ten stack, while Kevin Nathan (1,650,000), Mike Leah (890,000), Antonin Teisseire (795,000), Andrew Kelsall (665,000), Men Nguyen (402,000), and Marcel Vonk (385,000) still have legitimate chances of adding to their bracelet collections.

Day 3 kicks off at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 19. The plan is to play another ten 60-minute levels. By the time they're done, the final table should be within sight.

Event #48: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Najeem Ajez Leads the $25,000 PLO High Roller Going Into Day 3

Australia's Najeem Ajez is the man to catch in Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha where only 28 players remain in the hunt for the bracelet and a first-place prize that tips the scales at $2,292,155.

Ajez (7,845,000) holds a commanding lead over the chasing pack, his stack containing approximately 26 more big blinds than Lautaro Guerra (6,4440,000) in second place. Polish grinder Tomasz Gluszko (4,400,000) rounds off the podium places.

As you would expect from such a high buy-in PLO event, the field is stacked as this event enters the business end. Bryn Kenney (3,965,000), Day 1 chip leader Talal Shakerchi (3,850,000), Frank Brannan (3,565,000), and Isaac Haxton (3,545,000) will all return on Day 3 with a top ten stack.

Below them are the likes of Aaron Kupin (3,020,000), David Eldridge (2,140,000), Erick Lindgren (1,985,000), Ben Lamb (1,365,000), Scott Bohlman (1,320,000), and a certain Phil Ivey (785,000).

Twenty-eight players will sit back down at 12:00 p.m. local time, and play will continue until only five of them have chips.

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

Only 29 Remain in the $1,500 NLHE Freezeout

Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em has reached its third and final day, and only 29 players have the chance to become this tournament's champion. Some 345 players returned for Day 2, including Julio Belluscio, who finished top ofthe pile with 6,900,000 chips.

Belluscio already has a WSOP bracelet, having triumphed in the $2,500 Big Bet Mixed event in 2023. He's now within touching distance of his second piece of WSOP hardware.

Standing between the Argentinian and that much-sought-after second bracelet are stars such as Asher Conniff (5,650,000), Stoyan Madanzhiev (3,955,000), Bryan Piccioli (2,395,000), Jeremy Saderne (1,225,000), and Felipe Ramos (1,215,000).

This event will restart at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 19, and play will continue until a champion emerges.

Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Day 1a of the Millionaire Maker Attracts 1,777 Players; Mateusz Moolhuizen Bags Big

Today saw 1,777 players begin their quest for glory in Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker, but after 11 action-packed levels, only 345 of them left for home having bagged up chips for Day 2.

Germany's Sascha Manns (776,000) clinched the Day 1a chip lead and returns on Day 2 armed with the equivalent of 310 big blinds. Dutch star Mateusz Moolhuizen (759,000) is hot on Manns' heels before a significant gap to Damarjai Davenport (427,000) in third place.

Last year's Millionaire Maker champion, Franco Spitale (183,500) looks set to make another deep run after bagging a decent stack, while Matthew Bode (180,500), David Singontiko (176,500), Thomas Cazayous (175,000), David Pham (174,000), Boris Angelov (172,500), and Mathew Frankland (156,000) all ended Day 1a with a stack worth a place in the top third of the overnight leaderboard.

Below them, but by no means out of contention due to this event's structure, are the likes of David "ODB" Baker (132,500), Adam Owen (122,500), Brett Schaffer (109,500), Brock Wilson (101,500), Joe McKeehen (101,000), Maria Konnikova (74,000), Barry Greenstein (73,000), and Caitlin Comeskey (71,000).

Day 1b is scheduled to shuffle up and deal at 10 a.m. local time on June 19, with entrants hoping to navigate through 11 hour-long levels and join the 345 Day 1a survivors on Day 2. PokerNews' traditional coverage begins on Day 2 on June 22.

Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Giuseppe Pantaleo Finds Himself Leading the $1,500 PLO

Day 1 of Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha saw its 1,564 entrants reduced to only 114 after a marathon of 17 levels of 40 minutes each. Giuseppe Pantaleo not only survived the frequent all-ins but bagged up 1,105,000 chips and the chip lead.

Pantaelo already has a bracelet, having won the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Tag Team event with Nikita Luther in 2019. He now has a realistic shot at bagging his second after starting this event in hot form.

The German isn't the only bracelet winner who bagged a big or healthy stack. Bruno Furth (761,000) continued his rich vein of form, while Robert Nehorayan (696,000), Rajesh Vohra (644,000), Bryce Yockey (593,000), Sean Troha (318,000), and Rep Porter (266,000) all progressed and could add to their bracelet collections.

Others, including Matt Vengrin (591,000), Punnat Punsri (385,000), Rayan Chamas (300,000), and Noah Boeken (152,000) returnon Day 2 looking to win a bracelet for the first time.

Day 2, the second of three scheduled days, starts at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 19.

Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

John Hennigan Gallops Into an Early Lead in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.

Poker Hall of Famer and seven-time bracelet winner John Hennigan leads an all-star cast after Day 1 of Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Day 1 saw 176 players buy in, 91 survive, and Hennigan bag up 350,500 chips, a solitary big blind more than Christopher Vitch (342,500) in second place.

Traditionally, this event draws in some of the biggest names in poker, and the 2025 edition has continued that trend. Day 2 will see poker Goliaths such as Marco Johnson (274,000), Mike Matusow (208,000), Scott Seiver (206,500), Huck Seed (190,000), Todd Brunson (189,000), Brian Hastings (182,500), Shaun Deeb (140,500), Benny Glaser (138,000), Yuri Dzivielevski (116,000), and John Monnette (110,000) all attempt to add to their already glowing poker legacies by taking down this tournament.

Cards are back in the air from 1:00 p.m. local time with the plan to play another eight levels, the first five of which last 60 minutes before extending to 90 minutes from Level 16 onward. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 12.

Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

What To Expect on Day 24 in the 2025 WSOP

Six events will edge closer to awarding their prestigious bracelets on June 18, the 24th day of the 2025 WSOP, while Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship will eventually crown it's worthy winner after an unscheduled fourth day's play.

Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold'em Championship heads into its Day 3 from 11:00 a.m. local time, with Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha also starting its Day 3, doing so at 12:00 p.m. local time.

One of the 29 returning players in Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em should walk away as a WSOP champion because this tournament is due to conclude today.

The second flight of Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker kicks off at 10:00 a.m. local time and should see another big crowd, while Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha will further whittle its field down from 12:00 p.m. local time.

Last but not least, the star-studded Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship's Day 2 is set to shuffle up and deal at 1:00 p.m. local time.

Only one new event shuffles up and deals on June 19, Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball. This event drew in 371 entrants in 2024, and Patrick Moulder outlasted them all. Moulder collected $177,045 and his first gold bracelet.

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.

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