25K Fantasy 2025

25K Fantasy
Day: live
Event Info

25K Fantasy 2025

Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$600,000
Entries
24
Players Left
24
Players Info - Day live
Entries
24
Players Left
24

2025 WSOP Day 23: Can Either Klemens Roiter (Team Liaison) or Dylan Linde (Team BTG) Win the Bracelet?

Dylan Linde
Dylan Linde

Day 23 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will have some fantasy implications, anyway you cut it.

Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack is down to the final seven players from a 9,920-entry field. Only a pair of 25K Fantasy players remain in Klemens Roiter (Team Liaison) and Dylan Linde (Team BTG), who sit second and third in chips, respectively. Only time will tell if either can win the bracelet, which would be Roiter’s first and Linde’s second.

Day 2 of Event #48: $1,000 Senior’s NLH Championship will see over 1,400 players return to action including 25K Fantasy players Mike Leah (Team Splashy Octopi), Xixiang Luo (Team Lady Gaga), AJ Kelsall (Team AJ’s Eagles), Matt Glantz (Team Hoggers), and Huck Seed (Team Phenom). There are also a bunch of ODB Bonus players, including John Holley, Justin Young, Manish Madan, Daniel Lowery, and Mark Gregorich.

Only a dozen players from a 134-entry field remain in Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship including chip leader Ali Eslami (Team Survivor Sweat), Brian Yoon (Team Hoggers), Brian Rast (Team Wass), Maksim Pisarenko (Team Noori), Joao Vieira (Team Lady Gaga), David Funkhouser (Team Girl Dads), and Christian Roberts (Team Girl Dads); as well as, ODB Bonus players Ray Fishman and Andrew Yeh.

Ali Eslami
Ali Eslami leads the $10,000 Razz Championship.

Late registration is still open in Event #51: $25,000 High Roller PLO, and dozens of 25K Fantasy players are returning to action, including Aaron Kupin (Team Hoggers) and Dylan Smith (Team Frog Poison), who both bagged top 10 chip stacks. Likewise, Jesse Lonis (Team Girl Dads), Sean Winter (Team Wass), and Jeremy Ausmus (Team DPMD) are among those returning.

In Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout NLH, 354 players from a 2,320-player field will return for Day 2 including ODB Bonus players Asher Conniff, Michael Rossitto, Faraz Jaka, and John Bunch. There are also a bunch of 25K Fantasy players in Nick Palma (Team Negreanu), Georgios Sotiropoulos (Team Glue Factory), Dong Chen (Team Lady Gaga), David Coleman (Team Liaison), Felipe Ramos (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), Kristen Foxen (Team Money Mondays Podcast), Renji Mao (Team Splash Sports), Jake Schwartz (Team Hoggers), and Joe Cada (Team Money Mondays Podcast).

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that, if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

Current Standings as of June 18, 2025

RankTeamScore
1Team Dinkers652
2Team Handsome Horses621
3Team Negreanu512
4Team Money Mondays Podcast499
5Team BTG487
6Team Brown's Bargain Bin480
7Team DPMD441
8Team Lady Gaga434
9Team Splash Sports423
10Team Phenom406
11Team Survivor Sweat402
12Team Girl Dads350
13Team NOVIG349
14Team Glue Factory341
15Team AJ's Eagles334
16Team Lang319
17Team Liaison310
18Team Frog Poison296
19Team Hoggers265
20Team Wass260
21Team Australia247
22Team Jeremy's222
23Team Splashy Octopi201
24Team Noori132

2025 WSOP Day 22: Busy Day to Result in Big Fantasy Points

Klemens Roiter
Klemens Roiter

Day 22 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is going to be a busy one!

Event #37: $1,500 Monster Stack is down to the final 54 players from a 9,920-entry field. Only a pair of 25K Fantasy players remain in Klemens Roiter (Team Liaison) and Dylan Linde (Team BTG), who sit ninth and eleventh in chips, respectively.

Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship will play down to a winner as the final five players return to action. Phil Hui (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin) is the short stack, while Marco Johnson (Team Survivor Sweat) and Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers) are the two big stacks. Blom is already the 25K Fantasy’s top points earner and will be adding to that today. Will he finally be able to claim his first gold bracelet after several close calls? Only time will tell.

Event #45: $500 SALUTE to Warriors will see 32 players from a 3,937-entry field return for Day 3 action. The only 25K Fantasy player remaining is Joey Couden (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin), though he’s sitting pretty as the overall chip leader.

Joseph Couden
Joey Couden is the only fantasy player remaining in SALUTE to Warriors.

Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller is down to the its final table of eight. Of those, half are 25K Fantasy players including Alex Foxen (Team Lady Gaga), Seth Davies (Team DPMD), David Peters (Team Wass), and Chris Brewer (Team NOVIG).

Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha 8 / Stud 8 is down to 27 players including 25K Fantasy draftees Christopher Claassen (Team Handsome Horses), Benny Glaser (Team Dinkers), Brian Rast (Team Wass), Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom), Jon Turner (Team Negreanu), Phil Hellmuth (Team Money Mondays Podcast), Gus Hansen (Team Noori), Robert Wells (Team Hoggers), Jon Kyte (Team Glue Factory), and Jim Collopy (Team Noori). Likewise, ODB Bonus Players Ryan Hughes and Jason Daly are still alive.

Event #49: $3,000 6-Handed NLH will see 60 players return for Day 2 including Matthew Wantman (Team Handsome Horses), Stephen Song (Team DPMD), Noel Rodriguez (Team Frog Poison), Brian Hastings (Team AJ’s Eagles), Paul Volpe (Team Wass), Danny Wong (Team Hoggers), Uri Reichenstein (Team DPMD), and Justin Liberto (Team AJ’s Eagles), as well as ODB Bonus Player Chris Moorman.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

Current Standings as of June 17, 2025

RankTeamScore
1Team Dinkers578
2Team Handsome Horses537
3Team Negreanu499
4Team BTG487
5Team Money Mondays Podcast454
6Team Splash Sports412
7Team Phenom396
8Team Girl Dads350
9Team Lady Gaga344
10Team AJ's Eagles321
11Team Lang319
12Team Survivor Sweat318
13Team Glue Factory306
14Team Liaison299
15Team Brown's Bargain Bin297
16Team DPMD296
17Team Frog Poison295
18Team NOVIG289
19Team Hoggers249
20Team Australia236
21Team Jeremy's222
22Team Splashy Octopi201
23Team Wass190
24Team Noori130

Top Performing 25K Fantasy Players as of 6-16-25 - Viktor Blom on Top

Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom
RankPlayerTeamScoreSalaryCashesPts/$
1Viktor BlomTeam Dinkers23122.00510.5
2Philip SternheimerTeam Handsome Horses22521.00610.71
3Ryan HoenigTeam Lang18452.0053.54
4Daniel NegreanuTeam Negreanu178108.0051.65
5David 'ODB' BakerTeam Australia16851.0073.29
6Benny GlaserTeam Dinkers16799.0021.69
7Patrick LeonardTeam Girl Dads15930.0085.3
8Scott BohlmanTeam Brown's Bargain Bin1579.00817.44
9Nick SchulmanTeam Splash Sports156107.0051.46
10Joao VieiraTeam Lady Gaga15285.0051.79

For a full list visit 25kfantasy.com here!

Current Standings as of June 16, 2025

RankTeamScore
1Team Dinkers577
2Team Handsome Horses537
3Team BTG485
4Team Negreanu479
5Team Money Mondays Podcast454
6Team Splash Sports409
7Team Phenom394
8Team Girl Dads347
9Team Lady Gaga343
10Team Lang318
11Team AJ's Eagles306
12Team Glue Factory305
13Team DPMD296
13Team Liaison296
15Team Brown's Bargain Bin295
16Team Frog Poison293
17Team NOVIG287
18Team Hoggers249
19Team Australia234
20Team Jeremy's222
21Team Survivor Sweat217
22Team Splashy Octopi200
23Team Wass190
24Team Noori120

Seven-High Bluff in WSOP $250K w/ 15% Pot Bet; Did It Work?

Matthias Eibinger x Brandon Steven
Matthias Eibinger x Brandon Steven

The $250,000 Super High Roller — the biggest buy-in on the 2025 World Series of Poker schedule — got underway Sunday at noon inside Paris Las Vegas. And it didn’t take long for fireworks.

Austrian high-stakes crusher Matthias Eibinger, who has more than $24 million in live earnings according to The Hendon Mob, attempted an ambitious seven-high bluff with a 15% pot shove on businessman Brandon Steven. But did the gutsy move pay off?

Find out here

WSOP Performance of the Week: Schulman Strengthens Hall of Fame Case w/ Bracelet #7

Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman

Most poker players at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) agree that Nick Schulman is heading into the Poker Hall of Fame this summer and it’s getting harder to argue otherwise.

On Thursday, Schulman was awarded his seventh WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 2-7 Championship, the third time he's won that event, further cementing his legacy as one of the game’s all-time greats.

And that’s exactly why Schulman earns this week’s WSOP Performance of the Week honors.

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2025 WSOP Day 20: ODB Ready to Score Big Points, Weisman Only 25K Player Left in Event #42: $1,000 PLO

David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker

Day 20 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) will see just four players return for Day 4 of Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller, which has one 25K Fantasy player remaining in David “ODB” Baker (Team Australia), who currently holds a chip lead. Whether or not he can win his fourth gold bracelet remains to be seen, but either way, he’s going to earn some much-needed fantasy points for the boys down under.

On Saturday, the final table of Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship played out and four 25K players cashed – Viktor Blom (Team Dinkers) took second place for $188,295, Anthony Zinno (Team Negreanu) third for $130,447, Daniel Negreanu (Team Negreanu) eighth for $31,316, and Scott Bohlman (Team Brown’s Bargain Bin) ninths for $25,687, as well as ODB Bonus player Max Hoffman, who finished in sixth place for $50,915.

Event #42: $1,000 PLO is down to the final seven players from a 1,932-entry field, and the only 25K Fantasy player remaining in PLO juggernaut Dylan Weisman (Team Dinkers), who sits sixth in chips.

Dylan Weisman
Dylan Weisman (Team Dinkers)

Likewise, Event #43: $1,500 Razz is down to the final nine with Allan Le (Team Dinkers) out in front. Shaun Deeb (Team Phenom) sits third in chips while Maxx Coleman (Team AJ’s Eagles) is hot on his heels in fourth.

Finally, well over 100 players will return for Day 2 of Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship, including Nick Schulman (Team Splash Sports), Matthew Wantman (Team Handsome Horses), and Sam Soverel (Team Lang), just to name a few. Likewise, ODB Bonus players Andrew Yeh, Allen Kessler, and John Bunch are all in the thick of it.

How to Follow the Action

Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and has even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with either a 25K Fantasy or ODB badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the 25K Fantasy or ODB badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by 25K Fantasy players.

Be sure to follow the PokerNews Live Updates to see how all of these players perform today at the 2025 WSOP!

Current Standings as of June 15, 2025

RankTeamScore
1Team Handsome Horses521
2Team BTG485
3Team Negreanu479
4Team Money Mondays Podcast438
5Team Dinkers430
6Team Splash Sports407
7Team Girl Dads343
7Team Phenom343
9Team Lady Gaga339
10Team Lang316
11Team Glue Factory303
12Team DPMD294
12Team Liaison294
14Team Brown's Bargain Bin293
15Team Frog Poison290
16Team NOVIG280
17Team AJ's Eagles263
18Team Hoggers247
19Team Jeremy's219
20Team Survivor Sweat202
21Team Wass188
22Team Splashy Octopi184
23Team Australia124
24Team Noori116