Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi dominated the final table of the 2025 WSOP Main Event, which was one of the fastest in history with only 79 hands. The Grinder entered the final day of the Main Event with a massive lead and his run good continued when he knocked out two players in the first two hands. Kenny Hallaert busted in fourth place and Braxton Dunaway hit the rail in third place. The Grinder held nearly a 5-to-1 advantage when heads-up began against John Wasnock. It only took 18 hands of heads-up action before The Grinder picked off Wasnock to win the 2025 Main Event. The Grinder won $10 million and earned bracelet #8 of his career.

The fast-paced and action-heavy final table for the 2025 WSOP Main Event Championship is now down to the final four players. Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi holds a renonkulous lead with 445.2 million. John Wasnock is in second place with 94.5M, Braxton Dunaway is in third with 25.3M, and Kenny Hallaert is the short stack with 19.4M. Three players busted in the first 30 hands including the elimination of Daehyung Lee on the first hand, and five players busted in the first 55 hands. Spanish pro Leo Margets set a new record with the deepest run in the Main Event with a seventh place finish. The Grinder amassed so many chips that tournament officials suspend play early with only four remaining instead of three.

The 2025 WSOP Main Event reached its final table after playing own from 9,735 entrants to the final nine on Day 8. This historic final table includes Spanish pro Leo Margets, a two-time last woman standing in the Main Event and first woman to reach a Main Event final table since 1985. Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi and Kenny Hallaert locked up spots at their second Main Event final table as previous members of the now-defunct November Nine. American Jon Wasnock bagged the led with 108.1M. The final table also includes Luka Bojovic from Serbia and Daehyung Lee from South Korea along with Americans Braxton Dunaway, Adam Hendrix, and Jarod Minghini.

The 2025 WSOP Main Event and the quest for $10 million continued at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas with 57 players returning for Day 7. By the end of the evening, 33 players were picked off. Only 24 runners survived and advance to Day 8. Kenny Hallaert from Belgium bagged the chip lead for a second night in a row and he extended his stack to 63.6M. Rounding out the Top 5 in chips are Braxton Dunaway (51.1M), Muhamet Perati (50.1M), Adam Hendrix (39.5M, and Luka Bojovic (33.9M). The Grinder and Leo Margets are both still among the final 24 still in the hunt for the Main Event championship.

When Day 6 of the 2025 WSOP Main Event began, only 202 players were still in the hunt for $10 million. When the sixth day of the iconic tournament concluded Belgian tournament director Kenny Hallaert bagged the chip lead with a whopping 36.95M and only 57 players remaining. Rounding out the Top 5 in chips are Eric Afriat, Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, Dawhyung Lee, and Chad Power. Among the notables still alive are 2012 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Merson and Spanish pro Leo Margets is the last women standing.

After the fifth day of action, the 2025 WSOP Main Event is down to 202 brave souls in Las Vegas. German pro Sebastian Schulze bagged the Day 5 chip lead with 12.75 million. American pro Chad Power moved into second overall with 9.54M. The rest of the Top 5 includes American bracelet winner Braxton Dunaway in third with 8.6M, Sergio Veloso from Portugal in fourth with 8.2M, and American Richard Buckingham with 7.625M. Greg Merson, the 2012 champion, is still alive along with The Grinder, Arnaud Mattern, Isaac Haxton, and Rene-Charles Angelil.

After a prolonged money bubble in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, it finally burst on Day 4. When the day ended, only 522 players remained out of 1,476 starters from Day 4 and 9,735 total entrants. American Harold Lam bagged the chip lead after Day 4 with nearly 4.2M. Also in the Top 5 in chips were Jeremy Kottler (3.725M), France's Julien Mariani (3.6M), Japan's Kohei Arai (3.585M), and Benjamin Williams (3.55M). 2012 Main Event champ Greg Merson is still alive with over 1.5M, and 2020 champ Damian Salas is super short with 450K.

Only 1,476 players remain out of 9,735 entries in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. After the conclusion of Day 3, Japan's Shotaro Kobayashi bagged the chip lead with 1.971 million. 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Max Neugebauer, a basketball pro from Austria, is not far behind in second with 1.928 million. Rounding out the top ten are France's Sam Jakubowicz (1.8M), American Juliet Hegedus (1.745M), Tomas Szwarcberg (1.7M) from Mexico, Spain's David Alvarez (1.63M), French pro Thomas Eychenne (1.62M), Brandon Harris (1.616M) from the UK, and Americans Luke Chung (1.6M) and Chad Power (1.55M). The money bubble in only 25 places away and will pop early on Day 4.

The 2025 WSOP Main Event closed its registration on Day 2D on Monday, and this year field features 9,735 runners. The 2025 Main Event missed the 10K player mark, but it's the third largest in history behind the last two years. The 2023 WSOP Main Event set a new record with 10,043 before it was eclipsed last summer with 10,112 runners in the 2024 WSOP Main Event. This year's Main Event will pay out the top 1,461 players with $10 million set aside to the champion.

Michael Wang won his third bracelet with an epic comeback victory in 2025 WSOP Event #74 $10,000 PLO Championship for almost $1.4 million. Japanese pro Shiina Okamoto pulled off a rare feat when she won the Ladies Championship in back-to-back years. Okamoto outlasted 1,368 runners to win Event #70 $1,000 Ladies Championship for $184,094 and her second bracelet. Aaron Kupin took down Event #76 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet for $206,982, and thwarted Daniel Negreanu from winning his eighth bracelet. Meanwhile, Ian Pelz was the last player standing in Event #67 $300 Gladiators of Poker when he outlasted a field of 24,629 combatants to win his first bracelet and $420,680.

Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi continues to make poker history after he hoisted the Chip Reese Trophy for a fourth time on Saturday evening in Las Vegas. The Grinder outlasted a field of 107 runners and edged out Bryn Kenney in a heads-up battle to win 2025 WSOP Event #66 $50,000 Poker Players Championship for a score worth $1,331,322. The victory marked the fourth time that The Grinder won the prestigious PPC, and it also secured him a seventh bracelet.

Blaz Zerjav won his second bracelet of the 2025 WSOP when he edged out Huck Seed to win Event #69 $1,500 Seven Card Stud 8. Aaron Cummings won the same event in consecutive years when he took down Event #63 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw for his second bracelet. German pro Rainer Kempe was the last player standing in Event #72 $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty. He won his first bracelet and $892,701. Among the other first-time bracelet winners were Sebastiaan de Jonge in the inaugural Event #59 $1,000 Battle of the Ages, Moshe Gavrieli in Event #60 $3,000 Limit Hold'em (6-Handed), and Craig Savage in Event #61 $500 NLH Freezeout.

Benny Glaser won a third event this summer at the 2025 WSOP and now has eigth bracelets after he prevailed in Event #56 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, which paid out $208,552. Germany's Dennis Weiss shipped Event #51 $25,000 High Roller PLO for nearly $2.3 million and his second bracelet. The latest first-time bracelet winners included Kristopher Tong in Event in #55 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, Matt Vengrin in Event #54 $1,500 PLO, and Samuel Rosborough in Event #52 $1,500 Freezeout NLH.

Brian Rast became the 14^th player in history to join the exclusive WSOP Seven-Timers Club with a comeback victory in 2025 WSOP Event #50 $10,000 Razz Championship. A red-hot Seth Davies won his first bracelet and $4.75 million when he outlasted a treacherous final table to ship Event #46 $250,000 Super High Roller. Over in Event #47 $2,500 Mixed Omaha 8/Stud 8, the Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth was denied #18 when Jason Daly won his second bracelet. Tyler Patterson also won his second bling when he took down WSOP Event #49 $3,000 6-Max HLE. Austria's Klemens Roiter won $1.2 million in Event #37 $1,500 NL Monster Stack.

2025 Event #38 $100,000 High Roller attracted 103 entries. Portugal's Joao Vieira was the last player standing and he banked $2,649,158 and secured his fourth bracelet. David 'ODB' Baker also snagged his fourth bracelet and $646,845 when he outlasted a field of 801 to win Event #40 $5,000 Seniors High Roller. And Ian Johns also reached four bracelets when he prevailed in Event #41 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship which paid out $282,455. English pro Philip Sternheimer won his first bracelet in Event #36 $10,000 PLO 8 Championship worth $763,087. Meanwhile, Allan Le also stepped into the winner's circle the first time when he survived Event #43 $1,500 Razz for $126,363.

Nick Schulman became only the thirteenth player in history to win seven bracelets when he picked off Darren Elias heads-up to win Event #30 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship for a score worth $497,356. Not to be outdone, Jason Koon secured his second bracelet when he was the last player standing in the shark-infested Event #32 $50,000 High Roller, which paid out a smidge under $2 million. In the old-school category, Jason Duong prevailed in Event #33 $1,500 Limit Hold'em. Ukraine's Renat Bohdanov banked $451,600 and his first bracelet when he took down Event #35 $3,000 NL Freezeout.

At the 2025 WSOP, Chang Lee won his first bracelet and nearly $1.95 million in Event #26 $25,000 High Roller. Then Xixiang Luo was the last player standing in Event #24 $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot. Luo won his third bracelet and $290,400. John Racener also won his third bracelet in Event #34 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty. In a shark-heavy field, Nick Guagenti outlasted a star-studded and tough final table to win Event #25 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Over in Event #28 Mixed $600 NLH/PLO Deepstack, Tyler Brown emerged victorious for his second bracelet. Other first-time winners included Igor Zektser in Event #27 $1,500 Big O, Courtenay Williams outlasted a massive field to win Event #19 $500 COLOSSUS for $542,540, Mark Darner took down Event #29 $2,500 NLH, and Jonathan Stoeber prevailed in Event #31 $800 NLH Deepstack.

Slovenia's Blaz Zerjav was the last player standing in 2025 WSOP Event #22 $25,000 High Roller NL 6-Handed to win his first bracelet and $1.7 million in cash. Scott Bohlman won his second bracelet in Event #17 $2,000 NLH, which paid out $436K. Ryan Hoenig navigated a tough final table to win Event #18 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship for $354,444. Michael Lavin secured his second bracelet in Event #20 $1,500 NL Shootout which paid out $267,373. Zachary Zaret won his first bracelet when he outlasted a stacked final table in Event #21 $1,500 PLO, which paid out $248,245. Brazil's Aloisio Dourado won his first bracelet in Event #23 $1,500 Badugi for $138,114.

Only a couple of days after English pro Benny Glaser won his sixth bracelet, he joined the WSOP Seven-Timers Club after a victory in Event #15 $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 worth $258,193. Glaser becomes the first dual-bracelet winner in 2025. Lou Garza won his second bracelet and a score worth $1.3 million in Event #14 $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed. Also, Chris Staats faded field of 2,354 runners to win Event #13 $1,500 6-Handed NLH for his second bracelet.

The second week of the 2025 WSOP included a couple of big events and major milestones. English pro and mixed-game specialist Benny Glasser secured his sixth WSOP bracelet and joined the Six-Timers Club when he shipped Event #8 $1,500 Dealer's Choice for $150,246. Brad Ruben won his fifth bracelet in five years when he took down Event #12 $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw. Fan-favorite Daniel Negreanu had a shot at winning bracelet #8 in Event #9 $10,000 Omaha 8 Championship, but he'd finish in second place after losing to Ryan Bambrick heads up. Artur Martirosian secured his third bracelet with a victory in Event #7 $25,000 Heads Up Championship when he picked off Aliaksei Boika for $500,000. Michael Wilklow banked a cool million by outlasting 19,654 players to win Event #1 $1,000 Mystery Millions.

The 2025 World Series of Poker is underway in Las Vegas at the Paris Casino and Horseshoe Casino. Several players added additional bracelets to their collection. Spanish pro Antonio Galiana won his second bracelet in WSOP Event #3 $5,000 8-Handed NLH worth $582K. David Shmuel was the last player standing in Event #4 $1,500 Omaha 8. It's another PLO win for Bruno Furth, who snagged his second bracelet with a victory in Event #5 $5,000 PLO for $620,696. Dan Heimiller won his third bracelet in Event #6 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud.

The World Series of Poker is finally here, so let's take a quick look at players who won the most WSOP bracelets before the start of the 2025 WSOP. Phil Hellmuth leads everyone with 17 bracelets followed by Phil Ivey who won this 11^th bracelet last summer. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Erik Seidel are tied for third with 10 each.

Get ready for the third installment of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT), which return to Las Vegas. Resorts World will host another 10-day festival of tournament poker between November 3 to 12. The NAPT Las Vegas Main Event has a $5,300 buy-in and $3 million guarantee, which begins November 6. The diverse schedule includes events with buy-ins ranging from $330 to $50,000 including a Women's High Roller.

Caesars closed the poker room at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas in 2021, but it finally returned four years later. Planet Hollywood's swanky new poker room had its official reopening last weekend. There are now 23 tables available in the middle of Las Vegas Blvd. and located across the street from the Aria and Cosmopolitan and City Center property.