Chang Lee Wins 1st WSOP Bracelet for $1.95 Million

Chang Lee is now a World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner after claiming victory in Event #26: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller. Lee topped the 392-entrant field to win the $1,949,044 first-place prize and 750 PGT points. The South Korean defeated Andrew Ostapchenko in heads-up play and walked away with the largest first-place prize awarded so far at the WSOP.

The record-setting field returned for Day 3 with 18 players as the likes of Mo Arani, Kiat Lee, Jim Collopy, Brandon Wittmeyer, Punnat Punsri, and Joao Simao were all eliminated before the final table was set. Chin Wei Lim, Byron Kaverman, and Orpen Kisacikoglu all fell in quick succession as the final six players were sent on a break before the PokerGO livestream began.

Ostapchenko held a commanding chip lead as Joe McKeehen was the first casualty under the bright lights in sixth place when his king-queen couldn't improve against Lee's ace-jack suited. Japanese poker pro and YouTube sensation Massato Yokosawa was all-in with jack-five against Ostapchenko's queen-three. Ostapchenko struck a three on the flop and Yokosawa was out in fifth.

British player Mathew Frankland exited in fourth place when he was all-in with ace-four suited and was outdrawn by Eli Berg's king-seven suited that flopped top pair. Ostapchenko had surged ahead, but Lee closed the gap when he turned the nut straight against Ostapchenko. Berg would then fall in third place when he three-bet shoved jack-eight and was looked up by Ostapchenko's queen-four suited. Ostapchenko flopped top pair and a flush draw and turned Berg dead with a flush.

Ostapchenko entered heads-up play holding a slight lead over Lee who would take the chip lead early and extended it to a three-to-two advantage. The final hand played out in a three-bet pot when Ostapchenko jammed the river with top-top. Lee had rivered two pair and instantly called. Ostapchenko was shown the bad news, and he was eliminated in second place.

2025 WSOP Event #26: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Results

Event #26 of the 2025 World Series of Poker was the eighth PGT-qualifying event of the series, and with Chang Lee's victory, he moves to 14th on the PGT leaderboard. Andrew Ostapchenko sits 17th with 705 PGT points from his two cashes, while Eli Berg is 25th. 

Joey Weissman earned 32 PGT points for his 33rd-place finish and became the seventh player this season to eclipse PGT points. Weissman sits seventh overall with 1,002 PGT points from ten cashes.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Monday, June 9, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next eligible WSOP event to earn PGT points is Event #32: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller. On Tuesday, June 10, Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship will commence, while Event #38: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller will take place on Wednesday. Thursday will be the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship before Saturday hosts the $10,000 Big O Championship.

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