Lou Garza Wins 2nd WSOP Bracelet in $25k NLH/PLO High Roller

Lou Garza is now a two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner after winning Event #14: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. Garza earns $1,302,233 in prize money after topping the 245-entrant field. 

Garza's first WSOP bracelet was won in 2023 in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for $1,309,232. This second seven-figure score takes his lifetime career earnings to $5,249,820, according to The Hendon Mob. This result thrusts Garza to 405th on the All-Time Money List behind Anton Wigg.

One of the new events on the WSOP schedule would feature a prize pool of $5,757,500, which would pay the final 37 players. Finishing in the money, but short of the final table, were John Hennigan, Philip Sternheimer, Cherish Andrews, Jason Koon, Yuri Dzivielevski, Joao Simao, Bryce Yockey, Michael Duek, Stephen Chidwick, Dan Smith, Shaun Deeb, Eric Wasserson, Nick Schulman, Ben Tollerene, and Arthur Morris. Late on Day 3, Michael Moncek fell into ninth place before play was halted following the elimination of John Pannucci, sending the tournament into an unscheduled fourth day.

The Horseshoe feature table was the host for Day 4 action that was livestreamed on PokerGO. Brandon Mitchell exited in fifth place when when his king-nine suited couldn't improve against Garza's pocket kings. Robert Cowen finished fourth in Pot-Limit Omaha when he was all-in with aces and second pair against Ben Lamb's wrap. Cowen turned top set with an ace, but the river filled Lamb's straight to reduce the tournament to three. Chongxian Yang was then eliminated in third place by Garza as Lamb began heads-up play with more than a three-to-one advantage over Garza.

Garza started hot and closed the gap on Lamb before taking the lead. Lamb snatched it back before chips were traded back and forth between both players before Garza began to gain the upper hand and held his own three-to-one chip lead. The final hand then played out in No-Limit Hold'em with Lamb pushing all-in on the button with king-ten suited. Garza called and tabled pocket aces. Lamb flopped a straight draw but was unable to improve and was eliminated in second place as Garza earned his second WSOP bracelet.

2025 WSOP Event #14: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Results

Event #14 of the 2025 World Series of Poker was the fourth PGT-qualifying event of the series, and with Lou Garza's victory, he moves to 14th on the PGT leaderboard following his first cash of the PGT season. Ben Lamb sits in 17th place with 558 PGT points from his two cashes, while Chongxian Yang sits just inside the top 40 on the PGT leaderboard.

Following his ninth-place finish, Michael Moncek moves to ninth on the PGT leaderboard with 807 PGT points, while Nick Schulman logged his 14th PGT cash of the season and sits with 960 PGT points.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Thursday, June 5, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next eligible WSOP event to earn PGT points is Event #22: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max, which is underway on Thursday, June 5. Closing out the week will be the $10,000 Stud Championship, the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller, and the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship.

On Monday, June 9, the Event #32: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller will take center stage.

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