WSOP 2025 Day 13 Recap: Nick Guagenti Denies Chino Rheem, Xixiang Luo Wins Bomb Pot Bracelet

A thrilling day’s action in eight WSOP bracelet events saw Nick Guagenti and Xixiang Luo both win gold as Chino Rheem and Robert Klein respectively were denied maiden bracelets at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six other events saw dramatic movement in a high roller with a $1.9m top prize and a ‘Colossal’ field reduced from 16,300 entries to just over 100 survivors on Day 2.

Guagenti Gets the Gold as Chino Goes Close

Nick Guagenti came from behind to seal a memorable victory as he denied Chino Rheem a maiden bracelet in the $10,000-entry Seven Card Stud Championship. At an exciting final table, Mike ‘The Mouth Matusow’ finished in eighth place for a score of $33,190, before Adam Friedman fell in sixth place as the mixed game master missed out on another bracelet.

Mori Eskandani’s run ended in fifth place for $70,587 but when he dropped, Chino Rheem, who has had remarkable success in Las Vegas in recent years, climbed up. Rheem, who has won the PGT Mixed Games Series and millions of dollars at the purple felt in 2024 in particular, had a big lead heads-up but was unable to see off Nick Guagenti.

Guagenti battled back from being 5:1 down in chips, leading before he caught kings-up to win in the final hand, leaving a crestfallen Rheem to ponder what might have been as he yet again missed out on the gold. For Guagenti, however, it was a third WSOP bracelet, and a top prize of $295,008 to signify a stellar start to the series.

WSOP Event #25 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship Results 

Luo Wins Third Bracelet in Bomb Pot Debut 

Xixiang Luo won the $1,500-entry Pot Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot for a top prize of $290,400 after a dramatic final day saw Robert Klein and Danny Wong fall short. The event, which had a prize pool of $1.9 million, saw 1,452 entries produce a thrilling victory at the conclusion of the tournament.

Ian Matakis came into the final table hoping to land the gold but fell in seventh place for $40,410 when he lost to Wong’s full house. That put Wong in a strong position for a podium place but he fell just short of this when he lost to Robert Klein’s backdoor straight. It was a big pot also involving Samuel Stranak but it went the way of Klein and eliminated Wong, the only other American in the field for $99,413.

Stranak’s stack had suffered and he busted in third place for $137,805 befroe Klein and Luo battled for the bracelet. Luo had a chip lead of 21.8 million to Klein’s stack of 14.5m and after making quads, had over 75% of the chips. Luo eventually won through with a straight on the bottom board to claim his third WSOP title and relegated Robert Klein to a runner-up finish worth $193,517.

WSOP Event #24 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot Results

Nikitin Leads with Kisacikoglu and Punsri Pushing

In Event #26, the $25,000 High Roller 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em evemt, just 18 players remained in seats as late registration brought the total entries up to 392 by the end, created a prize pool of $9.2m at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos, with $1,949,044 up for grabs as the top prize along with the WSOP bracelet.

Ten hours of action at the felt saw Russian player Anatoly Nikitin (5.55m) build the biggest chipstack, with Malaysian player Chin Wei Lim closest on 4.83m. Big names such as Orpen Kisacikoglu (4.55m), Byron Kaverman (4.52m) and Punnat Punsri (4.37m) populate the top ten players, with the first WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen (3.03m) aiming to win his fourth bracelet from just outside the top 10. With a dozen bracelets between the remaining 18 players, the quality is going to be obvious when the final day begins whoever ends up winning.

WSOP Event #26 $25,000 8-Handed NLHE High Roller Chip Counts

Colossal Field Reduce to 103 

In the $500-entry Colossus, just over 100 players remain from the 16,301 field that has dominated the  second week of the 56th annual WSOP. There’s a big difference from the $4,500 prize that the next player eliminated will win and the $542,540 top prize, however, and it is Carlos Caldas who leads the race for the gold.

It would be the American Caldas’ first WSOP bracelet should he win the bracelet, and he has the chip lead with 31,375,000 chips. Tom Verbruggen (30,345,000) and Mark Tornai (24,750,000) are Caldas’ closest rivals, with Lok Chan (19.5m) the highest-ranked former bracelet winner still in the field. Matt Glantz (9.15m), Ryan Leng (6.52m), Brandon Sheils (5.95m) and David Pham (4m) all have plenty of experience as they head into the business end of the event.

WSOP Event #19 $500 Colossus NLHE Chip Counts 

Ho Has Huge Lead in Big O

Event #27, the $1,500 Big O event, saw 207 Day 2 players reduced to just 17 players as Kevin Ho put himself in an amazing position to win the $297,285 top prize, building up 6.48 million chips, with Nicolas Milgrom a faraway second with 2.91 million chips.

Ryan Hoenig, fresh from his debut win in WSOP events in the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice 6-Max Championship, has 2.37 million as he bids to win a second bracelet this summer, while the reigning champion from this event in 2024, Michael Christ (1.94m) still has a great chance of defending his title.

WSOP Event #27 $1,500 Big O Chip Counts

Big Names Stack Mountains in Other Day 1 Counts

Three more events began on Day 13 of the 2025 WSOP. In Event #28, the $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack event, 2,775 players battled down to 115 survivors, with a prize pool of $1,398,600 on the line. Easton Oreman (3,020,000) leads the field and bids to win the $178,126 top prize, which would represent five times his biggest ever result in live poker. However, with Valentin Vornicu (2,520,000) and James Calderaro (2,375,000) both close to the leader, nothing is guaranteed on Day 2.

A total of 1,493 players took on Event #29, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event, with just 225 surviving to Tuesday’s Day 2. With only 224 places paid, one of those players will be returning to bubble the money for nothing as the $3.3m prize pool will award a $496,826 top prize. Top of the chip counts is Sheldon Gross (761,000), with Bin Weng (724,000), Christian Roberts (520,000) and Faraz Jaka (446,000) all still battling for glory.

Finally, in Event #30, some of the best players in the world took on the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw event. Nick Schulman led the way at the close of Day 1, with his stack of 322,500 marginally clear of the 2024 POY Scott Seiver, who has 304,000. Other stars are lined up close by in the rear view, with Alex Foxen (300,500), Darren Elias (287,500), Dan Smith (276,500) and Daniel Negreanu (273,500) all still in with a chance of winning a bracelet in two days’ time. 

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