WSOP 2025 Day 14 Recap: Two WSOP Bracelets Won, Alexandre Reard in Charge of High Roller 

Oscar JohanssonTwo more bracelets were won and high rollers reached the promised land of the late stages on Day 14 of the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). With the 56th annual WSOP ending its second week in style, Chang Lee and Tyler Brown both won huge prizes to go with gold bracelets, while in the Big O event, two players were left for one more night before deciding their destiny. 

Chang Lee Wins for South Korea

The $25,000-entry No Limit Hold’em High Roller Event #26 ended on Monday night as South Korean player Change Lee took home the $1,949,044 top prize in the event after both Andrew Ostapchenkko ($1,299,333) and Elijah Berg ($894,265) went close. It was a thrilling final table at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, as the former WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen busted in sixth place for $325,757 and the British player Mat Frankland bagged the biggest score of his career to date by winning $626,823 in fourth place.

In the end, however, it was Change Lee, a long-time cash game player, who won the massive $1.94m life-changing top prize. With a record-breaking 392 entries, Lee’s choice to play this event looks like one of the best of his career. Of course, he had his moments of fortune along the way, surviving when at risk with 16 left holding pocket queens, making a straight to overtake pocket kings. Thereafter, however, Lee showed his strength in negotiating tough tables, outlasting names with far more tournament experience.

“The first day of this tournament, I got super coolered three times, top set aces two times, lose to runner-runner straight,” Lee told reporters as he recounting busting before he re-entered the field. “Four days ago, I came to the United States to register for this WSOP game. I wanted to win this tournament; I really studied the GTO. It’s 15 hours from South Korea, I needed to change in L.A”.

After the result of a lifetime, Change Lee has proven that the greatest WSOP stories often start thousands of miles away from the gambling capital of the world. Lee’s story ended last night in Las Vegas as he won the prize of his life.

You can read more about how Chang Lee changed his life in our full write-up of the event.

WSOP Event #26 $25,000 NLHE High Roller Final Table Results

Tyler Brown Bags Second Bracelet in Deepstack Drama

Tyler Brown claimed his second WSOP bracelet and a huge return of $178,126 on his $600 buy-in to E vent #28, the NLHE/PLO Mixed Deepstack event. With a prize pool totalling $1,398,600 and 115 players starting Day 3, Brown’s consistency and dedication paid off as he won gold for the second time, two years after claiming his maiden bracelet.

Back in 2023, Tyler Brown won the $1,000-entry Mystery Millions bracelet event. Indeed, his success may have led to bracelets in three consecutive years but Brown fell just short in the 2024 PLO8 Championship costing $10,000 to play, ending as runner-up. This year, however, he’s back on the board and the player seen by Daniel Negreanu as being one to watch - Kid Poker drafted Brown in his $25k Fantasy team this year - loved taking gold for the second time in three years in Las Vegas.

“I very much prefer PLO,” he said after the battle ended. “People that have gotten to know me originally thought of me as a No-Limit Hold’em player because of my first bracelet. I just really enjoy the strategy more . Four cards opens up the game tree significantly more and has a lot more maneuverability as it’s constantly changing. It’s not as monotonous as ‘you jam this every time.’”

Being included in Negreanu’s $25k Fantasy Draft roster meant a lot to Brown, who called it ‘a lot of recognition’. While he isn’t going to expand his schedule, he’s dedicated to continuing his success during this year’s WSOP.

“I really do enjoy the fantasy aspect of poker and the fact that I am able to add value to the people who drafted me really means a lot to me.”

WSOP Event #28 $600 Mixed Deepstack Final Table Results

Final Two Wait Overnight for Big O Title

Just two players remain in the $1,500-entry Big O Event #27, with Igor Zektser holding a near 3:1 chip lead over Paul Sincere heading into an unplanned fourth day in the event. With $297,285 available to the winner and just a $198,134 runner-up prize, there is a lot on the line and of the two American heads-up finalists, Zektser is in the box seat.

Across the final table, some very big players bit the dust. The overnight chip leader Kevin Ho (7th for $41,595) lasted one place more than Shawn Daniels (8th for $31,667), while Frenchman Nicolas Milgrom bagged another impressive score of $74,693 in fifth. Ryan Honeig added to his bracelet win just the other day with an impressive third-placed score of $141,315, meaning he  will go from 10th place on the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard to third place, just 300 points behind the current leader, Benny Glaser.

WSOP Event #27 $1,500 Big O Final Table Chip Counts/Results

Pyloore Clear of Glantz and Leng in Colossus Race

With just nine players left in the $500-entry Colossus Event #19, the Horseshoe Las Vegas crowd will be expectant when players head under the lights for what should be a dramatic final day tomorrow. A total of 103 players began the Day 3 action and just nine remained when the dust settled, with American Ramaswamy Pyloore (224,700,000) sitting pretty on around 45 big blinds with a huge lead.

While he’ll be favorite to pick up the bracelet and $542,540 top prize, dangerous players with huge experience are a double-up away from being a present threat to Pylore’s dreams of bracelet glory. Professional Justin Gutierrez (74.4m) has all the experience to make it matter, while Team Lucky’s Matt Glantz (60.9m) will be hoping to crush for himself and his $25k Fantasy team owners. Ryan Leng (60.4m) is the short stack, but only by a raised bet and will be hoping he can get back into contention and won his fourth WSOP bracelet. If Leng gets chips, the script really could be flipped.

WSOP Event #19 $500 Colossus NLHE Chip Counts

Vallinas Shooting for Victory 

In Event #29, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em event, just 17 players were still in seats at the conclusion of Day 2, with Spanish player Jon Vallinas, who bagged 7,000,000 chips, top of the pile. With 225 players returning to action on the penultimate day of the event, David Mcgowan (6,215,000) and Travis Hartshorn (4,865,000) are his closest rivals, with Dylan Linde (2.49m) the only WSOP bracelet winner left in the field. Tomorrow’s final day will see the top prize of $496,826 and the WSOP gold bracelet won.

WSOP Event #29 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Chip Counts

Negreanu Chasing the Cowboy and George Alexander

The $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Championship saw 233 players reduced to just 16 survivors as George Alexander (1,835,000) led the last two tables at the end of Day 2. Alexander, who won his maiden WSOP bracelet just under a year ago when he claimed victory in the $10,000 Razz Championship will be looking to add his second bracelet in a championship event and is in pole position to do so after taking out Danny Wong and Robert Wells in one hand to claim the lead in the cardroom.

Others behind Alexander have vast experience to bring to the party, including second-placed Dan 'Cowboy' Smith (1,775,000) and Daniel Negreanu (1,620,000), who will be looking to win his first bracelet of the summer after already claiming a runner-up finish just last week. With a massive $497,356 top prize and the WSOP bracelet on the line, others such as Nick Schulman (1,195,000) and Chad Eveslage (795,000) have all the experience and know-how to get the gold tomorrow.

WSOP Event #30 $10,000 2-7 NL Championship Chip Counts

Reard Leads from Blom and Koon in High Roller

In the $50,000-entry NLHE High Roller, 124 entries were halved to 52 survivors, as Alexandre Reard leads the remaining players all battling for what will be a massive top prize. Sitting with 2,335,000 chips, Reard is followed by Viktor Blom (1.81m) and Joao Simao (1.63m) in the counts, with Brock Wilson (1.49m) and Jason Koon (1.04m) both making the top 10 chip counts.

Also still in with a chance of glory are Danny Tang (972,000), David Peters (722,000), David Colman (550,000), Martin Kabrhel (506,000), Roberto Romanello (458,000), Chino Rheem (445,000), Jeremy Ausmus (349,000) and Kristen Foxen, who has 245,000 in her bid to win what would be a sixth WSOP bracelet.

WSOP Event #32 $50,000 NLHE High Roller Chip Counts

Two Other Day 1s Conclude

In Event 31, 4,481 players took on the $800 NLHE Deepstack streets, with just 258 players emerging with chips. Among the players looking to bag a $352,610 top prize along with the bracelet are chip leader, Japanese player Hajime Watanabe (3,235,000) and WSOP and EPT winner Stephen Song, who has 2.1 million chips. Michael ‘Texas Mike’ Moncek sits ominously in the field too on 790,000 chips, with the money bubble bursting earlier, paying 673 people from a prize pool of $3,136,700.

Finally, in Event #33, 491 players took on the $1,500-entry Limit Hold’em event, with 15 levels of play reducing that number to 99 survivors. With a top prize of $130,061 on offer, the five-time WSOP bracelet winner John Monnette (368,000) sits top of the leaderboard between Day 1 and Day 2, with Anthony Riberiro (327,000), Jeremy Maher (229,000) and Chris Hunichen (120,000) all still in contention.

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