WSOP 2025 Day 20 Recap: David ‘ODB’ Baker Wins Fourth Bracelet, Father’s Day Victories for Allan Le and Carlos Leiva Too

Eight World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet events took place on Father’s Day in Las Vegas as the Horseshoe and Paris casinos were packed with poker action. Three players won gold on a day where Martin Kabrhel grabbed the lead in the $250,000-entry Super High Roller, the biggest entry event on the schedule at this summer’s 56th annual WSOP.

David ‘ODB’ Baker Wins First Bracelet in No Limit Hold’em

David ‘ODB’ Baker won his fourth WSOP bracelet in the $5,000-entry NLHE Seniors High Roller event, and his first in No Limit Hold’em. At an entertaining final table, eight American players and one Chinese played out a thrilling climax, as Chuanshu Chen very nearly upset the odds, only to fall at the final hurdle to one of the most experienced old hands in poker.

With 801 total entries and a total prize pool of $3.68 million, Baker’s prize of $646,845 came after he dominated Chen heads-up after putting in a lot of work on his No Limit game.

“It’s hard to put into words. I’ve always wanted to win a No-Limit bracelet,” Baker said after the event. “The first one, I beat an old friend of mine and it was ‘get the monkey off your back’. The second one came right after I won the LAPC , so it was kind of cool because it was the only summer I did side bets on bracelets and stuff. I grew up playing Limit Hold’em, so that one felt special too. The third one was in the $1,500 Razz and that one really felt special because a few years earlier, I had been heads up and I had a 30 to 1 chip lead. I ended up losing and then I came back in the same event.”

While all of those events centered around winning the bracelet, this was about the money and the ability to win in NLHE.

“It’s still about the bracelet because I love the World Series, but it’s also about the money. I mean, $650,000 is a lot of money. I’m going to take this afternoon off, and then I’ve gotta decide what I wanna play. If there’s something to register for, I play it and I love it.”

After the fourth WSOP success of his career, Baker’s many fans in the room, including his wife and Mom, it’s clear that poker loves him just as much back. 

WSOP Event #40 $5,000 Seniors High Roller Final Table Results

Le Pips Deeb to the Post in Razz

In Event #43, the six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb came close to winning a seventh title, but in the end succumbed to the pressure of Allan Le, who claimed his second WSOP crown on Father’s Day. As players such as Gabriel Ramos (7th for $15,134) and Maxx Coleman (4th for $39,787) departed, it seemed more and more likely that Deeb and Le would clash as the two most experienced players remaining in the field.

So it proved, as Deeb began by taking the lead. That changed when Le won some key pots, including a big one to Le’s queen-nine. Eventually, Deeb showed a ten and ended with a queen-ten, while Le’s nine only ended up with a seven-six. That relegated Deeb to the position of runner-up for $84,211 and it was Le who won the $126,363 top prize. Despite crushing in Razz, he 
was clear after the event on his favorite game format.

“PLO is my favorite game,” he said. “I play all of the games, but that one is my bread and butter. Throughout the final table, there were a lot of ups and downs. I kind of just went after every pot that I could. I’m not sure whether that was the best play or not, but that’s how I usually play. That was my first tournament in Razz, so I’m fairly new at it. Maybe I can buy my wife another bracelet after winning this one.”

WSOP Event #43 $1,500 Razz Final Table Results

Leiva Loves PLO Too After Maiden Bracelet Win

Carlos Leiva emerged from Event #42 in similar fashion to Le, as he won in an event he wasn’t totally familiar with. Carlos Leiva from Argentina won the $237,852 up top in the Pot Limit Omaha event, after beating American Hooman Nikzad heads-up.

With far more experienced players such as Florian Ribouchon (7th for $34,761) and Dylan Weisman (4th for $83,503) falling short, Leiva led from the first moment of the final table to the last, and while Nikzad battled bravely back into contention, Leiva never gave up his lead and with a straight-over-straight final hand, confirmed his status in the game as a WSOP bracelet winner, something so many poker players never achieve.

WSOP Event #42 $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table Results

Bryant Big Stacked, Wheeler Rolling in Monster Stack

In the $1,500 buy-in Monster Stack Event #37, Jessie Bryant topped the leaderboard of 464 players after Day 2 reduced a total of 9,920 Day 1 entrants and 3,217 who began the second day in pursuit of the eventual $1.2 million top prize.

With 3.81 million chips, Bryant’s stack was only marginally clear of nearest challengers Myles Mullaly (3.62m) and Jason Maeroff (3.45m), while stars such as Jason Wheeler (2.95m), Michael Rossitto (1.92m), Andrew Moreno (1.77m), and the former WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson (1.69m) all sat comfortably inside the top 100 stacks at the close of play.

WSOP Event #37 $1,500 Monster Stack Chip Counts

Hui, Blom and Seidel all Strong in Big O

In Event #44, the $10,000-entry Big O Championship, late registration on Day 2 of the event bumped the total field to 402 players. By the end of the action, the penultimate day of the event ended with just 26 players still in seats. With a massive $784,353 top prize up for grabs, the chip leader at the close of play was Veerachai Vongxaiburana (2,350,000), with Phil Hui (1.97m) Viktor Blom (1.57m) and Erik Seidel (1.1m) all in contention in the top 10 chip counts.

WSOP Event #44 $10,000 Big O Championship Chip Counts

Kabrhel Causes Mayhem on Opening Day of Super High Roller 

With 46 entries on Day 1, the $250,000-entry Super High Roller Event #46 was entertaining on its Day 1, with Martin Kabrhel (4,265,000) the chip leader at the close of play. The Czech player’s constant jibes, shouts and jokes at other players’ expenses caused quite a stir, as he took out Alex Foxen among others, the same player he eliminated in an event last week.

At the close of play, Kabrhel had the lead, but Ben Tollerene (3.5m) was his closest rival and others such as the recently crowned four-time WSOP bracelet winner Joao Vieira (3.15m), Jess Lonis (2.7m), Jeremy Ausmus (1.97m), Andrew Lichtenberger (1.79m), Seth Davies (1.76m), Jason Koon (1.4m) and Daniel Negreanu (1.34m) all have plenty of chips to fight back tomorrow on Day 2. As does Alex Foxen’s wife, the highly decorated WSOP winner Kristen Foxen, who with 1.25m may yet exact some revenge for her husband’s elimination in coming days.

WSOP Event #46 $250,000Super High Roller Chip Counts

Two More Day 1s Conclude 

In Event #45, the $500 NLHE Salute to Warriors event, 3,937 entries were reduced to just 625 survivors, with the money bubble yet to burst with 591 players left. A massive prize pool of $1.61m will see a top prize of $187,937 paid out, meaning a lot of money has been raised for worthy veterans on a special day the felt. Top of the chips is Ofer Saha (1,145,000), while Joseph Couden (1,080,000), Daniel Muniz (1,070,000), and Barry Shulman (729,000) all survived inside the top 50 players.

Finally, in Event #47, the $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better event, 575 entries created a record prize pool of $1,279,375, with just 229 players alive at the close of play. Chasing a $244,674 top prize, Jay Kerbel (332,000) led the field, with Jim Collopy (234,000), Jason Daly (231,500), Shaun Deeb (206,000), Ari Engel (195,000), and Nicolas Milgrom (159,000) in the upper 10% of chips after Day 1.

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