3rd and 5th for Farrell & Sheils
Niall Farrell and Brandon Sheils were amongst the last five who made it to the final day of Event #62 $5,000 6-Handed No Limit Hold’em. They both had decent stacks going into the day, Sheils in second place with 13.9m, Farrell in 3rd with just under 10.5m. With $855,515 there was a lot to play for and they were guaranteed to walk away with at least $203,292.
In case you’re wondering why it’s called a 6-handed rather than a 6-max, it’s because the WSOP names its events very technically and as they play seven-handed when there are just seven players left, it therefore cannot be called a 6-max. Got it? OK, now let’s move on to the bad news.
Neither Farrell or Sheils had a great final day of the event. Both started well, moving their stacks a little north of their starting points during the first level of the day. But just before the end of level 31, with blinds at 100k/250k (250k ante), Sheils was pegged back to under 10m after eventual winner Andjelko Andrejevic spiked a king on the river for his A♦K♣ to hold against Sheil’s A♥8♦, which had taken the lead on a 10♠8♠7♦ flop.
Soon after the start of level 32, it was Farrell’s turn to lose a chunk, to Adrien Delmas. By the end of the level, at the first break in play, the two Brits were now the shortest stacked players left, Sheils having dropped further back to 6.4m, with Farrell on 8.3m.
Sheils recovered his stack to over 10m after the break, but was down to 6m when his final hand, a Brit on Brit battle took place against Farrell. Following Brandon’s open to 800k, Farrell moved all-in, for around 7.5m. Sheils snap called and was well ahead with A♠K♣ versus A♥2♥ however the flop tore up the dominating hand’s script, delivering the 2♦. With no royalty hitting the board on the turn or river, it was payout desk time for Brandon Sheils, to collect $203,292 for 5th place, only 20% of which he will keep, as he apparently sold 80% of his action in this event.
Niall Farrell then went on a bit of a charge, edging his stack up to close to 20m, briefly assuming the chip lead before falling back, eventually departing in 3rd place for $398,409.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Niall Farrell | $398,409 |
| 5 | Brandon Sheils | $203,292 |
| 73 | Chris Moorman | $11,284 |
| 75 | Jonathan Shoreman | $11,284 |
| 109 | Patrick Leonard | $9,957 |
| 112 | Roberto Romanello | $9,957 |
| 168 | Jamie Dwan | $9,957 |
Event #66 $50,000 Players Championship
Matthew Ashton was the only player from the UK to make the money in the highly prestigious Players Championship. His challenge for the bracelet ended with a 17th place finish and $100,000 in prize money.
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Event #67 $300 Gladiators of Poker
Robert Flude was the highest finishing British player in the gargantuan $300 Gladiators of Poker, which saw a field of 24,629 generate a prize pool of over $6m! He finished in 50th place for a payday of $10,546. A further 20 players from the UK cashed in the event.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | Robert Flude | $10,546 |
| 53 | Saigokul Kannan | $10,546 |
| 65 | Wayne Irwin | $7,250 |
| 92 | Antony Friel | $4,320 |
| 96 | Tom Simpson | $4,320 |
| 216 | Christopher Guertin | $3,160 |
| 262 | Richard Robinson | $2,730 |
| 321 | Daniel Charlton | $2,370 |
| 371 | Sandeep Chaduvula | $2,070 |
| 422 | David Welch | $1,820 |
| 424 | Barry Grime | $1,820 |
| 441 | Daniel Williams | $1,820 |
| 457 | Karl Cooper | $1,820 |
| 484 | Samuel Goodman | $1,620 |
| 561 | Ali Ayub | $1,440 |
| 589 | Samuel Deering | $1,440 |
| 610 | Benjamin Bennett | $1,300 |
| 642 | Mark Remnant | $1,300 |
| 663 | Alfie Adam | $1,300 |
| 713 | Tom Eady | $1,230 |
| 776 | Peter Thorpe | $1,230 |
Event #68 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em
Two British players went deep in this one, but just missed out on spots on the final table. Hamid Toghyan had been the chip leader after the second day of the four day event and stayed in contention, throughout Day 3, falling just short of the final table, for an 11th place finish, for $61,183. Rohit Mariwalla also ran deep, but exited in 14th for $39,091. A further 18 players from the UK made the money.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Hamid Toghyan | $61,183 |
| 14 | Rohit Mariwalla | $39,091 |
| 45 | Joshua Boulton | $18,163 |
| 48 | Sung Yun | $18,163 |
| 59 | Andrew Fleming | $15,416 |
| 103 | Neil Walker | $8,068 |
| 111 | Feng Yu | $8,068 |
| 122 | Chris Dasilva | $8,068 |
| 125 | Robert Wells | $8,068 |
| 129 | Niall Duffy | $7,343 |
| 150 | Kuljinder Sidhu | $7,343 |
| 168 | Thomas Macdonald | $6,766 |
| 212 | Jamie Dale | $6,310 |
| 215 | Matthew Davenport | $6,310 |
| 216 | Andrew Wilson | $6,310 |
| 263 | Robbie Bull | $6,010 |
| 270 | Bixi Yao | $6,010 |
| 283 | Dragos Trofimov | $6,010 |
| 292 | Harry Lodge | $6,010 |
| 296 | Mathew Frankland | $6,010 |
Event #69 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo 8 or Better
There was no loving for the Brits in Event 69, as not a single player from the UK made a trip to the cash desk. It’s only the second event in the series that the Britpack has drawn a blank in.
Event #70 $1,000 Ladies Event
Four British poker ladies made the money in the $1,000 Ladies Event, but none made it close to the business end of the tournament. Alex O’Brien was the highest finishing in 59th, for $3,392. Sinead Davenport and Kerryjane Craigie crept into the money in 197th and 199th places.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 59 | Alexandra O’Brien | $3,392 |
| 148 | Hannah Tildesley | $2,101 |
| 197 | Sinead Davenport | $2,101 |
| 199 | Kerryjane Craigie | $2,101 |
Event #71 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Jon Shoreman was the only player from the UK to make the money in the $10k Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. He finished in an unlucky 13th place for $23,412 in one of the smallest field events of the series, with just 141 entries. Luke Schwartz, Benny Glaser and Philip Sternheimer also played, to no avail.
Event #72 $10,000 Super Turbo
The $10k Super Turbo is a short, but sweet event, which concluded in just one day, going from 809 participants to just one in super quick time. Five Brits cashed, with Rob Cowen going the furthest, scraping into the unofficial final table, but missing the official one with a 10th place finish, for $53,570.
Although he hasn’t added a further bracelet to his poker trophy cabinet yet, Cowen has made several deep runs already this year and may achieve more before the last WSOP toilet is flushed on July 17th. Rehman Kassam also went deep, exiting shortly before Cowen, in 12th place for $42,843.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Robert Cowen | $53,570 |
| 12 | Rehman Kassam | $42,843 |
| 67 | Nikolay Ponomarev | $15,250 |
| 79 | Kuljinder Sidhu | $14,261 |
| 105 | Bamdad Garzin | $13,581 |
Event #73 $1,500 8-Game Mix
No British players did especially well in the $1,500 8-Game Mix, with only three making it into the money and none threatening the top 50. Carl Bellis, Barny Boatman and Mark Rubbathan were the only ones to make trips to the payout desk.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | Carl Bellis | $3,325 |
| 59 | Barny Boatman | $3,325 |
| 89 | Mark Rubbathan | $3,007 |
Event #74 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship
The ongoing $10k PLO Championship goes into its fourth and presumably final day with seven players left, but sadly none of them are British. Stephen Chidwick was the only Brit top make Day 3 of the event, busting in 35th for $38,345. Six others from the UK cashed in the event, exiting on Day 2.
| Position | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | Stephen Chidwick | $38,345 |
| 73 | Qibang Cheung | $22,061 |
| 102 | Benny Glaser | $20,000 |
| 104 | Pratik Ghatge | $20,000 |
| 111 | Kevin Allen | $20,000 |
| 124 | Phillip Mighall | $20,000 |
| 129 | Samuel Del Castillo | $20,000 |
Event #75 Mini Main Event
Fourteen players from the UK bagged stacks in Day 1a of the $1,000 Mini Main Event. Robbie Bull’s stack of over 2.1m was the seventh biggest of the 318 who made it through to Day 2, from 4,077 who began the first flight.
| Position | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Robbie Bull | 2,155,000 |
| 52 | Richard Robinson | 1,110,000 |
| 73 | Alfie Adam | 970,000 |
| 78 | David Hudson | 955,000 |
| 84 | Nathan Farnaby | 930,000 |
| 89 | Timothy Bullen | 915,000 |
| 106 | Yiqian Song | 870,000 |
| 109 | Vincent Nemenyi | 865,000 |
| 125 | Najeeb Elkamand | 805,000 |
| 126 | James Hill | 800,000 |
| 151 | Steven Heron | 675,000 |
| 193 | Robert Legg | 515,000 |
| 270 | Jack Allen | 290,000 |
| 302 | Chun Lau | 175,000 |
A further 26 Brits booked their passage into Day 2 from the second starting day of the Mini Main Event. Sadly Sam Acheampong, was not one of these, busting just before the end of the day, which had an enormous 6,717 entrants, with 541 making it through.
| Position | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Harry Lodge | 4,955,000 |
| 30 | Ben Collins | 1,555,000 |
| 41 | Mark Remnant | 1,400,080 |
| 45 | Pratik Ghatge | 1,390,000 |
| 62 | William Stephenson | 1,250,000 |
| 92 | Grace Walsh | 1,110,000 |
| 99 | Adam Matues | 1,090,000 |
| 100 | Navid Nasseri | 1,090,000 |
| 111 | Alexander Ellison | 1,030,000 |
| 120 | Ben Miller | 1,000,000 |
| 132 | Garry Medlock | 975,000 |
| 135 | Thomas Hall | 970,000 |
| 284 | Konstantinos Patsourakis | 635,000 |
| 324 | Daniel Moran | 575,000 |
| 344 | Saheb Raju | 530,000 |
| 353 | Kevin Joyce | 515,000 |
| 363 | Andrew Hawksby | 490,000 |
| 376 | Guy Taylor | 480,000 |
| 391 | Mark Robinson | 445,000 |
| 399 | Dale Hancock | 435,000 |
| 433 | Richard Watts | 390,000 |
| 440 | Robert Douras | 370,000 |
| 473 | Luke Marsh | 310,000 |
| 506 | Geoffrey Sims | 240,000 |
| 519 | Adam Snook | 210,000 |
| 521 | Gerald David | 200,000 |
Event #76 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
With just 11 players remaining from a field of 458 players, the $2,500 Big bet is still ongoing, with Daniel Negreanu second in chips and hungry to match Benny Glaser’s eight bracelets, before the Brit inevitably soars well past the Canadian with his ninth, tenth, eleventh, etc.
Glaser did play this one, but finished in 122nd, outside the money. Only two British players cashed in this, both winners of bracelets in 2025, Philip Sternheimer in 27th ($7,237) and Robert Wells in 31st ($6,315).
Event #77 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
This one has just concluded its first day, with 78 of the 160 entrants still possessing chips and chairs. Three of those are British: James Cheung in 24th place (155,000), Benny Glaser in 37th (102,000) and Elior Sion in 39th (95,500).
