2025 WSOP Brit Report: Boulton Wins Bracelet, Lewis Goes Close

After the face-palming moment that most UK poker players would have suffered if they were following the WSOP Main Event, the final week of the series has turned out to be rather a good one for the Britpack. Will Kassouf’s embarrassing exit antics are being consigned to history by some great results for British players in other bracelet events. In the last few days there’s been another British bracelet winner, almost a second and several other deep runs, with some events yet to finish.

Josh Boulton Wins 6th UK Bracelet of the Series

Joshua Boulton’s victory in Event#92 $1,979 Hall of Fame Bounty was a well deserved consolation, after his Main Event hopes were dashed. He bagged the largest Brit stack on his Main Event starting day and on Day 2abc. However, he peaked just a little too early in that one, busting in 689th place for $25,000. Soon afterwards he entered the Hall of Fame event and put his Main Event experience well behind him. His first bracelet was the 6th of the series for the UK, dare I say it, so far…

Boulton was one of five players who returned for the extended third day, in second place overnight, with 10.375m chips, not far behind the chip leader Rob Wazwaz. In case you missed the event report, I’ll milk the joke one more time…it was not WazWaz’s day and he was unable to walk the dinosaur over the line. Boulton went into the heads-up stage behind, but came out ahead to claim the bracelet and the $311,349 first prize.

• Read More: Josh Boulton wins Hall of Fame Bracelet

Other UK payouts for this event can be found in the previous edition of the 2025 WSOP Brit Report.

Toby Lewis Runner-Up in $3k in T.O.R.S.E & Chip Leader in $25k H.O.R.S.E

Toby Lewis narrowly missed out on becoming a double WSOP bracelet winner, being pipped to the top spot by Ryutaro Suzuki to take home the 2nd place prize of $178,427. With three players left, Lewis had the majority of the chips and although Suzuki closed the gap when the heads-up began, Lewis soon re-established a significant lead, possessing three quarters of the chips in play. However Suzuki dug deep, revved his engine up during the final laps of the race, overtook Lewis and claimed the chequered flag.

• Read More: Suzuki Wins T.O.R.S.E Bracelet

Despite the disappointment for Lewis, he wasted no time, jumped into Day 2 of Event #98, $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E and has bagged a sizeable chip lead with 14 players left, on nearly 3.5m, with his nearest challenger Nacho Barbero over 1.2m chips further back. Robert Wells, who has already won a bracelet this series, is the only other Briton left in, sitting in 8th place with nearly 1.5mm chips. It’s a tough field, with all but two of the remaining players being bracelet holders. Phil Ivey, John Hennigan, David Openheimer and Chris Hunichen all still have stacks, chasing the first prize of $883,841. Elior Sion was the only other player from the UK to cash in this, taking $51,020 for 17th place.

Richard Gryko Leads Last Four into Final Day of $3k PLO

Richard Gryko is the overnight chip leader in Event #96 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha. He has 15.6m chips, just ahead of Daniel Zack on 13.25m. They are well ahead of Joshua Ladines (7.8m) and Zachary Schwartz (6.8m) with play suspended for another unscheduled additional day. All are guaranteed at least $151,802, with $471,170 awaiting the winner, plus one of those spangly bejewelled bracelet things. For Gryko, it’s a chance to increase his bracelet tally to two, while Zack is in the hunt for his 4th piece of WSOP wrist-wear. 

Patrick Leonard 8th in Lucky Sevens

Patrick Leonard has been the UK’s most prolific casher of the series, notching up 15 in the money finishes during the 2025 WSOP. He started the campaign with 3rd place in the $25,000 Heads Up Championship and narrowly missed a final table once again, taking 8th in Event #90 $777 No Limit Hold’em Lucky 7s – Seven Handed for $59,470. 

• Read More: Nelson Mari Sanchez Nails Lucky Sevens Victory

He’s not done yet though and went on to play in both the Closer and the $5k NLH, but didn’t manage to take a stack into the second day of either. During his stint in the Closer, he noted a rather unusual situation, which he tweeted about. A somewhat confused dealer dealt the flop before dealing any cards to the players. The first player to act moved all-in, as did everyone else at the table, before the mistake was pointed out. 

Leonard is almost a certainty to play in the final event on the schedule, Event #100 $1,000 Super Turbo, so there could still be another chapter to come in Leonard’s 2025 WSOP story. 

Seven other players from the UK also cashed in the Lucky Sevens.

Position	Player	Prize
8	Patrick Leonard	$59,470
10	Niall Costigan	$45,898
59	David Hudson	$8,000
167	Dean Hutchison	$3,610
204	Artan Dedusha	$3,610
255	Thomas Hall	$3,160
294	Sebastien Jung	$2,800
315	Terence Etim	$2,800

Andrew Hulme 25th in Mid-Stakes Championship

Andrew Hulme was the only Brit who made it to the 3rd day of Event #89 $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship. He was 14th of 26 who returned, but exited in 25th in a 3-way all-in at the start of the day, cashing for $48,190. Other UK payouts for this event can be found in the previous edition of the 2025 WSOP Brit Report.

• Read More: Ian O’Hara Wins Mid-Stakes Bracelet

Four Brits Cash in $10k 6-Handed NLH

Although no British players made it to the final table in the last $10k event of the series, four did manage to cash in Event #94, the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship. Kuljinder Sidhu went the furthest, exiting in 28th place for $34,124. Martins Adeniya ended up 40th for $25,441, Matthew Haynes was 42nd for $22,892 and Benny Glaser picked up another minor cash, $20,184 for 58th.

Simpson & Nixon Top UK Finishers in $800 Deepstack

Ian Simpson was the highest finishing of eleven Brits who made the money in Event #95, the $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack. The 888 ambassador finished in 24th place for $9,021, but he was not the only UK sponsored pro to go deep in the 2,851 runner field. Grosvenor’s Jamie Nixon took 64th for $3,604. 

Position	Player	Prize
24	Ian Simpson	$9,021
64	James Nixon	$3,604
65	Terence Etim	$3,604
177	Jun Li	$2,111
182	James Bagley	$2,111
195	Bosco Li	$1,901
229	Jamie Walden	$1,901
240	Darren Murphy	$1,731
241	James Dempsey	$1,731
387	Samuel Welbourne	$1,649
398	Darren Wiles	$1,649

* Photos courtesy of PokerNews & WSOP 

News of how the last events pan out for the UK’s poker players at the 2025 WSOP will be delivered in the final Brit Report of the Series, wrapping everything up, to be published on Friday.