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2025 WSOP: Ferenc Deák Wins $1K Mystery Bounty PLO

by Nathan Fryar July 12, 2025
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Ferenc Deák 2025 WSOP Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Bracelet Winner

As the 2025 World Series of Poker winds down at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, it’s been another unforgettable summer filled with drama, record-breaking fields, and life-changing wins. And for Hungary’s Ferenc Deák, it was a day to remember.

Deák conquered a massive field of 5,284 entries to capture his first WSOP gold bracelet and the $329,890 top prize in Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha. What was originally scheduled as a two-day event, playing down to a winner on Day 2, it stretched into an impromptu third day, as 29 players were still left after over 13 hours of play.

Deák, however, didn’t mind the extra day, he started the day strong and dominated the final table, eventually defeating Brazil’s Paulo Drummond heads-up, who collected $219,890 for his runner-up finish.

This is Deák’s 15th WSOP cash that came 14 years after his first, back in 2011 in $1,500 PLO7 event. Since then, he racked up $750,000 in live tournament cashes and with this latest result, he now crossed the $1 million milestone mark.

The popularity of this year’s Mystery Bounty PLO likely exceeded all expectations, with 5,284 entries making a huge leap from last year’s 4,280. The turnout generated a $3,064,720 prize pool, split between regular payouts and the exciting mystery bounties that came in play on Day 2.

Vincent Moscati stole the show in this one as he achieved a near-impossible feat of pulling both $100,000 mystery bounty envelopes.

He did leave other big ones for others as four lucky players claimed a $50,000 bounty: Nicholas Gonzalez, Sokchheka Pho, Nick Guagenti, and Garik Tamasian.

2025 WSOP Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Hungary Ferenc DeakHungary$329,890
2Brazil Paulo DrummondBrazil$219,890
3Brazil Carlos De LimaBrazil$164,090
4United States of America Quan TranUnited States$123,380
5United States of America Richard HarrochUnited States$93,480
6Austria Lukas HafnerAustria$71,370
7United States of America Sean ChenUnited States$54,910
8United States of America Christoph MilbradtUnited States$42,580
9Latvia Davis ModansLatvia$33,280
10France Quentin De SolereFrance$26,210

2025 WSOP Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Recap

An unscheduled Day 3 awaited the final 29 players in Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha, so it was still a long road before the eventual winner was going to be crowned. It took about three hours of action before the field was trimmed to the final ten players, and Ferenc Deák went from a middle stack into a commanding lead during this period.

The Hungarian came in as the overwhelming chip leader with 80 big blinds in front of him, comfortably ahead of Brazil’s Paulo Drummond with 44 bigs. But it was Drummond who struck first, eliminating the first player at the table. His pocket jacks held against Quentin De Solere’s A♠K♦9♦7♦ on a board of 2♣10♠8♣2♠3♣, sending the Frenchman out in tenth for $26,210.

Drummond continued to close the gap on Deák by knocking out Davis Modans in ninth. The chips went in preflop, with Modans tabling A♦K♦Q♥5♣ and Drummond showing K♣Q♠J♦5♠. A jack on the turn flipped the script, and the Latvian was eliminated for $33,280.

Carlos De Lima got involved next, cracking the aces of Christoph Milbradt after flopping two pair on Q♥9♠J♣. The Q♣ on the turn gave De Lima a full house and left Milbradt with just two outs. They didn’t come on the river, and the American had to settle for eighth place and $42,580.

In a fight of short-stacks, Quan Tran came out ahead when his pocket sixes held on a 6♣J♠3♣9♥9♦ board against Sean Chen’s A♥K♠Q♠7♠. Chen’s run ended in seventh, good for $54,910.

Quan Tran 2025 WSOP
Quan Tran

Lukas Hafner followed shortly after. On a 7♥7♦K♦ flop, De Lima held ace-king and was miles ahead of Hafner’s A♣10♥6♦5♣. The 9♣ on the turn brought some hope, but the river was a brick, and the Austrian was eliminated in sixth for $71,370.

Up to this point, Deák hadn’t eliminated a single player, but his lead only grew as he continued to accumulate chips and held more than the rest of the field combined. He finally claimed his first victim in Richard Harroch. Both players had aces, but Deák made a flush on the K♦7♥3♦10♥2♦ board to eliminate Harroch in fifth for $93,480.

Drummond bounced back again by busting Quan Tran in fourth. His A♠10♣3♠2♣ flopped a straight on K♣5♦4♦, cracking Tran’s kings and ending his run for $123,380.

Despite Drummond’s newly found chips, he was still trailing far behind Deák, who sealed De Lima’s fate in third place after his aces held up against the Brazilian’s K♣Q♥10♣8♣.

Deák began the heads-up with a 6:1 chip lead over Drummond. The Brazilian won a few small pots early, but it wasn’t long before the final hand came. Drummond opened, Deák called, and the flop came K♣6♦8♠. Drummond bet the pot, Deák raised, and Drummond shoved.

Deák called and tabled K♦9♥6♣5♣ for two pair, while Drummond was ahead with A♠Q♦8♣8♦, flopping a set of eights. The turn 5♦ changed nothing. But the river K♥ delivered the dagger and a better full house for Deák, who locked up his first WSOP bracelet and the $329,890 payday. Drummond’s excellent run ended in second place for $219,890.

* Hands and photos courtesy of PokerNews and WSOP

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