It’s shaping up to be a good series for British poker players, with Benny Glaser already securing two bracelets and taking an early lead in the Player of the Series race. While he is the only player from the UK to taste victory so far, several have made final tables and another has just gone very close to taking down a title.
Meanwhile the hotels on and off the strip are beginning to fill up with players bearing UK passports, all in search of an upgrade to their lives, not just their rooms. Many more players from the UK will arrive over the next few weeks, with the biggest surge expected at the end of the month as those intending to play the Main Event make their way to Nevada. More and more familiar names are expected to feature in this report as the series gets deeper.
Read on for the latest news of how British players are doing at the 2025 WSOP and other poker festivals currently running in Las Vegas.
Moorman Denied 3rd Bracelet
Chris Moorman has narrowly missed out on winning the third bracelet of his career in Event #22 $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed. He dominated for much of the last day of the tournament and went into the heads up stage with the chip lead, but was pegged back by Slovenian Blaz Zerjav and had to settle for second place and a mere $1,129,608 as a consolation prize.
Chris Moorman, pic by Rachel Kay Winter, courtesy of WSOP
Moorman had begun the day in 5th place of the 15 who returned, out of a total field of 336 starters. He lost a quarter of his chips in the first few orbits, but then began to build in the right direction. By the first break of the day he had in excess of 8m chips and had assumed the lead, which he took onto the final table of seven players.
That lead grew quickly and when he eliminated 2023 WPT Championship winner Daniel Sepiol in 7th, his stack breached the 20m barrier, more than double that of his nearest challenger.
Once the official final table began (with delayed coverage on PokerGo), Moorman maintained his lead, but did not begin to pull ahead again until there were just three left. He briefly surrendered the lead when 3-handed, but went into the final stage of the tournament with almost a 4-1 chip lead.
But the lead was liquidised early on when Blaz doubled up, but a few hands later Moorman had an opportunity to win it all, with 9♣9♠. However Zerjav had A♠Q♠ and as shown in the screenshot from the TV coverage, an ace on the flop prevented that from happening.
Moorman then faced a 9-1 chip deficit, but didn’t roll over and attempted to rebuild, doubling to nearly 9m chips. But it was not meant to be, he got his last 3.675m chips in with A♣J♥, but Zerjaz had A♠K♣ and there was no improvement.
Sternheimer Takes 3rd in $10k Dealer’s Choice
Philip Sternheimer was one of three players returned for the unscheduled fourth day of Event #18, $10,000 Dealers Choice, with $354,444 to play for. He was the shortest stacked and his shot at the bracelet was ended soon after the resumption of play, by eventual winner Ryan Hoenig. This was Philip’s 3rd cash of the series, but his biggest so far, $154,460 for 3rd place, taking his lifetime earnings close to $3.5m.
Days 1c and 1d of Event# 19, $500 NLH Colossus have now been completed and a further 39 Brits have joined the 18 who progressed from the first two flights. These 57 are among the 2,326 who made it into Day 2, with a total of 16,301 entries in the event overall. The prize pool is yet to be confirmed.
Gary Blackwood posted the largest stack of the 11 Brits who came through Day 1c, with 665,000 chips. Bracelet winner James Dempsey also made it through, but with just 154,000.
Player
Chips
Gary Blackwood
665,000
Samuel Welbourne
541,000
Anish Vithlani
537,000
Adam Snook
532,000
Jason Green
325,000
Dominic Feldman
322,000
James Dempsey
154,000
Simon Fowler
129,000
Antonio German
105,000
James Hill
99,000
Daniel Moran
55,000
Day 1d was the big one, as expected, and 28 players from the UK were still in when play was brought to a halt. Ryan Mandara posted the largest of the Brit stacks, with just over 1m chips to his name. Ben Miller, Sebastian Crane and Roberto Romanello all ended the day with above average stacks. Alex Burton, Derek Miller and Brandon Sheils also survived, all sitting in mid-division. At the bottom end of the table there are also a few familiar faces, notably Rob Sherwood, Garry Bush and Kevin Allen.
Player
Chips
Ryan Mandara
1,072,000
Ginold Rendel
897,000
Ben Miller
782,000
Ashley Scott
773,000
Sebastian Crane
721,000
Roberto Romanello
598,000
Gary Armstrong
503,000
Elliott Hayes
490,000
Michael Allen
425,000
Nicholas Marchington
416,000
Alexander Burton
401,000
Leo Worthingtonleese
372,000
Peter Kirby
352,000
Brandon Sheils
308,000
Alan Bryant
306,000
Vincent Sanchez
302,000
Derek Miller
254,000
Mark Baxter
250,000
Richard Robinson
242,000
Phillip Mathias
228,000
Saigokul Kannan
226,000
Garry Bush
218,000
Richard Stavert
214,000
James Khoury
163,000
Robert Sherwood
158,000
James Morris
158,000
Jayne Moon
109,000
Kevin Allen
95,000
Kendall Through to Day Two of Big O
Tony Kendall is one of six British players to have made it to Day 2 of Event #27, $1,500 Big O, in which 221 remain, all in the money, as the bubble burst towards the end of Day 1. He had been sitting on an average stack, but was pegged back to just 60k as the bubble loomed, but made the cut and will return with 58,000. He’s now guaranteed his second WSOP cash of the series, two from two attempts.
Patrick Leonard bagged the largest of the UK players’ stacks with an above average 235,00 with another former bracelet winner Steve Jelinek progressing with 114,000. These are the chip counts of the Brits who made it through and are still in with a chance of a bracelet and the $297,285 first prize.
Player
Chips
Patrick Leonard
235,000
Rishi Amin
160,000
Jack Moore
152,000
Steve Jelinek
114,000
Anthony Kendall
58,000
Jonathan Bowers
43,000
Other British Cashes
Adam Owen was the only British player to get a return in Event #23 $1,500 Badugi, where he finished in 41st place for $3,610. This was his 4th cash of the series so far, but he’s still waiting for a big score.
Six Brits cashed in Event #24 $1,500 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot, but none are amongst the 13 who will return for Day 3 to fight for the $290,400 first prize. Sebastian Crane in 47th was the highest placed of these six in the 1,452-player field, cashing for $6,784. Adam ‘Wilko’ Wilkinson who chopped the Seniors at the Wynn a few days ago also cashed, his first of the 2025 WSOP, so far.
Finishing Position
Winner
Prize
47
Sebastian Crane
$6,784
147
Adam Wilkinson
$3,027
160
Manuel Martinez
$3,027
166
Nicholas Marchington
$3,027
170
Brandon Sheils
$3,027
Philip Sternheimer’s fourth cash of the series in Event #25 $10,000 Seven Card Stud, was the only one on the payouts list that bore a Union Jack. He finished 13th, receiving $20,999 for his second cash of the day, following his 3rd in the Dealer’s Choice.
Sinead Davenport 4th in Wynn Ladies HR
There was a further final table for Sinead Davenport, who has already tasted success at the 2025 series, winning a daily deepstack last week. This time she finished 4th for $19,538 in the $3k Ladies High Roller at the Wynn Summer Classic. It was apparently the largest ever buy-in for a ladies event, attracting 76 entrants.
The winner was Dusti Smith, who had narrowly missed out on a bracelet just before entering this one. She took 2nd place in WSOP Event #17 $2,009 NLH for nearly $300,000 before scooping a further $61,335 in this one.
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