James Bord Wins WSOP Europe Main Event 2025
Londoner James Bord has won the 2025 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London. The £10,000 Main Event drew a total of 346 entrants which created a prize pool of £3,460,000 with James Bord taking £830,401 and his first WSOP bracelet with his total live earnings now approximately $1,360,871.
Marc Inizan and Brian Powell were the first players to be eliminated and next was Victory Poker CEO Dan Fleyshman who busted in 7th place for £118,643. Fleyshman began the final table as chip leader and many people had tuted him to go on and win however his big stack quickly crumbled as his aggressive strategy failed to work for him.
Another well-known player also made the final table – Full Tilt Poker pro Roland de Wolfe. If de Wolfe had won the tournament he would have became the UK’s all-time leading money winner by overtaking Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott (Devilfish has $5.9 million and de Wolfe now has $5.3 million). Roland de Wolfe fell short and was eliminated in 4th place for a payday of £278,945.
When play got down to heads-up it was Fabrizio Baldassari with the chip advantage holding 6,260,000 compared to James Bord’s 4,120,000 however after a back and fourth battle Bord found himself all-in holding Pocket Tens compared to Baldassari’s Pocket 5′s and with the board running blank James Bord and his crowd of fans burst into a celebration as he won the 2025 WSOPE Main Event.
WSOPE Main Event 2025 Results
1st was James Bord winning £830,401
2nd was Fabrizio Baldassari winning £513,049
3rd was Ronald Lee winning £376,829
4th was Roland De Wolfe winning £278,945
5th was Nicolas Levi winning £208,119
6th was Daniel Steinberg winning £156,530
7th was Dan Fleyshman winning £118,643
8th was Brian Powell winning £90,617
9th was Marc Inizan winning £69,754
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