We also saw the climax of Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Japan’s Shiina Okamoto pulled off the incredible achievement of going back-to-back, just like Aaron Cummings did last week.
China’s Yilong Wang was the last man standing as Day 4 came to a close in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em. He overcame an impressive field of 2,338 entries to bank a nice $830,685 prize.
The final champion of the weekend was Romanian Narcis Nedelcu who took down Event #73: $1,500 Eight Game Mix for $184,862 and his maiden bracelet.
Alexander Wilkinson Adds WSOP Bracelet to Family Honours
Alexander Wilkinson has achieved the one poker honour his father missed out on after 30 years of grinding in the WSOP — one of the coveted gold bracelets.
The 33-year-old venture capitalist followed his dad into poker, no doubt swayed by growing up around gambling.
He must also have been impressed by Wil Wilkinson’s impressive record at the World Series of Poker — more than $1,000,000 in winnings from his 20 cashes and eight final tables.
But this weekend was all about the younger Wilkinson and his victory in Event #71: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship and the $333,054 prize he will take home.
Heading into the final table of six, it must have been unnerving to see the likes of Nick Schulman and Yuri Dzivielevski at the table, but Wilkinson handled it well enough to get over the line.
“I never really felt too bothered. Triple draw is a very swingy game. I was down to not that many bets a few times. In poker, it doesn’t help you to get annoyed or get frustrated, so I just tried to be relaxed and see what happened. It all worked out.
“Growing up, I remember sweating my dad deep in the Main Event and deep in these different tournaments on WSOP.com. I have to imagine that it had a big influence on me getting into the game. It was a lot of fun. It’s cool that now the shoe is on the other foot. He’s here watching me. It’s a lot of fun.”
Event #71: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
| 1 | Alexander Wilkinson | United States | $333,054 |
| 2 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | $215,848 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | $144,431 |
| 4 | Hye Park | United States | $99,885 |
| 5 | Brian Tate | United States | $71,475 |
| 6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | $52,985 |
Darren Elias No Longer the Best Player Without a Bracelet
At long last, Darren Elias can no longer lay claim to being the best poker player in the world with a WSOP bracelet to their name.
Last night the American took down WSOP Online Event #14: $888 NL Hold’em Crazy 8’s for $170,208.
Not a massive amount for a guy with $13,882,491 in live tournament winnings but we’re sure that finally getting that bracelet made it all worthwhile.
Young hotshot Landon Tice finished in sixth place for Landon Tice $28,368.
After a heartbreaking heads-up loss to @NickSchulman from a 8-hour battle in the $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, @DarrenElias finally closed one out. Today he hoists his first-ever WSOP bracelet from Online Event #14: $888 NLH Crazy 8's for $170,208. Well done Darren! pic.twitter.com/kYdk4hrzGE
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 29, 2025
Event #14: $888 NL Hold’em Crazy 8’s Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
| 1 | Darren Elias | United States | $170,208 |
| 2 | Lachezar Petkov | Bulgaria | $122,928 |
| 3 | Justin Vaysman | United States | $94,371 |
| 4 | Corey Thompson | United States | $70,069 |
| 5 | Nicholas Verderamo | United States | $47,280 |
| 6 | Landon Tice | United States | $28,368 |
| 7 | Peter Cross | Japan | $18,912 |
| 8 | Matthew Davis | United States | $11,820 |
| 9 | Juan Sebastián Fonseca Chaves | Colombia | $8,227 |
Yilong Wang Takes Gold in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em
It took four days to work through the field of 2,338 entries and decide a champion, but for Yilong Wang it was worth it as he doubled his career earnings with a score of $830,685 and collected his first gold bracelet.
It was also his first WSOP final table after transitioning from cash games to tournaments in 2017 after a few years of grinding cash games while at university in London.
Amazingly, since quitting his job as a paralegal to play poker full time, Wang is now considering quitting to use his winnings for a new project back in China.
Action Recap
Moving into Day 4, Olivier Busquet was one of the favourites, noted for his heads-up prowess. Unfortunately for him, he ran into pocket kings in the early levels and busted out in 12th place.
Play was considerably slower than expected when the final table was formed, and it remained so until Fabrizio Gonzalez was knocked out in 7th place.
The pace then exploded with knockouts coming thick and fast before we suddenly arrived at three-handed play with relatively even stacks.
Ren Lin, an accomplished player familiar with battling the best in the Triton Super High Roller Series, all of a sudden couldn’t win a pot.
His run came to an end when he jammed in the small blind for almost 13,000,000 with J♠ 10♣ and faced a snap-call from Ran Ilani who flipped over K♠ J♦.
The board ran out K♦ 10♠ K♥ 9♦ 8♠ and it was time for heads-up.
The match was described as a war, entertaining the rail for more than two hours. Sadly it had to end, and it did in the most standard fashion.
Wang’s 6♠ 6♣ spiked a set on the flop against Ilani’s 9♦ 9♥ and it was game over for the Israeli.
Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
| 1 | Yilong Wang | China | $830,685 |
| 2 | Ran Ilani | Israel | $553,692 |
| 3 | Ren Lin | China | $406,016 |
| 4 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | $300,649 |
| 5 | Kunal Patni | India | $224,833 |
| 6 | Seunghyun Nam | United States | $169,818 |
| 7 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | Italy | $129,563 |
| 8 | Jason Richard | United States | $99,859 |
| 9 | Paawan Bansal | India | $77,760 |
