Rene Charles Angelil [] b. in Palm Beach, Florida Celine Dion's oldest son was the Last Celebrity Standing in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, reaching Day 6 before exiting in 123rd for $70,000. WSOP.com | Hendon
Nani Dollison Wins $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet Defeats record field of 615 for women's record $441,440, jumping over Annie Duke for #1 on the women's all-time money list.
$2,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 2 days [4/21 start])
Jay Heimowitz Wins Debut WSOP Seniors Championship for Sixth Bracelet Defeats field of 340 for $115,430 in the 50-year age minimum "Oklahoma Johnny Hale Seniors World Championship of Poker", which had run outside the WSOP for its first three years.
$1,000 Seniors Championship (Event #19, 2 days [5/7 start; ended past midnight])
Erik Seidel Wins $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet Defeats field of 382, including Johnny Chan heads up in a reversal of their 1988 Main Event battle, for $411,300.
$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 2 days [5/10 start])
Nani Dollison Wins Second Straight Ladies Championship for Third Bracelet Defeats field of 106 for $41,130 and becomes the first [and still only] woman to win two bracelets in one year. She also becomes the first woman to top a half-million dollars in career winnings ($536,770).
$1,000 Women's Championship (Event #25, 1 day [5/13 start; ended past midnight])
Daniel Negreanu Finishes Eleventh in Main Event Collects $63,940, the same prize as final table bubble boy Arturo Diaz.
May 18
Stu Ungar Joins Poker Hall of Fame Ungar was the only player to win the WSOP Main Event three times (1980, 1981, and 1997) and had two other bracelets. He was also the only three-time Super Bowl of Poker Main Event winner.
Phil Hellmuth Last Champ Standing in Main Event Exits in 5th place for $303,705.
Carlos Mortensen Wins 2001 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 613 for $1,500,000 and Spain's first bracelet. Dewey Tomko finishes second for $1,098,925 nineteen years after also finishing second, setting a record for longest span between Main Event final tables.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 5 days [5/14 start])
Winner: Carlos Mortensen ($1,500,000 & 1st bracelet)