Bjorn Verbakel Finishes Sixth in Event #24 of the 2025 WSOP

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Dutch Player Bjorn Verbakel Finishes Sixth in $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot at 2025 WSOP

Bjorn Verbakel finished sixth last night in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). This means the Dutch player missed out on his second WSOP bracelet. Simultaneously, Tom Verbruggen played his way to Day 3 of the $500 COLOSSUS with a massive stack.

At the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), thirteen players returned for the final day of Event #24, the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot. Bjorn Verbakel was one of the contenders for the victory, which would be worth $290,400 plus the coveted WSOP bracelet.

Verbakel started the day ninth in chips and managed to play his way to the official final table. There, he quickly scored a great double to give himself a good starting position. At the final table, Jacob Baumgartner quickly finished in eighth place for $30,756, while 2023 WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis finished seventh for $40,410.

Shortly after, Verbakel stranded in sixth place for $53,824 when his couldn’t win on and against Danny Wong’s .

The victory ultimately went to Xixiang Luo, who defeated Robert Klein heads-up.

Place	Player	Prize ($)	Prize (€)
1	Xixiang Luo	$ 290.400	€ 254.940
2	Robert Klein	$ 193.517	€ 169.887
3	Samuel Stranak	$ 137.805	€ 120.978
4	Danny Wong	$ 99.413	€ 87.274
5	Brian Smith	$ 72.664	€ 63.791
6	Bjorn Verbakel	$ 53.824	€ 47.252
7	Ian Matakis	$ 40.410	€ 35.476
8	Jacob Baumgartner	$ 30.756	€ 27.000
9	Yang Wang	$ 23.735	€ 20.837

Verbruggen Advances in COLOSSUS with Large Stack

On Sunday, thousands of players returned for the second day of the $500 COLOSSUS at the 2025 WSOP. The remaining field included several Dutch and Belgian players, who had already secured at least $1,010 in prize money. For Bouwe Claushuis, Martijn Dee, and Mark Broers, that was the highest achievable, as they left the tournament early.

Hakim Zoufri (1,593rd, $1,090), Thijs Hilbert (1,389th, $1,090), Marcel Vonk (1,278th, $1,160), and Hans Bosman (1,129th, $1,230) also failed to reach the top thousand. As a result, Mateusz Moolhuizen and Tom Verbruggen were the only remaining Dutch players, both of whom managed to make a deep run.

For Moolhuizen, the tournament came to a painful end when he lost a coin flip deep in the tournament for the chiplead. With , he couldn’t win against of Lok Chan and of Gary Armstrong due to an ace on the river. The Dutchman therefore finished in 186th place for $3,900.

Place	Player	Prize ($)	Prize (€)
186	Mateusz Moolhuizen	$ 3.900	€ 3.414
406	Laurent Colet	$ 2.610	€ 2.285
983	Christophe Goeman	$ 1.230	€ 1.077
1.129	Hans Bosman	$ 1.230	€ 1.077
1.278	Marcel Vonk	$ 1.160	€ 1.015
1.389	Thijs Hilberts	$ 1.090	€ 954
1.393	Oleg Rezabek	$ 1.090	€ 954
1.438	Vincent Vandewalle	$ 1.090	€ 954
1.593	Hakim Zoufri	$ 1.090	€ 954
1.616	Jacques Misonne	$ 1.090	€ 954
1.764	Mark Broers	$ 1.010	€ 884
1.819	Martijn Dee	$ 1.010	€ 884
1.993	Bouwe Claushuis	$ 1.010	€ 884

Tom Verbruggen was the only Dutch player to reach the third day, as he finished with a whopping 30,345,000 chips after a fantastic final hour. This puts him second on the leaderboard, just behind Carlos Caldas with 31,375,000 chips.

Our compatriot is guaranteed $4,520 in prize money and will continue playing tonight in the hunt for a top prize of more than half a million.

Place	Player	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Carlos Caldas	31.375.000	75
2	Tom Verbruggen	30.345.000	76
3	Mark Tornai	24.750.000	62
4	Zachary Hudson	22.000.000	55
5	Lok Chan	19.500.000	49
6	Bobby Poe	15.875.000	40
7	Juan Capobianco	15.450.000	39
8	Sergio Giha	15.400.000	39
9	Courtenay Williams	14.800.000	37
10	Sergei Petrushevskii	14.200.000	36