Dylan Linde Wins $50K PLO High Roller at WSOP 2025 for Career-Best $2.1 Million
Dylan Linde has been on a tear at the 2025 World Series of Poker, but on Sunday night, he turned a strong series into a career-defining moment. After a pair of earlier final table finishes—including a deep run in the Monster Stack—Linde claimed the ultimate prize by winning Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
The win marks his third WSOP bracelet and comes with a massive payday of $2,146,414, the largest of his poker career. Even more impressively, Linde began the final day near the bottom of the chip counts—only to battle through one of the toughest fields of the summer.
Final Table Payouts – Event #57: $50,000 PLO High Roller
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Dylan Linde (United States) – $2,146,414
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Stephen Chidwick (United Kingdom) – $1,430,938
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Richard Gryko (United Kingdom) – $1,000,423
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Biao Ding (China) – $713,762
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Manuel Stojanovic (Austria) – $519,892
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Ka Kwan Lau (Hong Kong) – $386,768
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Quan Zhou (China) – $294,013
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Dirk Gerritse (Netherlands) – $228,489
From Short Stack to Spotlight
Linde’s path to victory was far from smooth. With only 11 players left, he sat among the bottom three in chips and looked more likely to squeak into a final table than make poker history. But a timely double-up against Ka Kwan Lau with pocket aces gave him new life—and from there, he never looked back.
He won another big flip against Quan Zhou, then got the best of elite pros like Stephen Chidwick, Richard Gryko, and Biao Ding in huge confrontations. He flopped sets, turned straights, and made expert reads—everything seemed to click at once.
By the time heads-up play began, Linde held an overwhelming 15:1 chip lead against Chidwick. Two hands later, the tournament was his.
High Stakes, Higher Achievement
Linde is no stranger to WSOP success, but this one hit differently. His first bracelet came in a mixed Omaha event. This one came in one of the toughest tournaments of the series, against the world’s best, with a buy-in of $50,000 and seven-figure pressure on every hand.
“This one means a bit more to me,” Linde told PokerNews. “There’s also a larger pile of cash at the end too.”
The win confirms what insiders have known for years: Linde is one of the game’s most complete players. With final tables in no-limit hold’em, mixed games, and now pot-limit Omaha—all in a single series—he’s proven his skill goes far beyond any one format.
A Player on Fire
Linde’s summer has been a heater in every sense of the word. With three bracelets now in his trophy case and a high roller title to his name, he joins the elite class of players who can dominate any table, in any format, for any stakes.
And the 2025 WSOP isn’t over yet.
If the past few weeks are any indication, we might not have seen the last of Dylan Linde on a final table this summer. The cards are hot—and the poker world is watching.
