NLHE Series TOC – December 17, 2025

On December 17, 2025 we played the NLHE Championship Series Tournament of Champions for the winners of the NLHE Championship Series during 2025 plus the top points earners. 13 of the 24 eligible players played in the event.

shipnfliprec (Luke O’Driscoll) battled JBTwinCities ([Private]) heads up after defeating the remaining field of 13 players to earn his or her first NLHE Championship Series title in 2025 for a Tournament of Champions event and a coveted Silver PIN. This makes 32 total lifetime wins in official Rec.Poker Home Games.

kellis196220 (Kelli Storck), elvida11 (Joe Kulas), bonecrusher14 (Marcel Dusyk), mbabker (Michael Babker), rabman50 (Rob Washam), MrDzzz18 (Rich Dietz), and evilroyca (David Westerveld) rounded out the final table.

Check out the NLHE Series page for all the latest stats.

Results

PokerStars Tournament #3956421333, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: 17000/3000
13 players
Total Prize Pool: 221000
Tournament started 2025/12/17 20:00:00 CT [2025/12/17 21:00:00 ET]
Tournament finished 2025/12/17 22:48:16 CT [2025/12/17 23:48:16 ET]
1: shipnfliprec (New Zealand), 143,650 (65%)
2: JBTwinCities (United States), 77,350 (35%)
3: kellis196220 (United States),
4: elvida11 (United States),
5: bonecrusher14 (Canada),
6: mbabker (United States),
7: rabman50 (United States),
8: MrDzzz18 (United States),
9: evilroyca (Canada),
10: combinkley (United States),
11: Stueyy13 (Canada),
12: 1JackFlack (United States),
13: 7high11 (United States),

Qualifiers

The following is the list of the 24 qualifiers.

Mudslinger1942
Stueyy13
UWRiverrat
bonecrusher14
evilroyca
RickTheGoodDog
BJones999
kpokerwanabe
40hubie
LLtahoe
mbabker
jsettem
7high11
MikeB172
Larsensopening
JBTwinCities
elvida11
appleomyi
kellis196220
combinkley
1JackFlack
rabman50
MrDzzz18
dandresg