Alex Wilkinson has won the 2025 World Series of Poker $10,000 deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball championship, besting 141 entries to capture his first gold bracelet and the top prize of $333,054. Alex is the son of California Grand Casino owner and longtime WSOP regular Lamar ‘Wil’ Wilkinson, who has more than $1 million in career earnings at the series with cashes dating back to the late 90s. The elder Wilkinson finished third in this event twice, making his podium showings in 2016 and 2021.
Now Alex has managed something that his father has not yet achieved: taking down a title at the series. The 33-year-old had come close before, finishing third in the 2024 $1,500 buy-in version of this same event for $64,256. A year and a couple of weeks later, he was able to close out the win.
“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 had a big influence on me getting into the game,” said the younger Wilkinson in a post-win interview with PokerNews live reporters. “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.”
In addition to the money and the hardware, Wilkinson also earned 720 Card Player Player of the Year points and another 333 PokerGO Tour points with this win.
Tough Competition Down The Stretch
As one would expect, it was hardly an easy road to the title for Wilkinson. He had to contend with plenty of stars among the final 22 who split the $1,340,910 prize pool in this tournament, including two-time bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein (21st), five-time bracelet winner John Monnette (20th), bracelet winner Frank Brannan (15th), former no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball championship winner Pedro Bromfman (8th), and Oscar Johansson (7th), who fell just short of his third final-table finish of the series.
Nick Schulman
The final table included the likes of five-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (6th), Oats Overnight founder Brian Tate (5th), and 2021 WSOP main event sixth-place finisher Hye Park (4th).
Seven-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman ended up finishing third for $144,431. This deep run came just 18 days removed from taking down the no-limit deuce-to-seven championship. Schulman was sent to the rail by Wilkinson when his 8-7-5-4-3 ran into a 8-7-4-3-2. He now has over $24 million in career tournament earnings to his name, and has climbed to fourth place in this year’s POY standings with two titles and 13 POY-qualified final tables.
Bracelet winner Matthew Schreiber finished as the runner-up. The 2017 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion held the chip lead going into heads-up play, but soon fell behind. In the final hand, he held 7-6-2 facing the 7-5-3-2 of Wilkinson going into the last draw. Wilkinson made a 10-7-5-3-2. Schreiber peeled his first card and saw a nine, which meant he could win with an 8, 5, 4, or 3. Instead, he picked up an ace, which officially meant that he was eliminated in second place ($215,848). This was the second-largest tournament payday of Schreiber’s career.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Alexander Wilkinson | $333,054 | 720 | 333 |
| 2 | Matthew Schreiber | $215,848 | 600 | 216 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | $144,431 | 480 | 144 |
| 4 | Hye Park | $99,885 | 360 | 100 |
| 5 | Brian Tate | $71,475 | 300 | 71 |
| 6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | $52,985 | 240 | 53 |
Winner photo credit: WSOP/ Spenser Sembrat. Schulman photo by Drew Amato for Card Player.
