Prephan Reigns Supreme While Kuhl Goes on a 10-KO Rampage in Week 9

Week 9 of the All-in Blind 2025 season delivered everything we love about this league — drama, rebuys, and carnage. Thirty-three players entered the fray on Sunday, February 1st, with seven of them needing to dig back into their wallets for a second chance. When the smoke finally cleared after 17 rounds of Texas Hold 'Em, it was Mike Prephan standing tall with 59 points and $220 in his pocket. Prephan played a methodical, dominant game — racking up 7 knockouts along the way — and delivered the killing blows to both Terry Kuhl and Tim Ellerbrock in the final round to seal the deal. Not bad for a Sunday night's work, Mike.

But let's be real — the story of the night wasn't who won. It was Terry Kuhl and his absolutely unhinged 10-knockout performance that had the whole room buzzing. Kuhl was a one-man wrecking crew, sending players to the rail from round one all the way through round 16. He busted out early himself in round 3 (courtesy of Mark Davis, of all people), fired off a rebuy, and came back angrier than ever. He finished 3rd and banked $120, but honestly, his KO tally alone deserves its own trophy. Honorable mention goes to Eric Addington, who quietly racked up 4 KOs and grabbed 4th place money, and Tom Glanz, who scratched out 3 KOs despite needing a rebuy himself early on.

There were some juicy storylines bubbling under the surface too. Jim Jenkins got bounced in round 1 — by Terry Kuhl, naturally — rebought, ground his way back, and made it all the way to 7th place. That's the kind of comeback energy this league runs on. Meanwhile, Scott Weidner also rebought and clawed his way to 5th place and $50, getting eliminated both times by Kuhl. At this point, Scott might want to request a seat assignment far, far away from Terry. Manny Blanco and Keith Narges rounded out a respectable bubble, finishing 6th and 8th respectively, both falling victim to — you guessed it — the Kuhl freight train.

With nine weeks in the books, the season points race is heating up and the question everyone's asking is right there in the tournament description: who's going to finish in the top 3 this season? Prephan is making a serious case after tonight's dominant performance, but with players like Kuhl going nuclear on any given Sunday, nobody's safe. Week 10 can't come soon enough — see you at the tables!