Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-25-2023 15:36 UTC-7

Mermelstein Beats Lonis in Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the J♦10♣7♥6♠10♠ river, Aaron Mermelstein checked and Jesse Lonis bet 32,000. After the call of Mermelstein, Lonis briefly exposed his cards but mucked them when Mermelstein tabled his 10♥9♥9♣7♠ for tens full of sevens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Mermelstein	285,000 55,000	55,000
Jesse Lonis	160,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Aaron Mermelstein Jesse Lonis

06-25-2023 15:29 UTC-7

Cornell Takes one from Chen

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a three-way turn of 5♣7♦J♣5♥, James Chen led out for 13,000 and Tyler Cornell made the call while the other player got out of the way.

The two players then went to the river 8♣ which saw a check from Chen and Cornell checked back.

Chen flashed 9♦10♦ for a straight but then Cornell tabled Q♣9♣Q♦8♦ for a flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Cornell	182,000 182,000	182,000

James Chen	128,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: James Chen Tyler Cornell

06-25-2023 15:19 UTC-7

Easy Game for Anderson

Kirk Brown

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Adam Hendrix opened preflop and was called by Jordan Semel to his left, but was then three-bet to 9,000 by Bradley Anderson.

Both players made the call and went to the flop of 4♦2♦6♥ where action was checked to Anderson who then bet 14,000 and received folds from his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hendrix	277,000 99,000	99,000

Bradley Anderson	220,000 -13,000	-13,000

Jordan Semel	122,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Jordan Semel Bradley Anderson Adam Hendrix

06-25-2023 15:17 UTC-7

New Entries and a Re-Entry

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dash Dudley	150,000

Michael Rodrigues	150,000

Anson Tsang	150,000

Kane Kalas	150,000

Dario Sammartino	150,000

Nick Schulman	150,000

Yuriy Boyko	150,000
Rob Hollink	150,000 150,000	150,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-25-2023 15:10 UTC-7

Sethi Jams Up His Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a completed board of 10♦9♠2♣J♥10♠, Yang Wang checked and Vidur Sethi pushed forward a large pile of chips for a pot-sized bet. That sent Wang into the tank and he eventually folded.

"That was not the deuce of hearts," Richard Gryko joked and Sethi replied "maybe we had the same hand" while raking in another large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vidur Sethi	380,000 100,000	100,000
Richard Gryko	175,000

Yang Wang	110,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Richard Gryko Vidur Sethi Yang Wang

06-25-2023 15:00 UTC-7

Hollink Eliminated by Reshetov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In an already big pot to the Q♣5♠4♥K♦ turn, Maksim Reshetov announced all-in and pushed forward his stack. Rob Hollink had around 90,000 behind and shrugged, then called it off.

Rob Hollink: Q♥J♥10♦9♣
Maksim Reshetov: A♠A♦Q♠4♦

Reshetov was ahead with queens and fours while Hollink had a lot of straight outs. However, the 2♥ river was a blank and that spelled the end for the Dutch veteran for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Reshetov	395,000 85,000	85,000
Rob Hollink	Busted

Tags: Maksim Reshetov Rob Hollink

06-25-2023 14:53 UTC-7

Trang Enters With a Bang; Dzivielevski on Fumes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In three-way action to the 10♠3♦2♣ flop, it checked to Christopher Trang and he bet 5,000. Yuri Dzivielevski check-raised to 19,000 out of the blinds and Trang was the only caller.

Dzivielevski bet the 2♦ turn for 27,000 to earn a call and jammed the 5♥ river. Trang snap-called for the 90,000 he had behind and tabled his K♦10♦10♣8♠ for tens full. Dzivielevski had the K♠6♦5♦4♠ for a straight and saw his stack reduced to dust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Trang	295,000 145,000	145,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	6,500 -143,500	-143,500

Tags: Christopher Trang Yuri Dzivielevski

06-25-2023 14:51 UTC-7

Assorted Counts and New Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	230,000 230,000	230,000

Aaron Mermelstein	230,000 75,000	75,000
Benjamin Juhasz	200,000 200,000	200,000
Shiva Dudani	198,000 48,000	48,000
Leonid Yanovski	185,000 35,000	35,000
Allan Le	180,000 30,000	30,000

Artem Maksimov	160,000 5,000	5,000
Christopher Frank	155,000 155,000	155,000
Vanessa Selbst	150,000 150,000	150,000

James Chen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Henrik Hecklen	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andrew Ige	150,000 150,000	150,000
Klemens Roiter	150,000 150,000	150,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	150,000 150,000	150,000

Christopher Trang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ben Lamb	150,000 150,000	150,000

George Wolff	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-25-2023 14:48 UTC-7

Banks Open on Sunday

Kirk Brown

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a heads-up pot of around 23,000, the board read 2♣Q♥3♠7♥ when Dimitrios Michailidis led out for 13,000 from the hijack. LaDarren Banks in the cutoff made the call and the duo went to the river 5♣.

This time Michailidis checked to Banks, who then bet 18,000 and Michailidis promptly folded to award him the pot.