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

06-25-2023 15:17 UTC-7

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

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 15:29 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 15:36 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 15:40 UTC-7

New Entries in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Kabeelan Rajamurthy	150,000
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	150,000
James Obst	150,000

Anton Morgenstern	150,000
Sebastian Trisch	150,000
Fahredin Mustafov	150,000
Joseph Liberta	150,000
Jonathan Borenstein	150,000
Luis Velador	Busted

06-25-2023 15:50 UTC-7

Kornuth Doubles in Huge Pot

Kirk Brown

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

Chance Kornuth and Eemil Tuominen were staring at a completed board of 2♥9♥7♣3♠5♣ with over 100,000 already in the pot when Kornuth moved the rest of his chips into the middle.

Tuominen went into the tank for a good while, using one of his time banks before he decided to make the call to put Kornuth at risk.

Chance Kornuth: 10♣8♦8♥6♥
Eemil Tuominen: K♦Q♥9♣9♦

"That's nuts, isn't it?" Tuominen asked Kornuth who nodded his head and prepared for a massage as the huge pot was shipped his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	275,000 90,000	90,000

Eemil Tuominen	45,000 -105,000	-105,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Eemil Tuominen

06-25-2023 15:56 UTC-7

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Duek	435,000 -15,000	-15,000
Fahredin Mustafov	330,000 180,000	180,000
Patrik Jaros	280,000 72,000	72,000
Tong Li	260,000 110,000	110,000

Quan Zhou	210,000 60,000	60,000
Eric Wasserson	180,000 180,000	180,000

Peng Shan	180,000 180,000	180,000
Karel Mokry	170,000 20,000	20,000
Joshua Ladines	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Joao Vieira	150,000 150,000	150,000

Ronald Keijzer	140,000 140,000	140,000

Vanessa Selbst	120,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tom Hu	110,000 -40,000	-40,000
Bruno Fitoussi	110,000 -40,000	-40,000
Allan Le	90,000 -90,000	-90,000

06-25-2023 15:59 UTC-7

Hull Hits Quads Against Khachatryan

Christian Zetzsche

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

In three-way action with 4,000 invested to the 8♣6♥4♠ flop, Levon Khachatryan called a bet worth 6,500 by Henry Hull while Yehoshua Saadon folded. Hull then check-called for 14,000 on the 8♦ turn before leading the Q♠ river for 35,000.

Once it was confirmed that this was the size of the pot, Khachatryan called and mucked upon being shown the 9♠8♥8♠7♦ for quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henry Hull	240,000
Levon Khachatryan	131,000
Yehoshua Saadon	110,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Henry Hull Yehoshua Saadon Levon Khachatryan

06-25-2023 16:02 UTC-7

Kornuth Gets a Fold From Lin

Christian Zetzsche

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

Chance Kornuth made it 24,000 to go with the turn showing 9♦7♥6♠8♦ and Ren Lin check-called to then check again the 2♣ on the river. Kornuth asked for the size of the pot, which was 76,500 by then, before he bet 72,000.

Lin went into the tank and ultimately folded, forfeiting one time bank extension. He then offered to pay the massage therapist $500 whenever Kornuth has a "big hand". His opponent was swift to reply "I bet you she doesn't even know the rules of the game".

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	330,000 55,000	55,000

Ren Lin	170,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Ren Lin Chance Kornuth

06-25-2023 16:09 UTC-7

Bradley Bounces Back From "Little Accident"

Christian Zetzsche

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

The cards of Firas Kashak were just in the muck when he paid off a double for 42,600 by Ian Bradley. The Brit had hit a flush with the A♠Q♦J♦7♠ to double on a board of 10♠5♠5♥3♠8♥ to avoid a re-entry.

"I had a little accident earlier," Bradley said with a grin on the face as he was still below the starting stack.

One table over, Hani Mio was spotted on the way out and his chips were sent over to Roger Teska.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Teska	385,000 250,000	250,000
Anthony Zinno	210,000

James Chen	205,000 77,000	77,000

David Wang	170,000 20,000	20,000
Christopher Frank	160,000 5,000	5,000
Firas Kashat	130,000 -40,000	-40,000

Ian Bradley	95,000 95,000	95,000
Hani Mio	Busted

Tags: Firas Kashak Hani Mio Ian Bradley Roger Teska