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Level 5
: 400/800, 0 ante
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$6,602,500
Total Entries
278
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 278
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Level 5
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The cards of Julien Martini were already in the muck as the far bigger side pot was sorted out between Henrik Hecklen and Tom Hu with their cards still tabled.
Hu held 
and Hecklen the 
with Hecklen scoring a double through Hu for 114,000 with two pair on a board of 
.
According to Martini, Hu had raised and the Frenchman flat-called from one seat over with 
, Hecklen then raised the pot to 11,000 and Hu called. What followed was the jam by Martini, Hecklen raised the pot and Hu reraised the pot to create the massive three-way all in with the better end for Martini and Hecklen.
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With roughly 9,200 in the middle, and the flop reading 
, Ludovic Geilich checked from the big blind, as did Tommy Le from middle position.
Jake Schindler bet 5,000 and Geilich was the only caller as the turn landed the 
.
Geilich checked, and Schindler tossed in a 25,000-denomination chip for a pot-sized bet of 19,200.
Geilich called, and then checked the 
on the river. Schindler bet his final 41,800, and Geilich folded.
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On the heads-up turn of 
, Roger Teska led for 11,000 out of the small blind and Julien Martini called in the hijack. They checked the on the river and the 
of Teska were good enough to win the pot.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
Level 5
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In 2017, James Calderaro won his first WSOP bracelet when he defeated the 205-entrant field to collect the $1,289,074 first-place prize.
Amazingly, last year Calderaro nearly went back-to-back as he finished in fourth-place for $414,134. Calderaro has now just taken his seat in today's tournament and will be looking to become one of the few players to make three consecutive final tables in the same event at the WSOP.
2017 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Calderaro | United States | $1,289,074 |
| 2nd | Alexey Rybin | Russia | $796,706 |
| 3rd | Esther Taylor | United States | $543,713 |
| 4th | Artem Babakanyan | Russia | $379,128 |
| 5th | Bryce Yockey | United States | $270,242 |
| 6th | Dario Sammartino | Italy | $197,007 |
| 7th | Dan Smith | United States | $146,961 |
| 8th | Ben Tollerene | United States | $112,239 |
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On the heads-up turn of 
, Luis Velador bet and Corey Wright raised to 22,000. Velador reraised the pot to 75,000 and Wright took some consideration before getting his stack in as Velador called all in for the last 88,100.
Luis Velador: 
Corey Wright: 
Velador was already ahead with his set of tens and further improved to a straight with the 
river.
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Laszlo Bujtas raised to 2,800 and was called by Dominykas Karmazinas and David Len Ashby. They checked the 
flop and the turn. On the river, Ashby check-folded to a bet of 8,800 by Bujtas and a call by Karmazinas.
Bujtas grinned and flashed the only, and Karmazinas triumphantly tabled his 
with the words "put that in your computer."
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Sam Soverel raised to 2,200 from under the gun and was met with a call from the player in the hijack, along with Sylvain Loosli in the small blind.
The flop landed 
, and both Loosli and Soverel checked to the hijack who bet 3,500.
Loosli called, and Soverel folded, and the turn landed the . Both players checked, and the river fell the and both players checked again.
Loosli tabled his for a pair of kings, and the hijack folded.
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In 2018, Shaun Deeb collected his third WSOP bracelet (of four) when he won this event for $1,402,683 after topping the 230-entrant field.
Deeb used the win as a catapult for winning WSOP Player of the Year, and now he is in the field of Event #45 to defend his title.
2018 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Shaun Deeb | United States | $1,402,683 |
| 2nd | Ben Yu | United States | $866,924 |
| 3rd | Scotty Nguyen | United States | $592,875 |
| 4th | James Calderaro | United States | $414,134 |
| 5th | Jason Koon | United States | $295,606 |
| 6th | Ryan Tosoc | United States | $215,718 |
| 7th | David Benyamine | France | $161,020 |
| 8th | Bogdan Capitan | Romania | $123,004 |
