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Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
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2025 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$5,757,500
Total Entries
245
Level
30
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
178
Players Left
70
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Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Pavel Plusev raised to 7,200 in middle position and Stephen Chidwick raised the pot to 25,200 in the cutoff. Dylan Smith re-potted to around 85,000 from the blinds which got Plesuv to fold. Chidwick announced all in and Smith's stack of around 250,000 was already in the middle.
Dylan Smith: A♦K♥4♥3♦
Stephen Chidwick: A♠A♣K♣9♣
Chidwick held a big advantage heading to the flop of 10♥8♣4♠ which provided no immediate help to Smith. The 8♠ on the turn narrowed Smith's outs to just two and the 2♠ on the river was not one of them.
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Chris Brewer opened to 3,500 in early position and was called by Josh Arieh on the button and Punnat Punsri in the big blind. The flop fell K♣7♠6♣ and the action checked to Arieh who bet 4,500. Punsri check-raised to 11,000 which got Brewer to fold but Arieh still called.
The turn was the 10♥ and Punsri checked again. Arieh announced all in for just under 40,000 and Punsri quickly folded his cards.
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
After a couple of limps, Youness Barakat raised it up to 6,000 in the cutoff. Ayaz Mahmood three-bet to 31,200 in the small blind and Isaiah Goldman flat-called in the big blind. The action was back on Barakat who announced all in. Within seconds, all three players had all of their chips in the middle with Mahmood being the shortest with 163,500.
Ayaz Mahmood: A♣A♦J♥6♦
Isaiah Goldman: K♠Q♠10♣8♠
Youness Barakat: A♥A♠J♦8♥
The flop came J♣5♣4♥ and the two pairs of aces were still holding the lead. Barakat picked up a flush draw on the 3♥ turn card but the 5♦ on the river was a brick. Mahmood and Barakat chopped the main pot and Goldman bricked out to be eliminated in the side pot.
Level 6
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
No Limit Holdem
The action was picked up on the flop with 30,000 in the middle as Toby Joyce faced an 8,500 chip bet from Noah Boeken who was sitting in the hijack on J♦9♥7♦.
Joyce, from middle position, elected to check-raise to the price of 25,000. Boeken went all-in for ~35,000 more, Joyce beat him into the middle, and they were off to see a runout.
Noah Boeken: Q♦Q♠
Toby Joyce: 7♥7♣
Boeken, unable to improve, was headed to the rail during the early stages of level six.
Level: 6
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Dylan Smith opened to 2,400 in early position and Jesse Lonis three-bet to 4,800 on his left. Jonathan Azoulay flat-called in the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick four-bet the pot to 22,200 from the big blind. Smith quickly folded but both Lonis and Azoulay called.
The flop came A♥10♥6♣ and Chidwick led out with a bet of 70,000. Lonis called and Azoulay got out of the way. The turn was the 9♣ and Chidwick moved all in for his last 60,700. Lonis called and the cards were tabled.
Stephen Chidwick: A♦10♠7♠5♦
Jesse Lonis: 9♥8♥6♠2♠
Both players held two pair and a straight draw but Chidwick's holding was stronger, although Lonis also possessed a flush draw. The river was the 8♣ and Chidwick improved to a straight to score a double up.
Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Level 5
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Pot Limit Omaha
Michael Kamran sitting in early position, Billy Tarango from the cutoff, Phillip Mighall on the button, Robert Cowen from the small blind, and Bryce Yockey from the big blind saw a flop of A♣Q♦9♠ after a 4,200 chip raise.
The action was checked to Tarango who bet 16,000. Mighall and Yockey were the only two who made the call.
On a K♠ turn, Yockey led out 70,200. Mighall obliged after Tarango folded.
A board pairing and potential flush bringing Q♠ river brought a check from Yockey, and Mighall bet another 70,000. After a bit of deliberation, Yockey made the call. Mighall announced his hand was no good while Yockey showed K♣J♠10♣3♠.
