Event #14: $25,000 High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-02-2025 14:50 UTC-7

Arieh Folds to a Small Bet

Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Youness Barakat opened to 2,800 in early position and Josh Arieh reraised to 7,000 on his left. The action folded back to Barakat who called to see a flop of A♣J♦4♠. Barakat check-called a bet of 6,000 from Arieh and the 5♥ landed on the turn.

Both players tapped the table and the 6♣ completed the board. Barakat made a small bet of 5,500 and Arieh quickly dumped his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youness Barakat	225,000 23,000	23,000
Josh Arieh	144,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Youness Barakat Josh Arieh

06-02-2025 14:45 UTC-7

Rodriguez Sends Shells

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Robert Jones

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Pot Limit Omaha

Noel Rodriguez raised from under the gun to 2,800. Action folded to Zhargal Tsydypov on the button who raised to 9,600; Rodriguez called.

The flop came K♠Q♣Q♥ and Rodriguez check-raised the 5,000 chip bet from Tsydypov to 17,000. Tsydypov called.

On a turn 7♥ Rodriguez bet out 47,000 which was enough to force Tsydypov to release his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noel Rodriguez	210,000 210,000	210,000
Zhargal Tsydypov	160,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez Zhargal Tsydypov

06-02-2025 14:34 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	308,000 228,000	228,000

Artur Martirosian	304,000 145,000	145,000

Adam Hendrix	239,000 89,000	89,000
Seth Davies	177,000 27,000	27,000

Sean Winter	167,000 50,000	50,000
Laszlo Bujtas	161,000 11,000	11,000
George Wolff	152,000 2,000	2,000
Erik Seidel	150,000

Nick Schulman	150,000

Santhosh Suvarna	150,000

Chino Rheem	150,000
Dimitar Danchev	150,000

Philip Sternheimer	148,000 2,000	2,000

Dylan Weisman	145,000 5,000	5,000

David Benyamine	84,500 65,500	65,500

Jesse Lonis	Busted

Matthew Wantman	Busted

Mark Ioli	Busted

Caleb Furth	Busted

Level: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-02-2025 14:15 UTC-7

WSOP+ App Launches to Streamline 2025 WSOP Experience

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has officially launched its new WSOP+ app for the 2025 series in Las Vegas, promising to dramatically improve the player experience by reducing wait times and streamlining event access.

Available now for iOS and Android, the WSOP+ app allows players to pre-register for live events, skip lengthy registration lines, and receive real-time updates about seat availability through a virtual queue and push notifications. The app also becomes a central hub for all WSOP essentials, including event schedules, structure sheets, chip counts, rules, daily results, prize payouts, and more.

"WSOP+ will further elevate the WSOP experience for all of our players," said Ty Stewart, CEO of the World Series of Poker. "Not only can our community now save time and effort by registering in advance for their favorite tournaments, but the app will also showcase WSOP content and all of the important event information that participants are eager to have at their fingertips!"

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06-02-2025 14:00 UTC-7

First Break of the Day

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The field has grown to over 50 entries through the opening two levels and the players are now going on their first 15-minute break of the day.

06-02-2025 14:00 UTC-7

Aces for Hunichen

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Robert Jones

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Pot Limit Omaha

During the last hand before break, Matthew Wantman raised to 2,700. After a call from Dylan Linde sitting on the button, Chris Hunichen raised to 11,800. Both players called.

On a flop of 7♥6♠2♥, Hunichen bet 25,000, and was raised to 111,900 by Wantman. Linde folded; Hunichen used two time banks and then raised for an additional 4,000. Wantman made the call.

Matthew Wantman: 8♥7♦6♦4♦ All in
Christopher Hunichen: A♥A♣Q♦10♠

The runout came 2♣9♠ and the aces of Hunichen were good for the KO and a 280,000 chip pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Hunichen	290,000
Matthew Wantman	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Matthew Wantman Dylan Linde

06-02-2025 13:56 UTC-7

Martirosian Spikes a Flush on the River

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Artur Martirosian raised it up from middle position and was called by Corel Theuma in the cutoff and Jon Kyte in the big blind. The flop fell 7♣5♠3♣ and Martirosian continued with a bet of 3,600. Both Theuma and Kyte called as the 5♦ paired the board on the turn.

Kyte took over the betting lead with a bet of 8,500. Martirosian called and Theuma got out of the way before the 9♣ completed the board. Kyte checked this time and Martirosian checked it back. Kyte flashed 10♠10♣5♥ for trip fives while Martirosian held A♣K♠K♣Xx for the nut flush to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	233,000 83,000	83,000

Artur Martirosian	159,000 9,000	9,000

Jon Kyte	147,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Corel Theuma Artur Martirosian

06-02-2025 13:52 UTC-7

Mahmood Doubles Through Bianco

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Ayaz Mahmood opened to 2,000 in early position and Benedetto Bianco three-bet to 6,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Mahmood who just called to see a flop of 5♦2♠2♦. Mahmood checked to Bianco who continued with a bet of 12,000. Mahmood check-raised all in for 43,700 and Bianco called.

Ayaz Mahmood: Q♠Q♦ All in
Benedetto Bianco: 9♥9♣

Mahmood was out front with the better of the two over pairs and the 7♥, 2♣ runout secured him a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ayaz Mahmood	100,000

Benedetto Bianco	51,500

Tags: Benedetto Bianco Ayaz Mahmood

06-02-2025 13:38 UTC-7

Fresh Stacks in the Second Level

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	150,000

Krasimir Yankov	150,000
Noah Schwartz	150,000

Dylan Linde	150,000

Quan Zhou	150,000
Philip Sternheimer	150,000

Josh Arieh	150,000
Corel Theuma	150,000 132,000	132,000