Event #15: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-02-2025 20:57 UTC-8

Koral Bets Every Street

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Liam Gannon

Level 11

Limit: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 600 Ante, 300/600 Blinds, 1,200-2,100 Pot Limit Raise

Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up on the flop in a pot with Tom Koral in the big blind.

The flop rolled out 9♣8♥10♣ and Koral bet which Gregory Lockwood in early position called.

On the turn 10♠, Koral bet again and Lockwood called a second time.

Koral bet a third time on the 6♠ river and Lockwood quickly mucked his hand, ceding the pot to the WSOP bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Lockwood	45,000
Tom Koral	39,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Gregory Lockwood Tom Koral

06-02-2025 20:42 UTC-8

Biggest Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo Event Ever; $258,193 to Winner

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Liam Gannon

Level 11

Limit: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 600 Ante, 300/600 Blinds, 1,200-2,100 Pot Limit Raise

After 9 levels of registration, the numbers have been confirmed for Event #15: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo. A total of 1,239 entrants came out to play, generating a prize pool worth $1,644,773 to be divided up among the final 186 entrants.

All of the players cashing will receive a minimum cash of $3,029, with first place taking home $258,193. Listed below are the full payouts.

Place	Prize
1	$258,193
2	$172,077
3	$121,736
4	$87,325
5	$63,527
6	$46,879
7	$35,098
8	$26,666
9	$20,564
10-11	$16,100
12-15	$12,800
16-23	$10,336
24-31	$8,480
32-39	$7,070
40-47	$5,992
48-55	$5,163
56-63	$4,525
64-71	$4,034
72-79	$3,661
80-98	$3,381
100-126	$3,180
127-186	$3,029

06-02-2025 20:34 UTC-8

Post Late-Reg Eliminations

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 600 Ante, 300/600 Blinds, 1,200-2,100 Pot Limit Raise

Player	Chips	Progress
Loni Harwood	Busted

Andres Korn	Busted

Robert Slezak	Busted

Joshua Arieh	Busted

Calvin Anderson	Busted

Ari Engel	Busted

Daniel Sepiol	Busted

Ben Yu	Busted

Mike Matusow	Busted

06-02-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Wells Takes From Wilkerson

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11

Limit: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 600 Ante, 300/600 Blinds, 1,200-2,100 Pot Limit Raise

Omaha Hi-Lo

Dylan Wilkerson raised from the cutoff and was three-bet by Robert Wells on the button. Action folded back to Wells, who called.

Wilkerson check-called a bet from Wells on the 7♦3♦7♣ flop, but quickly folded after checking and facing a bet from Wells on the 9♦ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Wells	32,000 32,000	32,000

Dylan Wilkerson	30,000 2,700	2,700

Tags: Dylan Wilkerson Robert Wells

Level: 11

Limit: 600/1,200 Blinds, 1,200-2,400 Limits
Pot-Limit: 600 Ante, 300/600 Blinds, 1,200-2,100 Pot Limit Raise

06-02-2025 20:09 UTC-8

Howeth Rivers Broadway To Survive

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Liam Gannon

Level 10

Limit: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 500 Ante, 300/500 Blinds, 1,000-1,800 Pot Limit Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Shane Howeth who was all in from the cutoff for 27,500 up against Jayson Galindo from early position.

Shane Howeth: A♣Q♥2♣2♥ All in
Jayson Galindo: A♠A♦7♥4♦

Howeth stood out of his seat as the board ran out K♦10♣4♠5♠J♥. The river brought Broadway to Howeth and brought him back into his chair, while Galindo paid off the bet.

"That will be PokerNews worthy," Howeth said as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Howeth	56,500
Jayson Galindo	19,500

Tags: Jayson Galindo Shane Howeth

06-02-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Kihara Doubles Through Wesson

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10

Limit: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 500 Ante, 300/500 Blinds, 1,000-1,800 Pot Limit Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Naoya Kihara was already all in and at risk on the button for 21,400 against David Wesson, who was in the hijack, on a board of A♣7♣Q♦J♥

Naoya Kihara: A♠J♠5♠4♣ All in
David Wesson: Q♠7♥3♣2♣

Both players held two pair, but Kihara was ahead with aces and jacks.

The A♦ river improved Kihara to a full house and he was awarded the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	45,000

David Wesson	12,500

Tags: David Wesson Naoya Kihara

06-02-2025 19:49 UTC-8

Counts From the Field

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10

Limit: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 500 Ante, 300/500 Blinds, 1,000-1,800 Pot Limit Raise

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Couden	136,000 136,000	136,000

Ryan Laplante	128,000 128,000	128,000

Rep Porter	95,000 70,000	70,000

Roland Israelashvili	90,000 90,000	90,000

Huck Seed	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andreas Frohli	56,100 56,100	56,100
Bart Hanson	50,000 48,600	48,600
Darryll Fish	48,000 23,000	23,000
Yuval Bronshtein	41,800 8,800	8,800

Jerry Wong	27,500 27,500	27,500

Brad Owen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Xixiang Luo	24,000 1,000	1,000

Justin Liberto	22,000 22,000	22,000

Ari Engel	19,000 10,800	10,800

Loni Harwood	9,300 12,700	12,700

Level: 10

Limit: 500/1,000 Blinds, 1,000-2,000 Limits
Pot-Limit: 500 Ante, 300/500 Blinds, 1,000-1,800 Pot Limit Raise

06-02-2025 19:38 UTC-8

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Elijah Farrow

Level 9

Limit: 400/800 Blinds, 800-1,600 Limits
Pot-Limit: 400 Ante, 200/400 Blinds, 800-1,400 Pot Limit Raise

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