Level: 10
Limits: 1,500-5,500
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,561,140
Entries
1,176
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
1,176
Players Left
176
Players Left 1 / 1,176
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Limits: 1,200-4,200
Players are now on a 20-minute break. At the conclusion of this dinner break, late registration will officially close.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Limits: 1,200-4,200
Mark Cunningham grabbed his drink, put on his suitcoat, and slung a backpack over his shoulder. He figured his tournament day was done.
In an all-in hand with two callers to beat, Cunningham figured he was in trouble. But the board ran out 2♠3♦8♥9♣Q♦.
The scoop wasn't likely, since he didn't have a low. With K♠9♠10♥3♠, Cunningham had two pair, which is rarely good in this game. But it was this time.
In the very next hand, Cunningham was at it again, this time heads up against Burzaco, having gone all in on a flop of K♣J♣7♣.
Mark Cunningham: A♦Q♥5♣3♣
Alejandro Burzaco: K♦K♥10♦2♦
Cunningham's flopped flush with the two little clubs in his hand, held through the turn-river 6♦2♠. And, again, Burzaco didn't make a low hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,400
3,600
|
3,600 |
|
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
14,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Limits: 1,200-4,200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000 | |
|
|
162,000 | |
|
130,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
77,000 | |
|
||
|
77,000 | |
|
70,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
66,000
30,500
|
30,500 |
|
||
|
65,000 | |
|
49,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
40,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
40,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
33,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
28,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
23,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
20,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
18,000 | |
|
||
|
17,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
14,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
9,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
75,000
21,000
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Limits: 1,200-4,200
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000
87,500
|
87,500 |
|
|
||
|
127,000 | |
|
106,000
68,100
|
68,100 |
|
|
||
|
72,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
36,700
|
36,700 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
52,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
35,000 | |
|
|
||
|
27,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Limits: 1,200-4,200
Level: 9
Limits: 1,200-4,200
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Limits: 1000-3,500
Italian Massimiliano Pescatori, who now calls Vegas home, scored a sweet triple knockout- just before the end of Level 8.
Jinghan Yan made the first all-in move under the gun. Rishi Amin followed suit and was called by Pescatori. When the flop came 9♥J♠10♠, Bjorn Verbakel joined the all-in fest.
Jinghan Yan: A♣K♠K♦5♦
Bjorn Verbakel: A♥K♥Q♦7♠
Rishi Amin: Q♣4♥2♥2♣
Massimiliano Pescatori: A♠3♠3♦2♦
The turn and river brought the 8♥ giving Verbakel the nut straight, but his hand drowned on the river 5♠. Pescatori took it down with the ace-high spade flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,800
80,800
|
80,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 8
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Limits: 1000-3,500
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