Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-05-2025 17:43 UTC-8

Tang Ends Zolotow's Run

Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Steve Zolotow opened to 70,000 from middle position and Eric Tang called from the small blind.

The flop came 5♣3♠7♣ and Tang fired a 180,000 pot-sized bet. Zolotow moved all in for 181,000 and Tang flicked in a chip to put Zolotow at risk.

Steve Zolotow: A♥K♣6♣3♥ All in
Eric Tang: A♠J♣5♠2♦

The rest of the board ran out 7♦10♠. Zolotow had two pair, sevens and threes without a low. Tang had two pair, sevens and fives with the nut-low to send Zolotow to the rail and win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Tang	1,275,000 201,000	201,000
Steve Zolotow	Busted

Tags: Eric Tang Steve Zolotow

06-05-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Remaining Level 20 Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Leyo	Busted
Dennis Benavides	Busted
Nicolas Milgrom	Busted

Pushpinder Singh	Busted
Kyle Fleischmann	Busted
Maksim Mutalapov	Busted
Tom Steinbach	Busted

06-05-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Hubbard Gets Most of One Million-Chip Pot

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Jerome Solomon

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Tomasz Gluszko was all-in preflop, but the fireworks came after, as Renji Mao and Stephen Hubbard dug deep into their stacks with Mao betting his last 670,000 on the turn after calling more than 200,000 on the flop of 10♥9♣5♦.

Tomasz Gluszko: K♠Q♠6♦3♦ All in
Renji Mao: A♥2♦6♠2♠ All in
Stephen Hubbard: A♣4♠3♠2♣

Hubbard remarked before the cards were shown that surely he and Mao had the same low hand draw with ace-deuce. He was right. As for the high?

"I have nothing," Hubbard said.

Well, that was before the turn and river. The runout of 8♣3♣ gave Hubbard a nut-nut hand with an ace-high flush.

Gluszko was out. And Mao was left pulling back a small portion of the chips he had pushed into the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Hubbard	1,400,000 480,000	480,000
Renji Mao	270,000 285,000	285,000

Tomasz Gluszko	Busted

Tags: Renji Mao Stephen Hubbard Tomasz Gluszko

06-05-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Wirjo Knocks Out Two

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Chris Hundley had three-bet all in from the small blind for around 120,000. Jonathan Wirjo, the initial raiser, rejammed in middle position, and Andreas Hole called off his stack of 225,000 from the hijack.

Chris Hundley: A♥A♦J♠3♠ All in
Andreas Hole: A♠8♣5♠2♥ All in
Jonathan Wirjo: A♣Q♥4♥3♣

Hundley's aces remained ahead on the 4♦2♦9♦ flop and 9♠ turn, but the 4♠ river gave Wirjo trip fours. The players slowly realized Wirjo had the best hand, and they left the tournament area soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wirjo	940,000 452,000	452,000
Chris Hundley	Busted
Andreas Hole	Busted

Tags: Andreas Hole Chris Hundley Jonathan Wirjo

06-05-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Pre-Break Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vallimont	Busted
Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu	Busted

Stephanie Chung	Busted
Igor Zektser	Busted

Mathias Bayer	Busted
Bouwe Claushuis	Busted
Wade Kotarba	Busted

06-05-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Vallimont Squeezed Out

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Chris Vallimont, short-stacked at the table between two players with significantly more chips, went all in with his mere 78,000 chips. Maxx Coleman and Nitesh Rawtani raised into a massive side pot.

Chris Vallimont: A♥8♦7♣6♦ All in
Maxx Coleman: A♠Q♦5♥3♠ All in
Nitesh Rawtani: A♦K♠6♣2♣

The runout of J♠5♦7♠10♣3♦ led to Rawtani and Coleman pulling their chips back — ace-deuce low for Rawtani and two pair for high for Coleman — and them splitting the last of Vallimont's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nitesh Rawtani	915,000 20,000	20,000
Maxx Coleman	450,000 10,000	10,000

Chris Vallimont	Busted

Tags: Chris Vallimont Maxx Coleman Nitesh Rawtani

06-05-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Kyte Falls

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Most of Jon Kyte's 132,000 chips had already gone in before the flop. From the small blind, he committed the rest when the Q♥5♣8♣ flop was dealt. Rafael Nogueira made a quick call from early position to put him at risk.

Jon Kyte: A♠K♠5♦3♦ All in
Rafael Nogueira: A♥7♠7♥4♦

Kyte had plenty of outs for either part of the pot, but Nogueria's pair of sevens remained best on the J♠J♦ runout, eliminating Kyte from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Nogueira	385,000 155,000	155,000
Jon Kyte	Busted

Tags: Jon Kyte Rafael Nogueira

06-05-2025 16:06 UTC-8

Hart Flushes Velador Out

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action was picked up on the 9♦Q♠J♠A♠ turn, with over 200,000 already in the pot. Luis Velador was in the big blind and bet 100,000, around half his stack, and Grant Hart put him all-in under the gun.

Velador made a quick call, but received bad news at the showdown.

Luis Velador: 9♠8♠5♦4♦ All in
Grant Hart: A♦A♣10♠7♠

Hart had turned the higher flush, and with his straight flush out in Hart's hand, Velador was left drawing dead. The 4♠ river was rendered meaningless as Velador said his goodbyes and took his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Hart	595,000 288,000	288,000
Luis Velador	Busted

Tags: Grant Hart Luis Velador

06-05-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Players Who No Longer Have Chips

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Riesenberg	Busted
Blake Schwartzbach	Busted
Daniel Ezekiel	Busted
Andreas Frohli	Busted
Michael Machugh	Busted
Jesse David	Busted
Steven Raymar	Busted
Derek Burns	Busted
Brian Hacker	Busted
Dana Turnell	Busted
Samuel Del Castillo	Busted
Colter Sanders	Busted
Brandon Ageloff	Busted
Daniel Harmetz	Busted
John Reading	Busted

Jack Deborde	Busted
Ryan Wince	Busted