Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 08, 2025

Smith Gets Half With Aces

Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 0/0, 100,000 ante

9♣3♠Q♠6♥6♦
3♦8♥K♠Q♦5♣

The flop was checked through and Xixiang Luo fired out 480,000 on the turn. To his surprise, Robert Klein, Yang Wang, and Brian Smith all called.

When the rivers dropped, Smith was first to act and threw out a bet of 1,000,000. Luo called, and both Klein & Wang folded.

Smith showed A♦A♠10♦4♥ for a pair of aces on both boards.

"Just aces?" asked Luo. "Crazy,". he added, as he showed 9♦8♠6♠4♣ for a full house on the top, which meant the two chopped it up.

Tags: Brian Smith Robert Klein Xixiang Luo Yang Wang

Jun 08, 2025

Baumgartner Gets a Boost

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 0/0, 100,000 ante

10♣2♠8♠
7♠Q♥A♣

Jacob Baumgartner threw his short stack of 650,000 into the pot and managed to pick up the antes as everybody else folded, earning him some valuable chips.

Tags: Jacob Baumgartner

Jun 08, 2025

Unofficial Final Table Draw and Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 0/0, 100,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Antes
1	Ian Matakis	United States	2,130,000	21
2	Yang Wang	China	3,475,000	35
3	Brian Smith	United States	7,830,000	78
4	Danny Wong	United States	2,450,000	25
5	Bjorn Verbakel	Netherlands	2,475,000	25
6	Samuel Stranak	Slovakia	4,795,000	48
7	Jacob Baumgartner	United States	750,000	8
8	Xixiang Luo	China	8,725,000	87
9	Robert Klein	United States	4,080,000	41

Jun 08, 2025

Robert Nehorayan Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,576)

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Barry Russell

Level 28 : Blinds 0/0, 100,000 ante

K♣5♦8♦10♠6♥
8♠K♥7♠4♥J♣

There were 500,000 chips in the middle as Brian Smith led from the big blind for 425,000, Robert Nehorayan in the cutoff announced "all in" for 1,390,000 and Smith made the call.

Robert Nehorayan: K♠Q♠4♦3♦ All in
Brian Smith: A♣K♦8♥2♣

Smith made two pair on the top and bottom board which eliminated Nehorayan just before the final table.

Tags: Brian Smith Robert Nehorayan

Jun 08, 2025

Baumgartner Survives

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 0/0, 100,000 ante

J♠10♣5♣8♥Q♥
7♣Q♦K♣J♣5♦

Jacob Baumgartner shoved 335,000 on the turn after the flop checked through and both Robert Klein & Samuel Stranak called.

The river went check-check and Baumgartner showed the nut flush with A♣2♣J♥10♦. Klein showed [kss9d7d6s] for a straight on the top, and Stranak flashed 5♠5♥ for a set on the top and bottom before he mucked.

Tags: Jacob Baumgartner Robert Klein

Level: 28

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 100,000

Jun 08, 2025

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 0/0, 80,000 ante

Players are heading on a 15-minute break.

Jun 08, 2025

Matthew Tamura Eliminated in 11th Place ($18,576)

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Barry Russell

Level 27 : Blinds 0/0, 80,000 ante

7♥8♦Q♣8♣A♦
2♦6♠9♦K♦3♠

Matthew Tamura lead from the small blind with a bet of 480,000, Danny Wong announced "all in" for 1,410,000, Tamura made the call.

Matthew Tamura: K♣10♠9♥7♠ All in
Danny Wong: A♠Q♠6♦6♣

Wong eliminated Tamura with a set on the bottom board and two pair on the top board.

Tags: Danny Wong Matthew Tamura

Jun 08, 2025

Giorgos Tsoupras Eliminated in 12th Place ($14,748)

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 0/0, 80,000 ante

9♣J♦K♥4♣K♦
J♣5♠J♠10♠2♣

All players checked on the flops. Xixiang Luo then fired 160,000 on the turns from middle position, which Samuel Stranak called in the hijack. It folded to Giorgos Tsoupras under the gun, who check-jammed for 1,120,000.

Luo folded, but Stranak immediately called, exclaiming, "Chop it up!"

Giorgos Tsoupras: 10♦10♣9♠3♦ All in
Samuel Stranak: J♥10♥6♣5♥

No chopping would be done, however, as Tsoupras' full house on the bottom board was not enough to take the pot, with Stranak having a higher one.

Stranak made two full houses on the river to finish the hand in style and officially send Tsoupras to the rail in 12th.

Tags: Giorgos Tsoupras Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

Jun 08, 2025

Wang Puts Stranak in a Tough Spot

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Kai Cocklin

Level 27 : Blinds 0/0, 80,000 ante

6♠5♠A♦
K♣5♣4♠

Xixiang Luo kicked things off with a bet on the flop of 260,000 from the cutoff and Samuel Stranak called on the button. Yang Wang then check-raised to 1,500,000, which gave Giorgos Tsoupras a decision. After thinking it over, Tsoupras decided to fold and later mentioned that he folded 10x8x6x6x with clubs.

Luo folded, then Stranak went deep into the tank for around two minutes.

"Hmmmm,", said Stranak as he continued to mull it over. Eventually, he did fold. Wang flashed the 4♣ as he pulled in the pot.

Jacob Baumgartner is back as the short stack after calling a bet and having to fold the turn.

Tags: Giorgos Tsoupras Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo Yang Wang