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

06-08-2025 21:04 UTC-8

Klein Takes It on the Turn

Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

8♠Q♣2♥9♠
2♣6♦9♦10♦

Xixiang Luo was second to act and fired out 700,000, which both Robert Klein and Samuel Stranak called.

When the turn hit, Stranak and Luo checked, then Klein bet 2,000,000. Nobody else wanted to play, and Klein took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Klein	18,500,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Xixiang Luo	13,500,000 200,000	200,000

Samuel Stranak	4,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Robert Klein Xixiang Luo Samuel Stranak

06-08-2025 21:22 UTC-8

Luo Regains the Chip Lead

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Barry Russell

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

7♣5♥8♦A♠8♠
K♣5♠5♦J♣A♥

There were 900,000 chips in pot when Samuel Stranak decided to lead on the flop from the big blind to 600,000. Xixiang Luo who was on the button clicked it to 1,200,000 and Robert Klein called in the small blind. Luo announced "pot" on the turn and counted out 4,400,000 when checked to by Klein, Klein announced "pot" aswell putting Luo all in for his tournament life, Luo called.

Xixiang Luo: Q♣9♥8♣6♣ All in
Robert Klein: 10♦9♦7♥6♦

Luo and Klein split the top board as they both have the same straight but Luo scoops the bottom board with Queen-high, this resulted in Luo three quartering Klein.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,000,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Robert Klein	15,500,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Samuel Stranak	2,100,000 1,900,000	1,900,000

Tags: Robert Klein Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

06-08-2025 21:36 UTC-8

Chop Chop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

6♥J♠6♦8♠A♦
8♦J♣8♣8♥3♠

Robert Klein fired 600,000 when first to act and Xixiang Luo called on the flop. When the turn hit, Klein went into check-call mode again when Luo bet 2,400,000.

Klein checked for a third time on the river and Luo didn't slow down as he threw out 4,000,000. Klein called.

Luo then showed A♥Q♠9♦6♣ for a full house on top, and Klein showed Q♣Q♥J♦7♦ for a full house on the bottom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,000,000

Robert Klein	14,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Samuel Stranak	3,500,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Robert Klein Xixiang Luo

06-08-2025 21:46 UTC-8

"Show the bluff, I Had Kings"

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Barry Russell

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

7♣8♣4♦J♣2♣
A♥K♦3♥8♦J♦

There were 900,000 chips in the pot and the flop checked through. Samuel Stranak led from the small for 1,000,000 and Xixiang Luo was the only caller from the big blind. Stranak decided to check when the river cards were dealt and Luo put him all in, Stranak took a short while before folding.

Stranak said to Luo "show the bluff, I had Kings" which Luo responded with "no bluff and kings no good".

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,600,000 600,000	600,000

Robert Klein	13,700,000 300,000	300,000
Samuel Stranak	3,000,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

06-08-2025 21:52 UTC-8

Stranak Stays Alive

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Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

4♥5♦K♦2♠5♠
10♣J♠2♥3♣2♦

Samuel Stranak made it 1,200,000 to go and Xixiang Luo min-raised to 2,400,000. Robert Klein cold-called, and Stranak stuck in his remaining 1,200,000 that he had behind.

The turn and rivers were checked down and Luo scooped the side pot with 8♣4♠4♦2♣ for a boat on top and trips on the bottom, beating Klein's K♥Q♣Q♥J♦.

Stranak chopped the main pot with Luo as he showed K♣10♥10♠9♦ for a full house on the bottom, meaning he stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,000,000 400,000	400,000

Robert Klein	12,200,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Samuel Stranak	4,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Robert Klein Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

06-08-2025 21:59 UTC-8

Luo Pressing Stranak

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Barry Russell

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

7♥K♥6♠
A♥A♦K♠

There were 900,000 chips in the middle and Samuel Stranak led 400,000 from the small blind, Xixiang Luo on the button asked Stranak to move his arm so he can see his chips, once Luo saw how much Stranak was playing he raised to 1,300,000. Stranak went deep into the tank and eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,600,000 400,000	400,000

Robert Klein	13,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Samuel Stranak	3,400,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

Level: 35

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 500,000

06-08-2025 22:04 UTC-8

Stranak Stays in Contention

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Kai Cocklin

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

4♥5♥J♣8♦A♦
8♠8♣6♦6♥3♥

Samuel Stranak bet 1,500,000 on the button and Robert Klein put in a raise, which got Stranak to call off his last few chips.

Samuel Stranak: A♥J♦7♠5♠ All in
Robert Klein: 10♦6♠5♣4♦

Stranak ended with top two on the top board, and Klein had trips on the bottom, which meant the two chopped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,500,000 900,000	900,000

Robert Klein	13,000,000 300,000	300,000
Samuel Stranak	2,800,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Robert Klein Samuel Stranak

06-08-2025 22:12 UTC-8

Stranak Staying Alive

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Barry Russell

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

J♣6♦3♠Q♥A♠
2♥K♦4♥8♣9♦

There were 900,000 chips in the pot as Samuel Stranak led for 1,500,000 from the small blind, Xixiang Luo called on the button and Samuel Stranak folded. Stranak put the rest of his 500,000 chip stack in on the turn and Luo called.

Samuel Stranak: 10♦8♦6♥3♥ All in
Xixiang Luo: Q♠10♥4♣2♣

Stranak and Luo chopped this pot up as they both had two pair on each board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,800,000 300,000	300,000

Robert Klein	12,600,000 400,000	400,000
Samuel Stranak	3,600,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

06-08-2025 22:16 UTC-8

Samuel Stranak Eliminated in 3rd Place ($137,805)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

A♦6♥4♥10♥6♦
10♠8♠K♠K♣2♥

Samuel Stranak was second to act and bet 700,000. Xixiang Luo then min-raised to 1,400,000 on the button, Stranak shoved for just over 2,000,000, and Luo called.

Samuel Stranak: 9♠4♠3♠3♣ All in
Xixiang Luo: A♠Q♣8♣5♠

Both had flopped flush on the bottom but Luo's was best. On the top, Stranak was in bad shape and couldn't improve on the runout, leaving him out in third.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	21,800,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Robert Klein	14,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Samuel Stranak	Busted

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo