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

06-06-2025 19:41 UTC-7

Top 10 Chip Counts After Break

John Avelino

Level 10 : Blinds 0/0, 1,500 ante

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Paul Houvener	United States	267,000	178
2	Samuel Stranak	Slovakia	260,000	173
3	Matthias Kribben	Germany	241,000	160
4	Matthew Tamura	United States	225,000	150
5	Andy Chen	United States	223,500	149
6	Brennan Benglis	United States	218,500	145
7	Brian Wood	United States	211,500	141
8	Timothy Byrd	United States	210,500	140
9	Sebastian Crane	United States	209,000	139
10	Sergiy Alariki	United States	208,000	138

Tags: Andy Chen Brennan Benglis Brian Wood Matthew Tamura Matthias Kribben Paul Houvener Samuel Stranak Sebastian Crane Sergiy Alariki Timothy Byrd

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,500

06-06-2025 19:19 UTC-7

PLO Double Board Bomb Pots Explained

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Zach Thompson

Level 9 : Blinds 0/0, 1,200 ante

06-06-2025 18:32 UTC-7

Dinner Break

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John Avelino

Level 9 : Blinds 0/0, 1,200 ante

Players are now on a 1-hour dinner break.

06-06-2025 18:30 UTC-7

Lewis Scoops a Massive Pot Near the Break

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Barry Russell

Level 9 : Blinds 0/0, 1,200 ante

2♦5♣4♣J♥5♥
A♦6♥3♠2♣Q♥

There were roughly 9,000 chips in the pot and Dario Sammartino bet 6,500 from middle position with A♣9♣8♥6♣, Nick Wright called in the small blind with 10♠7♥6♠3♦ and Toby Lewis called under the gun with J♦8♦5♠4♥.

Action escalated quickly when Wright led out for 31,500 on the turn. Lewis wasted no time and announced "all in" for 32,000. Sammartino made the call, and Wright completed the small difference. The river was checked through, sending the hand to showdown.

Lewis scooped this massive pot with a full house on the top board and a straight on the bottom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	105,000 105,000	105,000

Dario Sammartino	44,000 44,000	44,000
Nick Wright	22,000 1,400	1,400

Tags: Dario Sammartino Nick Wright Toby Lewis

06-06-2025 18:23 UTC-7

Grinder Spotted

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John Avelino

Level 9 : Blinds 0/0, 1,200 ante

As PokerNews approached the table Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was hunched over the table with all his chips in the middle for 7,100.

A♦6♠10♥K♣2♥
7♣J♣5♠6♦J♥

Mizrachi had K♦J♠8♦9♥ and Gabriel Rezende tabled A♣9♣7♦5♦, Rezende had two pair on the bottom board but Mizrachi turned a straight to stay alive. Rezende scooped the top board with a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Rezende	37,000 37,000	37,000
Michael Mizrachi	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Gabriel Rezende Michael Mizrachi

06-06-2025 18:07 UTC-7

Dan Doubles

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John Avelino

Level 9 : Blinds 0/0, 1,200 ante

A♣J♣4♥
K♠6♦Q♠

All players checked to Iman Dan who bet 6,000 from the button. John Zaleski called and so did Joseph Smeraglia. The other players folded.

7♥
3♣

The action was checked to Dan who went all in for 13,900. Zaleski called and so did Smeraglia. We were headed to the river with one player at risk.

4♠
5♣

Smeraglia bet 50,000 and Zaleski folded. The players then revealed their hole cards.

Iman Dan: Q♦Q♣5♠3♠ All in
Joseph Smeraglia: A♠Q♥9♠4♣

Dan scooped the bottom with a set of queens and Smeraglia took the top with four full of aces. Dan faded Smeraglia's nut flush draw on the bottom board to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Smeraglia	122,500
Iman Dan	32,600
John Zaleski	27,000

Tags: Iman Dan John Zaleski Joseph Smeraglia

Level: 9

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,200

06-06-2025 17:40 UTC-7

Matusow Chipping Up

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Barry Russell

Level 8 : Blinds 0/0, 1,000 ante

Q♦5♣4♥A♠7♠
A♣Q♠K♥9♣K♠

Action was picked up with 21,000 in the pot, and Mike Matusow was all in from early position with K♣J♠10♠6♥ on the turn. David Rees was all in from the small blind with J♣9♥3♦2♦, and Nicholas Petitti called with A♦Q♣4♦2♣.

Rees took the top board with the wheel straight, Matusow took the bottom board by hitting a king on the river, which improved his hand to three of a kind. Petitti's two pair was no good.