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

06-06-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Grinder Spotted

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 17:30 UTC-8

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 17:32 UTC-8

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 18:19 UTC-8

PLO Double Board Bomb Pots Explained

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Zach Thompson

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

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,500

06-06-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Top 10 Chip Counts After Break

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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

06-06-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Childs Eliminated by Hellmuth

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Barry Russell

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

7♥4♦5♥2♦5♠
6♥10♥Q♦4♠Q♠

There was roughly 12,000 in the pot, and Phil Hellmuth led on the flop from the big blind for 8,000 with J♣8♣6♦7♦, Donover Childs called under the gun with 7♠4♥3♥2♥, and everyone else folded. Hellmuth put Childs all in on the turn Childs double checked his cards and made the call.

Hellmuth flopped a straight on the top board, and his pair of sixes on the bottom was enough to beat Childs’ pair of fours, allowing him to scoop the entire pot and eliminate Childs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	89,000 49,000	49,000

Donover Childs	Busted

Tags: Donover Childs Phil Hellmuth

06-06-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Volatility Strikes

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John Avelino

Level 10 : 0/0, 1,500 ante

6♦7♦2♠4♣Q♠
8♥A♦4♠4♦9♣

With the board on the felt, Edward Leonard bet 12,000 and Michael Clifford went all in. Leonard called for the small difference.

Edward Leonard: A♥J♣7♥5♣ All in
Michael Clifford: J♦10♦8♣8♦

Clifford scooped the pot this hand with a full house, eights full of sixes on the bottom board and a lonely pair of jacks was enough to win the top board. As a testament to the volatility of this game, Clifford was eliminated the very next hand after winning this pot where the action was unknown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Clifford	Busted
Edward Leonard	Busted

06-06-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Seidel Hits Two Full Houses

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Barry Russell

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

J♥J♣5♥10♦5♦
4♦8♦8♣7♥Q♣

Action was picked up as Erik Seidel was all in from middle position with 10♥10♠8♥4♣, Joshua Ray was all in also from middle position for 29,000 with A♥A♦8♠6♣, Haim Nagar was all in from cutoff for 13,000 with K♦J♦9♥4♥, and George Parublev called under the gun with J♠9♠5♣2♠.

Seidel with a full house on both boards only took the bottom board as Parublev had a bigger full house on the top board. Seidel said whilst chuckling "I didn't realise you had flopped it".