Event #27: $1,500 Big O Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-07-2025 13:27 UTC-8

Reichenstein Wants to Donate Some More

Kai Cocklin

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Uri Reichenstein likes to play a wide range of poker variants, though he didn't last too long in the Big O.

On a full board of 6♠A♥J♥4♣6♦, all of the chips were in the middle in a pot with Jiyang Gan. Reichenstein showed A♦6♣5♦5♠4♦ for a full house. Gan, however, showed A♣A♠2♥2♦2♠ for a bigger boat and the nut low to scoop the pot.

"Don't forget to bust me, dealer. So I can donate to someone else," were Reichenstein's final words as he left the table.

The good news for Reichenstein is that he wasn't the first person to be eliminated, that honor goes to Teresa Jasinski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiyang Gan	50,000 50,000	50,000
Uri Reichenstein	Busted
Teresa Jasinski	Busted

Tags: Jiyang Gan Teresa Jasinski Uri Reichenstein

06-07-2025 16:25 UTC-8

Is Brad Owen Having a Poker Renaissance?

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Popular poker vlogger Brad Owen, is largely known for his No-Limit Hold'em cash game exploits. As his journey in poker continued he began to put more of an emphasis on tournaments but apparently he's less concerned about sifting through the massive No-Limit Hold'em fields and has taken a liking to the mixed games.

Earlier in the series he was spotted deep in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Eight or Better Championship and he's joined the fray in Event #27: $1,500 Big O.

Six months previous to this event, Owen won the third H.O.R.S.E. tournament he ever played which likely attributed to his newfound interest in other poker variants.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Owen	16,500 16,500	16,500

Tags: Brad Owen

06-07-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Vitch Dodges it All; Phillips On Fumes

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Christopher Vitch and Tyler Phillips had pushed all their chips in the middle and were set to see two more cards on 5♥3♦Q♠.

Christopher Vitch: K♣Q♣Q♦7♦2♠ All in
Tyler Phillips: A♥2♦4♥6♠9♦

Vitch initially said, "I got it now," only showing the pair of queens to indicate that top set was all he had going for him.

The J♥ was fine for Vitch but still gave Phillips opportunities to scoop but when the 3♥ paired the board, the entire pot was sent to Vitch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	28,600 28,600	28,600

Tyler Phillips	2,300 22,700	22,700

Tags: Christopher Vitch Tyler Phillips

06-07-2025 16:59 UTC-8

More Updated Counts; Livingston, Baker, and Brown Seated Together

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Tyler Brown burst onto the scene in 2023 when he won his first bracelet in Event #3: 1,000 Mystery Millions for, you guessed it, a cool million on top of his bounty prizes. Despite this, when the event rolled around the next year, he had no interest in defending his title and chose to play the higher buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha events instead.

Since then, he has received the nod from his peers as a top notch Omaha player, despite his biggest score being in No-Limit Hold'em.

Seated on his right is mixed-game specialist, Alex Livingston who is known for calling PLO when playing Dealer's Choice so it's safe to say Omaha is on the list of Livingston's preferred games. Besides the fact that he won his second bracelet in Event #97: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
in 2024.

David "ODB" Baker was moved seated two seats to Livingston's right. Baker is a three-time bracelet winner and all his hardware is in different variants.

Needless to say, their table is by no means the softest in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Schacht	145,000 90,000	90,000
Ari Engel	76,000 51,000	51,000

Alex Livingston	46,000 26,500	26,500

Tyler Brown	42,000 29,500	29,500

Sean Troha	36,000 36,000	36,000

David "ODB" Baker	36,000 12,500	12,500

Jeff Madsen	28,000 28,000	28,000

Shaun Deeb	27,000 27,000	27,000

Erick Lindgren	23,500 1,500	1,500

Joshua Thatcher	4,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Alex Livingston David "ODB" Baker Tyler Brown

06-07-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Big Stacks After Break

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Fleming	215,500 215,500	215,500
Victor Ramdin	210,000
Frank Kassela	178,800 100,000	100,000

Stephen Hubbard	158,600 158,600	158,600
Jason Stockfish	157,400 157,400	157,400
Peter Rouviere	146,000 46,000	46,000
Justin Liberto	143,600 143,600	143,600

Todd Bui	143,500 143,500	143,500

Zavier Bustos	138,200 54,400	54,400
Clarence Lii	138,000 138,000	138,000

06-07-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Hansen Enters the Fray; It's Going To Be a Great Summer

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gus Hansen, best known for the aggressive style he pioneered in No-Limit Hold'em in the early-to-mid 2000's has turned to a new chapter in his poker career. As of late, he's shifted his focus to Omaha and mixed games. He has made it clear that most of his schedule will revolve around the $10,000 Championship events but isn't limited to them.

Hansen was seen sitting down with a fresh stack in Event #27: $1,500 Big O and will be looking to add to his legacy, chasing bracelets in a variety of poker variants.

Whenever Hansen makes the pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, he makes sure to let the people know, "It's going to be a great summer."

Player	Chips	Progress
Gus Hansen	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Gus Hansen

06-07-2025 18:33 UTC-8

Updated Counts; More 25K Fantasy Sweats

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	79,000 51,000	51,000

Viktor Blom	65,000 32,000	32,000
Jordan Spurlin	59,000 36,000	36,000
Chad Schacht	58,500 86,500	86,500
Loni Hui	56,000 32,000	32,000

Brad Owen	38,000 21,500	21,500

Maxx Coleman	32,000 32,000	32,000

Alex Livingston	29,500 16,500	16,500

Brandon Shack-Harris	26,500 26,500	26,500

Ren Lin	12,000 12,000	12,000

06-07-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Vieira Sees the Bad News

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joao Vieira got his remaining chips in the middle against Daniel Ezekiel on a flop of Q♥6♠5♦. Vieira had flopped middle set and the nut low draw but soon saw he was in rough shape for the high.

Joao Vieira: A♦2♦6♦6♣ All in
Daniel Ezekiel: A♠Q♦Q♣J♠7♦

Ezekiel's top set was even safer when the 5♣ paired the board and the 9♥ was just one pip too high to improve Vieira to the low.

Vieira was seen entering the fray again shortly after being felted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Ezekiel	72,000
Joao Vieira	25,000

Tags: Daniel Ezekiel Joao Vieira

06-07-2025 19:55 UTC-8

Big Stacks Returning; Registration Closed

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Hubbard	340,000 181,400	181,400
Michael Fleming	275,000 59,500	59,500
Christopher Wilson	250,000
Michael Rodgers	234,000

Jason Stockfish	232,400 75,000	75,000
Kevin Dwyer	230,000
Hector Salgado	227,500
Richard Ashby	216,000

Chad Eveslage	214,500

Joshua Thatcher	201,000 197,000	197,000

06-07-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Pearson Doubles Through Leonard

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Patrick Leonard isolated the all-in of Travis Pearson and got heads up to see a full run out.

Travis Pearson: A♦Q♥9♦9♣5♣ All in
Patrick Leonard: A♥K♣J♦6♥3♥

The flop seemed fine enough for Leonard when it scrolled across K♥Q♦3♠ but the turn and river favored Pearson as the 4♦ and 2♦ fell, giving him nut-nut for a full scoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	69,500 69,500	69,500

Travis Pearson	36,500 36,500	36,500

Tags: Patrick Leonard Travis Pearson