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

06-07-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Chop Chop It Is

Claudio Elizalde

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Craig Hartman limped the button preflop, Ian Steinman called from the small, and Yung Hwang raised it up to 12,000 from the big blind.

Hartman called and Steinman folded.

Heads up to a flop of K♥2♠8♦. Hwang continued for 25,000. Hartman responded by going all in and Hwang made the call.

Craig Hartman: K♠7♦6♥3♦2♣ All in
Yung Hwang: A♦Q♠9♣4♠3♠

The 6♣ and 7♥ completed the board, awarding Hwang the low and Hartman the high for a chopped pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Steinman	136,000 83,500	83,500

Yung Hwang	110,000
Craig Hartman	48,000 30,600	30,600

Tags: Craig Hartman Yung Hwang Ian Steinman

06-07-2025 22:10 UTC-8

More Eliminations

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shahryarali Eslami	Busted
Amnon Filippi	Busted

Xiaochuan Zhang	Busted
Esther Taylor	Busted

David Hunt	Busted
Diego Diaz	Busted
Vladimir Belekhov	Busted
Larry Burk	Busted
Maxx Coleman	Busted

Ryan Johnson	Busted
Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Wendy Weissman	Busted
Jason Mcpherson	Busted
Curtis Phelps	Busted
Nikolai Fal	Busted

Gregor Mueller	Busted
Robert Chorlian	Busted
Bart Hanson	Busted
Liam Mcdonough	Busted
Chad Schacht	Busted
Lorenz Schollhorn	Busted
Tom Steinbach	Busted
Donald Miller	Busted
Aaron Sias	Busted
Igor Dubrovsky	Busted

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Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-07-2025 21:52 UTC-8

Color Up Break

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining field has gone on a 15-minute break.

They will be returning to 2,000/3,000 blinds with a 3,000 big blind ante.

In the meantime, the 500 chips will be raced off.

06-07-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Defending Champ in the Mix; Comparing Omaha Fields

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Last year's champion, Michael Christ, sat down on level one of this tournament looking to defend his title.

In 2024, Christ waded through a field of 1,555 total entries to win his first gold bracelet. With less than 400 entries remaining in the field in Event #27: $1,500 Big O, it is becoming increasingly more likely to have a back-to-back winner.

Christ is sitting with a healthy stack. While there was a decrease in entries of this particular Big O event with only 1,499 runners; that is likely attributed to the overlap of Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot, which is essentially a different kind of chopped-pot Omaha that uses a high-hand ranking on two boards.

Last year's Double Board Bomb Pot event only offered a Bomb Pot between each game change (No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha) but with the new structure change there were assuredly many Omaha enthusiasts drawn to the other event. With a total of 1,452 entries; the Big O proved to be a slightly more popular event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Christ	132,500 107,500	107,500

Tags: Michael Christ

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-07-2025 21:13 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Pay Outs Posted

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With total entries tallying 1,499, Event #27: $1,500 Big O generated a total prize pool of $1,989,922.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$297,285	10-11	$19,122
2	$198,134	12-15	$15,172
3	$141,315	16-23	$12,209
4	$102,079	24-31	$9,967
5	$74,693	32-39	$8,256
6	$55,372	40-47	$6,941
7	$41,595	48-54	$5,924
8	$31,667	56-53	$5,133
9	$24,439	64-71	$4,517
		72-79	$4,038
		80-126	$3,386
		127-123	$3,178
		154-225	$3,027

06-07-2025 20:49 UTC-8

Three Ways and No Showdown

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

James Palmer opened to 6,000, Morton Davis called, and Ari Engel closed the action with a call in the big blind.

Three ways, they spun the wheel 2♠10♠J♠. Engel checked and Palmer continued for 16,000. David put an all-in raise forward and Engel folded. Palmer gave his hand a eulogy and threw it in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morton Davis	72,500 72,500	72,500
Ari Engel	72,500 3,500	3,500

James Palmer	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Ari Engel James Palmer Morton Davis

06-07-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Eliminations Post Break

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
George Coffee	Busted
Laura Born	Busted
Michael Crystal	Busted
Alec Jahed	Busted
Daisuke Ogita	Busted
Brad Owen	Busted

Joshua Thibodaux	Busted
Kane Kalas	Busted
Michael Perlmutter	Busted
Russell Coogle	Busted
Monica Grace	Busted
Matthew Vengrin	Busted

Aaron Kupin	Busted
Wook Kim	Busted
Amro Jawad	Busted
Scott Weinstein	Busted
Clement Meunier	Busted
Seth Frederici	Busted
Yevgeny Yashyn	Busted
Joshua Pender	Busted
Jonathan Levy	Busted
Jeremy Bader	Busted
Yuhong Liu	Busted
Anderson Ireland	Busted

John Marlowe	Busted

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000