Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $1,500 Big O
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,989,922
Entries
1,499
Level
37
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
1,499
Players Left
207
Players Left 1 / 1,499
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Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Earlier in the day, Micah Bell correctly folded a boat on the river to Steven Girouard, relieved to see his opponent show quads.
Several levels later, Bell relayed to PokerNews that he was faced with a similar river decision against the same opponent when playing a five-way, limped pot.
On a board reading Jx6x6x9x5x, Bell made a pained call with KxJx8x6x4x for sixes full of kings but was shown jacks full by Girouard. Bell quickly reentered with the WSOP+ app and returned to battle
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
5,500
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5,500 |
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25,000
15,500
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15,500 |
Level 7
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,500
215,500
|
215,500 |
|
210,000 | |
|
178,800
100,000
|
100,000 |
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|
158,600
158,600
|
158,600 |
|
157,400
157,400
|
157,400 |
|
146,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
143,600
143,600
|
143,600 |
|
||
|
143,500
143,500
|
143,500 |
|
|
||
|
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138,200
54,400
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54,400 |
|
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138,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Level 6
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
The remaining field has gone on a 15-minute break.
Those who haven't exhausted their reentries have three more levels after the break before registration closes.
Player will return to blinds of 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante.
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 |
|---|---|---|
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145,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
76,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
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|
46,000
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
|
||
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42,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
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36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
36,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
||
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
|
23,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
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|
4,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Level 6
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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♠ 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
28,600
28,600
|
28,600 |
|
|
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|
2,300
22,700
|
22,700 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
16,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
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