Event #36: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-11-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	Busted

Kevin Gerhart	Busted

David Funkhouser	Busted

Arthur Morris	Busted
Jake Liebeskind	Busted
Brad Owen	Busted

Michael Kong	Busted
Erick Lindgren	Busted

Delmiro Toledo	Busted
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	Busted

Martin Zamani	Busted

Sean Troha	Busted

Furth Takes Out Engel

Brett Slezak

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Limits: 6,000-28,000

Ari Engel limped the hijack and Bruno Furth completed from the small blind before Andrew Seabright potted to 24,000 from the big blind and both opponents called.

On the 10♥8♥5♦ flop, Furth and Seabright checked to Engel who potted for 78,000. Furth repootted, Seabright folded, and Engel called all-in for 121,000.

Ari Engel: A♠6♠5♥2♦ All in
Bruno Furth: K♦K♣3♠2♣

Engel held the nut low draw and third pair against the second nut low draw and overpair of Furth. Engel could not find any improvement on the J♦10♣ runout as Furth's kings held for the scoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Furth	650,000 235,000	235,000

Andrew Seabright	160,000 12,000	12,000
Ari Engel	Busted

John Racener	Busted

Dylan Smith	Busted
Roland Israelashvili	Busted

Tags: Andrew Seabright Ari Engel Bruno Furth

06-11-2025 18:41 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	1,093,000 193,000	193,000

Richard Green	881,000 110,000	110,000
Matt Livingston	841,000 99,000	99,000
James Obst	741,000 31,000	31,000

Bruno Furth	715,000 65,000	65,000

Christopher Vitch	660,000 310,000	310,000

Shaun Deeb	629,000 149,000	149,000

Rob Hollink	594,000 383,000	383,000

Dennis Weiss	581,000 157,000	157,000

Sam Soverel	470,000 130,000	130,000

Yueqi Zhu	452,000 252,000	252,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	445,000 15,000	15,000
Philip Sternheimer	435,000 127,000	127,000

Ariel Mantel	423,000 71,000	71,000
Edward Jackson Spivack	422,000 263,500	263,500
Brian Rast	400,000 200,000	200,000

Ben Yu	395,000 335,000	335,000

Ryan Hoenig	390,000 1,000	1,000

Renji Mao	385,000 50,000	50,000

Justin Saliba	378,000 39,000	39,000

Ronald Keijzer	374,000 34,000	34,000

Mike Matusow	361,000 34,000	34,000

Ryan Miller	361,000 130,000	130,000

Quan Zhou	349,000 184,000	184,000
Anthony Zinno	339,000 1,000	1,000

Livingston Adds to His Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Luis Velador raised to 18,000 from early position with Matt Livingston calling from the small blind, and Patrick Leonard defending his big blind.

Livingston led out for 35,000 on the K♦J♥2♥ flop. Leonard folded, but Velador called.

The 9♣ appeared on the turn and Livingston bet 125,000. Velador only had roughly 150,000 remaining in his stack, and after thinking for a few moments, tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Livingston	920,000 79,000	79,000
Luis Velador	150,000 90,000	90,000
Patrick Leonard	120,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Luis Velador Matt Livingston Patrick Leonard

06-11-2025 19:05 UTC-8

Seed Shows His Trips

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Mike Matusow raised the button to 25,000 and Huck Seed defended out of the big blind.

Both players chose to check the J♦5♦4♣ flop to see the 4♦ appear on the turn. Seed led out for a bet of 35,000, which was enough to get Matusow to fold.

Seed revealed the 4♠ for trips on the turn as the pot was sent over to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	380,000 75,000	75,000

Mike Matusow	350,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Mike Matusow Huck Seed

06-11-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Deeb Forces Another Fold from Leonard

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Shaun Deeb from under the gun, Matt Livingston from middle position, and Patrick Leonard from the hijack were tangled in a single-raised pot.

On the Q♠J♠3♥ flop, the action checked to Leonard who potted for 71,000. Deeb called and Livingston quickly folded.

On the 10♦ turn, Deeb led for 80,000 effective to put Leonard at risk. Leonard would go deep in the tank once again as he reasoned his way through the hand. He put his cards face up, angled on his chips as he held a small funeral.

Leonard eventually let it go to allow himself to see another day before he revealed that he has ace-x of spade with a three.

As Deeb was having the chips sent his way, he asked, "Want to see a fun card again?" as he tabled the 10♠. Which made Leonard feel much better about his fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Livingston	850,000 70,000	70,000
Shaun Deeb	670,000 41,000	41,000

Patrick Leonard	80,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Matt Livingston Patrick Leonard Shaun Deeb

06-11-2025 19:19 UTC-8

Blom Holds on With Top Pair

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich made it 18,000 to go from the hijack and only Viktor Blom defended out of the big blind.

Blom check-called a bet of 23,000 from Urbanovich on the Q♣7♠8♠ flop.

The turn came the 7♣ and Blom check-called another bet from Urbanovich, this time for 85,000.

Both players checked the 8♥ river and Blom took down the pot with A♣J♣K♠Q♦ for a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	615,000 323,000	323,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	230,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Viktor Blom

06-11-2025 19:36 UTC-8

Vitch Ends Poole's Tournament

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Catching the action on a flop of J♣5♣6♦ in a pot between Christopher Vitch and Thomas Poole. All of Poole's 150,000 chips or so got into the middle with Vitch trying to bust him.

Thomas Poole: A♠A♣K♠3♠ All in
Christopher Vitch: A♥K♣5♦3♥

Poole had aces, but Vitch had some outs he could hit to send him to the rail. The remainder of the board came Q♣3♦ and Vitch scooped the pot with two pair as neither player had a low. The pot was sent to Vitch and Poole was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	1,000,000 340,000	340,000

Thomas Poole	Busted

Tags: Thomas Poole Christopher Vitch

06-11-2025 19:40 UTC-8

Hausen Falls to Liberto

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Brett Slezak

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Limits: 8,000-28,000

Tobias Hausen limped from middle position, Eric Wasserson limped the hijack, and Qiang Xu limped the cutoff. On the button, Justin Liberto potted to 42,000. Hausen called, Wasserson reluctantly folded, and Xu called.

On the Q♠9♣3♠ flop, Hausen jammed for 12,000, Xu potted, and Liberto called all-in for 57,000.

Tobias Hausen: A♠3♦3♣2♥ All in
Justin Liberto: K♠K♦J♣10♥ All in
Qiang Xu: A♥10♦9♠9♥

Xu flopped middle set while Liberto had a wrap and Hausen needed divine intervention. No waiting was required for Liberto on the J♥ turn as he made the nuts. Xu failed to fill up on the 7♦ river as Liberto scooped a big one and Hausen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	1,175,000 82,000	82,000

Justin Liberto	310,000 107,000	107,000

Eric Wasserson	205,000 12,000	12,000

Tobias Hausen	Busted

Tags: Eric Wasserson Justin Liberto Qiang Xu Tobias Hausen

06-11-2025 19:51 UTC-8

Eveslage Loses Out to Friedman

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Limits: 10,000-35,000

Adam Friedman raised the button to 35,000 and Chad Eveslage defended his big blind with roughly 38,000 behind.

Eveslage checked the 4♠K♥3♦ flop and Friedman bet 35,000. Eveslage check-jammed, which Friedman called.

Chad Eveslage: Q♥Q♣J♠6♥ All in
Adam Friedman: A♦Q♠5♣3♠

Eveslage needed to win this to have a chance of making another deep run at the 2025 WSOP. The rest of the board ran out 6♦2♦ and Friedman scooped with a six-high straight and the nut low.