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

06-11-2025 15:23 UTC-8

Numbers Finalized; $763,087 To The Winner

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Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Limits: 4,000-14,000

The registration period for the event has closed and the numbers are finalized.

A grand total of 386 entries came out to make a prize pool worth $3,589,800 that ensures the final 58 players all a piece of the prize pool.

Below are the full payouts.

Place	Prize
1	$763,087
2	$508,705
3	$348,304
4	$243,144
5	$173,121
6	$125,772
7	$93,273
8	$70,639
9	$54,657
10-11	$43,228
12-15	$34,964
16-23	$28,936
24-31	$24,515
32-39	$21,275
40-58	$20,262

06-11-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Becker Trips Up Lin

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Brett Slezak

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Limits: 4,000-14,000

Ren Lin opened from the cutoff and Johannes Becker called in the big blind.

On the 10♦8♠5♣ flop, the rest of Lin's chips got into the middle as he was all-in for 39,000, including the preflop bet.

Ren Lin: A♠A♥6♠5♥ All in
Johannes Becker: A♣J♦8♣4♠

Lin had an overpair with fives against the middle pair and better low draw of Becker. The 9♥ turn kept Lin in position to scoop, until the 8♥ river gave Becker trips as Lin hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Becker	205,000 55,000	55,000

Ren Lin	Busted

Tags: Johannes Becker Ren Lin

Level: 14

Limits: 5,000-18,000

06-11-2025 15:40 UTC-8

Wasserson & Xu Chop Up Hiratsuka's Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Catching the action on a flop of 2♠J♥A♥ with Eric Wasserson being all-in for roughly 200,000, Shuichi Hiratsuka all-in for around 30,000, and Qiang Xu trying to bust them both.

Shuichi Hiratsuka: A♣J♣2♣9♥ All in
Eric Wasserson: A♦7♥6♠3♥ All in
Qiang Xu: A♠J♦J♠4♥

Hiratsuka held top two pair, Wasserson had a low draw and a flush draw, and Xu had a set of jacks. The rest of the board ran out 8♠3♣, meaning Hiratsuka was out, while Wasserson and Xu chopped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	600,000 377,000	377,000

Eric Wasserson	230,000 70,000	70,000

Shuichi Hiratsuka	Busted

Tags: Eric Wasserson Qiang Xu Shuichi Hiratsuka

06-11-2025 15:45 UTC-8

Negreanu a Non-Believer; Gets Shown the Goods by Keijzer

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Brett Slezak

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Action was picked up on the river in a blind battle between Daniel Negreanu in the small blind and Ronald Keijzer in the big blind, with each player having 25,000 in front of them.

With the board reading 10♦4♠4♦9♠3♦, Negreanu checked to Keijzer who announced a bet of 40,000.

Immediately, Negreanu stood up and announced, "They keep trying to bluff me!"

He looked over to Mike Matusow at another table as he continued, "Can you believe that Mike? Every hand they try to bluff, unless you made a flush or full house or something."

Negreanu counted out calling chips and placed them into the middle.

Ronald Keijzer: A♦10♣5♣4♥
Daniel Negreanu: A♠A♣K♦6♠

Keijzer had flopped a full house and got paid on the river by Negreanu who did not believe him.

"Pretty good flop there for ya, bud," added Negreanu in the post-mortem.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Keijzer	340,000 324,500	324,500

Daniel Negreanu	60,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ronald Keijzer

06-11-2025 15:51 UTC-8

Fallen by the Wayside

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Brett Slezak

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeni Tourevski	Busted
Nick Guagenti	Busted

Darryll Fish	Busted
Elie Nakache	Busted

Marco Johnson	Busted

Kyle Cartwright	Busted

Philip Long	Busted

Michael Duek	Busted
Ardit Kurshumi	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Aaron Kupin	Busted
Tomer Daniel	Busted
Dan Shak	Busted
Jordan Spurlin	Busted
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Daniel Blum	Busted
Dylan Linde	Busted

Bart Hanson	Busted
Igor Zektser	Busted

06-11-2025 15:57 UTC-8

Zerjav Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

With Blaz Zerjav all-in, Bruno Furth bet 36,000 from the small blind on the turn of a board that showed Q♥7♥10♠8♠. Dennis Weiss folded from the button and the cards were revealed.

Blaz Zerjav: J♠10♣9♠3♦ All in
Bruno Furth: K♥K♦J♦4♣

Zerjav had the nuts right now with a straight, but the 9♥ river improved Furth to a higher straight, eliminating Zerjav from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Weiss	530,000 372,000	372,000

Bruno Furth	415,000 50,000	50,000

Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Bruno Furth Dennis Weiss

06-11-2025 15:58 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth All-In with a Set of Sixes

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Kasey Taormino

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

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06-11-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Master Class from Negreanu Anyone?

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Kasey Taormino

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

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06-11-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Never Go Broke in a Limped Pot

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Brett Slezak

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Patrick Leonard limped under the gun, Matthew Vengrin limped the button, Shaun Deeb completed from the small blind, and John Racener checked his option in the big blind.

The Q♥J♠3♣ flop checked through to the 10♠ turn which saw the action check to Leonard who potted for 25,000. Vengrin folded, Deeb called from the small blind, and Racener folded.

On the repeat 10♦ river, Deeb led for 62,000 effective to put Leonard at risk as he went deep into the tank.

"If I call don't slowroll me," Leonard requested. Deeb nodded his head to oblige.

Leonard eventually let it go as Deeb added, "I have two very relevant cards on this board," as he tabled the K♦3♠.