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

06-11-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Sternheimer Chips Up & Sends Acovino Out

Tim Baker

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

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Narcis Nedelcu made it 12,000 from under the gun with Christopher Demaci and Philip Sternheimer calling from middle position. Richard Acovino called for his last 10,000 from the big blind, and they headed to the flop four-ways with Acovino all-in.

The action checked to Sternheimer on the 5♥J♦Q♥ flop and he bet 22,000. Nedelcu folded, but Demaci called.

The 5♦ turn checked through, as did the 9♣ river. Sternheimer revealed K♣K♥6♥3♠ for a pair of kings, and Acovino showed Qx6x6x4x for a pair of queens. Demaci mucked, the pot was sent to Sternheimer, and Acovino was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	600,000 21,000	21,000

Christopher Demaci	190,000 55,000	55,000
Narcis Nedelcu	180,000 63,000	63,000

Richard Acovino	Busted

Tags: Christopher Demaci Narcis Nedelcu Philip Sternheimer Richard Acovino

06-11-2025 16:18 UTC-8

Yockey Falls to Weiss

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Brett Slezak

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

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Dennis Weiss opened to 12,000 from early position, Bryce Yockey potted to 39,000 from the big blind, and Weiss called

On the 10♦4♦3♥ flop, the remainder of Yockey's 145,000 found its way into the middle as he was at risk against Weiss.

Bryce Yockey: A♠A♥K♠9♥ All in
Dennis Weiss: A♦K♣Q♦4♥

Yockey had naked aces against the flush draw and pair of Weiss. The J♥ turn added a flurry of outs for Weiss who made the nuts on the 9♣ river to send Yockey to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Weiss	580,000 50,000	50,000

Bryce Yockey	Busted

Tags: Bryce Yockey Dennis Weiss

06-11-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Eliminations Before the Break

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Tim Baker

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

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Yanshing Tsang	Busted

Raymond Henson	Busted

Jeff Madsen	Busted

Stanislav Ivanov	Busted
Paul Volpe	Busted

David Lin	Busted
Zachary Reinbold	Busted
Maxx Coleman	Busted

Matthew Schreiber	Busted

Jesse Lonis	Busted

Jonathan Krela	Busted
Jim Collopy	Busted

James Chen (US)	Busted

Adam Hendrix	Busted
Daniel Zack	Busted

Christian Roberts	Busted

Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Anton Smirnov	Busted
Louis Abronson	Busted
Toby Lewis	Busted

Michael Kamran	Busted
Scott Seiver	Busted

Ryan Laplante	Busted

Stephen Deutsch	Busted
Ilya Nikiforov	Busted

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06-11-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Break Time

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Tim Baker

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

Limits: 5,000-18,000

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-11-2025 16:42 UTC-8

An Update from WSOP Regarding Online Bracelet Event #7

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Kasey Taormino

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

Limits: 5,000-18,000

https://twitter.com/kevmath/status/1932957492285517902?t=tmg9xsuNUNe7zLsZMdh0mQ

Level: 15

Limits: 6,000-28,000

06-11-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After Break

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Tim Baker

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

Limits: 6,000-28,000

These chip counts were taken directly from the WSOP+app

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	870,000 270,000	270,000

Richard Green	771,000 214,000	214,000
Matt Livingston	742,000 42,000	42,000
Dennis Weiss	738,000 158,000	158,000

James Obst	710,000 550,000	550,000

Philip Sternheimer	562,000 38,000	38,000

Ali Eslami	556,000 283,000	283,000

Ryan Miller	491,000 194,000	194,000

Renji Mao	435,000 209,000	209,000

Shaun Deeb	424,000 34,000	34,000

Justin Saliba	417,000 185,000	185,000

Mike Matusow	395,000 92,000	92,000

Ryan Hoenig	391,000 73,000	73,000

Luis Velador	384,000 84,000	84,000
Ariel Mantel	352,000 70,000	70,000
Christopher Vitch	350,000 140,000	140,000

Magnus Edengren	343,000 71,000	71,000

Sam Soverel	340,000 30,000	30,000

Anthony Zinno	338,000 70,000	70,000

Andrew Brown	315,000 11,000	11,000

Scott Baumstein	314,000 189,000	189,000

Jordan Siegel	313,000 203,000	203,000
Danny Chang	312,000 24,500	24,500
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	305,000 12,000	12,000
Jeffrey Vaughn	299,000 15,000	15,000

06-11-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Deeb Wins Another One

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Tim Baker

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

Limits: 6,000-28,000

Shaun Deeb raised to 12,000 from early position with Andres Korn calling from the cutoff, and Brad Owen calling from the button.

The action checked to Owen on the K♦K♥K♣ flop and he placed out a min-bet of 6,000. Deeb check-raised to 26,000, forcing Korn to fold. Owen called.

Deeb continued with a bet of 45,000 when the 6♥ dropped on the turn. This was enough to get Owen to fold, and Deeb pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	480,000 56,000	56,000

Andres Korn	200,000 18,000	18,000

Brad Owen	145,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Andres Korn Brad Owen Shaun Deeb

06-11-2025 17:03 UTC-8

Kessler Doubles Through Owen to Leave Him on Fumes

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Brett Slezak

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

Limits: 6,000-28,000

Brad Owen limped the hijack, Luis Velador made it 15,000 in the cutoff, and Allen Kessler three-bet to 40,000 on the button. Owen then jammed for 142,000, Velador painfully folded, and Kessler called all-in for 135,000.

Allen Kessler: A♠A♦K♣2♦ All in
Brad Owen: K♠K♦Q♠J♣

"Allen three-bet, what do you think he had?" joked tablemate Shaun Deeb as the hands were tabled.

Owen was in rough shape with no low potential and the dominated pair. He found no help on the 9♣7♠2♥2♣7♣ runout as Kessler improved to trip twos for the double as Owen was left on crumbs.

Deeb kept on going, "Don't you love these new mixed game players, Allen? They don't know your tendencies."

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	300,000 125,000	125,000
Brad Owen	7,000 138,000	138,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Brad Owen Luis Velador

06-11-2025 17:12 UTC-8

Greene Gets Quartered by Timoshenko

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Tim Baker

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

Limits: 6,000-28,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko made it 16,000 from the hijack and only Jonathan Greene called from the button.

Both players checked the 2♣5♥4♦ flop to see the K♠ appear on the turn. Timoshenko bet 23,000, which Greene called.

The river came the 2♦ and Timoshenko fired out a bet of 95,000. Greene instantly called.

Timoshenko turned over A♠4♠4♣3♥ for a boat to win the high. Green showed A♥Q♣3♣2♠ for trip deuces, but with the same low, meaning Timoshenko got three-quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	430,000 125,000	125,000
Jonathan Greene	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Jonathan Greene Yevgeniy Timoshenko