Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
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
$1,208,025
Entries
910
Level
33
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Entries
910
Players Left
224
Players Left 1 / 910
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This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels (until about 8:45 p.m.). There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 40-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Last year's event saw a field of 928 entries generate a prize pool of $1,238,880. The winner was James Chen, who defeated Lewis Brant heads up to win $209,350 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“It was fun, cards were hitting. I made a lot of hands and it was great,” Chen told PokerNews shortly after his victory.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 928 | James Chen | United States | $209,350 |
| 2023 | 1,143 | Jim Collopy | United States | $262,542 |
| 2022 | 1,086 | Amnon Filippi | United States | $252,718 |
| 2021 | 607 | Connor Drinan | United States | $163,252 |
| 2019 | 853 | Derek McMaster | United States | $228,228 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
The players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air.
The clock reads 491 players in their seats at the beginning of the tournament.
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
The floor had to be called over to Kyle Cartwright's table as the players debated how many bets capped the pot preflop. Edward Weisbaum in the big blind wanted to put in a raise and was informed by a tournament official he could make it four bets.
Cartwright then called under the gun, as did Zahra Hall in the hijack and Michael Wolff in the cutoff.
The flop came K♠J♦10♦ and Lall bet. All three opponents called and the Q♠ fell on the turn.
Action then checked to Wolff who bet, and only Cartwright and Lall called this time. Lall then bet on the 10♠ river and both opponents called.
Lall turned over K♥K♦6♥3♣ for a full house as Cartwright and Wolff both mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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22,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Action was picked up in a six-way limped pot with a board reading 8♣K♠7♥.
Action folded around to Howard Mann from under the gun, who bet, and only Dennis Moroni in the cutoff and Thomas Rawles in the big blind called.
The turn peeled off a 5♥ which saw Mann bet again and Moroni called, while Rawles folded.
Mann bet on the 7♣ river and Moroni called, then mucked, after seeing Mann table A♣K♣Q♠3♥ for kings-up and second-nut low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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22,500
22,500
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22,500 |
Level 1
: Limits 300/600, 0 ante
Blinds: 200-300
Limits: 300-600
Limits: 300-600
Four players went to a flop of A♥10♥4♣ where Nithin Eapen bet from under the gun. Emmanuel Badmus then raised in middle position and Marc Wolenik called in the hijack, while Eapen also called.
The turn was the 3♥ and Badmus bet again. Both opponents called to the 3♣ river, where Badmus put out another bet.
Wolenik then raised and Eapen folded, but Badmus called. Wolenik showed 9♠5♣3♦2♦ for a wheel and the nut low, while Badmus had 5♥4♦2♥2♣ for a flush and the same nut low to take three-quarters of the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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23,000
23,000
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20,000
20,000
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