Ray Fishman raised from early position and Paul Phenow called in the big blind.
On the K♠K♣7♦ flop, Fishman bet before Phenow check-raised and Fishman called.
Phenow slowed down with a check on the 7♣ turn. Fishman bet and Phenow let it go. Fishman windmilled A♠10♦10x6x into the middle as he raked in the pot.
"Make sure you include that I totally out-played him," requested Fishman as he put his talking chips to use.
Todd Brunson bet from the small blind on a flop of 8♦Q♦5♠ and Darren Taylor called in the big blind. Scott Lake also called in the hijack, while Scott Clements came along from the button.
The turn was the J♠ and Brunson bet again. Taylor and Clements called, while Lake got out of the way. All three players then checked the J♦ river.
Brunson turned over A♥Q♠Q♣10♠ for a full house and Taylor and Clements both mucked.
Multiple bets went into the middle preflop as Howard Mann in early position, Scott Clements in middle position, as well as Michael Russell and Mary Jones in the blinds, saw a flop of J♦Q♣6♥. Jones then put in her last 7,000 and all three opponents called.
Mann, Russell, and Clements checked the J♠ turn. Mann then bet on the Q♦ river and Clements and Russell got out of the way.
"Got a queen?" Jones asked.
"I do," Mann said, showing A♠A♥Q♥4♣ for trip queens. Jones sent K♣10♥8♣7♠ into the muck as she hit the rail.
"Mann in orange wins pot. Just put that," tablemate Scott Lake joked after the hand
Ismael Bojang was under the gun and had his last chips in the middle on the turn with the board showing 4♣4♦2♦2♥. Christopher Vitch in the big blind and Jacob Nepom on the button had him at risk.
The river was the 9♠ and Vitch bet. Nepom called and Vitch showed 10♣5♣4♥2♣ for a full house. Bojang could only show A♥J♥6♠4♠ for trips.
"Kill him, quickly so he can go play the next tournament," Vitch said to the dealer.
"Here, let me do it for you," he added, going into the dealer's tablet to personally bust Bojang from the tournament.
"I like Seat 1. I have all the power. Usually being in Seat 1 is the worst, but not this year."
Shon Wilson raised under the gun and Giorgio Spano reraised in middle position. Jay Hong called in the small blind and Wilson made it four bets. Spano then five-bet and both opponents called.
The flop came 6♦6♠2♣. Spano bet, Hong called, Wilson raised all in, and both Spano and Hong called.
Spano continued to bet on the K♦ turn and 4♦ river as Hong called him down. Spano ended up with Q♥Q♣5♦3♥ for a six-high straight, while Hong had A♣J♠5♠2♦ for a 6-5-4-2-A low to chop the side pot. Wilson turned over A♠4♣3♦2♠ and chopped the main pot with Spano with a better low (6-4-3-2-A).
Defending WSOP Player of the Year Scott Seiver was all-in from the small blind on the 9♣5♥5♦ flop against Casey Schams from middle position and Dipanjan Chattopadhyay from the hijack.
On the 7♣ turn, Schams bet and Chattopadhyay called.
The river brought the Q♠ which saw Schams bet again and Chattopadhyay folded.
Scott Seiver: 8♦5♣3♣2♦
Casey Schams: A♠9♠9♥4♦
Schams flopped a boat and no low was possible as Seiver will have to look elsewhere for his first cash of the series.
A total of 910 entrants came out to play Day 1 of Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better at the 2025 World Series of Poker yesterday at 2 p.m. From that sizable starting field, just 224 players survived to make it into the second day with the hope of collecting a piece of the $1,255,117 purse. Once the field hits the money today and a minimum cash worth $3,027, the goalposts will shift and eyes will be set upon bagging up for Day 3 and claiming the massive first place prize of $205,333.
David Shmuel (249,000) leads the field and is hunting for his first WSOP bracelet, with Jon Kyte (247,000) following behind him also looking for his first after finishing second last year in the $2,500 Omaha 8/Stud 8-or-better tournament. With defending champion James Chen having been eliminated yesterday, his throne remains empty for a new player to take their seat.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
David Shmuel
United States
249,000
42
2
Jon Kyte
Norway
247,000
41
3
Jason Bral
United States
225,000
38
4
Chuning Tan
China
225,000
38
5
Joe Ford
United States
224,000
37
6
Joseph Bertrand
United States
224,000
37
7
Richard Mirin
United States
219,000
37
8
Jeremy Trojand
Germany
218,000
36
9
Douglas Lorgeree
United States
217,000
36
10
David Thurston
United States
216,000
36
Also securing bags are plenty of other WSOP veterans like two-time WSOP bracelet winner Alex Livingston (215,000), WSOP Online Main Event Champion Stoyan Madanzhiev (179,000), four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow (174,000), and bracelet winner Scott Bohlman (154,000), just to name a few. Each will be looking to start their summer off strong with a claim on this title and the glory of the WSOP bracelet.
Brad Owen is one of the many 25K Fantasy Draft players still in the hunt.
With Kyte, Livingston, Matusow, and Bohlman all being drafted in the 25K Fantasy Draft, the heat is on as other fellow gladiators take part in the fight further down the leaderboard. The list of the remaining 25K Draft players is as follows: Brad Owen (154,000), Yueqi Zhu (153,000), Tomasz Gluszko (144,000), Chris Hunichen (141,000), David Funkhouser (137,000), Yuval Bronshtein (132,000), Christopher Vitch (125,000), Andrew Brown (121,000), Robert Mizrachi (104,000), Kane Kalas (103,000), Brad Ruben (95,000), Michael Moncek (80,000), Ismael Bojang (80,000), Ari Engel (76,000), Jon Turner (71,000), and Scott Seiver (50,000). All teams will be looking on as very interested observers as the day progresses.
Play will begin at 1 p.m. in Horseshoe Red with blinds sitting at 3,000/6,000 with 6,000/12,000 limits. Levels will last one hour each and players will go on a 15-minute break at the conclusion of every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 21. After that, play will continue until the conclusion of Level 25 and the remaining players will bag up before returning to play Day 3 on Friday.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates on the ground of the 2025 WSOP.
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