Pedro Neves in the cutoff opened, Daniel Negreanu three-bet from the button and Viktor Blom four-bet from the small blind. Both Neves and Negreanu called.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♥3♠8♣ and Blom raised. Neves and Negreanu called again, but After Blom bet the 2♣ turn, Neves folded.
Negreanu however raised, Blom reraised and Negreanu called with the single red chip worth 5,000 he had left.
Daniel Negreanu: 8♥8♠
Viktor Blom: A♦J♣
"Finally," Negreanu said with his set after losing several pots. The Q♥ river didn't bring any surprise and Negreanu secured a double up.
Heads-up on a board of 2♠8♥K♥J♥, Angelo Karimalis bet from the big blind, Viktor Blom raised from the button and Karimalis called to find himself at risk.
Angelo Karimalis: K♠5♠
Viktor Blom: K♣K♦
Karimalis with top pair couldn't do much against Blom's set. The 7♦ completed the board and Karimalis was eliminated in 11th place for $21,736.
The action was picked up on a board of 8♣10♦K♠2♣9♦ with Dzmitry Urbanovich betting from the hijack. Ryan Bambrick raised from the cutoff, but Urbanovich reraised.
Bambrick quickly called to see Urbanovich's A♣10♠ for a pair. Bambrick had a better hand than that with 9♥9♣ and won the pot.
Moments later, Urbanovich in the big blind moved all in on J♥A♥5♦ and was called by Ryan Bambrick.
Dzmitry Urbanovich: A♦10♣
Ryan Bambrick: 9♥9♠
Bambrick had nines again, but this time, he lost to Urbanovich's two pair after the 4♦4♠ runout was revealed.
Anthony Zinno raised and Dzmitry Urbanovich put in a third bet off his short stack. Zinno made the call.
The flop rolled the 3♠9♣J♥ and Urbanovich got the last of his chips in the middle and Zinno put him at risk.
Dzmitry Urbanovich: A♥K♠
Anthony Zinno: A♦2♦
Urbanovich was in good shape but Zinno picked up some outs with the 4♣ turn. Zinno's wheel came to fruition on the 5♦ and Urbanovich was out of his chair and on his way with only 12 minutes left on the night.
Viktor Blom ended Day 1 of Event #41: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as the chip leader. What has changed since then? Not much, as after eight levels of play on Day 2, ‘Isildur1’ continues to dominate.
Nothing seemed to stop Blom at the table as, once again, his stack kept growing all day long. Jeremy Ausmus (12th - $20,701), followed by Angelo Karimalis (11th - $21,736), both reached the 18 places in the money, but ultimately gave their last chips to Blom, who used them to bag 1,875,000.
One major difference, though, is that out of the 118 entries recorded in this event, only 9 players remain and have reached the final table. Among these players, Blom’s closest opponent, Ryan Bambrick, ended the day with 1,465,000 and will try to win a second WSOP bracelet this summer after taking down the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship earlier in the series.
Final Table Seating and Chip Counts
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Ian Johns
United States
810,000
16
2
Anthony Zinno
United States
790,000
16
3
David Lieberman
United States
475,000
10
4
Max Hoffman
United States
575,000
12
5
Ryan Bambrick
United States
1,465,000
29
6
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
420,000
8
7
Pedro Neves
Portugal
510,000
10
8
Viktor Blom
Sweden
1,875,000
38
9
Scott Bohlman
United States
165,000
3
Daniel Negreanu
When he won his bracelet, Bambrick defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up. Now, Negreanu could get his shot at revenge, as he also qualified for the final table. The seven-time WSOP champion was among the chip leaders before the dinner break, eliminating 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, among others. However, losses in pots against Blom and Pedro Neves (510,000) during the final levels of the day brought his stack down, and he bagged just 420,000. Only Scott Bohlman will return with fewer chips (165,000).
Slightly ahead of Negreanu, Max Hoffman bagged 575,000, followed by David Lieberman with 475,000. Lieberman sent Erick Lindgren to the rail two spots shy of the money, just before Dzmitry Urbanovich burst the bubble by eliminating Aaron Kupin.
Urbanovich later bubbled the final table himself after Anthony Zinnohit a runner-runner straight, ending the day with 790,000 chips. Ian Johns has almost the exact same stack (810,000).
Anthony Zinno
The nine remaining players have been asked to return to the Horseshoe Event Center at noon local time this Saturday, June 14, for the final table.
The action will be picked up later in the day and streamed on PokerGO, on a delay, where viewers can find out who will become the next WSOP bracelet winner. For now, all finalists are guaranteed a minimum cash prize of $25,687.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$282,455
2
$188,295
3
$130,447
4
$92,774
5
$67,783
6
$50,915
7
$39,349
8
$31,316
9
$25,687
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