Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-13-2025 23:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	Busted

Quirin Zech	Busted
Christos Xanthopoulos	Busted
Samuel Deering	Busted
Kyle Merron	Busted
Ryan Hughes	Busted

Espen Sandvik	Busted

Martin Carnero	Busted
Linda Lahdenpaa	Busted
Jeff Madsen	Busted

Robert Price	Busted
Michael Trivett	Busted

Fernando Brito	Busted
Milton Martini	Busted
Jay Dragland	Busted
Alejandro Jauregui	Busted
Shlomi Elimeleh	Busted
Jarryd Godena	Busted
Scott Horvath	Busted
Glen Cressman	Busted
Kyle Stein	Busted
Bastien Joly	Busted
Corel Theuma	Busted
Matthew Beck	Busted
Felipe Ketzer	Busted

Riess Get a Piece of Po

Jerome Solomon

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ryan Riess bet all in with 95,000 chips into a 115,000-chip pot. Kenneth Po studied long and had at the board of J♠Q♦A♥5♣, knowing there was a river card still to come.

After asking the dealer for a count and the size of the pot, Po threw in his cards for the fold.

Riess let out a huge sigh and a yelp, then showed his hand, which featured pocket kings for the semi-bluff.

Po didn't react.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	210,000 142,700	142,700

Kenneth Po	122,000

Tags: Kenneth Po Ryan Riess

06-13-2025 23:39 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts at Last Break of the Day

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Myles Phago

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Here are the latest chip counts, according to the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gene Grieshaber	950,000 516,000	516,000
Zhen Chen	950,000 500,000	500,000
Mike Leah	947,000 65,000	65,000

Robert Cowen	890,000 317,500	317,500

Martin Nielsen	780,000 695,600	695,600
Ernest Essad	738,000 491,000	491,000
Benny Chen	662,000 662,000	662,000

John Johnson	579,000 579,000	579,000
Rick Aasen	573,000
Felipe Campins	545,000 545,000	545,000

06-13-2025 23:44 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Wataru Kosugi	Busted
Hieu Luu	Busted
Demetrius Campbell	Busted
Suzan Landrum	Busted
James Obst	Busted

Kadu Campion	Busted
Marc Bernal	Busted
Martin Pedersen	Busted
Antti Nieminen	Busted
Jarred Graham	Busted

Bouwe Claushuis	Busted
Miguel Bermudez	Busted
David Shaw	Busted
Christopher Delgrande	Busted
Thanh Tran	Busted
Sean Remz	Busted
Matthew Kramer	Busted
Andrew Shack	Busted
Corey Wright	Busted
Oliver Weis	Busted

Vincent Moscati	Busted
Christopher Farmer	Busted
Kai Yang	Busted
Raz Alon	Busted
Jeffrey Cheezum	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Normand	Busted
Khanh Truong	Busted
Richie Allen	Busted
Yake Wu	Busted
Neill Clark	Busted
Dimitrios Gkatzas	Busted
Sukhdip Sangha	Busted
Yuanjun Lu	Busted
Tuong Truong	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

Sebastian Paraianzay	Busted
Justin Fawcett	Busted

Eduards Rakuss	Busted
Joseph Jordan	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Josh Noy

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Riordan	1,293,000 815,000	815,000

Zhen Chen	1,176,000 226,000	226,000
Benny Chen	1,161,000 499,000	499,000

Robert Cowen	1,155,000 265,000	265,000

Martin Nielsen	1,060,000 284,000	284,000
Gene Grieshaber	948,000 2,000	2,000
Mike Leah	859,000 88,000	88,000

Ernest Essad	848,000 110,000	110,000
Dylan Weisman	845,000 810,500	810,500

Georgios Tsoupras	832,000 832,000	832,000
Kyle Rosnes	776,000 776,000	776,000
Benedikt Hausmann	748,000 748,000	748,000
Joshua Palmer	724,000 324,000	324,000

Tsz Shing	705,000 705,000	705,000
Bradley Anderson	633,000 408,000	408,000

James Tian	630,000 630,000	630,000
Rick Aasen	609,000 36,000	36,000
John Johnson	600,300 21,300	21,300
Casey Brown	577,000 262,000	262,000
James Cheung	539,000
Florian Ribouchon	537,000 537,000	537,000
Michael Prill	534,000 534,000	534,000
Matthew Taylor	529,000 24,000	24,000
Frank Brannan	522,000 522,000	522,000

Jianqiang Yu	519,000 519,000	519,000

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06-14-2025 01:58 UTC-8

John Riordan Leads After Day 1 of $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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John Avelino

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Day 1 of Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas has come to an end. Registration closed with a total of 1,932 entrants, and of those, 102 players managed to find a spot on Day 2.

Only 290 earned a share of the total prize pool of $1,769,712, and $237,852 awaits the inevitable champion.

John Riordan came out on top of the chip counts heading into Day 2, bagging 1,293,000, but many opponents stand in his way to victory.

The spotlight for much of the day was on Mike Leah, as he had a commanding chip lead for several levels. Leah ended the day with a stack size of 859,000 and sits sixth. Second in chips is Zhen Chen, who is not one to count out, with career earnings of $1,251,676.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John Riordan	United States	1,293,000	129
2	Zhen Chen	China	1,176,000	118
3	Benny Chen	Canada	1,161,000	116
4	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	1,155,000	116
5	Martin Nielsen	United Kingdom	1,060,000	106
6	Gene Grieshaber	United States	948,000	95
7	Mike Leah	Canada	859,000	86
8	Ernest Essad	United States	848,000	85
9	Dylan Weisman	United States	845,000	85
10	Georgios Tsoupras	Greece	832,000	83

The likes of Dylan Weisman, 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess, recent WSOP final tablist Martin Nielsen, and Omaha Deepstack Champion Cristian Gutierrez are also returning for Day 2.

During Day 1, Some of poker’s elite took their shot, but failed to make Day 2, including names like David Williams, Shaun Deeb, Gus Hansen, Barny Boatman, and 2006 Player of the Year Jeff Madsen, who placed 185th.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$237,852	16-23	$10,204
2	$158,481	24-31	$8,282
3	$114,399	32-39	$6,807
4	$83,503	40-47	$5,667
5	$61,641	48-55	$4,778
6	$46,024	56-63	$4,081
7	$34,761	64-71	$3,533
8	$26,562	72-79	$3,099
9	$20,538	80-99	$2,755
10-11	$16,070	100-102	$2,484
12-15	$12,727

Players will return to the action at noon local time on June 14 to 5,000/10,000/10,000 blinds and 60-minute levels. The Day 2 schedule calls for action to play down to five players.

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Tags: Barny Boatman David Williams Dylan Weisman Gus Hansen Jeff Madsen John Riordan Martin Nielsen Mike Leah Ryan Riess Shaun Deeb Zhen Chen