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

06-13-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Luu Scoops a Nice One to Stay Alive

Myles Phago

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With the pot at well over 30,000 and the board reading 5♦4♦K♥, all the money is in the middle, and we have a three-way all in situation.

Jason Wright: 8♦7♦7♠6♣ All in
Hieu Luu: A♥K♦Q♦7♣ All in
Marc Bernal: K♠J♥10♦9♥

The turn brought the 5♣ and the river the Q♠, and somehow, Luu had hit two pair and was shipped the sizeable pot to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Bernal	130,000 130,000	130,000
Hieu Luu	115,000 115,000	115,000
Jason Wright	Busted

Tags: Hieu Luu Jason Wright Marc Bernal

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-13-2025 16:54 UTC-8

Seth Keeps on Building

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Myles Phago

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With about 35,000 in the pot and the board reading 10♣A♣J♥3♠, Casey Brown checked and Andy Seth bet out for 10,000 from the button. Brown called, and the players saw the 5♦ fall on the river.

Seth went into the tank for a while before pushing out a bet of 13,500, which sent Brown into the tank, who eventually called. Seth tabled Q♣10♥10♦3♥ for a flopped set, and Brown mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Seth	160,000 54,000	54,000
Casey Brown	42,000

Tags: Andy Seth Casey Brown

06-13-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Chen Up Twice, Down Twice

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

James Chen, who was among the chip leaders after Day 1 of this event a year ago, is out after reentering it a second time.

Chen, who won a bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha hi-lo event in 2024, lasted just 16 minutes with his second bullet. At the end of the second break , Chen had not reregistered in an event that allows two reentries.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	Busted

Tags: James Chen

06-13-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Perrone Still Alive

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Jerome Solomon

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Perrone entered a three-way all-in with hope, then gave up on the flop, believing Fergal Coyle or Peyman Luth surely had him beat.

Peyman Luth: J♣10♠9♥8♠ All in
Michael Perrone: A♦K♠10♥7♦ All in
Fergal Coyle: A♥J♥J♠2♦

But as the cards ran out, while Perron was trying to walk out, things changed. The board would end up reading 5♥5♠K♥7♥7♠ with running sevens to give Perrone a fullhouse.

A tablemate almost tackled him to bring him back.

"I didn't even see the runner-runner," a relieved Perrone said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Perrone	36,900

Fergal Coyle	5,400
Peyman Luth	Busted

Tags: Michael Perrone Fergal Coyle Peyman Luth

06-13-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Updated Notable Chip Counts; Riess Doubles

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John Avelino

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Poker's elite showed up to Event #42 with under two hours left for registration.

Alongside some of poker's familiar faces, 2013 Main Event Champion Ryan Riess doubled up versus Tolga Demirel.

As the action was picked up, on a flop of 10♦8♦2♦ Demirel bet 2,500 from the button and face a check-raise from Riess to 7,500 who glared at Demirel who called.

On the turn of the Q♦ Riess checked and put 50,000 in front of him enough to cover Riess who snap-called.

Ryan Riess: A♦Q♠8♥6♦ All in
Tolga Demirel: 9♦5♠4♠3♠

Riess's nut flush had Demirel dominated with the river 6♠ changing nothing.

Alongside Riess here are some up-to-date chip counts from the Paris Las Vegas floor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiang Xu	255,000

Samuel Stranak	85,000 85,000	85,000

Ryan Riess	67,300 67,300	67,300

Tolga Demirel	67,000 40,500	40,500
Brad Owen	65,700 43,700	43,700

Benny Glaser	51,000 51,000	51,000

Martin Zamani	35,500 35,500	35,500

Christopher Vitch	30,000 1,600	1,600

Tags: Benny Glaser Brad Owen Christopher Vitch Martin Zamani Qiang Xu Ryan Riess Samuel Stranak

06-13-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Top Name Players Keep Popping In and Out

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Myles Phago

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A plethora of top-name players have been and gone already in this $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event as they try to spin up a stack or move on to the next event.

Some top names who have already taken their full reentry allocation are:

Tyler Brown
David Williams
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals
Chino Rheem

Chris Moorman has just taken a seat hot on the heels of his second-place finish in the $25,000 High Roller 6-Handed and is looking to gamble it up and build a healthy stack to take into Day 2.

Tags: Chino Rheem Chris Moorman David Williams Fabian Riebau-Schmithals Tyler Brown

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

06-13-2025 16:21 UTC-8

Deeb in the Field

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Jerome Solomon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb has joined the field. Deeb has cashed in five events thus far in the series.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	34,700 34,700	34,700

Tags: Shaun Deeb

06-13-2025 16:14 UTC-8

Li Among Chip Leaders

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Jerome Solomon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jake White pushed all in against Luteng Li.

Jake White: A♥A♦7♦3♦ All in
Luteng Li: J♥10♦8♥7♠

Li glopped the winning straight and held on through a board of 5♠4♦6♠10♠9♠. to gather u a pot that put him among the chip leaders. White went to buy back in for his third entry of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luteng Li	180,000
Jake White	Busted

Tags: Jake White Luteng Li