Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-14-2025 14:48 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Buchman	1,800,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Georgios Tsoupras	705,000 620,000	620,000
Hooman Nikzad	704,000 444,000	444,000
Florian Ribouchon	540,000 594,000	594,000
Justus Marsico	466,000 246,000	246,000
Ryan Riess	446,000 302,000	302,000

Jamie Vela	360,000 70,000	70,000
Zachary Fischer	341,000 14,000	14,000
Michael Prill	334,000 116,000	116,000
Rumen Nanev	270,000 70,000	70,000
Julian Velador	150,000 110,000	110,000
Matthew Taylor	113,000 267,000	267,000

Velador and Tsoupras Chop It

Nick Becker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action went three-ways to a flop of 5♦2♠Q♠ in a hand between Georgios Tsoupras in the cutoff, Jianqiang Yu on the button, and Julian Velador in the big blind.

With about 200,000 in the middle, Velador moved all in for 105,000 and was called by both of his opponents.

Tsoupras and Yu checked it down as the board ran out 3♣, 9♦. Velador tabled Q♥9♠7♠6♦ and Tsoupras turned over Q♣10♣9♣8♠ with both of them having two pair, queens and nines. Yu had A♦A♥9♦J♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Tsoupras	1,325,000 85,000	85,000
John Riordan	425,000 868,000	868,000

Julian Velador	260,000 50,000	50,000
Jianqiang Yu	170,000 242,000	242,000

Tags: Georgios Tsoupras Jianqiang Yu Julian Velador

06-14-2025 14:37 UTC-8

Leah Scores Some Chips From Armstrong

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mike Leah raised from under the gun to 40,000, and Benjamin Armstrong three-bet to 100,000, and Leah moved all in for his last 182,000. Armstrong made the call,

Mike Leah: K♦K♣10♦3♦ All in
Benjamin Armstrong: A♣A♠Q♣8♣

The board ran out as K♠3♥8♥7♦K♥, and Leah had the best of it with quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	370,000 61,000	61,000

Benjamin Armstrong	243,000 148,000	148,000

Tags: Benjamin Armstrong Mike Leah

06-14-2025 13:18 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernest Essad	2,700,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Dylan Weisman	1,960,000 310,000	310,000

Georgios Tsoupras	1,452,000 102,000	102,000
Carlos Leiva	1,394,000 980,000	980,000

Frankie Muzzio	1,375,000 200,000	200,000
John Riordan	1,293,000 623,000	623,000

Gene Grieshaber	1,273,000 223,000	223,000
Joshua Palmer	1,150,000 426,000	426,000

Florian Ribouchon	1,134,000 324,000	324,000
Benny Chen	1,107,000 138,000	138,000

Cheung Bangs on Brannan Again

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

James Cheung and Frank Brannan have battled a couple of times today, with Cheung getting the best of it in a big pot earlier.

This time we grab the action with Brannan making a pot-sized raise of 324,000 chips on a full board reading Q♥7♦6♦10♥4♠.

Cheung spent a long time considering his options, stacking and restacking his chips, until finally he made the call.

"You got it," Brannan said, before even seeing the cards.

Brannan showed K♦10♠9♥5♥ for just a pair of tens. Cheung had 10♦8♦6♣5♣ for an eight-high straight.

It was a crushing blow to Brannan, who had only 72,000 chips after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Cheung	1,580,000 715,000	715,000
Frank Brannan	72,000 493,000	493,000

Tags: Frank Brannan James Cheung

06-14-2025 12:39 UTC-8

Demirel Cracks Aces to Double Up

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Nick Becker

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Tolga Demirel raised to 42,000 on the button and Frank Brannan three-bet to 132,000 in the big blind. Demirel then four-bet jammed for 214,00 total to put himself at risk and Brannan quickly called.

Tolga Demirel: A♦K♠9♠7♦ All in
Frank Brannan: A♠A♥10♣8♦

Demirel pulled ahead on the J♦5♦K♦ flop with the nut flush. The 7♥ turn and 6♣ river offered no help to Brannan and the pot was pushed Demirel's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	565,000 285,000	285,000

Tolga Demirel	446,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Frank Brannan Tolga Demirel

06-14-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Movement Among Chip Leaders

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dylan Weisman has had the biggest jump of the day, more than doubling his stack through the first level and a half of play.

Conversely, John Riordan, the chip leader entering the day, has lost half of his.

Zhen Chen, second in chips coming in, is down nearly 1,000,000 from his overnight total. He lost much of it to a full house in this hand. Benny Zhen, who was third, has gained just a tad.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	2,270,000 1,425,000	1,425,000

Benny Chen	1,423,000 262,000	262,000

John Riordan	670,000 623,000	623,000

Mike Leah	431,000 429,000	429,000

Zhen Chen	203,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Benny Zhen Dylan Weisman John Riordan Zhen Chen

06-14-2025 12:05 UTC-8

Wong Avoids Knockout

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Jerome Solomon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Danny Wong waited until the clock was called before pushing his final couple chips into a threeway, with two all-in pot. His pause was for a potential pay jump if others were eliminated before him. Turns out the wait was unecessary.

Eric Pfenning: K♥K♣6♥2♣ All in
Danny Wong: A♠Q♠Q♥10♥ All in
Juan Caridad: A♣Q♦J♠10♠

The runout of 7♠6♠8♠J♣J♦ favored Wong, who landed an ace-high flush on the flop to take the main pot. Caridads jack-high flush was good enough to snare the side pot, and eliminate Pfenning.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Caridad	440,000 89,000	89,000
Danny Wong	260,000 100,000	100,000

Eric Pfenning	Busted

Tags: Danny Wong Eric Pfenning Juan Caridad

06-14-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darryll Fish	Busted
Josh Reichard	Busted
Daniel Spitzl	Busted
Calen Mcneil	Busted

Joao Estanislau	Busted
Matthew Levine	Busted
Eric Pfenning	Busted
Xinze Li	Busted
Joshua Hardwick	Busted
Felipe Campins	Busted
Lucas Poelker	Busted
Rodrigo Portaleoni	Busted
Paul Haus	Busted
Bernd Rygol	Busted
Ivan Zhechev	Busted
Fabian Rolli	Busted
Yann De Tychey	Busted
Donald McCall	Busted
Matthew Rainey	Busted
Perla Ojeda	Busted
Ryan Wince	Busted
James Athanas	Busted
John Zable	Busted
Alex Manzano	Busted

Michael Reed	Busted

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06-14-2025 11:56 UTC-8

Some Chip Updates

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	860,000 1,000	1,000

Florian Ribouchon	810,000 110,000	110,000
Ryan Riess	748,000 117,000	117,000

Ryan Anderson	670,000 329,000	329,000
Jianqiang Yu	425,000 200,000	200,000
Rumen Nanev	340,000 17,000	17,000
Julian Velador	310,000 6,000	6,000
Eran Carmi	290,000 139,000	139,000
Hooman Nikzad	260,000 94,000	94,000
Justus Marsico	220,000 96,000	96,000
Fabian Gumz	156,000 106,000	106,000
Jamie Vela	101,000 5,000	5,000
Benjamin Armstrong	95,000 99,000	99,000