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

06-14-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Li Lives To See Another Day

John Avelino

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The players were showing their hole cards as the action was picked up, side by side in neighboring seats Luteng Li was all in for his remaining 425,000 under the gun. Julian Velador made the call from the big blind position.

Luteng Li: A♠A♣7♦3♦ All in
Julian Velador: K♥J♥6♠4♦

On a runout of 2♠6♦Q♠7♥10♥, Li held the best hand, relieved as his tournament life persists.

Li's bullets held strong as he doubled through Velador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luteng Li	790,000 440,000	440,000
Julian Velador	130,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Julian Velador Luteng Li

06-14-2025 16:51 UTC-8

Leiva's Aces Hold

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Jerome Solomon

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Gene Grieshaber put his last 300,000 chips at risk preflop against Carlos Leiva.

Gene Grieshaber: J♣10♦7♣5♦ All in
Carlos Leiva: A♦A♣8♣8♥

The board fell 4♠K♥Q♣Q♠4♣, giving Grieshaber an open-ended straight on the flop, but he never caught up to Leiva' pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Leiva	3,800,000 1,925,000	1,925,000

Gene Grieshaber	Busted

Tags: Gene Grieshaber Carlos Leiva

06-14-2025 16:49 UTC-8

Straight for Ribouchon

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Florian Ribouchon raised to 75,000 from the cutoff position, and Georgios Tsoupras called on the button. The flop came down with 7♦4♥10♥, and Ribouchon bet out 150,000, receiving a call from Tsoupras.

The turn 8♥ and the river 2♣ were both checked, and Riboucon announced, "Straight" and turned over K♠J♠9♣9♥ for the straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Tsoupras	2,300,000 1,595,000	1,595,000
Florian Ribouchon	1,500,000 960,000	960,000

Tags: Florian Ribouchon Georgios Tsoupras

06-14-2025 16:42 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Nick Becker

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Adcock	Busted
Norbert Holting	Busted
Benjamin Armstrong	Busted
Tolga Demirel	Busted
Zhen Chen	Busted
Juan Caridad	Busted
Brian Leblanc	Busted

06-14-2025 16:41 UTC-8

Notable Bustouts

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John Avelino

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Here are some familiar faces in the poker world no longer in the field of Event #42.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Riordan	Busted

Michael Leah	Busted

Max Steinberg	Busted

Ryan Riess	Busted

Danny Wong	Busted

Cristian Gutierrez	Busted

Martin Nielsen	Busted
Darryll Fish	Busted
Djordje Stojic	Busted

06-14-2025 16:31 UTC-8

McKain Dispatches McClean

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 23 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action picked up where the button, Brian McKain, and the big blind, Russel McClean, were all in, with McKain holding the bigger stack. McClean was all in for his last 395,000.

Russel McClean: A♦J♦9♣8♥ All in
Brian McKain: A♣A♠Q♦3♥

The board came up with 2♦4♣4♠J♥4♦, and McKainhad the best of it with a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Mckain	1,150,000 676,000	676,000
Russel McClean	Busted

Tags: Brian Mckain Russel McClean

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

06-14-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Grieshaber's Flush is Good

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Nick Becker

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Gene Grieshaber raised to 85,000 in the cutoff and Joshua Palmer called on the button.

The flop came 2♣2♦A♦, Grieshaber led out for 50,000 and Palmer called.

The 10♦ turn and 2♥ river both went check-check and Grieshaber tabled the winner with Q♠J♥J♦9♦ for the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Palmer	1,900,000 550,000	550,000

Gene Grieshaber	1,460,000 490,000	490,000

Tags: Gene Grieshaber Joshua Palmer

06-14-2025 16:28 UTC-8

Brown Sends Vela Home

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Jerome Solomon

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jamie Vela went all in from the cutoff and Casey Brown was quick to make the call.

Jamie Vela: A♦K♦Q♣J♥ All in
Casey Brown: A♥A♣10♠9♣

The board hit J♣5♦7♣3♦3♣ giving Vela jacks and threes, but Brown's pocket aces took the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Casey Brown	2,750,000 150,000	150,000
Jamie Vela	Busted

Tags: Casey Brown Jamie Vela

06-14-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Updated Top Chip Counts

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John Avelino

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	4,300,000 2,385,000	2,385,000

Joon Park	3,800,000 3,120,000	3,120,000
James Cheung	3,500,000 2,640,000	2,640,000
Casey Brown	2,600,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Carlos Leiva	1,875,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Carlos Leiva Casey Brown Dylan Weisman Joon Park James Cheung