2025 World Series of Poker

Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akj107
Prize
$784,353
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,738,600
Total Entries
402
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
323
Players Left
126
Players Left 1 / 402

Balan, Lin Get Their Chips In

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

"There's a three-way all in at my table," Allen Kessler said as Michael Balan, Kenneth Lin, and David Smith had built a pot of around 40,000 on a board of A1048.

Lin then moved all in for 40,000 on the button and Balan reshoved in the small blind for 60,000. Smith tanked for a few minutes but eventually let his hand go.

Lin showed J10832, while Balan had AK1062. "Wow. Those were not the two hands I was expecting," Kessler said.

"Those weren't the hands I was expecting, either," Smith added.

The river was the Q and Balan took the high pot with aces and tens, while Lin took the low to chop the big pot.

Tags: David SmithKenneth LinMichael Balan