Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-14-2025 21:00 UTC-8

Gentry Runs Into Beinner's Aces

David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Four players saw a flop of J♣7♥6♣ when Matthew Beinner bet 5,000 from middle position. Michael Gentry then moved all in for 15,000 in the hijack and the table folded back to Beinner who called.

Michael Gentry: A♠K♦10♥4♥2♥ All in
Matthew Beinner: A♦A♣Q♣Q♦8♠

Gentry needed to improve against Beinner's aces, but he found no help on the 6♠ turn and K♥ river as Beinner scored the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	110,000 2,000	2,000
Michael Gentry	Busted

Tags: Matthew Beinner Michael Gentry

06-14-2025 21:09 UTC-8

Kessler Quarters Allen

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Richie Allen raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Allen Kessler called in the cutoff.

The flop came K♦K♣8♦ and Allen continued for 3,000. Kessler called and they both checked the 7♠ turn.

Allen also checked the A♣ river and Kessler bet 15,000. Allen called and tabled A♠J♥7♦4♥2♥ for two pair, while Kessler had A♦J♣10♥3♠2♣ for the same two pair and a low to take three-quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	70,000 19,300	19,300
Richie Allen	22,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Richie Allen

06-14-2025 21:17 UTC-8

Hansen Pots Guagenti

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nick Guagenti opened to 2,500 from under the gun, with only Gus Hansen calling in the big blind.

Hansen led out for 2,200 on the J♣J♥6♠ flop before Guagenti tossed out a raise to 6,600. After taking some time, Hansen announced pot, taking down the hand as Guagenti let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Guagenti	204,000 76,000	76,000

Gus Hansen	108,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Gus Hansen Nick Guagenti

06-14-2025 21:21 UTC-8

Beinner Takes a Big Chunk Off Ruben

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Matthew Beinner and Brad Ruben were heads-up on a board of 8♥3♣4♠4♣ when Ruben potted for 75,800 in the small blind. Beinner called in the big blind.

The river was the 7♦ and Ruben moved all in for around 20,000 more. Beinner snap-called with A♣7♣7♥5♠2♠ for a full house and nut low, while Ruben had A♥Q♣6♥5♣2♣ for the same low to salvage a quarter of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	200,000 90,000	90,000
Brad Ruben	60,000 10,800	10,800

Tags: Brad Ruben Matthew Beinner

06-14-2025 21:23 UTC-8

Hoenig, Sion Start Over

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hoenig	60,000 35,300	35,300

Elior Sion	60,000 60,000	60,000

Likith Govindaiah	Busted
Jonathan Greene	Busted
Kenneth Lin	Busted
Gary Benson	Busted

Richard Green	Busted
Jiyang Gan	Busted

06-14-2025 21:29 UTC-8

Seed Laments His Play as Alexander Takes Three-Quarters

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

George Alexander bet 55,000 from the big blind on a board of 5♣A♣8♦10♥ and Huck Seed called in the cutoff.

Alexander then moved all in for 140,000 on the 6♥ river and Seed again called.

Alexander showed A♦8♣7♦3♠2♥ for two pair and a low, while Seed had the same low with K♠Q♦J♥3♦2♣ as Alexander took three quarters.

"I probably shouldn't have played this hand. If I had just folded on the flop it would've been better for me," Seed lamented as Alexander raked in most of the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	220,000 177,800	177,800

Huck Seed	70,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: George Alexander Huck Seed

06-14-2025 21:39 UTC-8

Schreiber Quarters Soverel With Aces

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up on a board of 3♥2♦7♥J♣, Sam Soverel bet 34,000 from the button, Matthew Schreiber moved all in for 131,800 in the hijack, and Soverel called.

Schreiber had A♦A♥8♥6♦4♠ for two aces and the nut low, while Soverel had A♣K♦J♠5♣4♥ for the same low.

"I need a four," Soverel said as he was looking to scoop the pot, but the 2♣ river earned Schreiber three-quarters of the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schreiber	230,000 152,000	152,000

Sam Soverel	180,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Matthew Schreiber Sam Soverel

06-14-2025 21:44 UTC-8

Final Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are going on the last 15-minute break of the day. There are two more 60-minute levels left to play before they bag up for the night.

The field has crossed the 300-player mark, with 173 players still remaining out of 303 entries.

06-14-2025 22:00 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Kupin	320,000 195,200	195,200
Corel Theuma	304,500 21,400	21,400
Matthew Wantman	284,000 231,600	231,600

Evgeni Tourevski	270,000 210,000	210,000
Leandro Pimentel	250,500 186,500	186,500
Sam Soverel	250,000 70,000	70,000

Walter Chambers	236,500 23,000	23,000

Nick Schulman	229,000 63,000	63,000

Matthew Beinner	227,500 27,500	27,500
Xixiang Luo	223,000 35,000	35,000

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	213,500 25,500	25,500
Nick Guagenti	212,000 8,000	8,000

Rishi Amin	199,000 29,000	29,000
Sean Baker	197,000 161,500	161,500
Eduards Rakuss	187,000 92,000	92,000
Jeffrey Karp	184,900 20,000	20,000
Patrick Leonard	181,000 45,000	45,000

Alex Livingston	171,000 108,000	108,000

Adam Owen	164,000 10,000	10,000
Lawrence Brandt	159,500 20,500	20,500

David Williams	158,500 103,500	103,500

Andrew Yeh	158,500 104,500	104,500

Yueqi Zhu	148,000 56,000	56,000

Peter Neff	147,000 23,000	23,000
Adam Friedman	144,000 4,000	4,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500