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

06-14-2025 23:33 UTC-7

Hacker Scoops a Double Off Garcia Garay

David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Four players saw a flop of 9♦8♠4♦ when Brian Hacker bet 39,000 from the cutoff. Fernando Garcia Garay then moved all in from the small blind Christopher Yott and James Chen both folded back around to Hacker who called for 83,500.

Brian Hacker: A♦9♠4♠2♦2♠ All in
Fernando Garcia Garay: K♣K♠Q♣J♦10♣

Hacker was ahead with two pair, while Garcia Garay was on a straight draw. The turn was the 5♥, while the 4♣ came on the river to improve Hacker to a full house with a low as he scooped the pot to double up.

Brian Rast recently joined this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hacker	200,000 145,500	145,500
Christopher Yott	160,000 100,200	100,200
James Chen (US)	140,000

Brian Rast	60,000 60,000	60,000

Fernando Garcia Garay	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Brian Hacker Fernando Garcia Garay

06-14-2025 23:23 UTC-7

"What Are the Odds"; Garza Ibarrola Goes Runner-Runner to Stun Ahmed

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jacobo Garza Ibarrola was in middle position and got the rest of his 63,500 in the middle on a flop of K♠J♣9♠ as Owais Ahmed put him at risk in the hijack.

Jacobo Garza Ibarrola: A♣A♦5♣4♠2♥ All in
Owais Ahmed: A♥K♣Q♥10♣2♠

Ahmed had flopped the nut straight to leave Garza Ibarrola in danger of elimination with just his aces as the turn came the J♦. The river was the A♠ and Garza Ibarrola spiked the last one in the deck to make a running full house and earn a miraculous double up.

"Oh my goodness. What are the odds?" tablemate Patrick Leonard yelled out as Garza Ibarrola snapped a photo of the board before taking in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacobo Garza Ibarrola	130,000 50,000	50,000
Owais Ahmed	60,000 20,200	20,200

Tags: Jacobo Garza Ibarrola Owais Ahmed

06-14-2025 23:22 UTC-7

Nikiforov Shows Aces

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Adrian Buckley limped in the cutoff before Anthony Zinno raised to 5,000 on the button. Ilya Nikiforov made the call in the big blind, as did Buckley.

Nikiforov and Buckley checked the K♥K♣9♥ flop and Zinno continued for 11,000. Nikiforov called while Buckley got out of the way.

The dealer revealed the 5♥ turn, where both players checked and the 8♦ river was revealed.

Nikiforov led out with a bet of 20,000, adding chips to his growing stack as Zinno folded.

"Show something," implored Zinno before Nikiforov turned over A♣A♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Nikiforov	234,000 174,500	174,500
Adrian Buckley	118,000 28,500	28,500

Anthony Zinno	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Adrian Buckley Anthony Zinno Ilya Nikiforov

06-14-2025 23:14 UTC-7

Late Night Entries & Reloads

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Shoreman	60,000 4,500	4,500

Josh Arieh	60,000 23,000	23,000

Quan Zhou	60,000
Paul Volpe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Viktor Blom	60,000 60,000	60,000
Stanislav Ivanov	60,000 16,000	16,000
Robert Cowen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dario Alioto	60,000 48,200	48,200

Dan Heimiller	60,000 60,000	60,000

Johannes Becker	60,000 54,500	54,500

06-14-2025 23:09 UTC-7

Beinner's Aces Hold to Bust Edengren

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With around 40,000 in the pot on a flop of K♦5♥4♠, Magnus Edengren moved all in for 33,000 in the hijack and Matthew Beinner called in the small blind.

Magnus Edengren: A♦Q♦10♦4♣2♣ All in
Matthew Beinner: A♣A♠Q♠6♣2♦

Both players were on a wheel draw, while Beinner was ahead with his aces. The rest of the K♠9♥ board was no help to Edengren and Beinner took the pot to send Edengren to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	280,000 52,500	52,500
Magnus Edengren	Busted

Tags: Magnus Edengren Matthew Beinner

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-14-2025 23:00 UTC-7

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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06-14-2025 22:44 UTC-7

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 22:39 UTC-7

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 22:29 UTC-7

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