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

06-14-2025 18:35 UTC-7

Hoenig Sends Out the Defending Champ

David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ryan Hoenig and John Fauver saw the turn on a board of 8♠10♥K♦6♦ when Fauver put in his last 10,000 from the hijack and Hoenig put him at risk in the cutoff.

Fauver showed A♠Q♦J♥7♠5♥, while Hoenig had A♦A♥K♠J♦9♥. Fauver was looking to complete a straight or low to stay alive, but he missed the K♥ as Hoenig improved to trips to send the defending champion to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hoenig	95,000 21,000	21,000

John Fauver	Busted

Tags: John Fauver Ryan Hoenig

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-14-2025 18:31 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	283,100 176,100	176,100

Griffin Goodman	240,700 3,300	3,300
Rishi Amin	228,000 62,000	62,000
Nick Guagenti	190,000 120,000	120,000

James Chen (US)	152,000 32,000	32,000

Ian Bradley	147,500 82,500	82,500
Adrian Buckley	146,500

Adam Friedman	132,100 5,900	5,900

Blaz Zerjav	129,500 61,900	61,900

Patrick Leonard	113,600 47,600	47,600

Dylan Lindsey	112,500 12,500	12,500
Aaron Kupin	110,000 5,000	5,000

Tomasz Gluszko	109,700
Dylan Lambe	96,300 5,400	5,400
Nathan Gamble	95,900 32,000	32,000

Huck Seed	93,000

Nicolas Milgrom	92,400 31,800	31,800

Bruno Furth	92,000 40,000	40,000

Yueqi Zhu	92,000 26,300	26,300

Ben Lamb	92,000 42,500	42,500

David Prociak	85,500 11,500	11,500

Allen Kessler	84,200 600	600
Tyler Brown	84,100

Yuri Dzivielevski	84,000 7,000	7,000

David Benyamine	83,200 26,800	26,800

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06-14-2025 18:15 UTC-7

Second Break

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.

Action will resume on Level 5, with blinds of 300/500 and a 500 big blind ante.

06-14-2025 18:14 UTC-7

Chen Takes Big Pot With River Shove

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

More than 100,000 was already in the middle as James Chen, Scott Bohlman, and Andrew Brown saw a board of 3♠7♠10♥K♦2♣. Chen then moved all in for 12,900 on the button.

Bohlman took a minute before folding in middle positon as action went on Brown in the hijack. "I promise I've been thinking the entire time," Brown said.

Brown ended up tanking for several minutes until tablemate Eshaan Bhalla called the clock. "You said you were thinking while he was thinking, so really it's been like eight minutes," Bhalla said.

Brown continued muttering to himself as his countdown approached zero, and his hand was eventually declared dead as Chen raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen (US)	120,000 68,400	68,400

Eshaan Bhalla	50,000 10,000	10,000
Andrew Brown	20,000 68,000	68,000

Scott Bohlman	10,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Andrew Brown James Chen (US)Scott Bohlman

06-14-2025 18:08 UTC-7

More For Goodman

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Griffin Goodman opened to 1,800 in the cutoff and was called by Jeff Madsen on the button. David Prociak defended his big blind, and the dealer revealed the 7♦9♠Q♥ flop.

Prociak checked to Goodman, who continued for 3,000. Madsen made the call while Prociak got out of the way.

Goodman slowed down with a check on the 9♦ turn, calling after Madsen fired 8,500. Another check from Goodman followed the Q♠ river, with Madsen checking it back.

Goodman showed A♠A♥J♥9♥4♣ for trip nines with an ace kicker, claiming the pot as Madsen slid his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Goodman	244,000 14,000	14,000
David Prociak	97,000

Jeff Madsen	39,000

Tags: David Prociak Griffin Goodman Jeff Madsen

06-14-2025 17:56 UTC-7

Eveslage Hits a One-Outer to Double Off Sortino

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Chad Eveslage and Michael Sortino saw a flop of K♠J♣2♠ when Eveslage got his last 30,800 in the middle from the hijack and Sortino called in early position.

Chad Eveslage: A♠10♠10♥9♥4♠ All in
Michael Sortino: A♠10♦6♦2♥2♣

Sortino was ahead with his set of deuces, but Eveslage found the last ten in the deck on the 10♣ turn to make a higher set. The river was the 6♥ and Eveslage doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	65,000 2,000	2,000

Michael Sortino	10,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Chad Eveslage Michael Sortino

06-14-2025 17:38 UTC-7

Beinner Quarters Watson

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Matthew Beinner bet 3,000 from the hijack on a flop of 6♣8♥J♥ and Andrew Watson called in the cutoff, as did Jonathan Malcolm in the big blind.

The turn was the 3♠ and Beinner bet another 10,000. Watson then moved all in for 30,000 and Malcolm got out of the way, while Beinner called.

Watson showed A♦J♣6♠5♥2♦, while Beinner had A♥8♠5♣4♣2♥. The K♥ river gave Beinner a flush to take the high, while they chopped up the low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beinner	75,000 4,900	4,900
Jonathan Malcolm	45,000 45,000	45,000
Andrew Watson	25,000

Tags: Andrew Watson Jonathan Malcolm Matthew Beinner

06-14-2025 17:35 UTC-7

One Bet from Brown

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way action to the 7♥7♠7♦ flop brought checks from Brian Hacker in the big blind, Scott Bohlman in early position and Andrew Brown in middle position.

Hacker and Bohlman declined to bet again on the A♠ turn before Brown tossed 2,500 into the middle. Hacker was quick to fold, while Bohlman took one last look at his cards before tossing them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	88,000 11,200	11,200

Scott Bohlman	54,000 2,800	2,800

Brian Hacker	51,000

Tags: Andrew Brown Brian Hacker Scott Bohlman

06-14-2025 17:24 UTC-7

Gerhart Takes from Amin

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Rishi Amin opened to 1,500 in the hijack, and Kevin Gerhart was the only caller on the button.

Amin led out for 2,300 on the 10♣A♥Q♥ flop, with Gerhart calling to see the Q♣ turn. Both players checked through to the Q♦ river, where Amin checked.

Gerhart announced a bet of 6,000, taking down the pot as Amin slid his cards to the dealer.