Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-15-2025 13:26 UTC-8

Bendor Scoops as Greenberg Misses

Frank Visser

Level 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

David Greenberg: 9♠8♥4♦/3♣8♣A♥J♦
Mary Jones: XxXx/5♣10♦ - folded fourth street
Yarron Bendor: 4♥3♥2♠/Q♦7♣4♠7♠
Susan Kane: XxXx/J♠7♦10♠ - folded fifth street

After clarifying the rules, David Greenberg completed with the lowest card showing. Mary Jones, Yarron Bendor, and Susan Kane tossed in calls, after which the action checked to Greenberg on fourth street.

He bet, prompting Jones to fold. Bendor and Kane still called, and Greenberg fired another bet on fifth street. Bendor flicked in another call, while Kane got out of the way.

Sixth and seventh street were checked to showdown, where Bendor tabled two pair for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mary Jones	41,500 500	500

Yarron Bendor	36,500
Susan Kane	32,500
David Greenberg	29,500

Tags: David Greenberg Mary Jones Susan Kane Yarron Bendor

06-15-2025 13:12 UTC-8

Seiver Gets Scooped Early

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Frank Visser

Level 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Scott Seiver raised his button, and Bruce Levitt called in the big blind. Both players checked the 4♦Q♣3♦ flop before Levitt checked the A♥ river over to Seiver as well.

Seiver fired a bet, and Levitt called. The 6♣ river was knuckled by both again, prompting Levitt to table A♦10♦7♦2♥. His top pair and six-low were good for both ends of the pot as Seiver mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruce Levitt	37,000 37,000	37,000
Scott Seiver	33,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Bruce Levitt Scott Seiver

06-15-2025 13:11 UTC-8

Henrich Spikes the River for Broadway

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Brett Slezak

Level 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Action was picked up four-ways to the Q♣J♥8♦ flop in a hand between Jiyang Gan from under the gun, Ed Smith from the hijack, Mike Henrich from the small blind, and Robert Kearse from the big blind. Kearse led and everyone stuck around for a turn.

On the 3♥ turn, Kearse led again, Gan called, Smith folded, and Henrich called.

The K♥ river quickly checked through as Henrich tabled A♠10♦3♦2♦ for broadway to scoop an early one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Henrich	39,000 39,000	39,000
Jiyang Gan	34,000 34,000	34,000
Ed Smith	33,000 33,000	33,000
Robert Kearse	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Ed Smith Jiyang Gan Mike Henrich Robert Kearse

06-15-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Among the Early Birds

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Frank Visser

Level 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	35,000 35,000	35,000

Scott Seiver	35,000 35,000	35,000

John Racener	35,000 35,000	35,000

Roland Israelashvili	35,000 35,000	35,000

Jyri Merivirta	35,000 35,000	35,000
Micah Brooks	35,000 35,000	35,000
Marcel Vonk	35,000 35,000	35,000

Pierre Lewandowski	35,000 35,000	35,000
Frankie O'Dell	35,000 35,000	35,000

Jay Kerbel	35,000 35,000	35,000

Christian Roberts	35,000 35,000	35,000

Steve Chanthabouasy	35,000 35,000	35,000
Fumihiro Yasoshima	35,000 35,000	35,000
David Arganian	35,000 35,000	35,000
Shane Saito	35,000 35,000	35,000
Levon Torosyan	35,000 35,000	35,000
Mary Jones	35,000 35,000	35,000

William Fortner	35,000 35,000	35,000
Jonathan McMichael	35,000 35,000	35,000
Frank Athey	35,000 35,000	35,000
Terry Johnson	35,000 35,000	35,000
David Prager	35,000 35,000	35,000
Claude Marbleu	35,000 35,000	35,000
Jeffrey Mcdonald	35,000 35,000	35,000
Raed Salem	35,000 35,000	35,000

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06-15-2025 13:03 UTC-8

Shuffling and Dealing

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Frank Visser

Level 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

With 136 players registered from the start, the cards are in the air for Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

Level: 1

Limit Flop: 200/400 Blinds, 400-800 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 100 Bring In, 400 Completion, 400-800 Limits

06-15-2025 10:53 UTC-8

Time to Mix Things Up! $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Starts at 2 p.m.

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Connor Richards

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, which gets underway at 2 p.m. local time. Players start with 35,000 chips and blinds of 200/400 and betting limits of 400/800 here at Horseshoe and Paris Las, Vegas.

Registration closes with the start of Level 11 (about 11 p.m.) and only one reentry is allowed. The first six levels will be 40 minutes in length and will increase to 60 minutes from there on out. Day 1 will play for 12 levels with 15-minute breaks every two hours (no dinner break).

Day 2 of the tournament will start at 1 p.m. Monday and will play for ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break reserved after Level 18. Day 3, the start time of which has yet to be determined, will play down to a winner.

Last year saw 2019 WSOP Main Event final tablist Dario Sammartino winning his first bracelet and $222,703.

Year	Entries	Winner	Country	Payout
2024	507	Dario Sammartino	Italy	$222,703
2023	460	Bradley Smith	Canada	$221,733
2018	402	David Brookshire	United States	$214,291

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Event #47: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

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