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

06-16-2025 14:39 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Blum	Busted
James Cheung	Busted
Austin Srur	Busted
Kevin Gerhart	Busted

Matthew Townsend	Busted
Adam Rymer	Busted
William Delsanto	Busted
Maxx Coleman	Busted

Kyle Miholich	Busted

Michael Fishel	Busted
Joshua Palmer	Busted

Aleksandr Iasnogorodskii	Busted
Eduardo Reyes	Busted
Sachin Bhargava	Busted
Itay Kimhi	Busted
Bradley Smith	Busted

Brad Ruben	Busted

Mehmet Cetinkaya	Busted

Four-Way to Seventh: Obst Obliterates Opposition, Short Sent to Exit

Frank Visser

Level 14

Limit Flop: 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Christopher Cook: 6♣5♣3♠/2♦K♦2♥A♦ All in
William Short: Q♦5♦3♥/7♦10♥8♣6♥
Maxx Coleman: AxXxXx/A♣8♥Q♣9♥
James Obst: 7♠6♠4♣/A♠7♥Q♠10♠

In a huge four-way pot, Christopher Cook tossed in his final 5,000 on seventh street. William Short called all-in for 4,000, and Maxx Coleman called as well.

James Obst then raised, and Coleman tossed in a reluctant call. Obst tabled a flush, adding the small side pot to his enormous stack as Coleman quickly mucked his cards.

Christopher Cook had made the best low, leaving Short empty-handed as the pot was chopped up between Cook and Obst.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	490,000 331,000	331,000

Christopher Cook	100,000 22,000	22,000
Maxx Coleman	22,000 61,500	61,500

William Short	Busted

Tags: Christopher Cook James Obst Maxx Coleman William Short

06-16-2025 13:42 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jyri Merivirta	Busted
David Prociak	Busted

Daniel Mayoh	Busted
Travis Trail	Busted
Nicolas Milgrom	Busted

Noah Bronstein	Busted

Max Hoffman	Busted
Jeffrey Mitseff	Busted
Alejandro Burzaco	Busted
Cole Jackson	Busted
James Tilton	Busted
John Racener	Busted

Jay Johnson	Busted
Ryan Remmes	Busted
Scott Bohlman	Busted

Johannes Becker	Busted

Jude Arena	Busted
Lisa Passadore	Busted
Juan Caridad	Busted
Frankie O'Dell	Busted

David Funkhouser	Busted

Aaron Duczak	Busted
Ian Steinman	Busted

Jared Koppel	Busted
Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Kearse Calls Clock on Ahmed, Busts One Hand Later

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Limit Flop: 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Three-way to a 7♥9♠K♦ flop, Robert Kearse checked from the big blind to Benny Glaser in early position. Glaser bet, prompting Owais Ahmed to toss in a raise on the button.

Kearse quickly folded, but Glaser threw in a three-bet. Ahmed called, as did he when Glaser bet on the 7♦ turn. Glaser did not hold back on the 10♥ river as he bet again.

Ahmed took about a minute to think it over, after which an irritated Kearse called the clock. Not long after the floor had arrived, Ahmed laid his hand down.

After the hand, Kearse kept making remarks about the speed of Ahmed's play.

"What are you complaining about? I've played five hands faster than you!" Ahmed retaliated.

"Well, I've played five hands better than you," Kearse quipped back, which got some laughs out of the other players.

Ahmed and Kearse would not argue for much longer, as Kearse was eliminated the very next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	185,000 20,000	20,000

Anthony Ribeiro	167,000 60,500	60,500
Anson Tsang	155,000 9,000	9,000

Stuart Rutter	145,000 2,000	2,000
Owais Ahmed	130,000

Felipe Ramos	127,000 57,000	57,000

Norman Chad	120,000 15,000	15,000
Robert Kearse	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Owais Ahmed Robert Kearse

06-16-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Remaining First-Level Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 14

Limit Flop: 2,500/5,000 Blinds, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring In, 5,000 Completion, 5,000-10,000 Limits

Player	Chips	Progress
Pearce Arnold	Busted
Dave Stann	Busted
Antonios Onoufriou	Busted
Lamont Davis	Busted
Matthew Bode	Busted

Ariel Mantel	Busted
Patrick Leonard	Busted

Aaron Cummings	Busted

David Greenberg	Busted
Michael Palermo	Busted
Jonathan McMichael	Busted
Jeffrey Jerome	Busted
Micah Brooks	Busted
Tom Koral	Busted

Andrew Latto	Busted
Susan Genard	Busted
Pomjun Cha	Busted
Bart Hanson	Busted
Frederik Brink	Busted
Gina Hecht	Busted
Bradley Helm	Busted
Daniel Strelitz	Busted

Philip Sternheimer	Busted

Jackson Spencer	Busted
Mark Rubbathan	Busted

06-16-2025 12:46 UTC-8

Valeo Flushed Out

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Frank Visser

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000/4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Matthew Valeo: K♥9♥/K♦Q♦8♦2♠/2♦ All in
Greg Baird: 5♣4♣/J♣10♣2♣Q♣/Xx

Matthew Valeo got his chips in on fourth street against Greg Baird and was at risk. Baird's flush draw was immediately completed on fifth street, and Valeo was drawing dead on sixth street as he took his leave.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Baird	85,000 16,000	16,000
Matthew Valeo	Busted

Tags: Greg Baird Matthew Valeo

06-16-2025 12:38 UTC-8

No New Bracelet for Luo

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Frank Visser

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000/4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Stud Hi-Lo

Xixiang Luo: A♣K♠3♣/7♣9♦6♣Xx All in
Maxx Coleman: J♠7♦6♥/8♦K♥6♦9♣

Maxx Coleman check-called a bet by Xixiang Luo on fourth street before he put his opponent all-in on fifth street. Luo called, but could not make a pair or low in the end as Coleman's pair of sixes scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Coleman	83,500 25,500	25,500

Xixiang Luo	Busted

Tags: Maxx Coleman Xixiang Luo

06-16-2025 12:29 UTC-8

Early Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000/4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Wirjo	Busted
Dzmitry Malets	Busted
Adrian Buckley	Busted

Benjamin Ludlow	Busted
Jay Dragland	Busted
Sandy Sanchez	Busted
Vladislavs Petrovs	Busted
Matthew Rosen	Busted
Kenneth Kemple	Busted
Michael Reed	Busted
Jon Gibbs	Busted
Eric Buchman	Busted

Christian Roberts	Busted

Javid Javani	Busted
Svjatoslavs Melnikovs	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Suzan Landrum	Busted
John Ma	Busted
Glenn Engelbert	Busted
John Zaleski	Busted
Thomas Love	Busted
Motohiro Kondo	Busted

06-16-2025 12:22 UTC-8

Hellmuth Spins Out Wong

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Liam Gannon

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000/4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Phil Hellmuth opened from first position and on the button, Alan Wong moved all in for his last bet which Hellmuth called.

Alan Wong: A♦8♥6♦3♣ All in
Phil Hellmuth: A♥K♠Q♥4♦

The board ran out J♠5♥5♠3♦2♥ and Hellmuth had made a wheel on the end to eliminate Wong from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	89,000 15,000	15,000

Alan Wong	Busted

Tags: Alan Wong Phil Hellmuth

06-16-2025 12:18 UTC-8

Abitbol Bluffs to Early Exit

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Frank Visser

Level 13

Limit Flop: 2,000/4,000 Blinds, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring In, 4,000 Completion, 4,000-8,000 Limits

Omaha Hi-Lo

Catching the action on the A♣A♥Q♦ flop, Steven Abitbol checked form the big blind to Eduardo Reyes in the cutoff. Reyes bet, Abitbol raised, and Reyes called.

Abitbol then committed his last few chips on the 6♣ turn, with Reyes snap-calling.

Steven Abitbol: Kx5x3xXx All in
Eduardo Reyes: A♠Q♥9♣2♥