Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Phil Ivey is starting to heat up at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and he could be just one day away from capturing his 12th gold bracelet.
The Poker Hall of Famer, with 10 players remaining at the time of publishing, held the chip lead in Event #51: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, a tournament with 489 entrants.
Bryn Kenney, who is closing in on $80 million in live tournament cashes, busted in 11th place ($134,007). The remaining players still have a shot at the $2,292,155 first-place prize, to be awarded on Friday.
The 53 remaining players are now on their way to a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 6:45 p.m. at blinds 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante.
Zal Irani open-shoved for a remaining stack of 750,000, and Marc Fluss tanked on the button before opting to call for the following showdown:
Zal Irani: K♥Q♥
Marc Fluss: A♦K♠
Irani's hand was dominated, and he couldn't improve throughout the board J♣5♣7♠8♠9♥, which led to his elimination from the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,000,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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Busted |
Action was picked up with Terry Moore all in against Dennis Carlson. Before the call, Moore turned to Carlson and said, “Don’t call just yet,” motioning for his friend to come over. “Hey, I want you to film my bust out hand,” he added with a grin. Carlson obliged and then called.
Terry Moore: K♥K♦
Dennis Carlson: A♣Q♦
The flop came 9♦4♠7♠, and the 5♥ turn looked safe for Moore. But the brutal A♦ on the river ended his run in dramatic fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,100,000
1,675,000
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1,675,000 |
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Busted | |
Antonin Teisseire on the button found himself at risk against Greg Collins in middle position.
Antonin Teisseire: 9♠9♦
Greg Collins: K♦Q♥
Collins flopped top pair then hit two pair on 3♣Q♠4♠10♠4♥ to end Teisseire's deeprun in 57th place for $12,278.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,600,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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Busted | |
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Timothy Tenpas raised under the gun for 175,000 and got called by Josef Gulas next to him before Christian Hernandez decided to shove one seat over for 1,375,000. It came back to Tenpas who ended up folding and so did Gulas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,000,000
2,960,000
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2,960,000 |
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5,020,000
620,000
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620,000 |
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1,820,000
240,000
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240,000 |
After an open by the hijack called by the cutoff and the small blind, Khaled Aljoma in the big blind moved all-in.
One after the other, all of his opponents folded. "You want to see?," Aljoma asked before revealing 5♣2♠ for a bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,300,000
200,000
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200,000 |
Action was picked up as Chad Layne was all in against Douglas Pappan.
Chad Layne: A♠J♠
Douglas Pappan: Q♦Q♥
The board came K♠K♦4♦7♦8♥, and Layne was eliminated, but as a great sport, he wished everyone luck and said he hoped someone from his table would win the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,400,000
2,025,000
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2,025,000 |
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Busted |
Scotty Nguyen raised to 200,000 from the hijack, and Ron Fetsch called from the small blind. The flop came out with 10♠2♣A♥ and both players checked,
On the turn K♥, Fetsch checked to Nguyen, who made it 175,000, and Fetsch raised to 300,000. Nguyen, also known as The Prince of Poker, called quickly.
On the river J♥, both players checked, and Nguyen said, "Good hand" when Fetsch turned over A♦10♥ for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,230,000
2,300,000
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2,300,000 |
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1,600,000
925,000
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925,000 |
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