Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,482,200
Entries
757
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
11
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 757
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Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
It’s often in poker that a big pot is lost and a player is left with only crumbs. The old phrase “A chip and a chair” is often thrown out in an attempt to spark a touch of hope when all feels lost. Caleb Furth, better known as Bruno, proved that a positive attitude and determination can overcome all odds.
With only a single 100,000 chip at the 80,000 big blind level, Furth went on to spin his 1.25 big blinds to victory against some of the best in the world at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Furth is no stranger to the bright lights, as this is his second bracelet in a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament; this one was special as it did provide a new high score of $620,696 for the young American pro. Furth prevailed over Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, which attracted 757 entries, generating a total prize pool of $3,482,200.
When asked how he felt about the spin-up to victory, he explained:
“Yeah, at that point, pressure was off. We had ten left so I was sure that I was going to be the next one out, so I was willing to gamble – I did. Doubled up back to average… an unbelievable journey. I’m elated.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Furth | United States | $620,696 |
| 2 | Fabian Riebau-Schmithals | Germany | $413,762 |
| 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | $288,775 |
| 4 | Matthew Cosentino | United States | $204,808 |
| 5 | Mark Aridgides | United States | $147,647 |
| 6 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | $108,221 |
| 7 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | $80,673 |
| 8 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | $61,179 |
Final Table Dynamics
Despite battling back to average, the final table was no easy task – Furth had to contend with German Pot-Limit Omaha specialist, Fabian Riebau-Schmithals, his eventual heads-up opponent. Riebau-Schmithals seemed to have a stranglehold on the final six, when he had over 25,000,000 of the chips in play, with the next closest stack sitting below 4,000,000. This predictably made life difficult for the table of short stacks, as they were all vying for massive pay jumps.
Furth won a series of small pots but significantly closed the gap in a hand where he got three streets of value against the eventual runner-up.
Once play got down to three players, Furth dispatched the divisive Martin Kabrhel, who seemed to make a few friends and many enemies along the way in this particular tournament.
Furth had this to say about playing with Kabrhel:
“I think that he acts in a way to upset other people, hoping to get under their skin. It did work on me briefly. I was quite upset with him during the final table while he was wasting everyone’s time and defying the floor.”
Kabrhel had the clock called on him more than twenty times during the tournament.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Stay tuned for more coverage of the 2025 World Series of Poker throughout the summer!
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After a series of small skirmishes, Caleb Furth limped the button and Fabian Riebau-Schmithals checked.
Together they saw the 8♣3♦5♠ fan out. Riebau-Schmithals check-called a bet from Furth and they went to the 2♠.
The German PLO specialist checked and faced a bet of 1,200,000. He then raised to 5,400,000. Furth further responded with an all in and Riebau-Schmithals called.
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals: A♠9♣6♠2♦ 
Caleb Furth: 8♠6♥6♣4♥
Furth had a straight and Riebau-Schmithals was on a big draw but it wasn't meant to be when the J♣ ended the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,850,000
5,050,000
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5,050,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Caleb Furth opened with a 900,000-chip raise on the button.
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals made the call, before both players checked the flop 8♠2♠2♣.
When the J♣ hit on the turn, Riebau-Schmithals slid a million chips into the pot.
Furth barely hesitated before raising to 5 million.
After Riebau-Schmithals potted with a three-bet the pot, Furth went all in with his last 11,950,000 chips.
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals: A♣A♦Q♣9♦
Caleb Furth: 9♥3♥3♦2♦
With trip-deuces, Furth was in the lead, but Riebau-Schmithals had outs.
The Q♠ on the river was not one of them, and Furth had won the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,800,000
18,000,000
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18,000,000 |
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11,700,000
14,400,000
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14,400,000 |
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Level 32
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Heads up to a turn of 9♠5♥6♥8♦, Caleb Furth check-called a bet of 2,500,000 from Fabian Riebau-Schmithals.
The river peeled the 6♠ and Furth took the initiative by betting 5,900,000. After some contemplations, Riebau-Schmithals raised all-in which quickly garnered a fold from Furth.
This proves a large momentum swing for a heads up match that began fairly even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,100,000
8,000,000
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8,000,000 |
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8,800,000
8,350,000
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8,350,000 |
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Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
In lieu of the scheduled one-hour break for dinner, Fabian Riebau-Schmithals and Caleb Furth elected to have a short 15-minute stoppage in play before playing heads-up for the bracelet.
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel raised to 875,000 on the button. Caleb Furth came over the top from the big blind for 2 million, which was more than enough to put Kabrhel all in for the remainder of his stack.
Unlike so often during the tournament, Kabrhel wasted little time in making the call.
Martin Kabrhel: A♦K♦3♦2♠
Caleb Furth: Q♥J♥7♦5♠
Before he was even ahead on the 10♠10♦7♠ flop with two pair, Furth needled Kabrhel, who had been talking to him incessantly for the better part of two days.
"It was not nice playing with you, goodbye, Martin," Furth said.
The rest of the board ran out 8♥4♠, leaving Furth in front, sending Kabrhel to the rail in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,150,000
3,000,000
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3,000,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
A short-stacked Martin Kabrhel had clock called on him in three consecutive hands. On the fourth hand, he had about a third of his stack at risk in the big blind.
Caleb Furth took a moment peeling his cards in the small blind but ultimately gave Kabrhel a walk.
"I played that hand perfectly! I mean, ZERO mistakes.", Kabrhel then tabled K♦Q♦7♦4♦, declaring that he only needed to flop one diamond to make a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,100,000
1,800,000
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1,800,000 |
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14,150,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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1,600,000
2,525,000
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2,525,000 |
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