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Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,482,200
Total Entries
757
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
757
Players Left
128
Players Left 1 / 757
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Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Today at the 2025 World Series of Poker, Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha began. This prestigious event brought in 757 entries and created a $3,573,040 prize pool. Each one of the 123 players remaining will be fighting for the first-place prize of $620,696 inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Matthew Beck (1,320,000) currently leads the field, but there is a plethora of big names and big stacks breathing down his neck. With a total of 87 WSOP bracelets having been won by the players collectively, Beck’s job is far from done.
Second in chips, Michael Duek (1,026,000) played a crucial pot late in the day in which he cracked the aces of Chris Hunichen with kings. Duek is no stranger to star-studded fields; with over $7,500,000 in cashes and a third-place finish in the 2022 WSOP Main Event, he has set himself up for another monumental score in this event.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Beck | New Zealand | 1,320,000 | 165 |
| 2 | Michael Duek | United States | 1,026,000 | 128 |
| 3 | Konstantinos Bouloutsos | Greece | 900,000 | 113 |
| 4 | Andreas Zampas | Greece | 822,000 | 103 |
| 5 | Jason Lademan | United States | 816,000 | 102 |
| 6 | Wagner Wysotchanski | Brazil | 808,000 | 101 |
| 7 | Ap Garza | United States | 770,000 | 96 |
| 8 | Kevin Hyde | United States | 720,000 | 90 |
| 9 | Christopher Demaci | United States | 689,000 | 86 |
| 10 | Michael Wang | United States | 686,000 | 86 |
Some notable names that will be hunting Beck include Main Event winner Ryan Riess, six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman, Shaun Deeb, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Martin Kabrhel, 2022 WSOP player of the Year Daniel Zack, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, and two of the greatest ever, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu.
Currently eighth in chips, Kevin Hyde is competing against the best in the world during his third-ever live tournament. He sailed smoothly through most of the day as the chip leader, but made one misstep against Allan Le late in the day to knock him down the leaderboard seven spots.
While everyone will be hunting for one of the toughest bracelets of the summer and $620,696, the top 114 places will get paid. That means nine players who found a bag will be going home empty-handed. A min-cash is worth $9,960.
Payouts
On Day 2, players will return to blinds of 4,000/8,000/8,000 and complete ten 60-minute levels, with 15-minute breaks after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21.
Continue to stay tuned to PokerNews as we give you live coverage directly from the tournament floor.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 1 | Quan Tran | United States | 254,000 | 32 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 2 | George Wolff | United States | 473,000 | 59 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 3 | Brian Koifman | United States | 370,000 | 46 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 4 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 551,000 | 69 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 5 | Colby Covington | United States | 237,000 | 30 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 6 | George Alexander | United States | 172,000 | 22 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 7 | Jorge Ufano | United Kingdom | 431,000 | 54 |
| Event Center | Silver 650 | 8 | Jake White | United States | 212,000 | 27 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 1 | Andrew Brown | United States | 222,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 2 | Jason Lademan | United States | 816,000 | 102 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 3 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 99,000 | 12 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 4 | Sameer Batra | United States | 144,000 | 18 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 5 | Tyler Moncek | United States | 137,000 | 17 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 6 | Anthony Hu | United States | 552,000 | 69 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 7 | Aaron Overton | United States | 436,000 | 55 |
| Event Center | Silver 651 | 8 | Pedro Rodriguez | United States | 463,000 | 58 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 1 | Youness Barakat | United Kingdom | 186,000 | 23 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 2 | David Sorrells | United States | 221,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 3 | Jonathan Shoreman | United Kingdom | 216,000 | 27 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 4 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 94,000 | 12 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 5 | Mark Aridgides | United States | 512,000 | 64 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 6 | Georgios Tsoupras | Greece | 340,000 | 43 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 7 | Alexander Wendell Livingston | United States | 525,000 | 66 |
| Event Center | Silver 652 | 8 | Jonathan Borenstein | United States | 120,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 1 | Michael Duek | United States | 1,026,000 | 128 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 2 | Virgile Turchi | France | 279,000 | 35 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 3 | Noah Joshua Schwartz | United States | 230,000 | 29 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 5 | Erik Holmeba Nordstrand | Norway | 100,000 | 13 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 6 | Anthony Lamps | United States | 647,000 | 81 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 7 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 89,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Silver 653 | 8 | Jason Berilgen | United States | 409,000 | 51 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 1 | Jim Butler | United States | 318,000 | 40 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 2 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 148,000 | 19 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 3 | Chad Richard Eveslage | United States | 531,000 | 66 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 4 | Tommy Le | United States | 194,000 | 24 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 5 | Konstantinos Bouloutsos | Greece | 900,000 | 113 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 6 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | 270,000 | 34 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 7 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 437,000 | 55 |
| Event Center | Silver 654 | 8 | Jeffrey Hakim | United States | 103,000 | 13 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 1 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 293,000 | 37 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 2 | Jeffrey Gale | United States | 37,000 | 5 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 3 | Esther Taylor | United States | 73,000 | 9 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 4 | Wagner Wysotchanski | Germany | 808,000 | 101 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 5 | Ferenc Nandor Deak | Hungary | 272,000 | 34 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 6 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 165,000 | 21 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 7 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 327,000 | 41 |
| Event Center | Silver 655 | 8 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | 290,000 | 36 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 1 | Rafael Rodriguez | Colombia | 170,000 | 21 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 2 | Caleb Furth | United States | 653,000 | 82 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 3 | Ap Garza | United States | 770,000 | 96 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 4 | Oziel Velador | United States | 154,000 | 19 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 5 | Justin Kushi | United States | 101,000 | 13 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 6 | Ryan Riess | United States | 85,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 227,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 656 | 8 | Patricia Moore | United States | 192,000 | 24 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 1 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Greece | 119,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 2 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 375,000 | 47 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 3 | Brevin Andreadis | United States | 565,000 | 71 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 4 | [Removed:548] | Austria | 409,000 | 51 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 6 | Julien Sitbon | France | 468,000 | 59 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 7 | Mike Matusow | United States | 273,000 | 34 |
| Event Center | Silver 657 | 8 | Dong Suh | United States | 209,000 | 26 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 1 | Roman Rogovskyi | United States | 270,000 | 34 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 2 | Ian Matakis | United States | 127,000 | 16 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 3 | Matthew Simonsen | United States | 79,000 | 10 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 4 | Dan Shak | United States | 156,000 | 20 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 5 | Samuel Del Castillo | United Kingdom | 67,000 | 8 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 6 | Allan Le | United States | 280,000 | 35 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 7 | Billy Tarango | United States | 452,000 | 57 |
| Event Center | Silver 658 | 8 | Matthew Cosentino | United States | 308,000 | 39 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 2 | Nicholas Levy | United States | 96,000 | 12 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 3 | Sandeep Pulusani | United States | 153,000 | 19 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 4 | David Paredes | United States | 160,000 | 20 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 5 | Sonny Franco | France | 307,000 | 38 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 6 | Krzysztof Magott | Poland | 135,000 | 17 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 7 | Richard Austin | United States | 233,000 | 29 |
| Event Center | Silver 659 | 8 | Ivan Starostin | United States | 272,000 | 34 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 1 | Andy Miller | United States | 425,000 | 53 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 2 | Matthew Beck | New Zealand | 1,320,000 | 165 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 4 | Lorenz Schollhorn | Switzerland | 149,000 | 19 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 5 | Andreas Zampas | Greece | 822,000 | 103 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 6 | Jason Funke | United States | 348,000 | 44 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 7 | Jiyang Gan | China | 89,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Silver 660 | 8 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 71,000 | 9 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 1 | Ethan Cahn | United States | 205,000 | 26 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 437,000 | 55 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 3 | Elliott Kampen | United States | 47,000 | 6 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 4 | Michael Wang | United States | 686,000 | 86 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 5 | Stefan Christopher | United States | 192,000 | 24 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 6 | Nicholas Joe Schulman | United States | 117,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 7 | Dustin Goldklang | United States | 376,000 | 47 |
| Event Center | Silver 661 | 8 | Fabian Riebauschmithals | Austria | 517,000 | 65 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 1 | Kyle Arora | United States | 262,000 | 33 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 2 | Taylor Wilson | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 3 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 227,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 4 | Jeremy Druckman | United States | 157,000 | 20 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 5 | Matthew Mcewan | United States | 502,000 | 63 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 6 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 222,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 7 | Andrew Whitaker | United States | 285,000 | 36 |
| Event Center | Silver 662 | 8 | Edward Bergman | Canada | 223,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 1 | Sean Troha | United States | 118,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 2 | Aaron Kupin | United States | 141,000 | 18 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 3 | Elie Meyer Nakache | France | 38,000 | 5 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 4 | Jake Liebeskind | United States | 55,000 | 7 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 5 | Tony Ren Lin | China | 421,000 | 53 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 6 | Tong Li | Chona | 77,000 | 10 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 7 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 557,000 | 70 |
| Event Center | Silver 663 | 8 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 101,000 | 13 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 1 | Christopher Demaci | United States | 689,000 | 86 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 2 | John Zable | United States | 194,000 | 24 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 3 | Marc Geissel | United States | 116,000 | 15 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 4 | Kurtis Tinfow | United States | 242,000 | 30 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 5 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 87,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 6 | Pavel Plesuv | Romania | 360,000 | 45 |
| Event Center | Silver 664 | 7 | Frank Brannan | United States | 217,000 | 27 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 1 | Daniel Zack | United States | 384,000 | 48 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 2 | Kamel Mokhammad | United States | 459,000 | 57 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 3 | Tsz Shing | United States | 89,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 4 | Kevin Hyde | United States | 720,000 | 90 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 5 | Kevin Eyster | United States | 312,000 | 39 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 6 | Samuel Stranak | Slovakia | 330,000 | 41 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 7 | Bryce Mitsuo Yockey | United States | 363,000 | 45 |
| Event Center | Silver 665 | 8 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 340,000 | 43 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,320,000
1,320,000
|
1,320,000 |
|
||
|
1,026,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
|
900,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
|
822,000
302,000
|
302,000 |
|
816,000
506,500
|
506,500 |
|
808,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
|
770,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
||
|
720,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
689,000
689,000
|
689,000 |
|
686,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
|
||
|
653,000
561,000
|
561,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
647,000
647,000
|
647,000 |
|
565,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
557,000
557,000
|
557,000 |
|
|
||
|
552,000
352,000
|
352,000 |
|
551,000
551,000
|
551,000 |
|
||
|
531,000
456,000
|
456,000 |
|
||
|
525,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
||
|
517,000
517,000
|
517,000 |
|
512,000
352,000
|
352,000 |
|
502,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
473,000
273,000
|
273,000 |
|
468,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
|
463,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
459,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Moncek has gained a reputation for being one of the most entertaining poker players to watch, and "Texas Mike" is living up to that distinction at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Moncek, who infamously lost over $2.2 million last summer in the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game, made a risky move in Day 1c of the $1,000 Mystery Millions as he multi-tabled $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, which he ended up cashing alongside his brother, Tyler Moncek.
Ready to head back to the bigger buy-in event, Michael Moncek moved all in blind only to run into four monster hands behind him.
In the hand, which Texas Mike posted to X, Moncek held 8♣6♥ as the players behind him consecutively showed J♣J♦, Q♥Q♣, K♣K♥ and A♥A♠.
The madness didn't end there. The dealer fanned a 5♣K♦5♠ flop to give the player with kings a boat for a quadruple knockout.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The players have bagged their chips and Day 1 has come to an end.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action and the chip counts.
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel was all-in preflop for his last 58,000 with Bryce Yockey calling from the small blind and Samuel Stranak making the call from early position.
Yockey bet 40,000 on the 4♠6♣6♦ flop and was met by a raise to around 100,000 from Stranek. Yockey folded and the cards were turned over with Kabrhel at risk.
Martin Kabrhel: A♣J♠10♣6♠ 
Samuel Stranak: J♦J♣8♣5♦
Kabrhel looked poised to triple up with trip sixes, unless an unfortunate runout came. The turn came the 2♦ and the river was the A♥, improving Kabrhel to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Edward Bergman opened the action from early position by raising to 16,000. Only Gabriel Andrade called from the small blind.
A 9♥6♠5♥ flop incentivized Andrade to lead out with a bet of 35,000. Bergman quickly stuck his 91,000 chip stack into the middle. Andrade called, and cards were tabled.
Edward Bergman: A♣9♦9♣8♣
Gabriel Andrade: K♣K♥4♣4♥
When the 6♥ peeled off on the turn, Andrade was drawing very slim, and the 7♦ sealed the deal. Bergman found himself new life as they head into day two.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
230,000 |
Level 15
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The floor has announced that five more hands will be played tonight before the survivors bag up.
