Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-29-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Chancey Chancey For Wysotchanski; Zinno & Dzivielevski Eliminated

Claudio Elizalde

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski bet 2,000 in a limped pot on a flop of 2♦6♥4♣ and was called by Wagner Wysotchanski on the button, and Anthony Zinno, who was in the small blind.

Three players saw the 9♣ turn. Zinno started with a check, Dzivielevski bet 8,000, Wysotchanski called, and Zinno announced pot, nearly all in for him.

Dzivielevski called for less and Wysotchanski pondered it before raising to put Zinno's remaining chips at risk. Zinno called.

Wagner Wysotchanski: Q♣10♦7♣5♣
Anthony Zinno: K♠5♠3♠2♥ All in
Yuri Dzivielevski: K♦9♦6♣3♥ All in

Zinno had flopped the nut straight, Dzivielevski had two-pair and a gut shot, and Wysotchanski was open-ended with the only flush draw.

When the 3♣ peeled off, Wysotchanski said, "That's me." and his illustrious opponents were left to either re-enter or move onto the next tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wagner Wysotchanski	280,000 25,000	25,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Wagner Wysotchanski Yuri Dzivielevski

05-29-2025 17:02 UTC-8

Some Notable Names

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Robert Jones

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	181,000 181,000	181,000

Joshua Arieh	180,000 180,000	180,000

Viktor Blom	155,000 155,000	155,000
Daniel Negreanu	140,000 46,000	46,000

Ap Garza	100,000 25,000	25,000

Noah Schwartz	97,000 9,000	9,000

Chino Rheem	85,000 85,000	85,000
Chance Kornuth	75,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Zack	75,000 75,000	75,000

Kane Kalas	70,000 70,000	70,000
Dylan Linde	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tyler Brown	53,000 24,000	24,000

Brian Rast	50,000 3,400	3,400

Ky Nguyen	45,000 45,000	45,000
Nick Schulman	45,000 45,000	45,000

David Williams	41,000 13,500	13,500

Sean Troha	39,000 39,000	39,000

Erik Seidel	33,000 33,000	33,000

Benny Glaser	17,000 21,500	21,500

05-29-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Rheem Wins a Monster with a Single Pair

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Chino Rheem was seen with his camera out, cackling, as the dealer pushed him a pile of chips worth nearly four starting stacks.

"I won with a single pair! I won a monster with a single pair..." Rheem exclaimed while his two opponents were left to suck on their teeth.

According to Rheem, he had flopped the nut flush draw with a pair of tens on a flop of 5♦6♠10♠ against an opponent who flopped the second nut flush draw and another opponent who flopped open-ended with the seven-high flush draw.

When the turn and river peeled the Q♦ and the J♥, Rheem's third pair somehow held for him to scoop a pot worth nearly 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	192,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Chino Rheem

05-29-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Yockey Trying to Gain Some Momentum

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Christian Harder came in with a raise from middle position and Bryce Yockey defended out of the big blind.

When the flop came down Q♠9♥8♠, Yockey knuckled the action over to Harder, who bet 3,000. Yockey called.

The two players were happy to check down the 7♣ turn and 6♣ river and Yockey took down the small pot with J♣10♥5♣3♣ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	60,000 60,000	60,000

Bryce Yockey	56,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Christian Harder

05-29-2025 19:02 UTC-8

Arieh Gets Put in the Blender

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On a river reading 6♣9♦3♣K♠5♥, Kamel Mokhammad pushed out a bet of 200,000 - more than enough to put his opponent, former WSOP Player of the Year, Josh Arieh, all in.

Arieh apologized to the table as his tank extended but eventually found the fold while he continued to mull over the hand as the pot was pushed away from him.

Mokhammad was already amongst the chip leaders before being pushed this 100 big blind pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamel Mokhammad	478,000 116,500	116,500
Josh Arieh	95,000 40,500	40,500

Tags: Josh Arieh Kamel Mokhammad

05-29-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Lin Says [Removed:549] Plays Bad

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ren Lin and [Removed:548] went heads up to a flop of A♣A♥5♥. [Removed:549] started off the aggression with a bet of 5,000 that Ren Lin called.

The turn brought the K♣ and [Removed:549] slowed down with a check.

"Now he checks! How much are playing behind?", asked Linn before taking an inventory of [Removed:549]'s chips — approximately a starting stack.

Linn slid forward a bet of 15,000 and [Removed:549] made the call.

When [Removed:549] checked the Q♥ river Lin joked, "Oh, he has quads... what do I do against quads?!" before eventually checking and making [Removed:549] table the A♦K♦7♥5♠ for the flopped boat.

"That's for not picking me in fantasy!", needled [Removed:549].

"That's because you don't know how to play PLO..."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	132,000 132,000	132,000

[Removed:548]	86,100 86,100	86,100

Tags: Ren Lin

05-29-2025 19:35 UTC-8

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Wagner Wysotchanski	400,000 120,000	120,000
Josh Arieh	310,000 215,000	215,000
Alex Livingston	280,000 280,000	280,000

Bryce Yockey	220,000 164,000	164,000

Julien Sitbon	180,000 180,000	180,000

Ren Lin	175,000

Dylan Weisman	155,000 26,000	26,000

Jeff Madsen	152,000 48,000	48,000

Viktor Blom	130,000 25,000	25,000
Ryan Riess	125,000 125,000	125,000

Daniel Negreanu	123,000 17,000	17,000

Noah Bronstein	115,000 115,000	115,000

Nick Schulman	103,000 103,000	103,000

Mike Matusow	97,000 97,000	97,000

Nick Palma	95,000 85,000	85,000
Shaun Deeb	90,000 90,000	90,000

Sean Winter	85,000 85,000	85,000
Chad Eveslage	75,000 75,000	75,000

Phil Hellmuth	47,000 3,000	3,000

Erik Seidel	45,000 3,500	3,500

Cary Katz	45,000 45,000	45,000

05-29-2025 19:53 UTC-8

Weisman Sends Cowen to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Four players saw the dealer spread out a flop of 2♥J♥8♣ with 34,500 in the pot. Kurt Wildin checked from the small blind before Robert Cowen potted in from the big blind. Dylan Weisman repotted it from early position, which forced David Paredes to fold from the cutoff, and Wildin to also fold. Cowen called for the last of his chips and the cards were revealed with Cowen at risk.

Robert Cowen: 8♥6♦2♦3♥ All in
Dylan Weisman: J♦J♠10♥7♦

Weisman had top set and was currently in the lead against Cowen's bottom two pair and flush draw. The rest of the board ran out 3♠10♦ and all of Cowen's chips were sent over to Weisman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kurt Wildin	300,000 300,000	300,000
David Paredes	290,000 290,000	290,000
Dylan Weisman	290,000 135,000	135,000

Robert Cowen	Busted

Tags: David Paredes Dylan Weisman Kurt Wildin Robert Cowen

05-29-2025 19:53 UTC-8

Negreanu Finds the Hero Call

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu was facing a bet of 21,000 from Isaac Kempton on a board reading A♥K♠9♣6♦7♣.

He spent some time mulling it over before saying, "If I had a bluff catcher, I guess this would be it..." before putting out a single chip to signify a call.

Kempton made a face and flashed the 2♥2♠, prompting to Negreanu to table his A♠J♠6♠5♦, showing two pair and allowing Kempton to muck the rest of his hand.

Readers will have to view Negreanu's VLOG to get the full hand history, as he hastily left the table to recap his hero call.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	170,500 170,500	170,500
Daniel Negreanu	147,000 24,000	24,000

05-29-2025 20:19 UTC-8

Seiver Goes Busto To Bouloutsos

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Scott Seiver declared a pot sized bet of 61,500 on a flop of 10♣9♣5♦, sending Konstantinos Bouloutsos into the tank before he ultimately raised to put Seivers last few chips in . Seiver was quick to call and windmill slam his hand up.

Konstantinos Bouloutsos : A♥K♦K♣Q♦
Scott Seiver: K♥Q♥10♥9♠ All in

Seiver was ahead with his two pair when the 6♣ rolled off the deck but he was out of his seat the moment the 5♠ fell on the river, counterfeiting his two pair and awarding the pot to Bouloutsos, who improved to kings up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantinos Bouloutsos	265,000 265,000	265,000
Scott Seiver	Busted

Tags: Konstantinos Bouloutsos Scott Seiver