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.
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