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

May 29, 2025

Seiver Goes Busto To Bouloutsos

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.

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May 29, 2025

Matakis Slowly Chips Up

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Tim Baker

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

Ryan Johnson made it 10,000 to go from the cutoff and only Ian Matakis called on the button.

Both players checked the 4♦10♣2♥ flop to see the 6♦ hit the turn. Johnson checked, and Matakis bet 8,000. Johnson quickly called.

Two more checks followed on the J♠ river and Johnson showed K♥Q♥J♦9♦ for a pair of jacks. Matakis had that beat with A♥J♣9♥7♦ for the same pair with a better kicker.

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May 29, 2025

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.

May 29, 2025

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.

Tags: David Paredes Dylan Weisman Kurt Wildin Robert Cowen

May 29, 2025

Wolff Goes Hunting

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Robert Jones

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

George Wolff raised to 6,500 from under the gun; and to his immediate left, Ivan Starostin made it 23,000 to go. Action folded back around to Wolff who called.

After an A♣8♣6♥ flop, Wolff checked, and Starostin bet the pot leaving roughly 10,000 behind. Wolff announced all-in, Starostin quickly called, and cards were flipped.

George Wolff: K♣J♠10♣8♠
Ivan Starostin: A♥A♠9♣6♣

In need of a club, Wolff was given two, as a 3♣ hit the turn, and a J♣ hit the river. Securing himself a chip stack of over 300,000 at the expense of Starostin's tournament life.

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May 29, 2025

Forman Gets a Huge Double

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Tim Baker

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

On a flop of 8♣4♥4♣ and with a healthy-sized pot already formed, Steven Forman check-raised to 65,000 from late position over a bet from Georgios Tsoupras out of the next seat. Tsoupras called to see a turn.

Forman immediately jammed for 76,000 when the 3♦ landed on the turn. Tsoupras got a count from the dealer and then called for just over half of his remaining chips.

Steven Forman: K♦6♥5♥4♦ All in
Georgios Tsoupras: A♠A♥8♦6♦

Tsoupras had aces, but Forman was ahead with trip fours. The river came the K♠ to give Forman a boat, and he doubled up at the expense of Tsoupras.

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May 29, 2025

Seiver in Seiver Out

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Robert Jones

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

After registering post-dinner break, Scott Seiver found himself all-in on the turn versus Filip Lovric on a board of J♣10♦4♠J♦.

Scott Seiver: A♠K♥6♦4♦
Filip Lovric: A♣Q♦J♠8♠

A 3♣ river secured a Seiver bust out and an 80,000 chip pot for Lovric.

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May 29, 2025

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.

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May 29, 2025

Seidel Takes One Down Pre; His Table Breaks

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Claudio Elizalde

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

George Wolff raised to 5,000 under the gun with a commanding stack before Erik Seidel raised to 21,500 on his direct left.

The table folded back to Wolff who chose to throw his hand in the muck.

Their table broke shortly after, as the field continued to consolidate despite there still being two hours left of late registration.

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May 29, 2025

Hyde is Chip Leader at Dinner Break

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Jerome Solomon

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

Kevin Hyde of Anaheim, Calif., has amassed 600,000 chips going into a one-hour dinner break. The next closest competitor is Samuel Stranak (373,000 chips).

Hyde said this is just his third pot-limit Omaha tournament, but he is comfortable in them, having cashed in a $1,000 PLO event in a $1,000 PLO event at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and placed 23rd in the same event last year.

He traveled to Las Vegas with a friend in town, and decided to join him in playing the higher buy-in. Thus far he is enjoying it.

“I’m just looking at my four cards and hoping to hit the flop,” Hyde joked. “Fortunately, everything is going well.

“I’m hoping to go one more level up from what I’ve done and get better than 23rd this time.”

Tags: Kevin Hyde Samuel Stranak