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

05-29-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Barriocanal Building

Robert Jones

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

Daniel Barriocanal opened up the action from the button raising to 5,600. From the big blind, Rommel Berges announced pot and threw in the allotted 17,500. Before the dealer could peel a single card, Berges was all in for his remaining 16,300.

The flop came A♦6♥5♦ and Barriocanal made the call.

Daniel Barriocanal: Q♣J♠8♠7♣
Rommel Berges: A♠K♠K♦J♦

After a 4♥ turn card, equities flipped, and Berges needed a diamond. Unfortunately, it was the A♣ that fell on the river, and Berges was eliminated in a tough fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Barriocanal	155,000 155,000	155,000
Rommel Berges	Busted

Tags: Daniel Barriocanal Rommel Berges

05-29-2025 17:22 UTC-8

Madsen Shows His Cards

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Tim Baker

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

Richie Allen limped the button before Yang Wang raised to 6,400 from the small blind. Jeff Madsen called from the big blind, but Allen folded.

Wang decided to check the 9♥4♥8♠ flrop and Madsen put out a bet of 16,000. Wang thought it over for quite some time before he elected to fold. Madsen turned over 9♣4♦ for two pair as he pulled in the pot and pushed his stack up to around 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	200,000 30,100	30,100

Yang Wang	100,000 100,000	100,000
Richie Allen	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Jeff Madsen Richie Allen Yang Wang

05-29-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Chancey Chancey For Wysotchanski; Zinno & Dzivielevski Eliminated

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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 16:32 UTC-8

Action with Aces

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Robert Jones

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

After a call from Giuseppe Pantaleo from under the gun, Kyle Arora raised to 5,000 sitting in middle position; followed by a re-raise shortly after from Lucas Zwingmann on the button. Ap Garza, laying in wait from the big blind, made it 36,200 to go. Action folded around to Zwingmann who was ready to play for it all and jammed. Garza quickly called.

Lucas Zwingmann: A♠A♥10♣4♣ All in
Ap Garza: K♦Q♥J♠10♦

Aces were safe on the 9♣7♥3♥6♥2♠ runout, and Zwingmann has found a massive double-up during the early stages of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Arora	175,000 175,000	175,000
Lucas Zwingmann	140,000 140,000	140,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo	80,000 80,000	80,000

Ap Garza	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Ap Garza Giuseppe Pantaleo Kyle Arora Lucas Zwingmann

05-29-2025 15:50 UTC-8

Death by Quads

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Robert Jones

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

We picked up the action on the flop with both Mark Fisher and Daniel Negreanu all in with the flop reading 3♠3♣3♥.

Daniel Negreanu: K♣K♠9♣4♥ All in
Mark Fisher: Q♦8♥6♥2♦ All in
Taylor Wilson: A♠A♦6♣3♦

A Q♠ sealed the deal for both players as it was dealt on the turn. Both Fisher and Negreanu were headed to the rail as a J♣ hit the river; while a mountain of chips were headed Wilson's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Wilson	255,000 69,300	69,300
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Mark Fisher	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Mark Fisher Taylor Wilson

05-29-2025 15:13 UTC-8

Diamonds are Forever

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Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jorge Ufano raised to 2,200 from under the gun, and after a call from Matthew Wantman from the small blind, Angelo Kozonis bumped the price of admission to 8,800 from the big blind. Ufano called while Wantman got out of the way.

A flop of K♠10♦9♦ was dealt, and the action was checked around.

On an 8♦ turn card, Kozonis checked once again. Ufano elected to bet 7,400, and Kozonis called.

The A♠ peeled off on the river, and a third check from Kozonis came in. Ufano put out a pot-sized bet of 35,400. After some deliberation, Kozonis made the call, and was shown the goods.

Jorge Ufano: K♦K♣J♦3♦

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Ufano	145,000
Angelo Kozonis	22,000

Tags: Angelo Kozonis Jorge Ufano Matthew Wantman

05-29-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Vieira Doubles Lu Up

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dan Lu had become very short-stacked with just 11,000 remaining in his stack. He managed to get them all across the betting line preflop and Joao Vieira was the player trying to bust him.

Dan Lu: A♦A♣K♦8♦ All in
Joao Vieira: A♥Q♣10♠3♥

Lu had pocket aces heading to the J♣9♦2♣ flop, where Vieira picked up a straight draw. However, the 7♣ turn and 4♥ river didn't help Vieira, and Lu doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	65,000 15,000	15,000

Dan Lu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Dan Lu Joao Vieira

05-29-2025 14:28 UTC-8

Three is a Crowd

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Robert Jones

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After a raise to 1,500 from James Chen sitting in middle position and a call from Omar Eljach from the cutoff; Erik Nordstrand decided to put his remaining 4,500 in the middle from the button. Action folded back around to Chen, who re-raised to 17,500. Eljach obliged, and they were off to see three.

On a flop of 10♣8♦7♦ Chen again bet, this time for roughly 22,000, putting Eljach at risk. Eljach called and cards were tabled.

James Chen: A♥J♦4♥2♦
Omar Eljach: K♣8♣7♠6♦ All in

Nordstrand began heading to the rail before the 6♥ turn card, and the 7♣ river sealed the deal. Eljach ended this hand with a full house and a healthy 80,000 chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Eljach	80,000 80,000	80,000

James Chen	40,000 10,000	10,000

Erik Nordstrand	Busted

Tags: Erik Nordstrand James Chen Omar Eljach

05-29-2025 14:16 UTC-8

Nazarenko Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ludovic Geilich made it 2,100 from early position and Steven Forman called on the button. Ruslan Nazarenko potted it to 9,300 from the button, which got called by both players.

Geilich checked the K♣6♠4♠ flop and Forman bet the size of the pot. Nazarenko called for his last 18,000, and Geilich folded.

Ruslan Nazarenko: A♣A♦K♥6♣ All in
Steven Forman: K♠Q♠8♦7♦

Nazarenko had flopped top two pair, but Forman had a lot of outs with two cards to come. The rest of the board came 5♥Q♣ to give Nazarenko the winner with a straight on the turn, sending Nazarenko to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	165,000 165,000	165,000

Steven Forman	95,000 30,000	30,000
Ruslan Nazarenko	Busted

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Ruslan Nazarenko Steven Forman

05-29-2025 11:33 UTC-8

Negreanu's 25K Draft Picks Already at Work; Notable Early Birds

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Daniel Negreanu recently posted that his 25K Fantasy Draft strategy shifted when he was able to draft himself for a mere $108. Despite getting a deal on himself compared to previous years, this still took a toll on his overall budget( $200) and he ended up adding some PLO players to his roster.

He'll be pleased to see that two of the players he drafted, Tyler Brown ($26) and Nick Palma ($1), were both seated at the very start of registration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	50,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Palma	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joao Vieira	50,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Negreanu	50,000 50,000	50,000

Esther Taylor	50,000 50,000	50,000

James Chen	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tyler Brown	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Tyler Brown Nick Palma Daniel Negreanu