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

05-29-2025 23:29 UTC-7

Duek Cracks Hunichen's Aces

Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chris Hunichen got all of his 100,000 chips into the middle preflop, and Michael Duek made the call to try to end his tournament.

Chris Hunichen: A♦A♥J♠4♣ All in
Michael Duek: K♥K♦7♦6♥

Hunichen was in great shape with aces versus Duek's kings. However, the dealer put out a flop of 7♠K♣9♦ to put Duek in the lead with top set. The 9♣ turn improved Duek to a boat and meant only an ace on the river could save Hunichen. The river was the Q♥ and Hunichen was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Duek	720,000 130,000	130,000
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Michael Duek

05-29-2025 23:24 UTC-7

Life Outside Poker: Sam Greenwood Talks Battling Gambledore & High-Stakes Online Poker Cheating

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Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 28th episode, Connor talks with Canadian high-stakes pro Sam Greenwood about getting into poker with his two brothers Lucas Greenwood and Max Greenwood, running up a bankroll in high school, traveling the world playing high-stakes tournaments, climbing Canada's all-time money list and battling with Vladimir "Gambledore" Korzinin at Triton.

Greenwood also talked about the state of online poker, how to deal with cheaters, being a dad and his new "Punt of the Day" blog where he breaks down key hands from high-stakes tournaments.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Sam Greenwood by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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05-29-2025 23:14 UTC-7

More of the Departed

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richie Allen	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Aditya Systla	Busted
Edward Martin	Busted
David Mzareulov	Busted

Venkat Chivukula	Busted
Randy Gordon	Busted
Stephen Hubbard	Busted
Todd Tucker	Busted
Jesse Rockowitz	Busted

Shlomi Elimeleh	Busted
Terry Jackson	Busted
Joshua Pollock	Busted

Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Clinton Schink	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

Jack Moore	Busted
Jonathan Hanner	Busted
Jacob Hamed	Busted
James Carroll	Busted
Ilkka Heikkila	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-29-2025 23:08 UTC-7

$5K PLO Outdraws NLH — Is the Power Shift Real?

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Patrizia Trammell

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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05-29-2025 22:59 UTC-7

Hyde Runs into Le's Set

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kevin Hyde made it 17,000 from early position with Allan Le calling from the cutoff and Filip Lovric defending out of the big blind.

Lovric knuckled the table on the K♦9♦2♣ flop and Hyde put out a continuation-bet of 37,000. Le called, but Lovric folded.

Upon seeing the 8♥ roll off on the turn, Hyde shoved for Le's remaining stack. Le called for his final 153,000, and the cards were revealed.

Allen Le: Q♠J♣9♠9♣ All in
Kevin Hyde: A♥K♣8♠3♥

Le was ahead with middle set and just needed to fade a king on the river to double-up. The river came the 2♥ and Le took a huge chunk of chips from Hyde's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Hyde	750,000 250,000	250,000
Allan Le	450,000 450,000	450,000

Filip Lovric	40,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Allan Le Filip Lovric Kevin Hyde

05-29-2025 22:52 UTC-7

Sitbon Gets a Little Value With a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kamel Mokhammad made it 13,000 to go from the hijack and Julien Sitbon defended out of the big blind.

Sitbon check-called a bet of 17,000 from Mokhammad on the 8♦J♥2♣ flop.

The turn came the 9♦ and both players checked to see the 8♠ roll off on the river. Sitbon led out for 17,000, and Mokhammad called. Sitbon showed a boat with J♦9♥8♥7♦ to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	475,000 295,000	295,000

Kamel Mokhammad	350,000 128,000	128,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Kamel Mokhammad

05-29-2025 22:49 UTC-7

Monster for Mirrasouli

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Robert Jones

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Amir Mirrasouli limped in from the hijack, Aaron Kupin called as well, Samuel Del Castillo did the same from the button, and Michael Wang raised the price of admission to 24,000. Only Kupin folded his hand.

A flop of 9♣7♦6♥ was good enough for Mirrasouli to announce pot after Wang knuckled, and sent 84,000 into the middle. Del Castillo called while Wang released.

The ~25,000 chips Mirrasouli had left were in the middle before the 3♥ turn card could hit the felt, followed by a 2♦ on the river.

Samuel Del Castillo: Q♠9♠6♦6♣
Amir Mirrasouli: Q♦J♦10♣8♠

The flopped straight for Mirrasouli was good for a double-up, and a healthy stack as we get closer to the money cut.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Del Castillo	480,000 5,000	5,000
Michael Wang	330,000 330,000	330,000

Amir Mirrasouli	285,000 285,000	285,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Amir Mirrasouli Michael Wang Samuel Del Castillo

05-29-2025 22:35 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	Busted

Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Alex Loyer	Busted
James Chen	Busted

William Kopp	Busted

Jeffrey Madsen	Busted

Christian Harder	Busted
Justin Gardenhire	Busted
Steven Forman	Busted
Christopher Costa	Busted
Nino Pansier	Busted
Lucas Zwingmann	Busted
Andrew Denick	Busted
Mark Berente	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

05-29-2025 22:31 UTC-7

Prize Pool & Payouts

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Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With 757 entries recorded in Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) at the 2025 World Series of Poker, the prize pool totaled $3,573,040.

There will be 114 players paid, with a min-cash being worth $9,960, while the eventual champion will walk away with $620,696. 

Place	Prize
1	$620,696
2	$413,762
3	$288,775
4	$204,808
5	$147,647
6	$108,221
7	$80,673
8	$61,179
9	$47,213
10 - 11	$37,089
12 - 15	$29,668
16 - 23	$24,173
24 - 31	$20,070
32 - 39	$16,985
40 - 47	$14,657
48 - 55	$12,903
56 - 63	$11,592
64 - 71	$10,632
72 - 114	$9,960