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

05-29-2025 21:11 UTC-7

Matakis Slowly Chips Up

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Matakis	440,000 388,000	388,000

Ryan Johnson	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ian Matakis Ryan Johnson

05-29-2025 21:10 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Hyde	1,180,000 580,000	580,000

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

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

05-29-2025 20:53 UTC-7

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 20:51 UTC-7

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	325,000 144,000	144,000
Ivan Starostin	Busted

Tags: George Wolff Ivan Starostin

05-29-2025 20:35 UTC-7

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 20:31 UTC-7

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 20:21 UTC-7

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♦