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Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Completed
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,482,200
Total Entries
757
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
128
Players Left
11
Players Left 1 / 757
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Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Today concluded day two of Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2025 World Series of Poker. What started as a 757-entry field was brought down to 123 to start the day and is now down to 11 after the players battled for another ten levels. Hand by hand, these players are inching closer to that $620,696 top prize and one of the toughest bracelets of the summer inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Martin Kabrhel headlines the field, starting the day with 437,000 chips, and ending it with 4,510,000. In vintage Kabrhel fashion, he has smooth-talked his way through this difficult test, but it wasn’t without an early-day speed bump where Nick Schulman bluffed him off of a big pot early in the day. Needless to say, words were exchanged.
Toward the latter part of the day, he picked up a full head of steam in two massive pots which has set him up to potentially win the event. First, having his aces hold up while at risk in a massive three-way pot, and second, getting his revenge on Schulman with quads.
Kabrhel was not the only person to find success today. Fabian Riebauschmithals, Jeremy Trojand, and Roussos Koliakoudakis all have substantial chip stacks heading into the final day.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-tie | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Greece | 4,510,000 | 56 |
| 1-tie | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 4,510,000 | 56 |
| 3 | Fabian Riebau-Schmithals | Germany | 4,200,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | 3,565,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Mark Aridgides | United States | 2,750,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 2,140,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 2,105,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | 1,860,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Caleb Furth | United States | 1,450,000 | 18 |
| 10 | Matthew Cosentino | United States | 1,380,000 | 17 |
| 11 | Ryan Riess | United States | 650,000 | 8 |
Some notable players were eliminated throughout the day including, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Zack, Dan Shak, Viktor Blom, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, Ren Lin, Nick Schulman, and UFC superstar Colby Covington.
Remaining Payouts
Players will play down to a winner Saturday starting at noon PDT, playing 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break is planned after Level 26.
Stay tuned on PokerNews as we continue to cover the event, giving real-time updates on every big event and player knockout directly from Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 001 | 1 | Ryan Riess | United States | 650,000 | 8 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 001 | 2 | Aaron Mermelstein | United States | 2,100,050 | 26 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 001 | 3 | Fabian Riebau-Schmithals | Germany | 4,200,000 | 53 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 001 | 6 | Caleb Furth | United States | 1,450,000 | 18 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 001 | 7 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 2,140,000 | 27 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 4,510,000 | 56 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 4 | Roussos Koliakoudakis | Greece | 4,510,000 | 56 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 5 | Mark Aridgides | United States | 2,750,000 | 34 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 6 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | 3,565,000 | 45 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 7 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | 1,860,000 | 23 |
| EVENT CENTER | FEATURE 002 | 8 | Matthew Cosentino | United States | 1,380,000 | 17 |
Level 26
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,510,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
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4,510,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
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|
4,200,000 | |
|
3,565,000
2,835,000
|
2,835,000 |
|
2,750,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
2,140,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
||
|
2,100,050 | |
|
1,860,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
1,450,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,380,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
650,000 | |
|
||
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Christopher Demaci like the turn card that gave him the nut flush, unfortunately for him, the Q♦ also gave Fabian Riebau-schmithals a full house.
It held and the result sent Demaci to the rails in 12th place, just four spots from the final table.
Christopher Demaci: K♥K♦8♦6♦
Fabian Riebauschmithals: Q♠10♦9♣7♦
Fabian Riebauschmithals took the lead on the flop 9♥A♦9♦ with trip nines. Demaci's diamond flush was no match for the boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Lorenz Schollhorn got all of his 785,000 chips into the pot before the flop against Aaron Mermelstein with two potential flushes.
Neither came through, as a king on the river of a board of 10♦5♠10♣9♣K♥ connected with Mermelstein’s hand and ended Schollorn’s tournament stay.
Lorenz Schollhorn: A♥Q♦9♦7♥
Aaron Mermelstein: A♣K♣9♠8♠
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,050
1,199,950
|
1,199,950 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel started the action with a raise to 200,000 and was soon faced by a raise to 690,000 from Mark Aridgides.
Kabrhel just called, despite the few chips Aridgides had behind.
The wheel spun 3♦5♥7♣. Kabrhel checked and Aridgides pushed his remaining chips in the middle and Kabrhel went into the tank before he had clock called on him for maybe the 10th time this tournament.
Kabrhel declared a call before his time was up and cards were on their backs.
Mark Aridgides: K♥K♦Q♥5♦
Martin Kabrhel: K♠K♣J♦10♠
For the moment, the two were tied with a pair of kings but when the 8♣ and Q♣ rolled off the deck, Aridgides improved to two-pair to scoop a crucial pot as the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
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|
|
2,100,000
1,535,000
|
1,535,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Christopher Demaci opened to 210,000 in early position and was repotted by Lorenz Schollhorn in the big blind. Demaci pushed the rest of the his chips forward and the two were set to see five cards run out.
Christopher Demaci: A♥10♠9♥8♦
Lorenz Schollhorn: K♥K♦3♦2♥
The board ran out 4♥A♣Q♠, quickly improving Demaci, and his double was secured when the J♠ and the 7♠ fell.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,350,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
David Sorrells opened the button as the shortest stack at the table and Roussos Koliakoudakis defended his big blind.
On a flop of K♦5♠8♦, the two players beat each other in the pot, as Sorrells had less than a half-pot bet behind.
David Sorrells: A♣A♥9♣4♣
Roussos Koliakoudakis: Q♠J♠8♣4♥
Sorrells was ahead with his pair of aces but as the board ran out 7♣ and 6♥, Koliakoudakis improved to the straight, dashing the hopes of Sorrells.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,350,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
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Busted | |
