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.
