Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-30-2025 12:30 UTC-7

Aces and Kings for Funke

Robert Jones

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jorge Ufano raised 25,000, then got reraised by Jason Funke, sitting on the button, to 112,000. After a customary pre-bubble tank, Ufano made the call.

On a J♠7♣2♥ flop, Ufano checked and Funke put himself at risk for his remaining 212,000. After another 60 seconds, Ufano released, and Funke showed nothing other than AxAxKxKx.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Funke	450,000 102,000	102,000
Jorge Ufano	300,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Jason Funke Jorge Ufano

05-30-2025 12:29 UTC-7

Two Eliminated on the Bubble

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Jerome Solomon

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Less than ten minutes into play on Day 2, Rob Hollink and Jeffrey Gale were eliminated on the same hand, just a few slots from being in the money.

Wagner Wysotchanski did the honors, erasing the all-in players with a full house he picked up on the turn.

All of Hollink’s and Gale’s chips – 27,000 for Hollink, 42,000 for Gale – were at risk after a flop of K♦8♣10♦.

Robertus Hollink: A♥8♥6♠5♥ All in
Jeffrey Gale: A♦A♠K♠7♠ All in
Wagner Wysotchanski: K♣Q♥9♠8♦

The 8♠ on the turn gave Wysotchanski the boat, before the inconsequential 3♠ hit the river.

Wagner Wysotchanski entered the day sixth in chips and moved into the top three with a pair of wins in the early hands of the level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wagner Wysotchanski	1,000,000 192,000	192,000
Rob Hollink	Busted
Jeffrey Gale	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Gale Rob Hollink Wagner Wysotchanski

05-30-2025 12:24 UTC-7

Kabrhel is Already Making Friends

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ethan Cahn raised to 8,000, followed by a raise to 40,000 from Martin Kabrhel. It folded back to Cahn and he responded with another raise to 120,000.

The rest of the interaction was largely Kabrhel, as follows:

"Very suspicious..."

"I could do it for Nick..." making reference to Nick Schulman who was also seated at this table. Schulman showed no amusement.

Cahn then lowered his head and refused to interact with Kabrhel, who shifted his focus to the dealer.

"120,000? Yah, you sure?"

The dealer assured him that the raise was correct.

"Will you turn the brightness up?" Kabrhel asked the dealer to increase the brightness of the WSOP+ Tablet on the poker table. The dealer obliged and Kabrhel used to it to see his opponent's name.

"Ethan has the best poker face I've ever seen. Okay! I said okay..." Kabrhel continued, while moving his face closer to his opponent, who was sat on his direct right.

Kabrhel went on to indicate his opponent could only have aces and that he was holding kings.

"If you don't talk, I'm gonna bust you..."

"Okay! I make a disciplined lay down," said Kabrhel, as he pushed his hand in the muck.

"By the way, you should thank me because I didn't bust you."

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	397,000 40,000	40,000

Ethan Cahn	257,000 52,000	52,000
Nick Schulman	117,000

Tags: Ethan Cahn Martin Kabrhel Nick Schulman

05-30-2025 12:04 UTC-7

Cards Are in the Air!

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Claudio Elizalde

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Day 2 of Event #5: $5.000 Pot-Limit Omaha is slated to play 10 levels, with a dinner break scheduled at approximately 6:30 p.m. local Las Vegas time.

Level: 16

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

05-30-2025 11:00 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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Jerome Solomon

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Play begins at noon local time at Paris and Horseshoe, Las Vegas. There are 123 players remaining from 757 entries, each vying for the $620,696 first-place prize.

Action should be tense from the start with the money bubble still to come, as only the top 114 finishers will be earning a payday.

New Zealander Matthew Beck, hoping to win his first WSOP bracelet, is the chip leader heading into the second day of play with 1,320,000 chips.

Michael Duek, who made the final in the WSOP Main Event and a $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha in 2022, is not far behind with 1,026,000 chips.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Matthew Beck	New Zealand	1,320,000	165
2	Michael Duek	United States	1,026,000	128
3	Konstantinos Bouloutsos	Greece	900,000	113
4	Andreas Zampas	Greece	822,000	103
5	Jason Lademan	United States	816,000	102
6	Wagner Wysotchanski	Brazil	808,000	101
7	Ap Garza	United States	770,000	96
8	Kevin Hyde	United States	720,000	90
9	Christopher Demaci	United States	689,000	86
10	Michael Wang	United States	686,000	86

There are a host of familiar names and previous WSOP bracelet winners — 87 such wins in total — scattered throughout the field.

Among them are 2013 Main Event winner Ryan Riess, and six-time bracelet winner Nick Schulman. Notables such as Shaun Deeb and Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, as well as legends Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu, are still alive in the star-studded field.

Day 2, playing in Horseshoe Silver, will feature 60-minute levels (as opposed to 40 minutes on Day 1), and the competition will run ten levels, leading into Saturday’s finish.

Stay tuned to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker, for live updates from this and all bracelet events at the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

Tags: Andreas Zampas Ap Garza Christopher Demaci Daniel Negreanu Jason Lademan Kevin Hyde Konstantinos Bouloutsos Matthew Beck Michael Duek Michael Wang Nick Schulman Phil Hellmuth Ryan Riess Shaun Deeb Wagner Wysotchanski

Event #5: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 2 Started

05-30-2025 00:50 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Matthew Pitt

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Event Center	Silver 650	1	Quan Tran	United States	254,000	32
Event Center	Silver 650	2	George Wolff	United States	473,000	59
Event Center	Silver 650	3	Brian Koifman	United States	370,000	46
Event Center	Silver 650	4	Ronald Keijzer	Netherlands	551,000	69
Event Center	Silver 650	5	Colby Covington	United States	237,000	30
Event Center	Silver 650	6	George Alexander	United States	172,000	22
Event Center	Silver 650	7	Jorge Ufano	United Kingdom	431,000	54
Event Center	Silver 650	8	Jake White	United States	212,000	27

Event Center	Silver 651	1	Andrew Brown	United States	222,000	28
Event Center	Silver 651	2	Jason Lademan	United States	816,000	102
Event Center	Silver 651	3	Jake Schwartz	United States	99,000	12
Event Center	Silver 651	4	Sameer Batra	United States	144,000	18
Event Center	Silver 651	5	Tyler Moncek	United States	137,000	17
Event Center	Silver 651	6	Anthony Hu	United States	552,000	69
Event Center	Silver 651	7	Aaron Overton	United States	436,000	55
Event Center	Silver 651	8	Pedro Rodriguez	United States	463,000	58

Event Center	Silver 652	1	Youness Barakat	United Kingdom	186,000	23
Event Center	Silver 652	2	David Sorrells	United States	221,000	28
Event Center	Silver 652	3	Jonathan Shoreman	United Kingdom	216,000	27
Event Center	Silver 652	4	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	94,000	12
Event Center	Silver 652	5	Mark Aridgides	United States	512,000	64
Event Center	Silver 652	6	Georgios Tsoupras	Greece	340,000	43
Event Center	Silver 652	7	Alexander Wendell Livingston	United States	525,000	66
Event Center	Silver 652	8	Jonathan Borenstein	United States	120,000	15

Event Center	Silver 653	1	Michael Duek	United States	1,026,000	128
Event Center	Silver 653	2	Virgile Turchi	France	279,000	35
Event Center	Silver 653	3	Noah Joshua Schwartz	United States	230,000	29
Event Center	Silver 653	5	Erik Holmeba Nordstrand	Norway	100,000	13
Event Center	Silver 653	6	Anthony Lamps	United States	647,000	81
Event Center	Silver 653	7	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	89,000	11
Event Center	Silver 653	8	Jason Berilgen	United States	409,000	51

Event Center	Silver 654	1	Jim Butler	United States	318,000	40
Event Center	Silver 654	2	Phil Hellmuth	United States	148,000	19
Event Center	Silver 654	3	Chad Richard Eveslage	United States	531,000	66
Event Center	Silver 654	4	Tommy Le	United States	194,000	24
Event Center	Silver 654	5	Konstantinos Bouloutsos	Greece	900,000	113
Event Center	Silver 654	6	Jeremy Trojand	Germany	270,000	34
Event Center	Silver 654	7	Luis Velador	Mexico	437,000	55
Event Center	Silver 654	8	Jeffrey Hakim	United States	103,000	13

Event Center	Silver 655	1	Fabian Rolli	Switzerland	293,000	37
Event Center	Silver 655	2	Jeffrey Gale	United States	37,000	5
Event Center	Silver 655	3	Esther Taylor	United States	73,000	9
Event Center	Silver 655	4	Wagner Wysotchanski	Germany	808,000	101
Event Center	Silver 655	5	Ferenc Nandor Deak	Hungary	272,000	34
Event Center	Silver 655	6	Rob Hollink	Netherlands	165,000	21
Event Center	Silver 655	7	Grzegorz Derkowski	Germany	327,000	41
Event Center	Silver 655	8	Gabriel Andrade	Ecuador	290,000	36

Event Center	Silver 656	1	Rafael Rodriguez	Colombia	170,000	21
Event Center	Silver 656	2	Caleb Furth	United States	653,000	82
Event Center	Silver 656	3	Ap Garza	United States	770,000	96
Event Center	Silver 656	4	Oziel Velador	United States	154,000	19
Event Center	Silver 656	5	Justin Kushi	United States	101,000	13
Event Center	Silver 656	6	Ryan Riess	United States	85,000	11
Event Center	Silver 656	7	Shaun Deeb	United States	227,000	28
Event Center	Silver 656	8	Patricia Moore	United States	192,000	24

Event Center	Silver 657	1	Roussos Koliakoudakis	Greece	119,000	15
Event Center	Silver 657	2	Tsugunari Toma	Japan	375,000	47
Event Center	Silver 657	3	Brevin Andreadis	United States	565,000	71
Event Center	Silver 657	4	[Removed:548]	Austria	409,000	51
Event Center	Silver 657	6	Julien Sitbon	France	468,000	59
Event Center	Silver 657	7	Mike Matusow	United States	273,000	34
Event Center	Silver 657	8	Dong Suh	United States	209,000	26

Event Center	Silver 658	1	Roman Rogovskyi	United States	270,000	34
Event Center	Silver 658	2	Ian Matakis	United States	127,000	16
Event Center	Silver 658	3	Matthew Simonsen	United States	79,000	10
Event Center	Silver 658	4	Dan Shak	United States	156,000	20
Event Center	Silver 658	5	Samuel Del Castillo	United Kingdom	67,000	8
Event Center	Silver 658	6	Allan Le	United States	280,000	35
Event Center	Silver 658	7	Billy Tarango	United States	452,000	57
Event Center	Silver 658	8	Matthew Cosentino	United States	308,000	39

Event Center	Silver 659	2	Nicholas Levy	United States	96,000	12
Event Center	Silver 659	3	Sandeep Pulusani	United States	153,000	19
Event Center	Silver 659	4	David Paredes	United States	160,000	20
Event Center	Silver 659	5	Sonny Franco	France	307,000	38
Event Center	Silver 659	6	Krzysztof Magott	Poland	135,000	17
Event Center	Silver 659	7	Richard Austin	United States	233,000	29
Event Center	Silver 659	8	Ivan Starostin	United States	272,000	34

Event Center	Silver 660	1	Andy Miller	United States	425,000	53
Event Center	Silver 660	2	Matthew Beck	New Zealand	1,320,000	165
Event Center	Silver 660	4	Lorenz Schollhorn	Switzerland	149,000	19
Event Center	Silver 660	5	Andreas Zampas	Greece	822,000	103
Event Center	Silver 660	6	Jason Funke	United States	348,000	44
Event Center	Silver 660	7	Jiyang Gan	China	89,000	11
Event Center	Silver 660	8	Amir Mirrasouli	United States	71,000	9

Event Center	Silver 661	1	Ethan Cahn	United States	205,000	26
Event Center	Silver 661	2	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	437,000	55
Event Center	Silver 661	3	Elliott Kampen	United States	47,000	6
Event Center	Silver 661	4	Michael Wang	United States	686,000	86
Event Center	Silver 661	5	Stefan Christopher	United States	192,000	24
Event Center	Silver 661	6	Nicholas Joe Schulman	United States	117,000	15
Event Center	Silver 661	7	Dustin Goldklang	United States	376,000	47
Event Center	Silver 661	8	Fabian Riebauschmithals	Austria	517,000	65

Event Center	Silver 662	1	Kyle Arora	United States	262,000	33
Event Center	Silver 662	2	Taylor Wilson	United States	200,000	25
Event Center	Silver 662	3	Aaron Mermelstein	United States	227,000	28
Event Center	Silver 662	4	Jeremy Druckman	United States	157,000	20
Event Center	Silver 662	5	Matthew Mcewan	United States	502,000	63
Event Center	Silver 662	6	Joao Simao	Brazil	222,000	28
Event Center	Silver 662	7	Andrew Whitaker	United States	285,000	36
Event Center	Silver 662	8	Edward Bergman	Canada	223,000	28

Event Center	Silver 663	1	Sean Troha	United States	118,000	15
Event Center	Silver 663	2	Aaron Kupin	United States	141,000	18
Event Center	Silver 663	3	Elie Meyer Nakache	France	38,000	5
Event Center	Silver 663	4	Jake Liebeskind	United States	55,000	7
Event Center	Silver 663	5	Tony Ren Lin	China	421,000	53
Event Center	Silver 663	6	Tong Li	Chona	77,000	10
Event Center	Silver 663	7	Lawrence Brandt	United States	557,000	70
Event Center	Silver 663	8	Viktor Blom	Sweden	101,000	13

Event Center	Silver 664	1	Christopher Demaci	United States	689,000	86
Event Center	Silver 664	2	John Zable	United States	194,000	24
Event Center	Silver 664	3	Marc Geissel	United States	116,000	15
Event Center	Silver 664	4	Kurtis Tinfow	United States	242,000	30
Event Center	Silver 664	5	Jordan Spurlin	United States	87,000	11
Event Center	Silver 664	6	Pavel Plesuv	Romania	360,000	45
Event Center	Silver 664	7	Frank Brannan	United States	217,000	27

Event Center	Silver 665	1	Daniel Zack	United States	384,000	48
Event Center	Silver 665	2	Kamel Mokhammad	United States	459,000	57
Event Center	Silver 665	3	Tsz Shing	United States	89,000	11
Event Center	Silver 665	4	Kevin Hyde	United States	720,000	90
Event Center	Silver 665	5	Kevin Eyster	United States	312,000	39
Event Center	Silver 665	6	Samuel Stranak	Slovakia	330,000	41
Event Center	Silver 665	7	Bryce Mitsuo Yockey	United States	363,000	45
Event Center	Silver 665	8	Ludovic Geilich	United Kingdom	340,000	43