Vasil Medarov raised from under the gun and received four callers.
Five players saw the dealer spread out a flop of J♦6♠4♣ where everyone checked to see the Q♥ hit the turn. After three checks, James Chen bet 5,500 from the hijack, and only Medarov called.
Medarov checked when the 4♠ hit the river, and Chen bet 8,500. Medarov snap-called and was shown the nut boat by Chen with A♣Q♦Q♣7♠. Medarov revealed an inferior full house with Q♠4♦, as the pot was sent over to Chen.
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event will shuffle up and deal at noon local time, with late registration running for the first 12 levels (two hours into Day 2). There is a 15-minute break scheduled after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6.
The starting stack is 150,000, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten levels. Each level will last 60 minutes. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18.
Last year's event drew 476 runners and saw David Eldridge winning his second bracelet and $2,246,728. Shaun Deeb has won it twice, in 2021 and 2018.
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
476
David Eldridge
United States
$2,246,728
2023
449
Ka Kwan Lau
Hong Kong
$2,294,756
2022
264
Tong Li
China
$1,467,739
2021
212
Shaun Deeb
United States
$1,251,860
2020
-
Not held
-
-
2019
278
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
$1,618,417
2018
230
Shaun Deeb
United States
$1,402,683
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