Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-17-2025 21:20 UTC-8

Hale Shoves on Shakerchi

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action was heads-up to the J♣6♥2♦10♥ turn, with Talal Shakerchi leading out for 20,000 in the big blind.

Brant Hale used a time extension before raising to 95,000 on the button. Shakerchi called, and the 10♣ river was revealed.

Shakerchi checked before Hale moved all in. That produced a quick fold from Shakerchi, and Hale added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	972,000 128,000	128,000

Brant Hale	294,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Brant Hale Talal Shakerchi

06-17-2025 21:17 UTC-8

Lamb Flops Trips to Bust Frank

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Christopher Frank raised the button to 11,000 before Ben Lamb three-bet to 36,000 from the small blind. Frank four-bet to 111,000, which Lamb called.

The last of Frank's 100,000 chips got into the middle on the 2♣8♥8♣ flop, with Lamb calling to put him at risk.

Christopher Frank: A♦A♥Q♦Q♣ All in
Ben Lamb: Q♥J♥9♣8♠

Frank had aces, but Lamb had flopped trip eights to take a commanding lead in the hand. The remainder of the board came 5♠10♦ and Frank headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	530,000 395,000	395,000

Christopher Frank	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Christopher Frank

06-17-2025 21:04 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	310,000

Chris Hunichen	275,000 133,000	133,000

Alex Foxen	272,000 109,000	109,000

Erick Lindgren	254,000 71,000	71,000

John Racener	240,000

Jason Koon	212,000 88,000	88,000

Jeremy Ausmus	172,000 97,000	97,000

Shaun Deeb	170,000 84,000	84,000

Jared Bleznick	156,000 214,000	214,000

Chance Kornuth	150,000 45,000	45,000

Cary Katz	150,000 28,000	28,000

Jason Mercier	102,000

Anson Tsang	91,000

Lindgren Rivers Nut Flush

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Nick Vazquez

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Erick Lindgren raised to 6,000 from the hijack. Firas Kashat called from the button, and David Mzareulov called from the small blind.

The board read 9♥7♠6♣ after the flop, and Lindgren bet 11,000 when action checked to him. Kashat folded, but Mzareulov made the call.

The action went check-check on the 9♠ turn, and the 4♠ fell on the river. Mzareulov now bet 35,000 and Lindgren thought things over. He eventually tossed in calling chips. Mzareulov only showed two cards, the K♠ and K♥, and Lindgren showed A♠8♠8♦7♥ for a rivered nut flush and he took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Firas Kashat	349,000 6,000	6,000
Erick Lindgren	325,000 175,000	175,000

David Mzareulov	275,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren David Mzareulov Firas Kashat

06-17-2025 20:58 UTC-8

One Bet for Ivey

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Charles Pacheco and Phil Ivey were heads-up to the A♣8♠4♥ flop. Pacheco checked from the small blind, and Ivey tossed out a bet of 6,000 in the big blind.

That was enough to claim the pot, as Pacheco slid his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Pacheco	103,000 14,000	14,000
Phil Ivey	94,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Charles Pacheco Phil Ivey

06-17-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After Break

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Gryko	1,200,000 900,000	900,000

Talal Shakerchi	1,015,000 715,000	715,000

Laszlo Bujtas	885,000 245,000	245,000
Petko Tsakov	866,000 608,000	608,000
Dylan Smith	763,000 313,000	313,000
Manuel Stojanovic	731,000 328,000	328,000
Gergo Nagy	660,000 44,000	44,000
Martin Dam	632,000 315,000	315,000
Jesse Lonis	590,000 294,000	294,000

Jim Collopy	530,000 370,000	370,000

Tim Grau	526,500 241,000	241,000
Roman Hrabec	506,000 156,000	156,000

Aaron Kupin	497,000 87,000	87,000
Josh Greenly	490,000 340,000	340,000
Sean Winter	486,000 62,000	62,000
Michael Duek	486,000 204,000	204,000
Jonas Kronwitter	476,000 31,000	31,000
Alexander Petersen	475,000 157,500	157,500

Jacob Hamed	457,000 143,000	143,000
Dario Sammartino	450,000 155,000	155,000
Stefan Christopher	445,500 30,000	30,000
Terry Woodruff	445,000 24,000	24,000
Narcis Nedelcu	425,000 77,000	77,000

Daniel Perkusic	410,000 157,000	157,000

Frank Brannan	400,000 176,000	176,000

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06-17-2025 20:30 UTC-8

River Bet from Mustafov

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Fahredin Mustafov called in early position, with Juha Helppi coming along in the small blind and Lawrence Brandt checking in the big blind.

Helppi checked the 10♥J♠3♣ flop before Brandt fired a bet of 4,000. Mustafov called, while Helppi got out of the way.

Both players checked through the 6♠ turn and the dealer flipped over the 9♣ river. Brandt checked to Mustafov, who bet 16,000. Brandt did not take long to slide his cards into the muck, and Mustafov chipped up before break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	326,000 126,000	126,000

Fahredin Mustafov	158,000 101,000	101,000
Juha Helppi	152,000 22,000	22,000

Nick Schulman	146,000 14,000	14,000

Alex Livingston	144,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Juha Helppi Lawrence Brandt

06-17-2025 20:29 UTC-8

Jouhkimainen Wins a Small Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez began the hand with a raise to 8,500 from under the gun. Joni Jouhkimainen called from the button, and Shaun Deeb came along from the small blind.

Deeb and Gonzalez checked the 8♥5♣2♠ flop, which led to a bet of 12,000 from Jouhkimainen. There were no takers as Deeb and Gonzalez folded awarding the pot to Jouhkimainen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	320,000 120,000	120,000

Yuriy Boyko	260,000 110,000	110,000
Christopher Hannel	240,000 90,000	90,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	172,000 22,000	22,000

Toby Lewis	138,000 102,000	102,000

Zachary Reinbold	115,000 115,000	115,000
Shaun Deeb	86,000 86,000	86,000

Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	78,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Sergio Martinez Gonzalez Shaun Deeb

06-17-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Foxen's Quads Bust Ding

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Nick Vazquez

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Biao Ding was all in for just a single 500 chip in early position. Next to act, Dirk Gerritse raised to 9,000. Dylan Smith called in the cutoff, and Alex Foxen came along in the big blind.

Action checked through on the J♠J♦8♥ board. Then on the 8♣ turn, Foxen bet 11,5000 and the two other players who were not all in folded.

Biao Ding: A♥6♥2♦7♥ All in
Alex Foxen: J♥J♠10♥4♥

Ding was drawing completely dead to Foxen's quads and the meaningless K♦ fell on the river and Fox scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Smith	450,000 150,000	150,000
Alex Foxen	365,000 40,000	40,000

Dirk Gerritse	320,000 180,000	180,000
Biao Ding	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Biao Ding Dirk Gerritse Dylan Smith

06-17-2025 20:28 UTC-8

Hrabec Triples; Barakat Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jacob Hamed raised from the hijack before Youness Barakat three-bet to 35,000 from the cutoff. Roman Hrabec jammed for 115,000 from the big blind before Hamed potted it back with a stack that covered both players. Barakat used three time banks before making the call for his tournament life.

Roman Hrabec: A♠A♣4♦3♠ All in
Youness Barakat: A♥K♦Q♠10♥ All in
Jacob Hamed: K♠9♣7♠8♣

The dealer put out a board of J♠6♣4♣10♠2♠, which meant Hrabec tripled up with the nut flush, and Hamed won the side pot with a king-high flush, eliminating Barakat.