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

06-17-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Yockey Makes Straight to Double Up

Nick Vazquez

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Zachary Schwartz raised to 4,000 under the gun. Bryce Yockey called in the hijack, and Terry Woodruff called in the cutoff.

The board came Q♣8♠7♦ and Schwartz continued for 6,000. Yockey quickly assembled all of his remaining chips, and pushed his last 17,800 into the middle. Woodruff folded, but Schwartz quickly called.

Bryce Yockey: K♥J♦9♦7♥ All in
Zachary Schwartz: K♠Q♥Q♠8♥

Schwartz had Yockey on the ropes, but the run out completed with the 9♣ and 10♠, and Yockey's straight saw him double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Terry Woodruff	240,000 90,000	90,000
Zachary Schwartz	215,000
Bryce Yockey	49,600 100,400	100,400

Tags: Bryce Yockey Terry Woodruff Zachary Schwartz

06-17-2025 14:02 UTC-8

Emmerson Jams on Suvarna

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Santhosh Suvarna raised to 2,800 from early position and Robert Emmerson three-bet to 8,600 from the button. When it got back to Suvarna, he four-bet to around 30,000. Emmerson called.

Suvarna made a continuation-bet of 36,000 on the 5♠6♠7♥ flop. Not too long after, Emmerson jammed for around 115,000. Suvarna burned through two of his time bank cards before opting to fold and surrender the pot to Emmerson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Emmerson	188,000 28,000	28,000
Santhosh Suvarna	85,000

Tags: Santhosh Suvarna Robert Emmerson

06-17-2025 14:05 UTC-8

Level Three Entrants

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lior Abudi	150,000 150,000	150,000
Erik Nordstrand	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aaron Overton	150,000 150,000	150,000
Lawrence Brandt	150,000 150,000	150,000

Ben Lamb	150,000 150,000	150,000

Isaac Haxton	150,000 150,000	150,000

Ian Matakis	150,000 150,000	150,000

Filip Lovric	150,000 150,000	150,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tyler Brown	150,000 150,000	150,000

Nick Maimone	150,000

Aaron Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Shlomi Elimeleh	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ronald Keijzer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Cary Katz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Philip Sternheimer	150,000 150,000	150,000

Konstantinos Bouloutsos	150,000 150,000	150,000
Narcis Nedelcu	150,000 150,000	150,000

Matt Livingston	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-17-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Nikiforov's Aces Send Lau Home

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jonas Kronwitter raised to 2,700 under the gun before Ka Kwan Lau three-bet to 10,000 from the next seat. Ilya Nikiforov just called from the hijack and Kronwitter also called.

Kronwitter checked the 4♥3♥10♦ flop and Lau jammed for 5,200. Nikiforov raised to 20,000, forcing Kronwitter to fold.

Ka Kwan Lau: K♣K♥J♠7♥ All in
Ilya Nikiforov: A♠A♦7♣6♥

Lau was dominated by Nikiforov's two aces and needed some help to survive. The rest of the board ran out Q♥6♦, which didn't help Lau, and he was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Kronwitter	285,000 145,000	145,000
Ilya Nikiforov	195,000 45,000	45,000
Ka Kwan Lau	Busted

Tags: Ilya Nikiforov Jonas Kronwitter Ka Kwan Lau

06-17-2025 15:02 UTC-8

Zable Knocks Out Chang

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Erick Torres

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

John Zable raised from middle position to 2,500. Jason Koon called from the hijack before Lawrence Chang popped it to 10,500. Zable and Koon both called to send the three to a flop.

Chang threw in his last 8,000 on the 3♦2♣6♥ flop, which led to calls from both Zable and Koon.

The 3♣ turn peeled off, and Zable chose to bet 22,000. Koon folded to send Chang and Zable to a showdown.

Lawrence Chang: K♠K♦7♠4♦ All in
John Zable: A♣Q♣J♣3♥

Zable's turned trip threes proved to be the winning hand as the 6♦ river did not improve Chang to send him out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Zable	154,000 4,000	4,000
Jason Koon	124,000 124,000	124,000

Lawrence Chang	Busted

Tags: Jason Koon John Zable Lawrence Chang

06-17-2025 15:03 UTC-8

Stanford Wins With a Set of Jacks

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

William Stanford checked the flop of 2♣6♣J♣ from the big blind and Ilya Nikiforov bet 3,500 from the button. Nikiforov stuck around with a call.

The 10♥ rolled off on the turn and both players checked to see the A♥ appear on the river. Two more checks followed, and Stanford took down the pot with J♠J♦9♠3♣ for a set of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Nikiforov	170,000 25,000	25,000
William Stanford	110,000

Tags: William Stanford Ilya Nikiforov

06-17-2025 15:09 UTC-8

New Entries & Reentries

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	150,000 150,000	150,000
Christopher Demaci	150,000 150,000	150,000
Amir Mirrasouli	150,000 150,000	150,000
Viktor Blom	150,000 150,000	150,000
Oliver Weis	150,000 150,000	150,000

Isaac Kempton	150,000 10,000	10,000
Jared Bleznick	150,000 150,000	150,000

Brandon Crawford	150,000 150,000	150,000
Dominique Mosley	150,000 150,000	150,000
Evan Krentzman	150,000 150,000	150,000
Bryce Yockey	150,000 100,400	100,400

Yang Wang	150,000
Colby Covington	150,000 25,000	25,000
Christian Harder	150,000 150,000	150,000

Scott Eskenazi	150,000 12,000	12,000

Erik Seidel	150,000 150,000	150,000

Firas Kashat	150,000 150,000	150,000
Martin Dam	150,000
Maximilian Klostermeier	150,000 150,000	150,000

Lawrence Chang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ka Kwan Lau	150,000

Sean Troha	150,000 150,000	150,000

Jeremy Trojand	150,000 150,000	150,000
Keith Ferrera	150,000 150,000	150,000
David Wang	150,000 150,000	150,000

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06-17-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Martirosian Wins in Three-Way Showdown

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Nick Vazquez

Level 4 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lautaro Guerra raised to 3,500 in early position. Artur Martirosian called on the button, Sebastian Bastian called in the small blind, and Scott Eskenazi came along from the big blind.

The board came out 10♠3♦2♠. Action checked to Guerra, who bet 5,000. Maritrosian called, Bastian folded, and Eskenazi called as well.

The turn was the Q♥, and all three players checked. That was the same action on the 5♦ river, and Martirosian showed A♥10♦7♦2♥ for two pair, and that won him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Eskenazi	154,000 4,000	4,000

Sebastian Bastian	145,300 4,700	4,700
Lautaro Guerra	133,000 75,000	75,000

Artur Martirosian	124,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Lautaro Guerra Scott Eskenazi Sebastian Bastian

06-17-2025 15:33 UTC-8

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Hubbard	606,600 364,600	364,600
Dirk Gerritse	500,000 350,000	350,000
Jonas Kronwitter	410,000 125,000	125,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	406,100 256,100	256,100
Eugene Golubchik	404,000 44,000	44,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	397,000 247,000	247,000

Gergo Nagy	395,000 395,000	395,000
Laszlo Bujtas	390,000 232,000	232,000
Christos Argyriadis	370,000 174,000	174,000
Billy Tarango	365,000 3,000	3,000
Krasimir Yankov	340,500 10,500	10,500
Chance Kornuth	337,000 170,000	170,000

Jacob Hamed	325,000 325,000	325,000
Laurens Houtman	323,000 2,000	2,000
Samuli Sipila	316,300 316,300	316,300
Bruno Furth	309,700 159,700	159,700

Vadim Zakharyan	299,400 149,400	149,400
Tim Grau	290,800 290,800	290,800
Ilya Nikiforov	290,000 120,000	120,000
Brian Breck	285,000 35,000	35,000
David James	285,000 135,000	135,000
Amir Mirrasouli	282,000 132,000	132,000
Tong Li	280,000 130,000	130,000

Alexander Petersen	280,000 130,000	130,000

Stefan Christopher	275,000 20,000	20,000

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06-17-2025 15:42 UTC-8

Stanford Goes Out to Quads

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dan Shak limped from middle position before Quan Zhou raised to 4,800 from the hijack. Ronald Keijzer called from the cutoff, but William Stanford jammed for roughly 15,000 out of the big blind. Shak folded, and Zhou potted it back, forcing Keijzer to fold.

William Stanford: A♣A♥K♦K♥ All in
Quan Zhou: Q♠J♥10♦8♥