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

06-17-2025 19:28 UTC-8

More Bleznick Blind-Raising Leads to Double Up for Klostermeister

Nick Vazquez

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jared Bleznick continues to encourage his table to gamble. In this hand, he raised to 4,000 without looking. Richard Gryko then raised to 15,000 from the button and Maximilian Klostermeier called in the big blind. When Bleznick finally looked at his cards, he decided to fold.

The board came out 9♦8♦7♠. Klostermeier checked, and Gryko bet 18,000. Klostermeier made the call.

The 6♣ fell on the turn, and Klostermeier checked again. Gryko bet the size of the pot, which was 71,000. Klostermeier then went all in, and Gryko called.

Maximilian Klostermeier: A♦J♣10♦5♠
Richard Gryko: 10♣10♠8♠4♣

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	370,000 80,000	80,000

Maximilian Klostermeier	250,000 100,000	100,000

Richard Gryko	180,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Richard Gryko Maximilian Klostermeier Jared Bleznick

06-17-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Kupin Flops a Set and Doubles

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones had bet roughly 50,000 on a flop of J♠4♥3♦ from the small blind. Aaron Kupin went into the tank from the cutoff, and after using a few time banks, committed all of his 191,000. Pugh-Jones called.

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones: Q♠Q♥7♥5♠ All in
Aaron Kupin: J♦J♥10♦6♥

Pugh-Jones had the overpair and gutshot straight draw, but was behind to the top set of Kupin. The A♥ turn and K♠ river didn't help Pugh-Jones, and Kupin doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Kupin	410,000 410,000	410,000
Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	25,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Gruffudd Pugh-Jones

06-17-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Kempton Takes it Down with River Bet

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A hand broke out between three players when Isaac Kempton raised to 9,000 from early position and was called by Scott Bohlman in the next seat over. Dan Shak came along with a call from the big blind to take three players to the flop.

Both Shak and Kempton checked the 2♥3♥8♦ flop, and Bohlman responded with a bet of 20,000. Shak folded, and Kempton called to trim the hand down to two people.

Both Kempton and Bohlman checked the 6♣ turn, which brought the 4♠ river.

Kempton led out 25,000 on the river. Bohlman thought about it, but decided on a fold to award Kempton the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	227,000 88,000	88,000
Dan Shak	128,000 13,000	13,000
Scott Bohlman	116,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Dan Shak Isaac Kempton Scott Bohlman

06-17-2025 19:11 UTC-8

Brandt Wins With a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Catching the action on a flop of A♠6♠2♠. Juha Helppi checked from the small blind and Lawrence Brandt bet 6,000 from the big blind. Nick Schulman called from the cutoff, but Helppi folded.

Both players checked the 9♦ turn for the K♠ to roll off on the river. Two more checks followed, and Brandt took down the pot with K♦10♠8♦8♠ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	200,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Schulman	160,000

Juha Helppi	130,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Juha Helppi Lawrence Brandt Nick Schulman

06-17-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Golubchik Busts Desnos

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Nick Vazquez

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Eugene Golubchik raised to 7,000 under the gun. Killian Desnos called in middle position, Chris Hunichen called in the cutoff, and Gruffudd Pugh-Jones came along from the big blind.

The flop came the A♥Q♥2♣ and Golubchik continued for 22,000 when action got checked to him. Desnos then asked the dealer what a pot-sized raise would be. Once the dealer calculated that it would be 97,000, that's the amount he made it. The other two players got out of the way. Golubchik then repotted to put Desnos all in, and Desnos called.

Killian Desnos: 8♥7♥5♣4♠ All in
Eugene Golubchik: A♠K♦J♠2♦

The turn was the J♣ and river was the K♣ and Golubchik eliminated Desnos.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Golubchik	425,000 21,000	21,000
Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	240,000 34,000	34,000
Chris Hunichen	142,000

Killian Desnos	Busted

Tags: Chris Hunichen Eugene Golubchik Gruffudd Pugh-Jones Killian Desnos

06-17-2025 19:01 UTC-8

Heritsch Doubles Up with Rivered Straight

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Sava Krink

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Heritsch kicked things off with an under-the-gun raise to 5,000, which Jeremy Ausmus called in middle position. With the action then on Danny Hannawa, he made it 23,000, and both players called.

On the 10♥6♣7♣ flop, Heritsch continued for Pot 74,000, prompting a raise pot from Ausmus, which meant the all-in for Heritsch and Hannawa. Hannawa quickly got out of the way, and Heritsch called, leading to a showdown.

Michael Heritsch: J♠10♠9♠7♥ All in
Jeremy Ausmus: K♣Q♥Q♠8♣

Heritsch flopped two pair and had a few backdoor options to improve his hand even more, whilst Ausmus had an overpair and a flush draw.

The 9♦ on the turn gave Ausmus also outs for a possible straight, but the 8♠ on the river completed the straight for Heritsch, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Heritsch	252,000 120,000	120,000
Jeremy Ausmus	237,000 127,500	127,500

Danny Hannawa	80,000 80,000	80,000

06-17-2025 18:54 UTC-8

Smith Spikes the River to Survive

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Matthew Smith limped from the hijack before Iaroslav Boiko raised to 9,000 from the cutoff. Stephen Chidwick called on the button, and Jake White called out of the big blind. Smith potted it to 41,000 and Boiko repotted it. Chidwick and White folded, but Smith committed the rest of stack, which totalled 89,000.

Matthew Smith: K♦K♥Q♠5♠ All in
Iaroslav Boiko: A♦A♥7♥5♥

Boika was ahead with aces versus the kings of Smith. However, a runout of 9♥4♦Q♥7♣K♣ improved Smith to the winner on the river with a set of kings, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Smith	181,000 66,000	66,000
Jake White	175,000 175,000	175,000
Stephen Chidwick	160,000 80,000	80,000

Iaroslav Boiko	110,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Iaroslav Boiko Jake White Matthew Smith Stephen Chidwick

06-17-2025 18:52 UTC-8

Collopy Busted by Alioto

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Erick Torres

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The table folded around to Dario Alioto, who elected to raise to 5,000 on the button. James Collopy responded with a re-raise to 20,000 in the small blind. The action returned to Alioto, who continued with a call.

Collopy chose to bet out 26,500 on the K♣8♠2♥ flop, which was met with a raise from Alioto, who went all in. Collopy called, and the cards were on their back.

James Collopy: A♣A♠7♦5♠ All in
Dario Alioto: K♦8♥7♥4♣.

Collopy held a pair of aces, but Alioto outflopped him with two pair. The 8♣ turn improved Alioto to a full house, and the Q♠ river ended the hand eliminating Collopy from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Alioto	286,000 286,000	286,000

James Collopy	Busted

Tags: Dario Alioto James Collopy

06-17-2025 18:38 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Hamed	655,000 330,000	330,000
Laszlo Bujtas	640,000 250,000	250,000
Firas Kashat	575,000 25,000	25,000
Dirk Gerritse	550,000 50,000	50,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	547,500 163,500	163,500
Gergo Nagy	489,000 19,000	19,000
Stefan Christopher	475,500 200,500	200,500
Jonas Kronwitter	475,000 65,000	65,000
Terry Woodruff	469,000 229,000	229,000
Narcis Nedelcu	430,500 166,000	166,000

Quan Zhou	410,000 315,000	315,000
Manuel Stojanovic	403,000 253,000	253,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	397,000

Jeffrey Hakim	375,000 375,000	375,000

Krasimir Yankov	372,000 38,000	38,000
Thomas Zanot	370,000 60,000	60,000
Sean Troha	367,000 217,000	217,000

Jeremy Ausmus	364,500 45,500	45,500

Brian Breck	341,500 61,500	61,500
Chance Kornuth	337,000 102,000	102,000

Billy Tarango	336,000 29,000	29,000
Christos Argyriadis	330,000 62,000	62,000
Artur Martirosian	327,000 203,000	203,000

John Richards	322,500 60,500	60,500
Bruno Furth	321,000 201,000	201,000

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06-17-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Ivens Triples

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Erick Torres

Level 6 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Todd Ivens was down to his final 4,400 when he jammed from under the gun. Anthony Zinno, in the next seat over, raised it to 12,000, which garnered a call from Steven Sarmiento to create a side pot while Ivens was at risk.

Zinno opted to bet 20,000 on the 2♠Q♦8♥ flop, but Sarmiento wanted to play for more and raised it ot 50,000. Zinno gave it some thought before he folded to lead to a showdown between Ivens and Sarmiento.

Todd Ivens: K♠Q♥5♣2♥ All in
Steven Sarmiento: 8♠7♥6♣4♠

Ivens was in the lead with a top pair while Sarmiento held a middle pair. The 10♣ turn and the 5♠ river completed the board, upgrading Ivens to two pair, while Sarmiento failed to improve.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Sarmiento	242,000 170,000	170,000
Anthony Zinno	112,000 38,000	38,000

Todd Ivens	17,200 139,800	139,800

Tags: Anthony Zinno Steven Sarmiento Todd Ivens