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

06-17-2025 16:55 UTC-8

Bleznick's Blind Raise Works Out

Nick Vazquez

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

Jared Bleznick was standing up from his seat but raised to 4,700, adamant that he hadn't looked at his hand. He was asking for someone to reraise him, and Chance Kornuth obliged by making it 15,000 from the small blind. The action was back on Bleznick, who decided to finally look at his hand.

"Interesting", he said. He then threw in a green 25,000 chip and said raise, with the minimum raise being to 25,300. Kornuth made the call and the two were off to a flop.

The flop came A♠4♥9♣ and Kornuth checked. Bleznick fired 50,000, and Kornuth called.

The 6♦ fell on the turn, and Kornuth checked again. Bleznick bet a large amount and Kornuth folded before it was counted.

Bleznick showed three of his four cards, those three being the J♠10♣2♠, and he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	275,000 75,000	75,000

Chance Kornuth	235,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Jared Bleznick

06-17-2025 17:02 UTC-8

Beach Busts Blom

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Erick Torres

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

Viktor Blom was entangled in a pot with Harrison Beach, which saw him hit the rail.

The hand began when Harrison Beach raised to 5,000 from the cutoff. Viktor Blom asked for more from the small blind and re-raised to 16,600. Beach called to see a flop.

The flop fanned out J♣2♥4♦, which led Blom to put in his final 16,100 for an all-in. Beach called, and the two were sent to a showdown.

Blom showed A♠10♥7♣2♠ for a pair of deuces, while Beach showed 7♠6♦5♦4♥ for a pair of fours and a straight draw. Blom found no improvement on the 9♠ turn and the 5♠ river to award Beach the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Beach	277,000 277,000	277,000
Viktor Blom	Busted

Tags: Harrison Beach Viktor Blom

06-17-2025 17:10 UTC-8

Bleznick With the Double KO

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Tim Baker

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

Arriving at the table to see a flop of 3♦10♣3♠ had been revealed, with Dylan Weisman, Maximilian Klostermeier, and Jared Bleznick all-in. Bleznick had the big stack, so he had the chance to bust two players.

Dylan Weisman:K♠J♦9♠6♦ All in
Maximilian Klostermeier: J♣10♥9♣8♥ All in
Jared Bleznick: A♠A♥7♥6♠

Bleznick's aces managed to hold up on the 2♦ turn and 4♣ river. Weisman and Klostermeier were out, while Bleznick added even more chips to his stack.

Weisman and Klostermeier immediately reentered and now have fresh starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	450,000 175,000	175,000

Dylan Weisman	150,000 26,000	26,000

Maximilian Klostermeier	150,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Dylan Weisman Jared Bleznick Maximilian Klostermeier

06-17-2025 17:16 UTC-8

Sternheimer Shows a Card

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Tim Baker

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

Philip Sternheimer made it 5,600 from early position with Isaac Kempton calling on the button, and Chino Rheem defending his big blind.

After Rheem checked the 5♦6♣J♣ flop, Sternheimer bet 6,500, which only Rheem called.

The 9♣ turn prompted Rheem to check again. Sternheimer bet 22,000, and Rhem folded. Sternheimer was kind enough to reveal just the A♣ as the pot was sent over to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	230,000 80,000	80,000
Philip Sternheimer	210,000 60,000	60,000

Chino Rheem	190,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Isaac Kempton Philip Sternheimer

06-17-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Weisman Back in Action

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Nick Vazquez

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

Dylan Weisman has reentered this event, and is now seated at table 78. In this hand, he raised to 5,000 in the hijack. He was called by Bruno Furth and David Williams, both to his immediate left.

The board came out with the J♥6♦5♥, and Weisman bet 6,000. Furth called, and Williams folded.

On the 9♥ turn, Weisman bet out for 21,000. Furth released, and Wesiman got his second entry started in the right direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	240,000 105,000	105,000

Dylan Weisman	175,000 25,000	25,000

Bruno Furth	120,000 189,700	189,700

Tags: Dylan Weisman Bruno Furth David Williams

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

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 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 18:54 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 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♣