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

06-17-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Bleznick Wins it on the Turn

Erick Torres

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

A total of five players all put in 5,000 before the flop to create a multi-way pot.

The table checked to Jared Bleznick in the cutoff who bet 17,000 on the 4♥10♦6♥ flop. Maximilian Klostermeier called the next seat over. Chance Kornuth, as well as Dylan Weisman and Erik Nordstrand, folded to make the pot heads-up going to the turn.

Bleznick did not slow down on the 8♦ turn and fired 60,000. Klostermeier folded to end the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	310,000 27,000	27,000

Jared Bleznick	185,000 35,000	35,000

Dylan Weisman	124,000 4,000	4,000

Erik Nordstrand	120,000 30,000	30,000
Maximilian Klostermeier	103,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Dylan Weisman Erik Nordstrand Jared Bleznick Maximilian Klostermeier

06-17-2025 16:15 UTC-8

Ivens Wins at Showdown

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Erick Torres

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

Todd Ivens began the hand with a raise from under the gun to 3,000. Steven Sarmiento called from middle position before Dario Sammartino raised to 6,500 from the hijack. Ivens and Sarmiento called to send the three to a flop.

All three players checked the board of 7♥8♠10♣K♥Q♥. Ivers showed 9♦6♠7♣5♠ for a ten-high straight, which was good enough as Sarmiento and Sammartino mucked their hands to award the pot to Ivens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	157,000 157,000	157,000
Dario Sammartino	133,000 133,000	133,000
Steven Sarmiento	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Steven Sarmiento Todd Ivens

06-17-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Boika Spikes the Turn to Double

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Tim Baker

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

Yang Wang limped from under the gun and Matthew Smith limped from the cutoff. Iaroslav Boiko raised to 6,600 on the button, and Stephen Chidwick called from the small blind. Wang limp-raised to 28,000, which Boiko and Chidwick called.

Three ways to a flop of Q♥9♥7♠ where the action checked to Boiko, who jammed for 63,800. Chidwick folded, but Yang flicked in the call.

Iaroslav Boiko: K♠Q♣10♣8♠ All in
Yang Wang: A♠A♦7♣3♠

Yang had aces, but Boiko could hit a lot of cards to stay alive and more than double-up. The rest of the board came 8♦4♣, giving Boika the winner with two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	240,000 51,500	51,500

Iaroslav Boiko	220,000 70,000	70,000
Yang Wang	145,000 120,000	120,000
Matthew Smith	115,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Iaroslav Boiko Matthew Smith Stephen Chidwick Yang Wang

06-17-2025 15:55 UTC-8

Kalas Folds to Demaci's River Bet

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Tim Baker

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

Three players saw a flop of J♦9♦8♥ come out with around 13,000 in the pot. Eelis Parssinen checked from the big blind and Kane Kalas bet 9,200 from the cutoff. Christopher Demaci called on the button, and Parssinen folded.

Both players checked the 3♠ turn to see the 6♦ hit the river. Kalas checked and then folded to Demaci's bet of 26,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eelis Parssinen	245,000

Christopher Demaci	165,000 15,000	15,000
Kane Kalas	135,000

Tags: Kane Kalas Eelis Parssinen Christopher Demaci

06-17-2025 15:52 UTC-8

Argyriadis Wins One with Flop Check-Raise

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Nick Vazquez

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

John Zable raised to 3,000 from early position. Dylan Smith called in the cutoff, and Christos Argyriadis also called in the small blind.

On the A♥9♣7♥ board, Argyriadis checked to Zable, who bet 7,500. Smith called, and now Argyriadis put in a large check-raise to 32,000. Both his opponents folded, and the Bulgarian added to his already healthy chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christos Argyriadis	392,000 22,000	22,000
John Zable	208,500 54,500	54,500
Dylan Smith	82,000

Tags: John Zable Dylan Smith Christos Argyriadis

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♥

Stanford had aces against Zhou's rundown. However, the board ran out 8♠8♦7♠9♠8♣ to give Zhou quad eights, sending Stanford out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Keijzer	200,000 50,000	50,000

Dan Shak	115,000 115,000	115,000
Quan Zhou	95,000 55,000	55,000
William Stanford	Busted

Tags: Dan Shak Quan Zhou Ronald Keijzer William Stanford

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 15:15 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 15:09 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 15:03 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