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

06-17-2025 12:51 UTC-8

A Few More to Enter the Field

Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Glazer	150,000 150,000	150,000
Ilya Nikiforov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jonathan Azoulay	150,000 150,000	150,000
Evgeni Tourevski	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jesse Lonis	150,000 150,000	150,000

Terry Woodruff	150,000 150,000	150,000
Alexander Petersen	150,000 150,000	150,000

Luis Calvo	150,000 150,000	150,000

Yuriy Boyko	150,000 150,000	150,000
Anthony Zinno	150,000 150,000	150,000

Bernd Gleissner	150,000 150,000	150,000

Iaroslav Boiko	150,000
Pedro Bromfman	150,000 150,000	150,000

Thomas Zanot	150,000
Tomer Daniel	150,000 150,000	150,000
Joshua Ladines	150,000
Veselin Karakitukov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Bruno Furth	150,000 150,000	150,000

Frank Brannan	150,000 150,000	150,000

06-17-2025 12:45 UTC-8

Chang Triples Up; Bromfman Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Arriving at table to see a flop of Q♥3♦6♥ was already out and three players were all-in.

Lawrence Chang: A♦K♣K♦Q♠ All in
Pedro Bromfman: J♣J♥9♥9♦ All in
Eelis Parssinen: A♠A♥5♥2♠

Eelis Parssinen had aces and a flush draw, against Pedro Bromfman's smaller draw, and Lawrence Chang's pair of kings. The 10♠ turn offered up a few more outs for Bromfman and Chang. The Q♣ river improved Chang to trip queens to triple up, while Parssinen won the side pot against Bromfman, eliminating him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eelis Parssinen	245,000 95,000	95,000

Lawrence Chang	145,000 5,000	5,000
Pedro Bromfman	Busted

Tags: Eelis Paerssinen Lawrence Chang Pedro Bromfman

06-17-2025 12:36 UTC-8

Covington Wins Crowded Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Colby Covington began the hand with a raise to 2,500 from early position and was called in the next seat over by Ayaz Mahmood. Jeremy Ausmus called from the button and Brian Breck called from the big blind.

Breck and Covington checked the 9♥3♥3♠ flop. Mahmood fired 5,000, which led to a fold from Ausmus. Breck called before Covington opted to raise to 18,000. Mahmood called, and Breck folded.

The 2♣ turn saw Covington fire 28,000, and Mahmood fold to award the pot to Covington.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Breck	217,000 44,000	44,000
Colby Covington	175,000 25,000	25,000
Jeremy Ausmus	128,000 27,000	27,000

Ayaz Mahmood	115,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ayaz Mahmood Brian Breck Colby Covington Jeremy Ausmus

06-17-2025 12:26 UTC-8

Level Two Entries

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	150,000 150,000	150,000

Aaron Pahlawani	150,000 150,000	150,000
Maxi Lehmanski	150,000 150,000	150,000
Lou Garza	150,000 150,000	150,000

Artem Maksimov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Tong Li	150,000 150,000	150,000

Cesar Garcia	150,000 150,000	150,000

Lawrence Chang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andjelko Andrejevic	150,000 150,000	150,000

Sean Rafael	150,000 150,000	150,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	150,000 150,000	150,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	150,000 150,000	150,000

Pedro Bromfman	150,000 150,000	150,000

Nacho Barbero	150,000 150,000	150,000

Scott Eskenazi	150,000 150,000	150,000

Jeremy Druckman	150,000 150,000	150,000
Vadim Zakharyan	150,000 150,000	150,000
Colby Covington	150,000 150,000	150,000
Sean Winter	150,000 150,000	150,000
Greg Levine	150,000 150,000	150,000
Petko Tsakov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Aditya Sadhu	150,000 150,000	150,000
Roberto Sagra	150,000 150,000	150,000
Yang Wang	150,000 150,000	150,000
Noel Rodriguez	150,000

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06-17-2025 12:24 UTC-8

Benyamine Surrenders on River

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Nick Vazquez

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

David Benyamine raised to 1,200. This minimum raise invited Robert Emmerson to call from the cutoff, Fabian Riebau-Schmithals to call on the button, Esther Taylor to call in the small blind and Isaac Kempton to call from the big blind.

The flop was 9♣7♥2♠ and Taylor checked. Kempton decided to lead out for 3,000. Only Benyamine and Riebau-Schmithals called.

The turn brought the J♣, and now Kempton checked. Benyamine checked as well, but Riebau-Schmithals fired out 12,000. Kempton folded, and Benyamine called.

The river was the 5♥ and Benyamine checked it over again. Riebau-Schmithals bet 25,000 this time, and Benyamine folded rather quickly. Riebau-Schmithals has chipped up fairly nicely here early on, while Benyamine has lost a chunk of his starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	186,000 22,000	22,000
Isaac Kempton	160,000 17,600	17,600
Robert Emmerson	160,000 13,000	13,000
Esther Taylor	145,000

David Benyamine	85,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: David Benyamine Esther Taylor Fabian Riebau-Schmithals Isaac Kempton Robert Emmerson

06-17-2025 12:22 UTC-8

Zhou Check-Raises Kronwitter

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Kenneth Fishman raised to 1,500 from the hijack before Jonas Kronwitter three-bet to 5,400 from the cutoff. Quan Zhou cold called out of the big blind, but Fishman folded.

Zhou knuckled the action over to Kronwitter on the K♠3♥4♣ flop, and Kronwitter put out a continuation-bet of 4,500. Zhou took a few moments before check-raising to 25,500. Kronwitter immediately folded, and Zhou dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	150,000
Jonas Kronwitter	140,000 140,000	140,000
Kenneth Fishman	135,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jonas Kronwitter Kenneth Fishman Quan Zhou

06-17-2025 12:19 UTC-8

Barriocanal Takes it Down with Turn Bet

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Daniel Barriocanal raised from early position to 2,100. Nikolaos Lampropoulos called from the button and Eelis Parssinen came along from the big blind to create a three-way pot.

Parssinen checked on the A♦5♣9♥ flop, which led to a bet from Barriocanal for 4,500. Lampropoulos called, and Parssinen bowed out with a fold.

The Q♣ turn led to a bet of 12,700 from Barriocanal, which was enough to garner a fold from Lampropoulos.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Barriocanal	178,000 178,000	178,000
Eelis Parssinen	172,000 22,000	22,000

Nikolaos Lampropoulos	137,000 137,000	137,000

Tags: Daniel Barriocanal Eelis Parssinen Nikolaos Lampropoulos

06-17-2025 12:18 UTC-8

Hubbard Takes it Away on the River

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of 10♣3♥5♠, Stephen Hubbard checked from the big blind and Ryan Riess checked from under the gun. Thomas Taylor bet 4,000 from the cutoff, which only Hubbard called.

The 7♥ turn checked through for the 4♠ to hit the river. Hubbard led out for 15,000, and got a quick fold from Taylor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Hubbard	190,000 40,000	40,000
Ryan Riess	170,000 20,000	20,000

Thomas Taylor	140,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Ryan Riess Stephen Hubbard Thomas Taylor

06-17-2025 12:05 UTC-8

Hale Scoops Pot

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Erick Torres

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The hand began when Jeremy Ausmus raised from under the gun to 1,700. It folded to Brian Breck in the cutoff, who called. Pete Deveaux on the button called, and Brant Hale from the big blind came along.

The flop came K♣7♥J♠, which led to a bet from Hale for 4,000. Ausmus called, Breck folded, and Deveaux came along with a call also.

The 2♣ turn did not slow down Hale, who slid out 15,000. This led to a fold from Ausmus and a call from Deveaux.

Hale and Deveaux checked the 8♦ river.

Hale showed K♠J♣8♠7♠ for kings up, and Deveaux folded without showing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brant Hale	194,000 44,000	44,000
Brian Breck	173,000 23,000	23,000
Pete Deveaux	172,000 172,000	172,000
Jeremy Ausmus	155,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Brant Hale Brian Breck Jeremy Ausmus Pete Deveaux

06-17-2025 12:00 UTC-8

Tarango's Pot-Sized Turn Bet Gets Through

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Nick Vazquez

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Billy Tarango raised from the hijack to 1,500. Roussos Koliakoudakis called from the button, as did Dylan Weisman from the small blind and Gruffudd Pugh-jones in the big blind.

The flop of J♦8♠5♠ brought some fireworks. Action checked to Koliakoudakis, and he bet 3,500. Weisman then check-raised to 12,000. Pugh-jones folded, but Tarango and Koliakoudakis both stuck around to see a turn.

The turn came the K♠, and Weisman checked. Tarango then said "Pot", and was informed by the dealer that it would be 42,500. Koliakoudakis quickly folded, and Weisman took some time before releasing his hand as well.