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♥
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.
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♥
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.
After two early position limps, Jesse Lonis raised to 4,400 with just 11,000 behind. Noah Schwartz three-bet to around 8,000, forcing the limpers to fold. Lonis jammed for 15,500, and Schwartz called.
Jesse Lonis: A♣A♥6♠3♦
Noah Schwartz: K♠K♦9♠6♦
Lonis looked in great shape with aces against the pocket kings of Schwartz. The flop of Q♦10♠9♦ provided Schwartz with even more outs to win the pot. However, the rest of the board ran out 7♣2♠ and Lonis doubled up.
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.
Vasil Medarov raised from under the gun and received four callers.
Five players saw the dealer spread out a flop of J♦6♠4♣ where everyone checked to see the Q♥ hit the turn. After three checks, James Chen bet 5,500 from the hijack, and only Medarov called.
Medarov checked when the 4♠ hit the river, and Chen bet 8,500. Medarov snap-called and was shown the nut boat by Chen with A♣Q♦Q♣7♠. Medarov revealed an inferior full house with Q♠4♦, as the pot was sent over to Chen.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event will shuffle up and deal at noon local time, with late registration running for the first 12 levels (two hours into Day 2). There is a 15-minute break scheduled after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6.
The starting stack is 150,000, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten levels. Each level will last 60 minutes. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18.
Last year's event drew 476 runners and saw David Eldridge winning his second bracelet and $2,246,728. Shaun Deeb has won it twice, in 2021 and 2018.
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
476
David Eldridge
United States
$2,246,728
2023
449
Ka Kwan Lau
Hong Kong
$2,294,756
2022
264
Tong Li
China
$1,467,739
2021
212
Shaun Deeb
United States
$1,251,860
2020
-
Not held
-
-
2019
278
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
$1,618,417
2018
230
Shaun Deeb
United States
$1,402,683
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