Michael Heritsch raised the cutoff to 1,500 before James Casement three-bet to 5,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Heritsch stuck around with a call.
Both players checked all the way to the river on the 9♠2♦5♥6♦Q♦ runout. Heritsch checked one last time before Casement bet 4,200. Heritsch thought for a few moments, but ultimately opted to fold and surrender the pot to Casement.
Robert Emmerson raised to 1,800 on the button and Isaac Kempton called from the big blind.
Kempton check-called a bet of 1,200 from Emmerson on the 9♥8♥8♦ flop.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn to see the 6♥ roll off on the river. Kempton led out for 4,700, prompting a quick fold from Emmerson.
The "Summer of Isildur" continues as Viktor Blom has reached his fourth final table at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and he could be just hours away from winning his first bracelet.
Event #44: $10,000 Big O Championship played down to five before concluding Monday's Day 3 session. Christopher Demaci busted in sixth place ($131,841), leaving only a handful of players left to battle for the $784,353 first-place prize and the gold bracelet.
Cards are in the air and play has begun with 32 players taking their seats.
Level: 1
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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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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Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
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