Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$11,491,500
Entries
489
Level
33
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
370
Players Left
160
Players Left 1 / 489
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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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Level: 1
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Cards are in the air and play has begun with 32 players taking their seats.
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
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.
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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154,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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147,000
3,000
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3,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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18,000
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Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Ryan Christopherson raised in the cutoff to 1,500. That was met with a call from both blinds, Fabian Riebauschmithals in the small and Isaac Kempton in the big.
The action was checked around on the 9♥4♣3♠ flop and on the 5♦ turn.
On the 4♠ river, Riebau-Schmithals checked again and Kempton bet 1,700. Christopherson folded, but Riebau-Schmithals check-raised to 10,100. Kempton thought for a while before making the call, and Riebau-Schmithals tabled A♣J♦5♣5♥ for fives' full, and that won him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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164,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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148,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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142,400
11,600
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11,600 |
