Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-18-2025 19:04 UTC-8

Foxen Picks Up Where He Left Off

Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Alex Foxen has picked up where he left off before the dinner break after a hand developed when Sam Soverel raised from the hijack to 70,000. Soverel was called by Biao Ding in the small blind and Foxen in the big blind.

All three players checked the 6♠Q♥Q♦ flop, which brought the 3♦ turn.

Ding checked the turn before Foxen bet 140,000. Soverel and Ding folded to give Foxen the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	2,300,000 120,000	120,000

Biao Ding	600,000 355,000	355,000
Sam Soverel	270,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Biao Ding Sam Soverel

06-18-2025 19:10 UTC-8

Happenings at Table 658

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Over at Table 658, Ryan Riess is a short stack. He had 125,000 chips in the big blind and decided to use all of his time banks while facing a raise from Daniel Geeng. Hasan Onay and Chino Rheem had a bit of a back and forth, before Shaun Deeb played peacemaker.

"Huss is good people,", Deeb told Rheem. "Huss is great people,", Rheem responded, letting Deeb know that he's familiar with Onay.

Meanwhile, Riess eventually folded.

Onay then decided to use 2 time banks from under the gun, before eventually folding.

The spirits seem to be light, considering we are three eliminations from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Geeng	2,050,000 940,000	940,000
Chino Rheem	1,670,000 545,000	545,000
Hasan Onay	1,100,000
Shaun Deeb	300,000 375,000	375,000

Ryan Riess	115,000 281,000	281,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Daniel Geeng Hasan Onay Ryan Riess Shaun Deeb

06-18-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Walking Chips or No Chips at All?

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Josh Arieh already had his backpack on when he raised to 70,000 from under the gun. Roman Hrabec reraised on the button and Arieh splashed in the last of his 20,000 chips.

Josh Arieh: A♣J♣10♠4♣ All in
Roman Hrabec: A♥Q♦10♦6♥

The board ran out Q♠9♥3♠J♠6♦ and Hrabec made two pair to eliminate Arieh near the money.

"Yo, Josh! The tournament is over this way!" Ben Lamb shouted as Arieh was leaving the tournament area.

"I've got walking chips!" Arieh spouted back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Hrabec	1,820,000 120,000	120,000

Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Josh Arieh Roman Hrabec

06-18-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Queens Good for Kenney

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Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jacob Hamed began the hand with a raise to 70,000 from the hijack and was called by Bryn Kenney in the big blind.

Kenney checked the 3♥K♥K♣ flop before Hamed bet 50,000. Kenney called.

The 7♥ turn and the 7♦ river were checked by both players.

Kenney showed Q♣Q♦9♠6♦ to win the pot as Hamed mucked his hand in response.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Hamed	950,000 140,000	140,000
Bryn Kenney	450,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Jacob Hamed

06-18-2025 19:29 UTC-8

Deeb Soft Bubbles

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Daniel Geeng opened the hijack to 50,000 before seeing a three-bet from Shaun Deeb in the small blind. Deeb had raised to 170,000, which was a large portion of his remaining stack.

Geeng called, and the pair saw a J♦2♦9♠ flop. Deeb then used all his remaining time banks in order and try and squeeze in the money, should he lose the hand. After a few minutes, Deeb moved all but one of his chips into the middle, leaving a 5,000 chip behind. Geeng raised to commit Deeb, who waited his allotted 30 seconds before calling.

Shaun Deeb: A♥Q♠10♦9♥ All in
Daniel Geeng: A♣J♠7♦2♣

Geeng had flopped two pair and currently had the lead.

The turn 6♣ was no help to Deeb, and the river 10♣ confirmed that he would not be making the money of this tournament, and he headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Geeng	2,450,000 400,000	400,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Daniel Geeng Shaun Deeb

06-18-2025 19:31 UTC-8

Brannan Keeps Chipping Up

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Nick Vazquez

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Frank Brannan was one of a few players who asked the floor to go to hand-for-hand before the direct money bubble, which the floor decided not to do at that time. Brannan is one of the big stacks in the room, who continues to turn up the aggression.

In this hand, he raised to 65,000 from the button. Aaron Kupin called from the big blind.

On the A♣K♥7♣ flop, Kupin checked and Brannan bet 125,000. Kupin quickly folded.

"I had almost as bad as possible," Brannan said as he showed 6♦5♦4♠3♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	3,100,000 585,000	585,000

Aaron Kupin	1,950,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Frank Brannan

06-18-2025 19:32 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The tournament director has paused the clock as the players are now on the bubble.

76 players remain, but only 74 will make the payouts.

06-18-2025 19:34 UTC-8

PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge Returns

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Matt O'Halloran

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

At the 2025 World Series of Poker, this year's schedule includes 100 bracelet events. One notable event returning this summer at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas is bracelet Event #78: PokerNews Deepstack Championship (PNDC).

This also means last year's popular PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge is coming back, bigger and better than before!

From May 27 to June 30, players grinding the $200, $250, and $400 Daily Deepstacks tournaments at the WSOP will rack up leaderboard points. Every week, the top 10 players will be awarded a complimentary entry into the PNDC on July 1. That’s 50 seats up for grabs—10 more than last year, thanks to the additional week of action. Best of all? You can win multiple seats, meaning the more you play and perform, the better your shot at a deep WSOP run.

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06-18-2025 19:37 UTC-8

Gluszko Eliminates Lewis on Soft Bubble

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Erick Torres

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Toby Lewis and Tomasz Gluszko got the chips in preflop to put Lewis at risk.

Toby Lewis: A♦K♣J♦9♠ All in
Tomasz Gluszko: 9♦9♣8♠4♣

Gluszko slammed the flop of Q♦8♥8♦ to hit trip eights. The Q♥ turn and the K♥ river did not give Lewis the outs he needed to survive as he busted on the soft bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Gluszko	2,200,000 880,000	880,000
Toby Lewis	Busted

Tags: Toby Lewis Tomasz Gluszko

06-18-2025 19:46 UTC-8

'Rampage' Struggling to Spin it Up at 2025 World Series of Poker -- 'Ready to Quit'

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Jon Sofen

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ethan "Rampage" Yau says he's "ready to quit" three weeks into the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) after numerous early eliminations and zero WSOP final tables.

But don't expect the poker vlogger to actually quit the bracelet chase. Rampage has racked up quite a few cashes this summer, but all for small amounts, and he's fired more bullets than Scott Seiver in a Flip & Go.

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Tags: Ethan Yau