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

06-18-2025 22:36 UTC-8

Lindgren Turns a Bigger Boat

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heading to a flop of 7♥7♦2♥ with around 200,000 in the middle, Erick Lindgren tossed in a bet of 75,000 from early position. Roussos Koliakoudakis check-raised to 250,000 from the big blind and Lindgren called.

The turn brought the 4♥ and Koliakoudakis shoved all in for roughly 450,000. Lindgren nearly beat him into the pot and the cards were tabled.

Roussos Koliakoudakis: Qx10x2x2x All in
Erick Lindgren: K♠K♦7♠4♠

Koliakoudakis flopped a full house but Lindgren turned a bigger one, leaving Koliakoudakis drawing to just a single out. The river was the 9♥ and Koliakoudakis headed to collect his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	2,100,000 1,040,000	1,040,000

Roussos Koliakoudakis	Busted

Tags: Roussos Koliakoudakis Erick Lindgren

06-18-2025 22:48 UTC-8

Ivens Doubles with Full House

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Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The table folded to Joni Jouhkimainen in the small blind, who chose to raise before he faced a shove from Todd Ivens. Jouhkimainen had him covered and called.

Todd Ivens: K♥Q♦6♦6♥ All in
Joni Jouhkimainen: A♠10♦5♣4♠

The board ran out J♠6♠10♦10♣2♣ to give Ivens a full house and double through Jouhkimainen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	350,000 395,000	395,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	270,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Joni Jouhkimainen Todd Ivens

06-18-2025 22:51 UTC-8

Ivey Trending in the Right Direction

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Stewart Morrison

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action was joined as Jonas Kronwitter and Phil Ivey were locked in battle. There were 580,000 chips already in the middle, and a flop of K♣2♣Q♥ had already been dealt.

Both players checked the flop, but when Kronwitter checked again on the 8♥ turn, Ivey bet 580,000.

Kronwitter didn't waste any time in folding, and Ivey continued to build his stack towards the end of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,725,000 265,000	265,000

Jonas Kronwitter	1,025,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Jonas Kronwitter Phil Ivey

06-18-2025 22:54 UTC-8

Mickey Gets Sticky

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The action folded around to Michael Duek in the small blind who made it 120,000. Jonas Kronwitter reraised to 360,000 in the big blind and Duek instantly slouched in his chair. He thought for a moment and then just called, noting that the rest of his chips were probably going in on the flop.

The flop came Q♣8♦5♦ and Duek followed his own orders by shoving all in for 150,000. Kronwitter quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Michael Duek: J♣9♣8♠8♥ All in
Jonas Kronwitter: A♠A♦10♠10♣

Duek flopped a set of eights to take the lead but Kronwitter still had two possible sets of his own to hit. The K♣ and K♦ runout was not it and Duek scored himself a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Duek	1,060,000 510,000	510,000
Jonas Kronwitter	485,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Michael Duek Jonas Kronwitter

06-18-2025 22:54 UTC-8

Five More Hands

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Stewart Morrison

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

As Day 2 nears its end, the tournament director has paused the clock and instructed the dealers to deal just five more hands.

06-18-2025 23:00 UTC-8

Ajez Can't Stop Stacking Chips

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Nick Vazquez

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Geeng opened for a raise to 100,000. Next to act, Najeem Ajez raised to 360,000. That was met with another raise from Robert Cowen in the small blind to 750,000. Geeng got out of the way, and Ajez reraised to put Cowen all-in, and he called.

Robert Cowen: A♠K♥6♠3♥ All in
Najeem Ajez: A♥A♦5♦2♥

The board ran out Q♥9♣6♣J♦8♣ and neither player improved, so Ajez's aces won the pot. Ajez has been on a heater in the last level of the night, and is definitely one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Najeem Ajez	9,100,000 6,205,000	6,205,000

Daniel Geeng	3,900,000 985,000	985,000
Robert Cowen	Busted

Tags: Daniel Geeng Najeem Ajez Robert Cowen

06-18-2025 23:11 UTC-8

Shakerchi Coolers Ivey with Four Hands To Go

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Stewart Morrison

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Talal Shakerchi raised from the cutoff to 120,000, and Phil Ivey, on the button, three-bet to 420,000. Action folded back to Shakerchi, who elected to call.

The flop came down a monotone 7♣10♣3♣, and both players checked.

The dealer then revealed the 6♠ turn, and Shakerchi bet out for 475,000. Ivey called, and the players went to a river.

The 10♠ paired the board but didn't slow Shakerchi down, as he bet 625,000. Ivey snap-called and received the bad news.

Shakerchi turned over A♣Q♣J♦9♦ for the flopped nut flush. Ivey turned over just the K♣ and the 4♣, showing he had flopped the second nut flush.

Shakerchi suggested to Ivey that all the chips should have ended up in the middle, as he pulled in a mammoth pot with just a few hands remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	3,850,000 2,550,000	2,550,000

Phil Ivey	720,000 1,005,000	1,005,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Talal Shakerchi

06-18-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Guerra Rivers Straight to Bust Hamed

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Nick Vazquez

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jacob Hamed and Lautaro Guerra got all in on the Q♣9♣6♦ flop in the penultimate hand at their table, with Hamed the at-risk player.

Jacob Hamed: A♠A♥7♣3x All in
Lautaro Guerra: K♠10♠8♦7♦

The Q♥ on the turn was safe for Hamed, but the 7♥ gave Guerra the straight and Hamed was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lautaro Guerra	6,400,000 2,595,000	2,595,000

Jacob Hamed	Busted

Tags: Jacob Hamed Lautaro Guerra

06-18-2025 23:16 UTC-8

Tsakov Stacks Taylor

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Erick Torres

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

During the last five hands of the night, Thomas Taylor and Petko Tsakov clashed in an all-in pot when Taylor raised from the hijack to 100,000 and was re-raised by Tsakov to 360,000. Taylor called to see a flop.

The flop fanned out A♦K♥5♦. Taylor checked, and Tsakov bet 700,000 to put Taylor all-in. Taylor called to go to a showdown.

Thomas Taylor: K♦Q♥J♦2♥ All in
Petko Tsakov: A♠A♣10♣3♠

Taylor had a straight draw and a flush draw, but none of his outs appeared when the turn came 8♥ and the river came 3♣ to send Taylor out of the tournament during the twilight of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petko Tsakov	3,900,000 1,260,000	1,260,000
Thomas Taylor	Busted

Tags: Petko Tsakov Thomas Taylor

06-18-2025 23:34 UTC-8

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Najeem Ajez	7,845,000 1,255,000	1,255,000

Lautaro Guerra	6,444,000 44,000	44,000

Tomasz Gluszko	4,400,000 1,675,000	1,675,000
Petko Tsakov	4,255,000 355,000	355,000
Gjergj Sinishtaj	4,255,000 45,000	45,000
Daniel Geeng	4,205,000 305,000	305,000
Bryn Kenney	3,965,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Talal Shakerchi	3,850,000

Frank Brannan	3,565,000 335,000	335,000

Isaac Haxton	3,545,000 330,000	330,000

Aaron Kupin	3,020,000 630,000	630,000
Artem Maksimov	2,530,000 230,000	230,000
Dennis Weiss	2,445,000 1,585,000	1,585,000

Maximilian Schindler	2,445,000 1,740,000	1,740,000
David Eldridge	2,140,000 1,190,000	1,190,000

Roman Hrabec	2,020,000 90,000	90,000

Erick Lindgren	1,985,000 115,000	115,000

Ka Kwan Lau	1,915,000 295,000	295,000

Evan Krentzman	1,400,000 800,000	800,000
Ben Lamb	1,365,000 325,000	325,000

Scott Bohlman	1,320,000 125,000	125,000

Jeffrey Hakim	1,310,000 635,000	635,000

Brant Hale	1,235,000 600,000	600,000
Biao Ding	1,000,000 550,000	550,000
Michael Duek	960,000 100,000	100,000

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