Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-18-2025 12:25 UTC-8

Early Bustouts

Jacob Wilson

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

With the third level of the day just beginning, almost 40 players have already had their chips divided amongst the rest of their tables. Most of these have already rebought, and two players, Fatolla Shahen and Minho Cho, are already on their third bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yanting Jiang	Busted
Dong Suh	Busted
Elan Weiner	Busted
Yuanjun Lu	Busted
William Cascioli	Busted
Alex Tchong	Busted
Francisco Perez Moreno	Busted
Ryan Anderson	Busted
Marc Wenicker	Busted
Edward Keller	Busted
Nikolai Fal	Busted

Todd Nichols	Busted
Robert Nehorayan	Busted

Michael Trivett	Busted

Edward Smith	Busted
Raz Alon	Busted
Mei Seow	Busted
Zachary Peay	Busted
Timothy Totten	Busted
Minho Cho	Busted
Scott Milkey	Busted
Jeffrey Samson	Busted
Michael Perrone	Busted

Yong Lu	Busted
Christopher Gregg	Busted

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Tags: Minho Cho Fatolla Shahen

06-18-2025 13:43 UTC-8

Broadway for Morris

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Jacob Wilson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up on a board reading Q♦7♦A♥8♥ with 45,000 in the middle. Ryan Conrad ripped his stack of 15,000 into the middle, and Arthur Morris snapped him off, saying, "I'm on a flush."

Ryan Conrad: A♦Q♠9♦6♦ All in
Arthur Morris: K♠J♥10♠6♥

Conrad was in the lead with top two, the nut diamond draw, and an open-ender. Morris, however, had plenty of outs, with any non-board pairing card above an eight giving him the nut straight. He also had hearts working for him. The K♣ river did indeed improve him to the nuts, and he sent Conrad home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Morris	84,000 84,000	84,000
Travis Kubota	40,200 40,200	40,200
Ryan Coon	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ruben Correia	32,000 7,000	7,000
Weldon Hyman	27,300 27,300	27,300
Dennis Durante	21,000 21,000	21,000
Ryan Conrad	Busted

Tags: Arthur Morris Ryan Conrad

06-18-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Ladenburg Gets Counterfeited to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Erik Ladenburg was short-stacked and committed the last of his 5,000 chips before the flop, with William Meeks making the call to try to bust him.

Erik Ladenburg: Q♣9♣3♠2♦ All in
William Meeks: K♣K♦6♣2♠

Meeks was ahead with his two kings, but a lot could change with five cards to come. The 9♥4♦A♦ flop gave Ladenburg a pair of nines. Ladenburg improved to two pair on the Q♦ turn, but the A♥ appeared on the river to counterfeit that two pair. Meeks' pocket kings won the pot, and Ladenburg was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Meeks	90,000 14,000	14,000
Joshua Thatcher	83,100 58,100	58,100
Christoph Milbradt	27,000
James Casement	26,000
Justus Marsico	25,000
Alexander Pulaski	18,600 6,400	6,400
Daniel Grassi	5,000
Erik Ladenburg	Busted

Tags: Erik Ladenburg William Meeks

06-18-2025 14:29 UTC-8

Soulier Blocked Off

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Jacob Wilson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three players still had cards on a flop of J♠Q♦3♦ and they all got their stacks in on this street, with William Mcmahan covering.

Fabrice Soulier: K♠K♦3♣2♦ All in
Gary Jablonski: A♦J♦10♥8♣ All in
William Mcmahan: Q♠Q♣9♠9♥

Mcmahan had flopped the nuts with top set, but still had to hold against plenty of outs. Jablonski was drawing to the nut flush and broadway. Soulier, although he would've been drawing extremely live against either of these opponents heads up, realised he was heading home unless he got an extremely specific runout. His diamonds were covered, and even if he managed to hit a set, it would give Soulier Broadway. He had already mucked his cards by the time the 7♥ turn was dealt, and the 5♣ river locked it up for Mcmahan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Paredes Andia	103,000 103,000	103,000
William Mcmahan	78,200 53,200	53,200
Jason James	29,600 29,600	29,600

John Ode	29,200 29,200	29,200
Wayne Greenberg	17,400 17,400	17,400
Chaoxing Li	8,000 17,000	17,000
Gary Jablonski	Busted
Fabrice Soulier	Busted

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Gary Jablonski William Mcmahan

06-18-2025 15:06 UTC-8

Mehamed Fills Up

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Jacob Wilson

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 4♥4♣7♣. Andrew Kappes shoved, and Alan Mehamed called.

Andrew Kappes: Q♣10♣10♦9♦ All in
Alan Mehamed: A♥A♠4♠3♠

The 3♣ turn seemed to be a good one for Kappes, as he hit his flush, however he soon realized he was drawing dead as Mehamed had boated up, making the J♦ river inconsequential.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lyons	84,300 59,300	59,300
Alan Mehamed	72,000 72,000	72,000
Michael Nelson	60,500 35,500	35,500
Charles Schlinger	59,500 34,500	34,500
Samuel Bifarella	45,000 20,000	20,000
Kevin Darouvar	22,000 22,000	22,000
John Scherr	18,600 18,600	18,600
Andrew Kappes	Busted

Tags: Alan Mehamed Andrew Kappes

06-18-2025 15:49 UTC-8

Faro's Tournament Has Gone From bad to Worse

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

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Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Faro	Busted

06-18-2025 15:53 UTC-8

Gossn Rivers it

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Following some questions preflop about the legality of a back-raise, three players saw a flop, with one (Angel Modica) all in, as it had been deemed that the all-in was an under raise, and action was closed. The flop came down 10♥3♣9♦ and Leonidas Andriopoulos made the shove he had wanted to preflop. Juan Pablo Gossn called.

Angel Modica: A♥A♣K♠2♠ All in
Juan Gossn: K♥9♠6♥3♠ All in
Leonidas Andriopoulos: A♠A♦Q♣J♠

Andriopoulos was well in the lead equity-wise, with an overpair alongside his open-ender, however the J♥6♣runout would give Gossn the win in the most unlikely manner, as he rivered two pair to scoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pablo Gossn	62,000
Leonidas Andriopoulos	5,000 5,000	5,000
Angel Modica	Busted

Tags: Angel Modica Juan Gossn Leonidas Andriopoulos

06-18-2025 16:25 UTC-8

One Pair Good Four Stoessl.

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Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

One pair being good at showdown is a rare sight in PLO. It's even rarer when it happens in a three-way all-in, and that pairs happens to be one of the lowest, however that was the sequence that allowed Daniel Stoessl to triple up.

Stoessl potted it from under the gun, to 2,800, and received callers in Jarred Jaffee and Alejandro Avendano. Steve Sebbag then made it 6,100 on the button. Stoessl shoved, Avendano reshoved, and Sebbag made the call.

Daniel Stoessl: A♥K♥Q♦4♦ All in
Alejandro Avendano: K♠10♥7♥5♠ All in
Steve Sebbag: A♠K♦10♣3♠

The board ran out 4♥J♣9♥6♠9♦ and after some deliberation trying to find out who had what, it was revealed that Stroessl, using his ace and his four, had connected the most with the board, as he laughed while taking in the pot. Sebbag's ace-king used as kickers were enough to send Avendano out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sebbag	66,500 66,500	66,500
Daniel Stoessl	45,500 45,500	45,500
Alejandro Avendano	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Avendano Daniel Stoessl Jarred Jaffee Steve Sebbag

06-18-2025 16:45 UTC-8

Weisman Unable to Retain Title

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Jacob Wilson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Reigning champion Dylan Weisman has not been able to go back-to-back, as he has already busted before Day 1's dinner break. After registering in Level 5, his first bullet only had him on the felt for just over an hour. The next lasted only 16 minutes, as he entered and left for the second time without progressing from Level 6. His third and final bullet, again, lasted merely more than an hour, as he exited with no possibility of an extra reentry.

The double bracelet winner won't be too upset, however, as there are still plenty of PLO events scheduled that he'll have his eye on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Weisman	Busted

Tags: Dylan Weisman

06-18-2025 17:18 UTC-8

King's Nuts Knock Out Two Players

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Jacob Wilson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ngoc Nguyen found himself all in preflop, contesting a side pot worth 19,000 with two other players. Anthony Hu and Caleb King had their own side pot, of 35,000, when the three saw a flop of 7♦10♥5♥. Hu shoved for 41,000, and King called before his opponent's chips were even in the middle.

Ngoc Nguyen: A♦K♦8♥6♥ All in
Anthony Hu: J♥J♣9♦9♠ All in
Caleb King: A♥Q♥Q♠2♣

Hu had an overpair and a gutshot, however King had a better overpair. Nguyen was open-ended with hearts, but King also had better hearts. King's Queens were in the lead, and lost it instantly on the 4♠ turn, giving Nguyen the nuts. The 3♥ river gave the lead back to King, who scooped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb King	194,500 194,500	194,500
Ngoc Nguyen	Busted
Anthony Hu	Busted

Tags: Anthony Hu Caleb King Ngoc Nguyen