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

06-19-2025 00:23 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Soares Jr	Busted
Sebastian Pauli	Busted
Brian Hudson	Busted
Timothy Totten	Busted
Pedro Moura	Busted
Arkadiy Tsinis	Busted

Joseph Ranciato	Busted
Thomas Zanot	Busted
Steve Sebbag	Busted
Greg Himmelbrand	Busted
Andrew Donabedian	Busted

Danilo Serra	Busted
Rania Nasreddine	Busted
Sebastian Schulz	Busted
Xiaochuan Zhang	Busted

Garnero Gets Out-Drawn

Jacob Wilson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop of A♣10♦7♥, Charles Garnero shoved his remaining 50,000 into a pot of 200,000. Isaac Kempton put in the call.

Charles Garnero: A♥Q♠9♥5♠ All in
Isaac Kempton: 9♦8♣7♦5♦

Kempton was behind with an open-ender and two backdoor flush draws. He turned the straight with the J♠ and Garneero couldn't improve to a better straight on the river, as the 6♦ sealed his fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	360,000 59,000	59,000
Charles Garnero	Busted

Tags: Charles Garnero Isaac Kempton

06-19-2025 00:05 UTC-7

The Next Bunch to Hit the Rail

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Kaigorodtcev	Busted
Naor Slobodskoy	Busted
Richard Rashid	Busted
Ming Zhu	Busted
Hugo Nazar	Busted
Matthew Smith	Busted
Kevin Allen	Busted
Mike Holtz	Busted

Ranjeet Pawar	Busted
Tony Bunch	Busted
Dominik Paus	Busted
Evan Haskell	Busted
Christopher Lee	Busted
Quirin Zech	Busted
Barry Grime	Busted
Shariq Khan	Busted

06-19-2025 00:02 UTC-7

Larsson Runs Into it

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jacob Wilson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Moments after making the money, Jan Larsson got in his remaining 62,000 chips, only to find himself dominated by Daniel Ezekiel's aces.

Jan Larsson: A♥K♦9♥7♠ All in
Daniel Ezekiel: A♠A♣6♦4♠

Larsson found himself drawing stone dead on the Q♣10♣3♣ flop, as Ezekiel flopped the nut flush. The 4♣9♥ runout was inconsequential.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Ezekiel	365,000 165,000	165,000
Jan Larsson	Busted

Tags: Daniel Ezekiel Jan Larsson

06-18-2025 23:49 UTC-7

The First to Bust After Making the Money

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Kolstad	Busted
Sean Deacon	Busted
Michael Mizrachi	Busted

Kevin Kent	Busted
Matthew Warn	Busted
Tim Vanloo	Busted
Ilia Krupin	Busted
David Roemer	Busted
Joey Couden	Busted

Jason Somerville	Busted

Bastian Blum	Busted
Danny Chang	Busted
Jordan Glazer	Busted
Jennifer Sabuel	Busted

Lawrence Lazar	Busted
Kai Yang	Busted
Ravee Sundara	Busted
Tolga Demirel	Busted
Niema Mostafavi	Busted
Yuan Li	Busted

06-18-2025 23:47 UTC-7

Bubble Bursts in PLO 8-Max

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Jacob Wilson

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tolga Demirel was all in preflop for his remaining 22,000, and was called by both Daniel Clemente and Maxwell Lytell.

On a flop of 6♠Q♣6♦ Lytell checked, Clemente bet 35,000, and Lytell called. The turn 8♣ checked through, and Lytell bet 50,000 on the 4♦ river. Clemente called, and the players revealed their cards early, despite floor instruction not to.

Eventually, when showdown was called. Demirel's A♠A♦10♠10♦ wasn't enough to keep him alive, as Lytell scooped with A♣8♠6♣3♣. Two other players, Niema Mostafavi and Yuan Li, were eliminated in the same hand, meaning they received a $2,015 payout each.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxwell Lytell	480,000 115,000	115,000
Daniel Clemente	316,000 26,000	26,000
Tolga Demirel	Busted
Yuan Li	Busted

Niema Mostafavi	Busted

Tags: Daniel Clemente Maxwell Lytell Niema Mostafavi Tolga Demirel Yuan Li

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-18-2025 23:26 UTC-7

Aasen Miraculously Survives

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With Michael Linster forced all-in for his last 2,000 from the big blind, four other players at the table limped.

The four other players checked a runout of 4♦8♥5♦3♦6♠ all the way to the river before Michael Linster bet 10,000 from the small blind. Everyone else folded and before the cards were turned over Aasen announced her hadn't looked at his hand.

Linster revealed a flush with A♣Q♦J♦2♦, which meant Aasen needed to have two diamonds in his hand, where one of them was the king or the ace. He decided to turn his cards over one at a time to add to the suspense.

With a crowd now surrounding the table, the first one he showed was the K♦ to give him a chance of not being the bubble boy. However, the second cut his chances as it was the K♠. But the third of his cards was the 9♦ to give him a higher flush, guaranteeing he remained in the tournament and had a chance of not bubbling. The table erupted upon seeing his flush, as his fourth card was the 9♥.

Linster stated after the hand "that is the most fun I've had in a hand where I've lost"

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Linster	120,000 32,000	32,000
Rick Aasen	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Michael Linster Rick Aasen

06-18-2025 23:10 UTC-7

Bunch Folds Aces

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Tim Baker

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tony Bunch raised to 11,000 from middle position before Tomer Daniel three-bet to 30,000 from the hijack. When it got back to Bunch, he called.

Bunch checked the 2♦5♥Q♠ flop, and Daniel bet 70,000. Bunch quickly called.

After Bunch knuckled the table on the Q♥ turn, Daniel jammed for roughly 180,000. Bunch thought long and hard, but eventually folded A♠A♣8♥4♣. Daniel was kind enough to show he had the goods by revealing the Q♣ for trips.