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

06-18-2025 22:53 UTC-7

But Not the Perfect Runout...

Jacob Wilson

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

On a board of 4♥6♦2♠ with 22,000 in the middle, Christopher Costa ended up getting his full 125,000 into the middle, and was called by Daniel Clemente with the covering stack.

Christopher Costa: 9♣8♦7♠5♣ All in
Daniel Clemente: 7♦7♣6♣6♥

Costa had a wrap, and used it to turn the nut straight when the 5♠ came in. Clemente, with top set, was looking for a board pairing, and got it as the 4♣ peeled off on the river. Incredulous, Costa got up and said "Wow! That was the perfect flop!" unsure as to just how he had lost the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Clemente	342,000 182,000	182,000
Christopher Costa	Busted

Tags: Christopher Costa Daniel Clemente

06-18-2025 22:47 UTC-7

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Collopy	415,000 50,000	50,000

Marc Rivera	350,000 61,000	61,000
Punnat Punsri	310,000 145,000	145,000

Bryce Yockey	290,000 17,000	17,000

Chaoxing Li	210,000 25,000	25,000
Jordan Spurlin	200,000 30,000	30,000
Olivier Brodeur	170,000 205,500	205,500
Matt Vengrin	155,000 155,000	155,000

Bruno Furth	150,000

Rania Nasreddine	115,000 115,000	115,000
Robert Giordano	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ari Engel	100,000 20,000	20,000

Robert Mizrachi	85,000 85,000	85,000

Igor Zektser	65,000 55,000	55,000

Eric Baldwin	56,000 56,000	56,000

Michael Wang	50,000 15,000	15,000

Richard Ashby	24,000 1,000	1,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

06-18-2025 22:33 UTC-7

Kings Beat... Kings?

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Johnny Landreth got all in for 38,000 before the flop, and it was only Michael Heritsch who'd be going with him to the river.

Johnny Landreth: K♣K♦J♥9♦ All in
Michael Heritsch: K♠K♥3♠2♥

Both players had kings, and Landreth's looked to be stronger, however the A♥7♠5♦10♥4♦ runout disgustingly gave Heritsch a wheel, and sent Landreth packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Heritsch	375,000
Johnny Landreth	Busted

Tags: Johnny Landreth Michael Heritsch

06-18-2025 22:27 UTC-7

Mizrachi Adds Some to His Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Mizrachi raised to 8,000 from the hijack and only Christoph Milbradt called from the big blind.

Milbradt check-called a bet of 5,000 from Mizrachi on the Q♠8♥10♣ flop.

Both players were happy to check down the K♥ turn and 6♣ river. Milbradt announced "tens", and Mizrachi turned over K♠K♦7♥6♠ for a set to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Milbradt	300,000 273,000	273,000
Samuel Stranak	170,000 148,000	148,000

Christian Harder	145,000 110,000	110,000
Michael Mizrachi	135,000 110,000	110,000

George Abi-Zeid	100,000 100,000	100,000
James Fleming	75,000 75,000	75,000
Hugo Nazar	45,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Christoph Milbradt Michael Mizrachi

06-18-2025 22:12 UTC-7

Consolazio Survives

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Jacob Wilson

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

David Consolazio and Ranjeet Pawar both got their stacks in before seeing any community cards.

David Consolazio: A♠K♠K♣3♥ All in
Ranjeet Pawar: Q♠J♦10♣8♦

Consolazio locked it on the turn, as he hit a wheel on the Q♦4♥5♠2♥5♣ runout, keeping him kicking in the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Consolazio	92,000 92,000	92,000
Ranjeet Pawar	60,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: David Consolazio Ranjeet Pawar

06-18-2025 22:10 UTC-7

King With a Big Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

After the most recent break, Caleb King has emerged as one of the biggest stacks with 508,000 chips. King is from the United States and boasts over $700,000 in live tournament earnings, with his biggest cash being $96,309. King's best result in a World Series of Poker event came in 2024 after he finished 14th in a $800 No Limit Hold'em event.

King has built up quite the stack heading into the money bubble, so if he can build on this momentum for the rest of the night, he will certainly be able to bring through a healthy stack for Day 2 and have a good chance of making his first WSOP final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb King	507,000

Tags: Caleb King

06-18-2025 22:02 UTC-7

Some Big Stacks After Break

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caleb King	507,000 291,500	291,500
Naor Slobodskoy	444,000 282,200	282,200
Charles Mayes	417,000 132,000	132,000
Brady Hinnegan	415,000 180,500	180,500
Marc Rivera	411,000 236,000	236,000
Joseph Dulaney	405,000 93,000	93,000

Ken Okada	379,000 379,000	379,000
Olivier Brodeur	375,500 87,000	87,000
Antti Marttinen	372,000 45,000	45,000
Maxwell Lytell	365,000 365,000	365,000
Jim Collopy	365,000 65,000	65,000

Tomer Daniel	320,000 320,000	320,000
Leonid Yanovski	317,000 186,000	186,000
Daniel Swartz	315,000
Arsalan Masud	313,000 87,500	87,500
Bryce Yockey	307,000 23,000	23,000

Rayan Chamas	303,000 98,000	98,000
Isaac Kempton	301,000 301,000	301,000
Ming Zhu	293,000 293,000	293,000
Rudolph Bourg	290,000 290,000	290,000
Bradley Anderson	285,000 285,000	285,000

Jason Stockfish	280,000 95,000	95,000
Artur Koren	25,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-18-2025 21:48 UTC-7

Doug Polk Kills Tony Stand-Up Comedy; Michael Kaplan’s Final Stu Ungar Story | PokerNews Podcast #898

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Chad Holloway

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In the 898th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio to offer their thoughts on Doug Polk's recent appearance on Kill Tony, the popular Austin-based stand-up comedy program. How did Doug do in front of Tony Hinchcliffe and company? Let's just say you might be surprised.

Mike, who made a recent appearance in Daniel Negreanu's vlog, then sounds off on the cancelled WSOP Online bracelet event, the crew discusses the recently-announced changes to the WSOP Circuit, Chad goes to the world's largest casino collectibles show, and Matt Savage offers his thoughts as a special guest speaker.

Other topics include bracelet wins by Nick Schulman, Jason Koon, and John Racener, highlights from recent Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) events, and an exclusive interview with famed poker author Michael Kaplan, who recently released a new book, Advantage Players. The veteran scribe shares several poker stories, including Phil Ivey and Kelly Sun's baccarat edge sorting, the legendary Billy Baxter, and what it was like working with Stu Ungar in what was one of the final, if not THE final, interviews before he passed in 1998.

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