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

06-18-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moncek	358,000 333,000	333,000

Felipe Campins	352,500 326,500	326,500
Daniel Swartz	315,000 315,000	315,000
Joseph Dulaney	312,000 170,000	170,000

Olivier Brodeur	288,500 288,500	288,500
Jason Krawczyk	287,000 287,000	287,000
Charles Mayes	285,000 285,000	285,000
Norman Bryant	273,000 161,000	161,000
Brady Hinnegan	234,500 165,500	165,500
Jacco Hester	229,000 229,000	229,000
Arsalan Masud	225,500 225,500	225,500
Caleb King	215,500 21,000	21,000
Thomas Zanot	208,000
Dale Eberle	207,000 182,000	182,000
Michael Trivett	205,000 205,000	205,000

Rayan Chamas	205,000 95,000	95,000
Samuel Del Castillo	200,500 80,500	80,500
Daniel Ezekiel	200,000 200,000	200,000
Yin Wu	198,000 198,000	198,000
Shariq Khan	197,000 197,000	197,000

Shahni Chips Up

Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ali Shahni made it 5,500 to go from early position with Ryan Coon calling from the small blind, and Gergo Nagy defending his big blind.

All three players checked the A♣9♠9♦ flop to see the 2♠ appear on the turn. The action checked to Shahni and he bet 8,000. Coon folded, but Nagy called.

Nagy checked the 7♦ river and then folded to Shahni's bet of 25,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Shahni	150,000 12,500	12,500
Rajesh Vohra	125,000 125,000	125,000

Gergo Nagy	120,000 120,000	120,000
Travis Kubota	70,000 29,800	29,800
Ryan Coon	65,000 30,000	30,000
Kamel Mokhammad	25,000 25,000	25,000
Mario Fata	20,000 20,000	20,000
Jason Phamolivo	18,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ali Shahni Gergo Nagy Ryan Coon

06-18-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Bari	25,000 25,000	25,000

Carlo Rodriguez	25,000 25,000	25,000
Donald Maloney	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kamel Mokhammad	25,000 25,000	25,000
Zhen Cai	25,000 25,000	25,000
Steven Karp	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kane Kalas	25,000 25,000	25,000
John Zable	25,000 25,000	25,000
Alan Sternberg	25,000 25,000	25,000

Ray Henson	25,000

Gregory Kolo	25,000 25,000	25,000

Bernardo Tavares	25,000 25,000	25,000
Juan Maceiras Lapido	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jacob Thibodeau	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jason Daly	25,000 25,000	25,000

Caleb Levesque	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jeff Madsen	25,000

Remy Murcia	25,000 25,000	25,000
Young Ko	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jonathan Krela	25,000 25,000	25,000
Christopher Roman	25,000 25,000	25,000
Erik Seidel	25,000 10,000	10,000

Clement Meunier	25,000 25,000	25,000
Liam Jehu	25,000 25,000	25,000
Lucas Silva Bandeira	25,000 25,000	25,000

Moncek With a Big Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Michael Moncek, better known as “Texas Mike,” is a two-time WSOP bracelet winner with four WSOP Circuit rings to his name. Despite the nickname, Moncek actually hails from Illinois, specifically the Chicago area, but picked up the nickname after attending the University of Texas in Austin.

He’s a regular sight at the poker tables wearing his signature burnt orange Longhorns cap and has proven himself across multiple formats, winning bracelets in both Limit Hold'em and Mixed No-Limit Hold'em events.

2022 – Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em – 1st for $145,856
2023 – Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em – 1st for $534,499

Coming back from the dinner break and with late registration now closed, Moncek had the biggest stack of 358,000 according to the WSOP+ app. Moncek has already cashed six times this WSOP series and is on track to make that seven here in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moncek	358,000

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

06-18-2025 19:22 UTC-8

Prize Pool & Payouts

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 1,564 entries recorded in Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, the prize pool totaled $2,076,210.

There will be 235 players paid, with a min-cash being worth $3,022, while the eventual champion will walk away with $306,791.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$306,791	24–31	$10,382
2	$204,425	32–39	$8,581
3	$146,266	40–47	$7,194
4	$105,947	48–55	$6,118
5	$77,703	56–63	$5,281
6	$57,711	64–71	$4,626
7	$43,413	72–79	$4,113
8	$33,082	80–99	$3,714
9	$25,541	100–126	$3,406
10–11	$19,983	127–153	$3,173
12–15	$15,846	154–235	$3,022
16–23	$12,738

06-18-2025 19:28 UTC-8

Dream Spot for Ye

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hen Rosilio shoved his remaining 18,000 from middle position, and it seemed like he was about to get a nice pick up of the blinds, until Shuai Ye peeled his cards in the big blind and snapped.

Hen Rosilio: K♣K♥J♥9♥ All in
Shuai Ye: A♦A♥Q♥6♠

The board ran out without too much sweat for Ye, only needing to fade a queen or nine on the turn of 7♦2♦J♠10♣. The 5♣ helped him fade both.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shuai Ye	147,000
Hen Rosilio	Busted

Tags: Hen Rosilio Shuai Ye

06-18-2025 19:43 UTC-8

Bettencourt Avoids Lake's Outs to Double

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jered Bettencourt and Francis Lake got all of their chips into the middle preflop with Bettencourt being the player at risk.

Jered Bettencourt: K♠K♣J♦4♣ All in
Francis Lake: J♥9♠8♦10♥

Bettencourt just had kings against the rundown of Lake. The flop came down 2♦10♦7♣ to give Lake a lot of outs to take down the pot and eliminate Bettencourt. However, the rest of the board ran out 3♥2♠ and Bettencourt's Cowboys held up, earning him the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Brunner	140,000 140,000	140,000
Matthew Beck	135,000 135,000	135,000
Jacob Snider	90,000 90,000	90,000
Jered Bettencourt	70,000 58,000	58,000
Francis Lake	40,000 40,000	40,000
Sebastian Schulz	35,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Allen	35,000 10,000	10,000
Stefan Christopher	18,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Francis Lake Jered Bettencourt

06-18-2025 19:46 UTC-8

Brutal Runout for Ma

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Stephen Ma got it in with a short stack preflop, and was called by Jordan Henegar.

Stephen Ma: J♥7♥7♠5♥ All in
Jordan Henegar: A♣10♥8♠4♣

Ma saw a great flop, as he made two pair on 5♣6♣J♦, and had two blockers to Henegar's straight draw. Henegar did have the nut flush draw, but he went another way to win it, as the 10♥A♦ runout have him a better two paid.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Henegar	84,000 84,000	84,000
Stephen Ma	Busted

Tags: Jordan Henegar Stephen Ma

06-18-2025 19:54 UTC-8

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

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Jon Sofen

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 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