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

06-18-2025 21:10 UTC-8

King With a Big Stack

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 21:12 UTC-8

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 21:27 UTC-8

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 21:33 UTC-8

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

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

06-18-2025 21:47 UTC-8

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

06-18-2025 21:53 UTC-8

But Not the Perfect Runout...

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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 22:04 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Jacob Wilson

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

Play is currently in hand for hand, as we wait for one more player to bust before all players lock up some money.

06-18-2025 22:10 UTC-8

Bunch Folds Aces

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomer Daniel	350,000
Tony Bunch	190,000

Tags: Tomer Daniel Tony Bunch

06-18-2025 22:26 UTC-8

Aasen Miraculously Survives

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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"