Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-19-2025 11:09 UTC-8

First Payout of the Day

Robert Jones

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Samuel Del Castillo raised from under the gun to 25,000 and was re-raised by Ivan Ermin to 90,000 from the cutoff. Del Castillo put Ermin at risk for roughly 30,000 more, Erwin called, and they were off to see five.

Ivan Ermin: A♦K♥Q♠7♦ All in
Samuel Del Castillo: 9♦8♦7♠6♠

The board ran out A♥9♠8♣9♥K♣, and Ermin was sent to the rail by the full house of Del Castillo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Del Castillo	370,000 120,000	120,000
Ivan Ermin	Busted

Tags: Samuel Del Castillo Ivan Ermin

06-19-2025 11:24 UTC-8

Top Two for Two

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Robert Jones

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was picked up on the flop with the board reading A♥Q♥3♠ and 325,000 in the middle. Jason Riesenberg announced all-in from the small blind, covering two players. Aristoteles Neto called from middle position for roughly 150,000, and Alan Engel called from the cutoff for slightly under 100,000.

Alan Engel: 10♥10♦9♥9♦ All in
Aristoteles Neto: A♠Q♣9♠8♥ All in
Jason Riesenberg: A♦K♠Q♠J♥

The 8♦7♦ runout was not good for Engel, and he was sent to the rail by two players holding top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Riesenberg	380,000 212,000	212,000
Aristoteles Neto	300,000 90,000	90,000
Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Alan Engel Aristoteles Neto Jason Riesenberg

06-19-2025 11:48 UTC-8

Early Day 2 Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Norman Bryant	Busted
Richie Allen	Busted
Leo Pinamonti	Busted
Noah Boeken	Busted
Andreas Thorvaldsen	Busted
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Euryd Rivera	Busted
Jordan Spurlin	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Dien Le	Busted
Ari Engel	Busted

Robert Meyer	Busted
Patrick Moulder	Busted

Shrey Maheshwary	Busted
Christian Harder	Busted

Jesse Yaginuma	Busted

Bradley Anderson	Busted

John Ode	Busted
Daniel Swartz	Busted
Ivan Ermin	Busted

06-19-2025 11:58 UTC-8

Beck Building

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Robert Jones

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was picked up on the flop with Matthew Beck calling an all-in bet of roughly 200,000 with around the same in the middle.

The board read J♠8♣5♣

Stefan Christopher: A♣J♥9♣8♠ All in
Matthew Beck: K♠J♠J♦10♥

The 3♦7♠ runout was clean for Beck, and he chipped up to slightly under 1,500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beck	1,400,000 774,000	774,000
Stefan Christopher	Busted

Tags: Matthew Beck Stefan Christopher

06-19-2025 12:14 UTC-8

Finger's Aggression Can't Hold

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Jacob Wilson

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded to Vadim Shlez in the hijack, who announced "pot". Martin Finger then repotted on the button, and Shlez made the call. On the 7♥2♠9♦ flop, Shlez checked and Finger potted, putting himself all in for 165,000. After around three minutes, Shlez flicked in the chips.

Martin Finger: A♣A♦6♦4♣ All in
Vadim Shlez: Q♣J♣J♦7♦

Finger did all he could, as he potted at every opportunity and got it in good. However, he couldn't beat lady luck, as the Q♥3♥ runout gave Shlez two pair, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadim Shlez	783,000 305,000	305,000

Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Martin Finger Vadim Shlez

06-19-2025 12:25 UTC-8

Some More Recent Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Yankowski	Busted
Jacob Gagnon	Busted
Mark Castagnini	Busted
Venkata Chinta	Busted
Martin Finger	Busted

Dustin Tragethon	Busted
Stefan Christopher	Busted
Casey Carroll	Busted
Daniel Stoessl	Busted
Ryan Franklin	Busted
Caleb King	Busted
Chris Ginley	Busted
Braz Junior	Busted
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy	Busted

Jason Krawczyk	Busted
Jonathan McCann	Busted

06-19-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Pre-Break Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxwell Lytell	Busted
Richard Acovino	Busted
Bruno Furth	Busted

Marc Rivera	Busted
Matthew Yankowski	Busted
Thomas Mullen	Busted
Yin Wu	Busted

06-19-2025 13:38 UTC-8

Post-Break Eliminations

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tara Dunn	Busted
Jacco Hester	Busted
William Mcmahan	Busted
Alex Condon	Busted
Hiroyuki Noda	Busted

06-19-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Vohra Hits the Rail; Kempton Chips Up

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Myles Phago

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In a pre-flop raising war, all the money ended up in the middle between Rajesh Vohra and Scott Franklin,

Scott Franklin: K♥K♣J♣8♣ All in
Rajesh Vohra: A♠A♣Q♥2♦

With a king coming as the door card on the K♦9♥Q♦ flop, things didn't look too clever for Vohra, and when the 3♥ came on the turn, he was drawing pretty thinly. The 9♠ on the river sealed the deal, and Franklin was shipped the pot, leaving Vohra just a big blind remaining.

Two hands later, he was forced all in on the big blind, and action was folded around to Franklin, who limped from the cutoff. Isaac Kempton raised from the button to 72,000, and Franklin folded.

Rajesh Vohra: A♠6♦5♠2♣ All in
Isaac Kempton: A♦A♣J♠7♣

No help on the K♠9♦10♦3♣6♥ run out for Vohra, and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Kempton	710,000 180,000	180,000
Scott Franklin	180,000 35,000	35,000

Rajesh Vohra	Busted

Tags: Isaac Kempton Rajesh Vohra Scott Franklin

06-19-2025 14:19 UTC-8

Franklin Frozen Out

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Jacob Wilson

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Scott Franklin had 86,000 left behind, and was looking to hold as he and Jorge Paredes Andia went to a runout for it all.

Scott Franklin: A♠Q♠Q♣J♣ All in
Jorge Paredes Andia: Q♦J♠9♣8♦

It was an up-and-down runout for both players, as Franklin stayed in the lead on the 10♦7♠7♣ flop, but his opponent picked up outs with a wrap. One of those outs came in on the 8♣ turn, and Franklin was now at risk, looking for a queen, nine, seven or club to stay alive. The K♠ river sealed his fate, as Paredes Andia picked up his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Paredes Andia	1,080,000 220,000	220,000
Scott Franklin	Busted

Tags: Jorge Paredes Andia Scott Franklin