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

06-19-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Phil Hellmuth Helped Ted Cruz Introduce Policy Benefiting America's Youth

Jon Sofen

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

Phil Hellmuth shared some juicy news with Daniel Negreanu involving an investment into America's future he helped propose with Senator Ted Cruz (R).

The conversation between the poker legends, recorded on Negreanu's phone, took place on Thursday at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP). Hellmuth is fresh off a third-place finish in Event #47: $2,500 Limit Omaha 8/Stud 8, narrowly missing out on his record-extending 18th bracelet. But on this day, he's talking politics.

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Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

06-19-2025 13:20 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts at Last Break

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Myles Phago

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

These are the latest chip leaders according to the latest WSOP+ app update

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beck	1,800,000 200,000	200,000
Jason Lang	1,430,000 510,000	510,000
Rayan Chamas	1,360,000 1,060,000	1,060,000
Matt Vengrin	1,210,000 619,000	619,000

Jacob Snider	1,200,000 394,000	394,000
Bryce Yockey	1,170,000 10,000	10,000

Michael Lin	1,110,000 400,000	400,000
Leonid Yanovski	1,100,000 222,000	222,000
Michael Heritsch	1,082,000 422,000	422,000
Gil Nehamkin	1,060,000 298,000	298,000

06-19-2025 13:31 UTC-8

Assous Hanging Around

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Robert Jones

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

Rodney Assous went all-in for his 70,000 chip stack and was called by Robert Giordano in the small blind.

Rodney Assous: A♥A♦J♣8♣ All in
Robert Giordano: 10♠9♠7♣6♥

The board ran out A♠K♥4♠5♠K♣ and the turned flush for Giordano was outran by the rivered full house from Assous.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rodney Assous	140,000 22,000	22,000
Robert Giordano	100,000 15,000	15,000

06-19-2025 13:34 UTC-8

Monroig Takes it Down

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Jacob Wilson

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

Six players put in the 16,000 necessary to keep their hole cards and see a flop, and it checked all the way through to the cutoff as it came down 5♠Q♣4♥. Michael Heritsch bet out for 80,000 into the field, and Michael Monroig was his only caller.

The turn 8♥ checked through, and it was Monroig who took aggressive action on the K♣ river, as he bet out for 175,000. Heritsch was clearly in a spot, but eventually surrendered his cards as Monroig picked up a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lin	1,230,000 120,000	120,000
Michael Heritsch	1,040,000 42,000	42,000
Michael Monroig	686,000 207,000	207,000
Olivier Brodeur	278,000 103,000	103,000
Samuel Stranak	270,000 80,000	80,000

Keith Crowder	200,000 434,000	434,000
Rodney Assous	128,000 12,000	12,000
Robert Giordano	76,000 24,000	24,000

06-19-2025 13:36 UTC-8

Vohra and Andia Both Have a Boat

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Kai Cocklin

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

Jorge Paredes Andia opened from middle position to 44,000 and Rajesh Vohra called in the big blind.

They saw a flop of 9♠10♦6♠, where both checked to the 6♥ turn. Vohra tapped the table again and Andia threw out 38,000. Vohra then check-raise to 150,000, which Andia called.

A 7♠ hit the river and Vohra took some time before he made a bet of 250,000. Andia snap-called by tossing a chip in.

Vohra then showed a full house with K♥J♥10♠6♦, but Andia flipped K♦Q♣9♣9♦ for a bigger boat to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	1,400,000 190,000	190,000

Jorge Paredes Andia	1,300,000 791,000	791,000
Ralph Porter	1,200,000 786,000	786,000

Isaac Kempton	530,000 73,000	73,000
Amnon Filippi	340,000 111,000	111,000

Scott Franklin	145,000 3,000	3,000

Rajesh Vohra	55,000 589,000	589,000

Tags: Jorge Paredes Andia Rajesh Vohra

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 13:52 UTC-8

Conrad Relents to Yockey's River Bet

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a flop of K♦4♣9♣ with exactly 136,000 in the pot, Ryan Conrad potted it from the big blind and Bryce Yockey called in the hijack.

On the 2♠ turn, both checked to the A♠ river, where Conrad tapped the table and Yockey threw out a bet of 115,000. Conrad mulled it over for some time, but eventually let it go, allowing Yockey's stack to grow to around 1,900,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Snider	2,200,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Bryce Yockey	1,900,000 730,000	730,000

Jason Stockfish	1,100,000 485,000	485,000
Scott Dulaney	700,000 413,000	413,000

Ken Okada	600,000 170,000	170,000
Antti Marttinen	450,000 182,000	182,000
Ryan Conrad	350,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Ryan Conrad

06-19-2025 13:53 UTC-8

Brodeur One-Outs Heritsch

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Jacob Wilson

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

Olivier Brodeur got it all in on a 8♦6♦J♣ flop against Michael Heritsch, and was in need of some serious help.

Olivier Brodeur: A♠A♦10♠10♥ All in
Michael Heritsch: Q♥J♥J♠9♦

Heritsch had flopped the nuts, and Brodeur was looking for an ace and an ace only, one of which had already been folded by another player at the table, yet it came on the A♣ turn. He started celebrating his survival, as Heritsch struggled to come to terms with his inability to hold. The 3♣ river led players to describe it as a "set up hand"

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Brodeur	822,000 544,000	544,000
Michael Heritsch	620,000 420,000	420,000

Tags: Michael Heritsch Olivier Brodeur

06-19-2025 14:01 UTC-8

Giordano Stays Alive

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Jacob Wilson

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

Robert Giordano got his remaining 86,000 in preflop, and table bigstack Michael Lin was right there with him.

Robert Giordano: K♦Q♦Q♥2♣ All in
Michael Lin: J♥7♥7♠5♠

Giordano was on the ropes as the 9♣3♠8♠ flop gave his opponent both an open ender and a flush draw, keeping him very live. However, not only did the Partouche pro hold, he improved to the second nuts as the board ran out 3♣Q♣. "Nice hand" said Lin. "I see why you went all in."

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lin	1,098,000 132,000	132,000
Robert Giordano	212,000 136,000	136,000

Tags: Michael Lin Robert Giordano