Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-20-2025 15:15 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	695,000 360,000	360,000

Christopher Frank	543,000 18,000	18,000

Dirk Gerritse	466,000 58,200	58,200
Erick Lindgren	442,000 73,000	73,000

Noah Schwartz	429,000 139,000	139,000

Quan Zhou	421,500 121,500	121,500
Chance Kornuth	408,000 103,000	103,000

Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	407,000 32,000	32,000
Dylan Weisman	364,000 64,000	64,000

Eelis Parssinen	351,500 51,500	51,500

Jesse Lonis	340,000 100,000	100,000

Dario Alioto	318,000 17,000	17,000

James Chen (US)	317,500 17,500	17,500

Gergo Nagy	311,500 2,200	2,200
Brian Batt	311,000 31,000	31,000
Shaun Deeb	305,000 5,000	5,000

Youness Barakat	300,000
Juha Helppi	299,000 299,000	299,000

Veselin Karakitukov	295,000 10,000	10,000
Nacho Barbero	285,500 20,500	20,500

Ben Lamb	280,000 95,500	95,500

Colby Covington	276,000 24,000	24,000
Philip Sternheimer	265,000 35,000	35,000

Laszlo Bujtas	262,000 9,000	9,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	257,000 3,000	3,000

Ausmus Fires Big as Negreanu Sits Down

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind and Viktor Blom in the cutoff were heads up on a A♥4♥8♦3♦2♣ board. Ausmus put in a pot-sized bet of 147,000, to which Blom folded after some thought.

Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu had taken his seat at this table as one of the newest additions to the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	390,000 75,000	75,000

Daniel Negreanu	300,000

Andjelko Andrejevic	300,000

Tyler Brown	300,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	300,000

Viktor Blom	255,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jeremy Ausmus Viktor Blom

06-20-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Jattin Takes From Stein

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Joseph Berg

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Stein raised to 6,000 from early position and was called by Farid Jattin in the big blind.

The dealer spread a 9♣3♦4♥ flop. Jattin led out for 9,500, and Stein called.

The turn card was the 3♥. This time, Jattin bet 20,000, which got Stein to toss his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	635,000 160,000	160,000
Sam Stein	255,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Sam Stein Farid Jattin

06-20-2025 15:27 UTC-8

Kornuth and Zhou Chop It

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Quan Zhou who was under the gun and Chance Kornuth in middle position.

With about 75,000 in the middle and the board reading 8♦Q♥A♣4♠, Zhou check-called a bet of 70,000 from Kornuth.

On the 4♣ river, Zhou checked again and Kornuth thought for a moment before opting to check back.

Zhou turned over A♦Q♠J♣9♠ while Kornuth tabled A♠Q♣9♣8♠. Both players had two-pair, aces and queens, resulting in a split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	423,000 1,500	1,500
Chance Kornuth	410,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Quan Zhou

06-20-2025 15:39 UTC-8

Yang Takes From Rafael

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Chongxian Yang raised to 6,000 on the button and Sean Rafael defended in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠8♥Q♣ and Rafael check-called a bet of 8,000 from Yang.

The 10♥ turn and 2♦ river both went check-check and Yang tabled the winner with A♠Q♥7♥2♠ for two pair, queens and tens with an ace kicker, besting the Q♦J♠8♠4♦ of Rafael.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chongxian Yang	310,000 10,000	10,000
Jeremy Ausmus	307,000 83,000	83,000

John Riordan	290,000

Daniel Negreanu	285,000 15,000	15,000

Viktor Blom	260,000 5,000	5,000
Sean Rafael	250,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Chongxian Yang Sean Rafael

06-20-2025 15:40 UTC-8

Stein Chips Up in Four-Way Pot

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Allan Le raised to 6,000 under the gun. Farid Jattin tossed in a call in the cutoff, and Alex Foxen did so on the button. Sam Stein then defended his big blind, and the quartet saw a flop of 8♥4♦K♣.

It checked to Foxen, who bet 13,000. All three opponents called, after which the 3♦ turn was checked through. The 9♣ river was checked to Foxen again, who spent one time extension before firing 48,000 in the middle.

Stein made a quick call, prompting Le and Jattin to fold. Foxen sighed and only briefly flashed a king before Stein tabled Q♣5♠4♠4♣ to take the pot with a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	455,000 180,000	180,000
Alex Foxen	384,000 41,000	41,000

Sam Stein	340,000 85,000	85,000
Allan Le	226,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Allan Le Farid Jattin Sam Stein

06-20-2025 15:43 UTC-8

Lonis Wins Without Showdown

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Joseph Berg

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by Quan Zhou in middle position and Brian Batt in the big blind.

Action checked through on the 9♦J♣2♦ flop.

The turn was the 2♥, Batt checked, Lonis bet 16,000, Zhou called, and Batt folded.

The river was the K♣. Lonis bet 48,000 this round, which got a fold from Zhou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	395,000 28,000	28,000
Brian Batt	350,000 39,000	39,000
Jesse Lonis	341,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Brian Batt Jesse Lonis Quan Zhou

06-20-2025 15:45 UTC-8

Keijzer With a Set

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Barry Russell

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was roughly 31,000 chips in the middle on 6♠K♦Q♠2♥4♥, Ronald Keijzer bet 30,000 from the small blind and got called by Lautaro Guerra in middle position.

Keijzer tabled 2♦2♠3♦9♦ for a set and Guerra mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	463,000 183,000	183,000

Dirk Gerritse	415,000 51,000	51,000
Youness Barakat	325,000 25,000	25,000
Josh Greenly	278,000 25,500	25,500
Lou Garza	258,000 258,000	258,000

Jason Koon	200,000 40,000	40,000

Ronald Keijzer	177,000 123,000	123,000

Lautaro Guerra	168,500 37,000	37,000

Tags: Lautaro Guerra Ronald Keijzer

06-20-2025 15:46 UTC-8

Nikiforov Catches Weisman Speeding

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

In a blind-on-blind battle, Ilya Nikiforov and Dylan Weisman arrived on the J♦9♠8♣10♦7♠ river. Nikiforov checked to Weisman, who made a pot-sized bet of 72,000.

Nikiforov spent some time in the tank before he tossed in a calling chip. Weisman showed A♥K♠K♦10♠ for a pair of kings, but Nikiforov had a straight to the queen with Q♣8♥9♣5♦ and was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilya Nikiforov	296,000 66,000	66,000
Dylan Weisman	292,500 71,500	71,500

Tags: Dylan Weisman Ilya Nikiforov

06-20-2025 15:53 UTC-8

Negreanu Off for a Reload

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Myles Phago

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu limped from under the gun as did Chongxian Yang from middle position. Eelis Parssinen raised pot to 11,000 from middle position and both Negreanu and Yang called.

The flop came J♦4♠6♣, Negreanu and Yang both check-called Parssinen's 19,000 continuation bet and the players saw the K♦ peel off on the turn. Again Negreanu and Yang both check-called Parssinen's bet which was now 68,000.

On the 10♥ river Negreanu moved all in for 162,500. Yang folded and now Parssinen went into the tank using two time banks before he made the call.

'Two Pair' announced Negreanu, 'Which Ones?' asked Parssinen. 'Oh Shit!' exclaimed Negreanu knowing that his jacks-up was probably no good as he tabled Q♥Q♦J♣4♦ and he was right as Parssinen flipped over K♠J♥10♠9♠ for a better two pair and sent Negreanu off to reenter!