Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$9,215,000
Entries
194
Level
29
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
162
Players Left
62
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #57: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. This event will play with a 30-second shot clock.
Day 1 of the three-day event will kick off at 2 p.m. local time with starting stacks of 300,000 and 40-minute levels on Day 1, which will play 12 levels with 15-minute breaks every three levels. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 14 on Day 2, about 2:15 p.m. Players are allowed a maximum of two reentries.
Action will pick back up on Day 2 on Saturday, June 21, at 1 p.m., and will play down to five players. Levels will increase to 60 minutes on Days 2 and 3. There will be a 60-minute dinner break on Day 2 after Level 19.
Last year's event saw Germany's Daniel Perkusic topping a field of 187 runners to win his first bracelet and $2,100,325.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 187 | Daniel Perkusic | Germany | $2,100,325 |
| 2023 | 200 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $2,303,017 |
| 2022 | 106 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | $1,393,816 |
| 2021 | 85 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $1,188,918 |
| 2020 | Not Held |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Fourteen players have registered from the start as the cards are in the air for the $50,000 PLO High Roller.
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000 | |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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300,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Christopher Frank raised to 3,500 under the gun. Dario Alioto called in the cutoff, and the two went heads up to a flop of 9♠8♥7♠, which checked through.
Frank also checked the 9♥ turn, this time being faced with Alioto's bet of 3,000 afterward. Frank made a quick fold, and Alioto was awarded the small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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306,000 | |
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296,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ben Lamb raised to 3,500 from the cutoff, Tong Li called on the button and Gruffudd Pugh-Jones called in the big blind.
The board ran out 2♠2♣A♣3♠Q♦ with all players checking down to the river.
Li bet 7,500, only to face a raise to 29,500 from Pugh-Jones. Lamb folded, and Li responded with a re-raise to 90,000. Pugh-Jones snap-called, but could only muck as Li revealed J♦A♥A♦5♦ for a slow-played full house, having flopped aces full of deuces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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485,000
185,000
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185,000 |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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300,000 | |
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296,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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220,000
80,000
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80,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Brian Batt raised to 3,000 under the gun and Erick Lindgren made it 5,000 to go on the button. Stephen Chidwick then reraised to 18,500 in the big blind, prompting Batt to get out of the way and Lindgren to call.
The flop came 8♣9♦7♣ and both players checked to the 5♥ turn. Chidwick led out for 10,500 and Lindgren called.
On the J♥ river, Chidwick slowed down with a check and Lindgren bet 35,000. Chidwick thought for a brief moment before tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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340,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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295,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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269,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Robert Cowen had three-bet an earlier open to 9,000 on the button, which [Removed:548] four-bet to 26,500 from the small blind. Veselin Karakitukov then piled in 102,000 from the big blind.
Cowen called, prompting [Removed:549] to get out of the way. Karakitukov then contiuned for 40,000 on the 7♠2♥7♦ flop, which received a snap-fold from Cowen and awarded the Bulgarian the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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425,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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259,400
40,600
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40,600 |
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216,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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