Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 3 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$9,215,000
Entries
194
Level
29
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
11
Players Left
1
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| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 1 | Manuel Stojanovic | Austria | 3,795,000 | 32 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 3 | Dylan Linde | United States | 3,580,000 | 30 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 5 | Frank Crivello | United States | 3,300,000 | 28 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 7 | Youness Barakat | United Kingdom | 1,340,000 | 11 |
| Event Center | Feature 001 | 8 | Ka Lau | United Kingdom | 7,265,000 | 61 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 1 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | 4,900,000 | 41 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 6,955,000 | 58 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 5 | Biao Ding | Hong Kong | 11,000,000 | 92 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 6 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | 7,205,000 | 60 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 7 | Quan Zhou | China | 3,600,000 | 30 |
| Event Center | Feature 002 | 8 | Dirk Gerritse | Netherlands | 5,350,000 | 45 |
Ka Kwan Lau and Stephen Chidwick find themselves in a familiar position, on the cusp of the final table in a big buy-in Omaha event.
Lau and Chidwick are among the 11 players who return for Day 3 of Event #57: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller at noon local time as they both try to add another PLO bracelet to their collection. Lau won the $25,000 Omaha event in 2023, and was second in that same event in 2021. Chidwick, meanwhile, is looking to go back-to-back after winning the $50,000 Omaha event at the WSOP Paradise in December. His first WSOP bracelet was also in an Omaha High Roller in 2019.
Lau (7,265,000) enters second in chips, while Chidwick (6,955,000) sits fourth on the leaderboard. But to get to the end, they’ll have to overcome a stacked field full of PLO specialists, WSOP bracelet winners, and elite high rollers that have made it this far out of 194 entries. Biao Ding is the chip leader with 11,000,000. The Chinese high roller has more than $16 million in live career earnings and multiple wins, but his only WSOP final table came at the $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller in 2023.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biao Ding | China | 11,000,000 | 92 |
| 2 | Ka Kwan Lau | Hong Kong | 7,265,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | 7,205,000 | 60 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 6,955,000 | 58 |
| 5 | Dirk Gerritse | Netherlands | 5,350,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | 4,900,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Manuel Stojanovic | Austria | 3,795,000 | 32 |
| 8 | Quan Zhou | China | 3,600,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Dylan Linde | United States | 3,580,000 | 30 |
| 10 | Frank Crivello | United States | 3,300,000 | 28 |
| 11 | Youness Barakat | United Kingdom | 1,340,000 | 11 |
Bracelet winner Richard Gryko (7,205,000) and Dirk Gerritse (5,350,000) round out the top five. Others still in the hunt include Gergo Nagy (4,900,000), Quan Zhou (3,600,000), and Dylan Linde (3,300,000), while Youness Barakat (1,340,000) is the short stack at the start of the day.
The action on Day 3 picks up on Level 22 with blinds of 60,000/120,000 and a 120,000 big blind ante. With the average stack worth more than 40 big blinds at the start of the day, there is still plenty of room for maneuvering on the way to the final table. The final table will be streamed by PokerGO beginning at 5 p.m. Play is scheduled to go down to a winner today, with the champion taking home $2,146,414.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action from one of the most anticipated final tables on the WSOP calendar.
Level: 22
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The remaining 11 players are in their seats and Day 3 is underway.
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Gergo Nagy raised to 420,000 under the gun and Dirk Gerritse called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 10♠9♣7♦ flop. Nagy then bet 400,000 on the Q♣ turn and Gerritse called.
The river was the 9♦ and Nagy bet 1,200,000. Gerritse quickly folded this time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
4,700,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Ka Kwan Lau opened to 350,000 from the button and Dylan Linde defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the 3♠10♣4♥ flop leading to the 5♦ turn. Linde bet 420,000 and Lau called.
Linde continued for 575,000 on the 4♣ river and Lau called again. Linde turned over top boat with 10♦10♠9♣9♠ and Lau mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,600,000
1,665,000
|
1,665,000 |
|
||
|
4,825,000
1,245,000
|
1,245,000 |
|
||
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Frank Crivello limped in from the small blind, and Youness Barakat checked his option in the big blind. The A♣K♣5♠ flop checked through to the 3♥ turn, where Crivello bet 200,000.
Barakat called to the 6♣ river, where Crivello fired another 350,000. Barakat mulled it over until the end of his shot clock, then called.
"Nuts," Crivello stated as he tabled Q♦Q♣7♣6♥ for the nut flush. He was awarded the pot and left Barakat with less than seven big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
790,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Manuel Stojanovic opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Ka Kwan Lau defended from the big blind.
The flop came 5♣6♠9♠ and Lau bet 300,000. Stojanovic potted it to 1,780,000 and Lau moved all in, covering Stojanovic who had started with 2,795,000. Stojanovic quickly called, putting himself at risk.
Manuel Stojanovic: K♣K♠J♠10♦ 
Ka Kwan Lau: 9♣9♥5♠3♠
Lau had top set and a flush draw while Stojanovic had an overpair and the second-nut flush draw. The rest of the board ran out J♣A♠ giving Stojanovic the nut-flush to double through Lau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,870,000
2,075,000
|
2,075,000 |
|
|
2,875,000
2,725,000
|
2,725,000 |
|
|
||
Level 22
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Four players went to a flop of A♥8♣2♦ in a limped pot as action checked to Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff, who bet 150,000. Only Quan Zhou called in the big blind.
Both players checked the 3♣ turn. The river was the A♦ and Zhou led out for 580,000. Chidwick folded and Zhou took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,700,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
||
|
3,500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
