Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day 4 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$8,128,200
Entries
874
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
7
Players Left
1
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In the ever-growing popular game of Pot-Limit Omaha, a record number of 874 entries were recorded in Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. A prize pool of $8,128,200 was generated and the lion's share is still up for grabs with just seven players returning to the felt on the fourth and final day of this event, in the hopes of capturing World Series of Poker glory.
Only two of the remaining players have had the great pleasure of receiving a WSOP gold bracelet in their careers. Three-time bracelet winner and considered one of the best players on the planet, Alex Foxen, will have his work cut out for him as he returns to the shortest stack of 2,725,000, good enough for just over ten big blinds. Foxen already has a runner-up finish this summer in the $250,000 Super High Roller where he pocketed over $3 million, but a place in the history books with another WSOP title will be his main driving factor.
Michael Wang is the only other player at the table who has the experience of winning a WSOP title, having done it twice himself. Coming into the final day, Wang will be looking for a much smoother path to the finish compared to the roller coaster that he experienced on Day 3. Wang was down to less than one big blind at one point in the day, and also held the chip lead for a very brief moment en route to bagging up 8,025,000 chips, good enough for third place.
Seat Assignments for the Final Day
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Zulker | United States | 5,075,000 | 20 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | United States | 2,725,000 | 11 |
| 3 | Sean Rafael | United States | 13,250,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Melad Marji | United States | 4,825,000 | 19 |
| 5 | Javier Francort | Netherlands | 6,825,000 | 27 |
| 6 | Quan Zhou | China | 16,750,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Michael Wang | United States | 8,025,000 | 32 |
They will have to overcome the start-of-day chip leader Quan Zhou who will be coming back to a healthy chip stack of 16,750,000. The Chinese high-roller also has a final table this summer in the $50,000 High Roller PLO and he will be hoping to better that seventh-place performance.
Rounding out the rest of the field is Sean Rafael, Javier Francort, Michael Zulker, and Melad Marji who will all be searching for their first victory on the WSOP stage. That stage will be set under the bright lights in the Horseshoe Events Center with the action getting underway at 2 p.m. local time. Each player has locked up at least $182,983 to this point but will have their sights set on the first-place prize of $1,394,579.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Seat | Player | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,394,579 | ||
| 2 | $929,688 | ||
| 3 | $650,567 | ||
| 4 | $462,451 | ||
| 5 | $334,017 | ||
| 6 | $245,194 | ||
| 7 | $182,983 | ||
| 8 | Simeon Tsonev | Bulgaria | $138,863 |
After two eliminations, the players will be taken to the Main Stage to be streamed on PokerGO at 5 p.m. PDT. The players will be returning to Level 31 with the blinds at 125,000/250,000 and a 250,000 big blind ante. The PokerNews updates will be live to start the day and will resume on a delay once the PokerGO stream gets underway.
Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Cards are in the air for the final day of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Sean Rafael opened to 875,000 from under the gun and Quan Zhou called in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and the first flop of the day was Q♣J♣8♥.
Both players checked through to the 10♣ on the turn and the 6♠ on the river. Rafael finally put together a bet of 675,000 and Zhou looked him up. Rafael tabled A♥K♦6♣3♣ for a baby flush and Zhou conceded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,900,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
10,000,000
6,750,000
|
6,750,000 |
|
||
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
With two players seeing a board of Q♦7♠2♦ and around 650,000 in the middle, Sean Rafael checked from the big blind and called a 450,000 bet from Quan Zhou in the hijack.
Rafael check-called a 1,275,000 bet from Zhou on the A♦ turn before both players checked the A♣ river. Rafael said he had a queen, but Zhou showed K♣K♥8♦8♠ for kings-up to win the hand.
A couple of hands later, Zhou double-barreled out of position in a heads-up pot against Michael Zulker on a board of 3♦Q♣3♠6♥, getting a fold on the turn to take another decent pot, this time without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,500,000
4,500,000
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,600,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
2,625,000
2,450,000
|
2,450,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Javier Francort raised to 875,000 in the hijack and Quan Zhou flat-called in the cutoff. Michael Zulker stared at his cards for at least 30 seconds in the small blind and then decided to fold, leaving himself on the short stack.
The flop came Q♣Q♦7♠ and Francort check-called a bet of 875,000 from Zhou. The turn brought the A♣ and both players checked to the 6♥ on the river. Two more checks and Francort tabled A♥K♥K♣Xx for two pair but Zhou flopped trips with Q♥J♣J♦10♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,500,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,800,000
3,025,000
|
3,025,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,100,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The action has grinded to a halt, with no hands seeing a flop within the last orbit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,700,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
12,500,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
9,400,000
1,375,000
|
1,375,000 |
|
||
|
3,500,000
1,325,000
|
1,325,000 |
|
3,400,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,700,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Michael Zulker raised to 875,000 from under the gun and Sean Rafael raised the pot from the hijack. The action folded back to Zulker who called off his stack of 1,750,000.
Michael Zulker: A♠A♣10♥10♦
Sean Rafael: A♦K♣J♦5♣
The flop came K♦9♠5♥ and Rafael flopped two pair to take the lead. The Q♥ on the turn gave both players straight draws, but it was the Q♠ on the river that improved Zulker to aces-up for the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,300,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
4,125,000
2,225,000
|
2,225,000 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
