Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-28-2025 18:53 UTC-8

Pachimatla Gets There on the River

Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop of 4♦7♣8♠, Arie Ori Miller and Omkar Pachimatla got all of their chips into the middle with Miller being the player at risk.

Arie Ori Miller: A♦A♥K♠2♦ All in
Omkar Pachimatla: J♣10♦9♦6♣

Miller had aces against the wrap of Pachimatla. The K♥ turn was safe for Miller, but the 6♠ river improved Pachimatla to a straight. The pot was pushed to Pachimatla, and Miller was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omkar Pachimatla	135,000 135,000	135,000
Arie Ori Miller	Busted

Tags: Arie Ori Miller Omkar Pachimatla

06-28-2025 18:47 UTC-8

Gardenhire's Flush Ends Friedman

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

From the small blind, Justin Gardenhire bet 15,500 on a board of 5♠10♠Q♠3♠. Prahlad Friedman called from the button.

The 3♣ rolled off on the river, and Gardenhire bet enough to put Friedman all in. The bet was for about 20,000, and after Friedman did some inventory, he made the call. Gardenhire showed a flush with A♠A♦8♥8♠, which was enough to win the pot and eliminate Friedman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Gardenhire	115,000 115,000	115,000
Prahlad Friedman	Busted

Tags: Justin Gardenhire Prahlad Friedman

06-28-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Adkins	Busted
Patrick Kennedy	Busted
Kharlin Sued	Busted
Sean Troha	Busted

Kamel Mokhammad	Busted
Noah Schwartz	Busted

Craig Jones	Busted
Shiva Dudani	Busted
James Chen (US)	Busted

Uri Reichenstein	Busted
Conrad De Armas	Busted
Thomas Zanot	Busted
Maurice Hawkins	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Lou Garza	Busted

Vasil Medarov	Busted
Sergio Martinez Gonzalez	Busted
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Lou Ojeda	Busted
Ami Barer	Busted

Jonathan Gaviao	Busted
Tyler Brown	Busted

Yehuda Buchalter	Busted
Iraj Parvizi	Busted
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz	Busted

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06-28-2025 18:20 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominykas Karmazinas	150,000 95,300	95,300
Ka Kwan Lau	135,000

Stefan Lehner	135,000 60,000	60,000

Dario Alioto	110,000

Ronald Keijzer	100,000

Joshua McCully	90,000 20,000	20,000
Dominik Paus	90,000
Joshua Mcswiney	90,000
Maxi Lehmanski	90,000
Ryan Leng	80,000 25,000	25,000

Dash Dudley	80,000

Michael Rocco	78,000 26,000	26,000

Nitesh Rawtani	75,000
Matthew Wantman	70,000 4,000	4,000

Alex Difelice	57,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	50,000

Laszlo Bujtas	48,000 1,000	1,000
Patrick Leonard	48,000 13,000	13,000

Viktor Blom	42,000 33,000	33,000
Rick Alvarado	40,000
Craig Chait	Busted

06-28-2025 17:56 UTC-8

Ohulchanskyi Eliminated by Godena

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a pot of around 30,000 to the K♦9♥5♥ flop, Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi clashed with Jarryd Godena as they got their stacks into the middle as follows.

Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi: A♥A♦J♠3♦ All in
Jarryd Godena: J♥10♦5♦2♥

Godena had a flush draw to go with his borrom pair and gutshot straight draw. The 6♣ turn changed nothing but the aces were cracked on the 10♠ river as Godena improved to tens and fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarryd Godena	115,000 60,000	60,000
Yaroslav Ohulchanskyi	Busted

06-28-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Negreanu Misreads His Hand & Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mark Steinberg called from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu made it 1,800 from the big blind. Steinberg called.

Both players checked the 7♣2♥3♦ flop to see the K♠ appear on the turn. Steinberg checked again, and Negreanu bet 2,500. Steinberg called.

After Steinberg knuckled the action over to Negreanu on the 10♠ river, Negreanu jammed for 4,600. Steinberg called, and Negreanu exclaimed, "I misread my hand, I thought I had king-ten. I would have checked,".

Negreanu showed just a pair of kings with K♣Q♠J♦9♠, and lost the pot to Steinberg's K♦10♥8♣5♣ for a rivered two pair. The pot was pushed to Steinberg, and Negreanu was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Steinberg	70,000 70,000	70,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Mark Steinberg

06-28-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Li Rivers Trips to Bust Barer

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Uri Reichenstein limped under the gun, Behnam Patros called from the next seat, and Amichai Barer called from middle position. Samir Hage raised to 1,500 from the hijack with Krasimir Yankov calling from the cutoff, and Xuedong Li calling from the big blind. Reichenstein called, Patros called, but Barer limp-raised to 10,700. Only Li and Reichenstein called.

Three ways to the 2♠4♥9♣ flop. After two checks Barer bet 28,000 with just a few thousand behind. Li jammed for 60,000, which got Reichenstein to fold. Barer called and the cards were revealed.

Amichai Barer: A♠A♥3♠2♥ All in
Xuedong Li: J♣10♠9♠3♣

Barer had aces but Barer had a lot of outs with two cards to come. The rest of the board came 7♦9♦ and Li won the pot with trips on the river, eliminating Barer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuedong Li	135,000 135,000	135,000
Samir Hage	91,000 91,000	91,000
Krasimir Yankov	65,000 55,000	55,000
Uri Reichenstein	61,000 61,000	61,000
Behnam Patros	25,000 25,000	25,000
Amichai Barer	Busted

Tags: Amichai Barer Behnam Patros Krasimir Yankov Samir Hage Uri Reichenstein Xuedong Li

06-28-2025 17:08 UTC-8

Dwek No Longer Has a Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

William Benson reraised the pot and Jonathan Dwek then got his severe short stack into the middle as they tabled their cards.

Jonathan Dwek: A♥K♦9♦4♦ All in
WIliam Benson: K♠K♣Q♣4♥

The 8♠7♥4♣6♦10♦ board kept the pocket kings ahead but Dwek was not leaving instantly. He checked his cards again and said "straight!?" but since two cards need to be used, he only had ace-king high and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rafael	170,000
William Benson	80,000
Patrick Leonard	35,000 25,000	25,000

Craig Chait	25,000
Jonathan Dwek	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Dwek William Benson

06-28-2025 16:44 UTC-8

Assorted Counts and Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	122,000 27,000	27,000

Krasimir Yankov	120,000 120,000	120,000
Alex Livingston	70,000 70,000	70,000

Joao Simao	70,000 70,000	70,000

Dennis Weiss	65,000 65,000	65,000

Hokyiu Lee	55,000

Christian Harder	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ami Barer	45,000 45,000	45,000

Ismael Bojang	45,000 15,000	15,000

Shawn Stroke	43,000 43,000	43,000
Nick Marchington	Busted
Jordan Spurlin	Busted
Manuel Stojanovic	Busted
Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

Marc Joseph	Busted
Jean-Serge Baril	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
David Coleman	Busted

Jean Kabbaj	Busted
Daniel Sindelar	Busted
Jonathan Borenstein	Busted
Pushpinder Singh	Busted
Sean Winter	Busted
Nino Pansier	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted

06-28-2025 16:02 UTC-8

Lehoussine's Boat Sends Richards to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 25,000 in the pot on a board of 5♣10♥A♣6♦, John Richards bet 22,000 from the small blind. Karim Lehoussine called from under the gun, and Patrick Keogan folded from middle position.

The 6♠ rolled off on the river and Richards jammed for his last 10,500. Lehoussine instantly called.

Richards showed just an ace with A♠8♣7♣5♠. Lehoussine had that beat holding A♦K♦10♣6♣ for a full house, and sent Richards to the rail.