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

06-28-2025 14:58 UTC-8

Winter Takes From Suvarna

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

On the river of a 8♣6♣2♣5♥3♦ board, Santhosh Suvarna check-called a bet worth 2,700 by Sean Winter in a duel cutoff versus button. Winter rolled over the A♥Q♦7♦4♥ for a straight to the eight and that won the pot. Despite scooping this pot, Winter trails Suvarna near the end of level two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Santhosh Suvarna	70,000 70,000	70,000

Sean Winter	45,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Santhosh Suvarna Sean Winter

06-28-2025 15:18 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After Break

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Shepsky	215,000
Stephen Hubbard	195,000
Kyle Merron	165,000
Lautaro Cabrerizo	164,000
David Williams	148,000

Curtis Muller	141,000
Paul Houvener	136,400
Klas Lofberg	125,700

Jesse Lonis	125,300

Afnan Chowdhury	125,000
Alan Pham	125,000
Erik Seidel	124,400

Wagner Wysotchanski	120,300
Lawrence Lakatosh	120,100
Felipe Campins	120,000
Evan Krentzman	116,500
Daemon Richardson	114,000
Lawrence Wayne	111,700
Mark Zajdner	111,600

06-28-2025 15:42 UTC-8

Dicicco Takes From Magott

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following three limpers, Krzystof Magott raised the pot to 2,600 and was called by Lenny Dicicco as well as David Williams. That led them to the J♣4♠3♥ flop on which they all checked. After the 3♣ turn, Dicicco bet 4,000 and Williams folded while Magott called. The 7♠ came on the river and Dicicco bet another 7,500.

Magott reluctantly called but couldn't beat the Q♦Q♠7♣6♠ of Dicicco.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	144,000 4,000	4,000

Lenny Dicicco	85,000 85,000	85,000
Krzysztof Magott	32,100 27,900	27,900

Tags: David Williams Krzystof Magott Lenny Dicicco

06-28-2025 15:47 UTC-8

Somerville Bets Seidel Out

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Erik Seidel started off with a limp from under the gun. Jason Somerville raised to 1,600 from middle position, which only Seidel called.

Seidel checked the 2♣A♦J♥ flop, and Somerville bet 2,000. Seidel didn't long to carve out the call.

The 2♦ dropped on the turn, and Seidel checked again. Somerville bet 5,500, and this was enough to get Seidel to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	95,000 29,400	29,400

Jason Somerville	68,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Jason Somerville

06-28-2025 15:56 UTC-8

Wayne Takes From Jaros

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Three ways to the Q♥10♣2♣ flop, the action checked to Lawrence Wayne and he bet 3,000. Only Patrik Jaros called and they checked the 4♥ turn. No betting action followed on the 10♦ river and Wayne rolled over the K♠K♣J♣3♦ for kings up.

"I didn't want to see any more clubs, huh?" he asked Jaros but the latter didn't really understand.

Some further updated stacks from notables on nearby tables can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lautaro Guerra	145,000 145,000	145,000

Lawrence Wayne	120,000 8,300	8,300
Vivian Saliba	90,000 30,000	30,000

Keith Lehr	75,000 75,000	75,000

Renji Mao	65,000 65,000	65,000

Patrik Jaros	55,000 4,000	4,000

06-28-2025 15:59 UTC-8

Recent Casualties on Day 1

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Parisi	Busted
Frank Kassela	Busted

Mark Fisher	Busted
Dimitri Holdeew	Busted
Gruffudd Pugh-Jones	Busted
Michael Banducci	Busted

Killian Desnos	Busted
Bastian Blum	Busted
Liran Betito	Busted
Martin Zamani	Busted

Vadim Shlez	Busted

Kenneth Cater	Busted
Jacob Hamed	Busted
Wei Jiang	Busted
Shenglin Zhang	Busted
Filippos Stavrakis	Busted

Viktor Nyden	Busted

06-28-2025 16:38 UTC-8

Big Blind Special for Rheem

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

DJ Alexander raised to 1,300 in early position and picked up three callers along the way including Chino Rheem in the big blind. The flop came J♠8♦2♦ and Rheem led out with a bet of 4,000. Alexander just called and Steven Forman also came along.

The 2♣ paired the board on the turn and Rheem fired out another bet of 7,000. Alexander called and Forman raised to 22,000. Rheem quickly called and Alexander spent some time in the tank before letting his hand go.

The river was the 5♥ and both players tapped the table. Rheem turned over J♦4♥3♦2♠ for a full house and Forman conceded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	112,000 62,000	62,000
Steven Forman	50,500 50,500	50,500
DJ Alexander	47,700 47,700	47,700

Tags: Chino Rheem DJ Alexander Steven Forman

06-28-2025 16:40 UTC-8

Wang Traps Hu and Hunichen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Once it was limped to Tomer Daniel, he raised to 2,500 and earned three callers to the 9♠9♣4♣ flop. No betting action led to the 10♥ turn on which Tom Hu bet 6,000. Chris Hunichen called, Daniel folded and Michael Wang check-called. The 3♥ on the river was checked and Wang tabled the Q♥Q♣10♦9♦ for nines full of tens to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	80,000 5,000	5,000

Dylan Linde	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tomer Daniel	55,000 13,000	13,000
Tom Hu	50,000 6,000	6,000
Chris Hunichen	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Chris Hunichen Michael Wang Tom Hu Tomer Daniel

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 16:55 UTC-8

Arieh Can't Take the Heat

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Paulino Dias raised to 1,500 from under the gun and Josh Arieh reraised to 3,000 on the button. Dias inadvertently called out of position before Youngsik Eum had the chance to call from the big blind. They eventually three ways to a flop of Q♣10♣2♦.

Eum quickly checked and Dias splashed in a bet of 9,000. Arieh called and Eum got out of the way. The turn was the 4♣ and Dias made a pot-sized bet of 27,800. Arieh deliberated for a minute and then threw his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulino Dias	82,500 82,500	82,500
Josh Arieh	66,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Josh Arieh Paulino Dias Youngsik Eum