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

06-28-2025 21:37 UTC-8

Bucky's No Bueno

Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

While a big hand was playing out at his table, Jason Mercier took a stroll around the room and stumbled upon Table 87 which included Toby Lewis, Matthew "Bucky" Wantman, and Michael Duek sitting beside each other.

"Wow, look at this table," Mercier said, engaging with them. Wantman noted that Duek's humming and whistling was starting to bother him. "Do you guys have beef?"

"We're about to!" Wantman joked.

"Take it up on the pickleball court," Mercier suggested.

"I would love to!" Duek chimed in.

"Ya, you would win, Bucky's no bueno," Mercier referred to Wantman.

Mercier returned to his seat and the cards were back in the air as usual.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	220,000 81,000	81,000

Jason Mercier	91,500 11,500	11,500

Matthew Wantman	59,000 11,000	11,000

Michael Duek	52,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Matthew Wantman Michael Duek Toby Lewis

06-28-2025 21:27 UTC-8

Seidel Scores Big Double Through Covington

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action started with a raise to 3,000 by Colby Covington and Erik Seidel flat-called. Mark Zajdner three-bet the pot to 14,800 on the button and Covington called. Seidel in the cutoff then reraised the pot to just shy of 60,000 for two thirds of his stack. That got rid of Zajdner while Covington called and checked the 5♣4♠2♠ flop. Seidel pushed all-in and Covington called.

Erik Seidel: A♣A♥Q♠4♣ All in
Colby Covington: K♥K♦8♦8♥

The A♦ turn improved Seidel to an unbeatable set of aces, which he had needed as the 8♣ river gave Covington the now inferior set of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	195,000 73,000	73,000

Pedro Marques	90,000 28,000	28,000
Mark Zajdner	85,000 71,000	71,000
Colby Covington	65,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Colby Covington Erik Seidel Mark Zajdner

06-28-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Renji Mao	260,000 165,000	165,000

Dario Alioto	190,000 80,000	80,000

Naor Slobodskoy	180,000 120,000	120,000
Robert Mizrachi	180,000 13,600	13,600

Lautaro Guerra	150,000 15,000	15,000

Mike Gorodinsky	130,000 130,000	130,000

Aaron Duczak	130,000 65,000	65,000
Ben Lamb	120,000 65,000	65,000

Tommy Le	110,000 35,000	35,000

Henri Puustinen	85,000 30,000	30,000
Rep Porter	85,000 40,000	40,000

Jason Mercier	80,000 15,000	15,000

Christopher DeMaci	80,000 20,000	20,000
Laszlo Bujtas	80,000 25,000	25,000
Martin Finger	70,000 70,000	70,000

Adam Hendrix	40,000 40,000	40,000
Maksim Pisarenko	30,000 30,000	30,000

06-28-2025 21:16 UTC-8

Pot-Limit Razz Champion from Estonia Finds a Way

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

After arriving at the table, Blaz Zerjav and Ryan Coon somehow got all of their chips into the middle preflop and their hands were face up on the felt.

Ryan Coon: A♠K♥Q♠3♣ All in
Blaz Zerjav: A♦7♦6♠4♦

It appeared that one player was trying to show Zerjav his potential outs, until the flop came Q♥9♠7♠. "Oh that's all him," he pointed out after Coon flopped a pair with the lone flush draw.

The J♥ on the turn changed nothing but it was the 4♣ on the river that gave Zerjav a baby two pair and Coon was bounced from the tournament.

"The pot-limit razz champion from Estonia," Scott Bohlman pointed to Zerjav's holding. Zerjav already has two WSOP bracelets under his belt this summer, neither coming in the PLO or razz variants; however, he did win a $200 pot-limit razz title in Estonia back in February for a whopping $3,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	198,000 198,000	198,000

Blaz Zerjav	189,000 12,000	12,000

Ryan Coon	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Ryan Coon Scott Bohlman

06-28-2025 21:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	339,000 234,000	234,000

Quan Zhou	240,000 162,000	162,000

Calen McNeil	184,000 2,200	2,200

Dennis Weiss	170,000 2,000	2,000

Felipe Ramos	134,000 59,000	59,000

Dylan Linde	120,000 55,000	55,000

Alex Livingston	106,000 6,000	6,000

Jason Mercier	95,000

Philip Sternheimer	90,500

Kyle Ho	81,000 17,500	17,500
Mike Matusow	80,000

Antoine Sankari	47,000 51,000	51,000
Michael Wang	45,500 34,500	34,500

Joao Simao	43,000 27,000	27,000

Scott Seiver	28,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	Busted

Jason Somerville	Busted

06-28-2025 20:54 UTC-8

A Whole Lot of Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	Busted

Max Neugebauer	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted
Abraham Faroni	Busted
Anh Do	Busted
Zachary Reinbold	Busted
Aaron Overton	Busted
Luis Velador	Busted

Christophe Morbee	Busted
Ferenc Deak	Busted

David Levy	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Omar Eljach	Busted

Jan-Peter Jachtmann	Busted

Eran Carmi	Busted
Joshua Ladines	Busted
Yosuke Miki	Busted
Kevin Gerhart	Busted

Rick Alvarado	Busted
Keith Lehr	Busted

David Diaz	Busted

Barbaro Diaz	Busted
Michael Kamran	Busted
Krzysztof Magott	Busted

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06-28-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Arieh's Tournament Comes to an End

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Josh Arieh checked from the small blind on a flop of 3♥Q♣J♥ and Young Sik Eum bet 5,000 from under the gun. Arieh check-raised to 21,000, which Eum called.

The 3♣ dropped on the turn and Arieh jammed for roughly 38,000. Eum called to put Arieh at risk.

Josh Arieh: K♥Q♥J♦4♥ All in
Young Sik Eum: A♥A♣8♦2♥

Arieh's two pair on the flop had been counterfeited, and Eum had the better flush draw. Arieh couldn't find the help he needed on the 7♦ river, and he wished everyone good luck as he headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Young Sik Eum	210,000 210,000	210,000

Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Josh Arieh Young Sik Eum

06-28-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Kyte Nearly Triples Up; Buonocore Busts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of J♦10♣6♣, the stacks of three players went into the middle and Bryan Buonocore was the shortest of them up against Jon Kyte and Brynjar Gigja.

Bryan Buonocore: K♥J♥10♠3♠ All in
Jon Kyte: J♣J♠7♠7♦ All in
Brynjar Gigja: A♥Q♣9♥8♣

Gigja had a lot of equity to knock out two players but it was Kyte who came out on top thanks to the 8♠ turn and 6♠ river runout, as he improved to a full house. Buonocore was eliminated while Kyte doubled for more than 35,000 against Gigja.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorryt van Hoof	230,000 32,400	32,400
Jon Kyte	135,000 135,000	135,000
Chris Dowling	50,000 12,000	12,000
Brynjar Gigja	45,000 45,000	45,000
Bryan Buonocore	Busted

Tags: Bryan Buonocore Brynjar Gigja Jon Kyte

06-28-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Lamb & Lehr Play an Unusual Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ben Lamb bet 16,000 on a flop of 9♠6♦J♣ and Keith Lehr called from the next seat.

Lamb bet 1,500 on the 10♣ with just 1,100 behind. Lehr called and turned over his hand of A♠Q♥Q♣3♠ for a pair of queens.

With Lehr's hand still on show, the 7♣ came on the river, and Lehr put Lamb all-in out of turn, much to the amusement of Lamb and the table. Eventually, Lamb decided to bet his last 1,100, which Lehr called.

Lamb laughed and said, "That's good.", at which point Lehr grabbed Lamb's cards and began to try to wrestle them out of his hand. Lamb eventually turned over 6♣5♣4♣2♥ for a rivered flush to pull in the pot.

Lehr, Lamb, and their tablemates all saw the funny side of the whole encounter, especially the slow roll.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	55,000 45,000	45,000

Keith Lehr	21,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Keith Lehr

06-28-2025 20:16 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	319,000
Sergio Fernandez	164,500 164,500	164,500
Isaac Kempton	161,000 161,000	161,000
Michael Duek	112,000 30,800	30,800
Frederic Normand	108,500 62,000	62,000
Stephen Chidwick	106,000 106,000	106,000

Chino Rheem	103,200 8,800	8,800
John Hennigan	99,000 76,000	76,000

Nohad Teliani	92,500 92,500	92,500
Bryce Yockey	86,000 86,000	86,000

DJ Alexander	69,000 21,300	21,300

Dario Sammartino	67,300 67,300	67,300
Brandon Shack-Harris	64,000 16,000	16,000

Matt Glantz	53,500 53,500	53,500