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

06-28-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations in the Field

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 18:27 UTC-8

Ford Gets Value From Foxen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Rocco opened to 2,100 and was called by four opponents. They headed to the 10♦4♦3♥ flop on which it was checked all the way to Joe Ford on the button, who bet 4,000. Alex Difelice and Rocco were among those to fold while Alex Foxen check-called.

The 6♠ turn went check, check, and Foxen then check-called the K♣ river for 10,000. Ford tabled his K♠10♥10♣2♠ for a set of tens and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ford	120,000
Alex Foxen	80,000 16,000	16,000

Michael Rocco	75,000 3,000	3,000

Alex Difelice	57,000

Tags: Alex Difelice Alex Foxen Joe Ford Michael Rocco

06-28-2025 18:25 UTC-8

Madsen Chips Up With a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After four checks on a flop of J♠6♠3♦, the dealer put out the 10♠ on the turn. John Hennigan bet 7,000 from the small blind, which got David James to fold from under the gun, Jeff Madsen to call from middle position, and Eric Cohen to fold from the button.

Both players checked the 5♠ river and Madsen took down the pot with a flush holding 10♣9♠7♠2♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	75,000 20,500	20,500

Eric Cohen	66,000 66,000	66,000
David James	61,000 61,000	61,000
John Hennigan	23,000

Tags: David James Eric Cohen Jeff Madsen John Hennigan

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 18:17 UTC-8

McCully Picks Off Garma's Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

From the button, Eric Garma bet 20,000 on the river of a board that showed 6♣8♣7♦6♦J♥. Joshua McCully was in the tank from the big blind, and after thinking for quite some time, McCully made the call.

Garma announced "you're good,", prompting McCully to reveal A♣A♥10♦8♠ for just a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua McCully	110,000 110,000	110,000
Eric Garma	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Eric Garma Joshua Mccully

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 17:53 UTC-8

Houvener Stays Alive

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Paul Houvener got his stack of 15,500 in from the small blind with Noel Rodriguez trying to bust him out of the big blind.

Paul Houvener: A♠K♥Q♥8♠ All in
Noah Rodriguez: A♥K♠10♦2♦

Houvener managed to end up with a pair of eights on the 7♣9♦8♦9♠2♠ runout, earning him the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Houvener	32,000 163,000	163,000
Noel Rodriguez	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Noel Rodriguez Paul Houvener

06-28-2025 17:47 UTC-8

Lewis Turns a Set

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Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Toby Lewis raised to 2,100 in early position and picked up two callers along the way. The flop came A♥4♦2♣ and the action checked around to the J♥ on the turn.

Lewis led out with a bet of 7,000 and Justin Smith called on his left. Christopher Costa folded and they were left heads-up going to the 8♣ on the river. Lewis checked this time and Costa quickly checked it back. Lewis tabled K♣J♣J♦8♠ for a set of jacks and earned the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	139,000 139,000	139,000

Christopher Costa	53,200 53,200	53,200
Justin Smith	19,700 19,700	19,700

Tags: Christopher Costa Justin Smith Toby Lewis

06-28-2025 17:47 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Blaz Zerjav	140,000 77,000	77,000

Lautaro Guerra	135,000 10,000	10,000

Giovanni Zanette	133,000 38,000	38,000
Jonathan Bowers	130,000 5,000	5,000
Mitchell Johnson	115,000 115,000	115,000
Allan Le	110,000 45,000	45,000

Bruno Fitoussi	95,000 95,000	95,000
Artem Maksimov	85,000 27,000	27,000
Ben Lamb	80,000

Vivian Saliba	80,000 10,000	10,000

Keith Lehr	62,000 13,000	13,000

Tommy Le	62,000 8,000	8,000

Jarryd Godena	55,000 5,000	5,000

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