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

06-28-2025 17:31 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After Break

Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daemon Richardson	467,600 353,600	353,600
Matthew Shepsky	254,000 39,000	39,000
Alejandro Jauregui	245,000 245,000	245,000
Stephen Hubbard	222,700 27,700	27,700
Iman Dan	197,000 197,000	197,000
Paul Houvener	195,000 58,600	58,600
Aksel Hansen	190,000 190,000	190,000
Luke Schwartz	183,500 183,500	183,500
Joao Estanislau	171,400 76,400	76,400
Sean Rafael	170,000
Robert Mizrachi	166,400 26,400	26,400

Klas Lofberg	163,500 37,800	37,800

Jonathan Mcgowan	162,000 162,000	162,000
Kyle Merron	160,400 4,600	4,600
Jack Moore	160,000 75,000	75,000
Mark Zajdner	156,000 66,000	66,000
Ryan Bambrick	155,000 155,000	155,000

Lawrence Lakatosh	149,200 29,100	29,100

06-28-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Levy Takes a Multi-Way Pot on the Turn

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Lou Ojeda was first to act from the small blind on a flop of 3♣J♥6♠. He checked, and Sean Troha also checked from the big blind. David Levy bet 3,500 from middle position, which both Ojeda and Troha called.

The 3♠ appeared on the turn and the action checked to Levy again. Levy bet 9,500, which this time got both of his opponents to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Levy	135,000 135,000	135,000
Sean Troha	42,000 42,000	42,000

Lou Ojeda	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: David Levy Lou Ojeda Sean Troha

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

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 16:40 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 16:38 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 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 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 15:47 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 15:42 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.