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

06-28-2025 21:27 UTC-8

Seidel Scores Big Double Through Covington

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 21:37 UTC-8

Bucky's No Bueno

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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 21:38 UTC-8

More Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Francort	270,000 270,000	270,000

Arunas Sapitavicius	240,000 240,000	240,000
Maxx Coleman	230,000 230,000	230,000

Ismael Bojang	150,000 105,000	105,000

Caleb King	150,000 20,000	20,000
Zarvan Tumboli	115,000 55,000	55,000
Jarryd Godena	90,000 35,000	35,000
Justin Liberto	Busted

06-28-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Wilhelm Gets There on the End

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Adam Lamers

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

A large pot broke out on Table 100 where Sascha Wilhelm three-bet to 18,000 out of the big blind and was called by three players. The flop came K♠10♦3♠ and Chris Vitch jammed all in for 57,000 from the big blind. Wilhelm reshoved all in for 100,600 and both Navkiran Singh and Ludovic Geilich folded.

Chris Vitch: K♦J♦10♥6♥ All in
Sascha Wilhelm: A♠A♥5♠5♥

Vitch flopped two pair to hold the lead but Wilhelm had a flush draw and two options at a set. The 8♥ on the turn bricked out but it was the Q♠ on the river that gave Wilhelm his flush and eliminated Vitch.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sascha Wilhelm	232,500

Navkiran Singh	105,000
Ludovic Geilich	59,000 56,000	56,000

Chris Vitch	Busted

Tags: Sascha Wilhelm Navkiran Singh Ludovic Geilich Chris Vitch

06-28-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Rast Chops With Geilich

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Brian Rast was already all in preflop and looked up by three opponents as the flop fell A♥K♠Q♠. It was checked to Ludovic Geilich on the button who bet 12,800. That forced the other contenders and Geilich locked up the side pot of 17,400 already.

Brian Rast: A♣K♦9♠4♣ All in
Ludovic Geilich: A♠K♥8♠3♣

Both had the same top two pair while Geilich held the spade flush draw on top. Nothing changed on the 10♥ turn and Q♥ river as they chopped the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sascha Wilhelm	230,000 2,500	2,500

Lenny Dicicco	210,000 125,000	125,000
Ludovic Geilich	125,000 66,000	66,000

Brian Rast	16,900 16,900	16,900

Tags: Brian Rast Ludovic Geilich

06-28-2025 22:17 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	411,000 26,000	26,000
Renji Mao	332,500 72,500	72,500

Jeremy Ausmus	323,500 15,500	15,500

Frank Brannan	314,000

Simon Lofberg	308,500 64,100	64,100

Stanislav Halatenko	300,000
Charles Sylvestre	297,000

Daemon Richardson	297,000 22,000	22,000
Javier Francort	288,500 18,500	18,500

Thomas Taylor	287,500 196,000	196,000
Joao Estanislau	279,000 107,600	107,600
Toby Lewis	270,000 50,000	50,000

Matthew Shepsky	267,000 13,000	13,000
Kenneth Fishman	263,000 55,800	55,800
Alan Pham	261,500 136,500	136,500
Richard Gryko	260,000 165,000	165,000

Mark Steinberg	254,000 184,000	184,000
Pei Li	247,500 177,500	177,500

Allan Le	246,000 136,000	136,000

Gabriel Andrade	237,000
Allen Shen	231,500 46,500	46,500
Samir Hage	231,000 140,000	140,000
Sascha Wilhelm	230,000

Loren Egide	229,500
Robert Nehorayan	228,500 1,500	1,500

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06-28-2025 22:28 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Halatenko	290,000 10,000	10,000
Kane Kalas	230,000 59,000	59,000
Stefan Lehner	190,000

Diogo Veiga	180,000 180,000	180,000

Jon Kyte	180,000 20,000	20,000
Joshua Mcswiney	170,000 80,000	80,000
Stephen Chidwick	130,000 24,000	24,000

Tong Li	90,000 30,000	30,000

Tomasz Gluszko	75,000 33,000	33,000
Noah Bronstein	75,000

Hokyiu Lee	65,000 30,000	30,000

Miltiadis Kyriakides	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jeffrey Hakim	50,000 50,000	50,000

Eddie Ochana	40,000 25,000	25,000
Gergo Nagy	Busted
Colby Covington	Busted

06-28-2025 22:34 UTC-8

Le Eliminated by Barbero

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Tommy Le got his shorter stack into the middle on the flop of J♠9♣5♣ and was called by Nacho Barbero with the covering stack.

Tommy Le: K♦K♠7♠4♦ All in
Nacho Barbero: K♣Q♠J♥6♣

While being ahead with his overpair, Le had to dodge a lot of outs as Barbero had a pair, flush draw and gutshot. Nothing changed on the A♦ turn just yet but the 10♥ river gave Barbero broadway. Le has won this Championship Event two times already but won't be adding a third title in 2025, while his brother Allan Le has an above-average stack in the penultimate level of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Le	220,000 26,000	26,000

Nacho Barbero	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tommy Le	Busted

Tags: Allan Le Nacho Barbero Tommy Le

06-28-2025 22:49 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	400,000 11,000	11,000
Renji Mao	300,000 32,500	32,500

Thomas Taylor	295,000 7,500	7,500
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	225,000 75,000	75,000
Scott Bohlman	210,000 12,000	12,000

Ka Kwan Lau	180,000 35,000	35,000

Blaz Zerjav	180,000 9,000	9,000

Ian O'Hara	140,000

Ben Lamb	120,000

Dario Alioto	70,000 120,000	120,000

Bryce Yockey	40,000 46,000	46,000

06-28-2025 22:54 UTC-8

Lee Takes From Sternheimer

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a completed board of A♦8♦2♦3♦J♠, Philip Sternheimer checked and Richard Lee bet 6,000 in the next seat. James Czarnecki flat-called the raise and Sternheimer then check-raised to 35,000.

Lee had just about that left at his disposal and tank-called, Czarnecki folded. Lee flashed his J♦9♦8♣7♦ for the flush with the jack and it won the pot, as Sternheimer mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Czarnecki	120,000 120,000	120,000
Richard Lee	100,000 100,000	100,000
Philip Sternheimer	45,000 45,500	45,500

Tags: James Czarnecki Philip Sternheimer Richard Lee