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

06-28-2025 15:18 UTC-8

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

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 14:48 UTC-8

Duek Puts Del Grosso in the Tank

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Michael Duek opened to 1,100 from under the gun and was called by Marcello Del Grosso in the cutoff. They went heads-up to a flop of Q♥5♥5♦ and Duek continued with a bet of 1,500 which Del Grosso called.

The turn was the A♦ and Duek tossed in a bet of 3,000. Del Grosso still called and the 10♣ completed the board. Duek fired out a full pot-sized bet of 12,000 and Del Grosso went into the tank. Nearly three minutes passed by and Del Grosso finally let his hand go, sending the pot to Duek.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Duek	81,200
Marcello Del Grosso	48,200

Tags: Michael Duek Marcello Del Grosso

06-28-2025 14:30 UTC-8

The Darkness and the Light

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Adam Lamers

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Sean Winter just joined the field and was seated to just to the right of Michael Rocco and staring across the table at Alex Foxen. A tough table in any field, just got a whole lot tougher for the other five players.

Winter moved his sunglasses to the top of his head and began rambling immediately. "There's only two guys that put me in an angry mood when I look at them," Winter started. "Jake Schindler and Foxen. I don't know why, those are the only two."

"Maybe it's the darkness from Jake and the light from Alex," Rocco replied. Everyone laughed as it was all in good fun.

A four-way limped pot proceeded to play out with a flop of A♦10♥9♥ hitting the felt. The action checked around to the Q♦ on the turn and Foxen took a stab at the pot with a bet of 1,200 from the big blind. Christos Argyriadis was the only player to call from the small blind and the J♠ landed on the river.

Argyriadis checked again and Foxen splashed in a bet of 3,000. Argyriadis thought for a few seconds and then dumped his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christos Argyriadis	68,000
Sean Winter	60,000
Michael Rocco	60,000 5,000	5,000

Alex Foxen	60,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Sean Winter Michael Rocco Jake Schindler Christos Argyriadis Alex Foxen

06-28-2025 14:14 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Estanislau	95,000
Najeem Ajez	90,000
Michael Newman	85,000
Michael Wang	75,000 5,000	5,000

Veselin Karakitukov	65,000
Matthew Shepsky	65,000
Michael Rocco	65,000

James Chen (US)	62,000

Chris Dowling	62,000
George Wolff	62,000

Jesse Lonis	60,000

Davis Aalvik	58,500
Jan-Peter Jachtmann	58,000

06-28-2025 14:12 UTC-8

Spegal's Kings Win Him Some Chips

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Nirav Parekh made it 1,100 from under the gun with Michael Spegal calling from the next seat, and David Coleman calling on the button.

Parekh started with a check on the Q♣6♦4♥ flop, and Spegal bet 1,500. Coleman and Parekh called.

Three checks followed the 6♥ turn to see the 3♣ appear on the river. Another round of checks took place and Spegal took down the pot with A♣K♥K♠8♣ for just a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nirav Parekh	70,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Spegal	61,000 61,000	61,000

David Coleman	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: David Coleman Michael Spegal Nirav Parekh

06-28-2025 14:07 UTC-8

Overton Forces Out Ausmus

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Aaron Overton bet the heads-up turn of K♥9♦7♥5♦ for 2,300 and was called by Jeremy Ausmus. When they headed to the Q♠ river, Overton bet the pot and even before he had the correct amount out in front, Ausmus already sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Overton	78,000
Marc Joseph	58,000
Stephanie Chung	57,000
Jeremy Ausmus	55,000

Vytautas Semaska	55,000

Tags: Aaron Overton Jeremy Ausmus

06-28-2025 13:56 UTC-8

Cater Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ken Cater made it 700 to go from the cutoff with Viktor Blom calling on the button, Amin Hudda calling out of the small blind, and Ken Fishman defending his big blind.

Four players saw the dealer fan out a flop of 4♣10♠5♦. Afte two checks, Cater bet 3,200, which only Hudda called.

The board-pairing 4♠ appeared on the turn, and Hudda check-folded to Cater's bet of 5,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Cater	68,000 68,000	68,000
Viktor Blom	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ken Fishman	53,000 53,000	53,000
Amin Hudda	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Amin Hudda Ken Fishman Viktor Blom

06-28-2025 13:46 UTC-8

New Entries on Day 1

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Out of a field of 390 entries, some 387 players remain and below are some of the notables who entered the mix in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krzysztof Magott	60,000
Mike Krasienko	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Williams	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ludovic Geilich	60,000 60,000	60,000

Vivian Saliba	60,000 60,000	60,000

Robert Cowen	60,000 60,000	60,000

Ryan Laplante	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-28-2025 13:31 UTC-8

Mizrachi Off to a Good Start

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On the river of a K♠9♦4♠2♣A♦ board, John Dapkus check-called a bet worth 7,800 by Robert Mizrachi and was shown the A♠A♥3♥2♦ for the rivered set of aces by Mizrachi, which ended up winning the pot.