From under the gun, Bruno Furth checked the 9♠6♠8♠ flop. Lawrence Wayne bet the pot for 16,500 from the next seat, which Patrik Jaros called out of the hijack. Furth check-jammed for 40,000, and Wayne immediately shoved himself for 49,400. Jaros went into the tank for over two minutes, visibly agonizing over the decision. Eventually, Jaros folded.
Bruno Furth: A♣K♠Q♠J♣
Lawrence Wayne: A♠10x7♠3x
Wayne had the nuts versus the second nuts of Furth. The rest of the board ran out Q♥5♦ and the pot was awarded to Wayne, while Furth was out.
Jaros stated after the hand that he also had a flush and two pair.
With plenty of chips in a multi-way pot to the 10♦8♠4♠3♣ turn, the action was checked by Ashish Gupta. Kyle Merron then bet 15,500 and Stefan Christopher reluctantly called, Gupta folded.
Merron jammed the 10♠ on the river for 33,400 and Christopher called after more consideration to get shown the A♥J♥10♣4♣ for tens full of fours.
"The cards have to be shown," Juha Helppi said as Christopher paid off the double and briefly rolled over his cards for a split second. Barely anyone could see what they were and Christopher added "five five six with spades".
Five ways to the A♠J♥10♥ flop, the action checked to Afnan Chowdhury on the button and he bet 6,000. Three opponents called and checked to him on the 8♦ turn when he bet another 20,000. This time, only Corey Wright in the cutoff check-called while Robert Cowen was among those to let go.
Wright then checked the 10♦ on the river and Chowdhury bet 25,000. After he was in the tank for a while, Wright folded and the table was shown the Q♦9♣8♣3♦ by Chowdhury.
2013 WSOP bracelet winner and co-owner of Big Wheel Burger, located in various cities in BC, Canada, Calen McNeil is off to a hot start in one of his favorite events of the summer. McNeil was heads-up with John Connors on a flop of J♠8♦4♦ where both players committed 2,500 to the pot.
The turn was the 9♣ and Connors checked to McNeil who sized up a bet of 8,500. Connors called and the 10♥ peeled off on the river. Connors checked again and McNeil checked it back, showing A♣Q♠10♣3♦ for a queen-high straight. Connors flashed his J♥J♦ before sending his hand into the muck.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today will see the start of Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at 2 p.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with starting stacks of 60,000 chips.
Day 1 will consist of 10 levels of 60 minutes each and the level duration will remain the same throughout the tournament. Breaks – 15 minutes in length – will occur every two levels, and there is no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
Day 2 on Sunday, June 29, begins at 1 p.m., will have a similar structure with 10 more levels played, but a 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 16. Day 3 on Monday, June 30, will also begin at 1 p.m., and will play down to five players, with a 60-minute dinner break following Level 26. The finale will take place on Tuesday.
Elie Nakache took down this prestigious bracelet event last summer at the 2024 WSOP. He beat 811 entries to win $1,320,945.
2024 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Final Table Results
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Elie Nakache
France
$1,320,945
2
Joshua Adkins
United States
$880,621
3
Jonathan Bowers
United Kingdom
$615,251
4
Manh Nguyen
United States
$436,751
5
Oshri Lahmani
Israel
$315,098
6
Krzysztof Magott
Poland
$231,101
7
Eelis Pärssinen
Finland
$172,355
8
David Benyamine
France
$130,748
Winner’s Reaction
"I’m a spin player, but during the last two years, I fell in love with PLO," gushed Nakache. "I like to play a lot of hands, and tournaments are perfect for that. I had the feeling that I could do something in this tournament, and it was amazing. I’m very lucky, and I won a bracelet."
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