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

06-28-2025 18:31 UTC-7

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

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-28-2025 18:27 UTC-7

Do You Recall This Even More Egregious Chip Dumping Scandal?

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Jon Sofen

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The alleged chip dumping scandal that occurred earlier this week in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker event may have seemed egregious to many poker pros. But the players involved, if they did indeed collude, didn't make it nearly as obvious as the heads-up foes in a 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) event.

Jesse Yaginuma won the $1,500 Milly Maker on Wednesday for over $1.2 million and an extra $1 million via a promotion from ClubWPT Gold. The bracelet is on hold as the WSOP investigates possible collusion during heads-up play against James Carroll, the runner-up who is to earn $1,012,320.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: Ryan Yu Mike Leah

06-28-2025 18:16 UTC-7

Break Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The remaining 592 players are going on another 15-minute break.

06-28-2025 18:15 UTC-7

Li Rivers Trips to Bust Barer

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Uri Reichenstein limped under the gun, Behnam Patros called from the next seat, and Amichai Barer called from middle position. Samir Hage raised to 1,500 from the hijack with Krasimir Yankov calling from the cutoff, and Xuedong Li calling from the big blind. Reichenstein called, Patros called, but Barer limp-raised to 10,700. Only Li and Reichenstein called.

Three ways to the 2♠4♥9♣ flop. After two checks Barer bet 28,000 with just a few thousand behind. Li jammed for 60,000, which got Reichenstein to fold. Barer called and the cards were revealed.

Amichai Barer: A♠A♥3♠2♥ All in
Xuedong Li: J♣10♠9♠3♣

Barer had aces but Barer had a lot of outs with two cards to come. The rest of the board came 7♦9♦ and Li won the pot with trips on the river, eliminating Barer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuedong Li	135,000 135,000	135,000
Samir Hage	91,000 91,000	91,000
Krasimir Yankov	65,000 55,000	55,000
Uri Reichenstein	61,000 61,000	61,000
Behnam Patros	25,000 25,000	25,000
Amichai Barer	Busted

Tags: Amichai Barer Behnam Patros Krasimir Yankov Samir Hage Uri Reichenstein Xuedong Li

06-28-2025 18:15 UTC-7

Zhou Takes Down Turchi

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After just getting hero-called by Tomasz Gluszko in the previous hand, Virgile Turchi was back at it again when he got all of his chips in the middle against Quan Zhou preflop.

Virgile Turchi: A♠A♣4♣4♦ All in
Quan Zhou: A♦K♥7♥2♦

The flop came 7♠6♥2♣ and Zhou flopped two pair to take the lead. The 3♦ on the turn and the 9♣ on the river changed nothing, sending Turchi to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Gluszko	108,000
Quan Zhou	78,000

Maurice Hawkins	62,000
Virgile Turchi	Busted

Tags: Virgile Turchi Tomasz Gluszko Quan Zhou

06-28-2025 18:13 UTC-7

Levy Gets Paid by Jaros

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On the tail end of a K♠5♠4♦J♣7♠ board, Steven Levy bet the pot for 18,600 for nearly his entire remaining stack. Patrik Jaros went deep into the tank and then called, tossing the chips towards the middle of the table already.

Levy tabled the A♠Q♦J♦6♠ for the ace-high flush and essentially doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Afnan Chowdhury	105,000 60,000	60,000
Patrik Jaros	83,000 17,000	17,000
Steven Levy	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Patrik Jaros Steven Levy

06-28-2025 18:08 UTC-7

Dwek No Longer Has a Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

William Benson reraised the pot and Jonathan Dwek then got his severe short stack into the middle as they tabled their cards.

Jonathan Dwek: A♥K♦9♦4♦ All in
WIliam Benson: K♠K♣Q♣4♥

The 8♠7♥4♣6♦10♦ board kept the pocket kings ahead but Dwek was not leaving instantly. He checked his cards again and said "straight!?" but since two cards need to be used, he only had ace-king high and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rafael	170,000
William Benson	80,000
Patrick Leonard	35,000 25,000	25,000

Craig Chait	25,000
Jonathan Dwek	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Dwek William Benson

06-28-2025 17:59 UTC-7

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 17:55 UTC-7

Updated Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	140,000 68,000	68,000

Federico Quevedo	140,000 140,000	140,000
Andrew Kappes	110,000 110,000	110,000
Patrik Jaros	100,000 69,000	69,000
Giovanni Zanette	95,000 35,000	35,000
Ioannis Angelou Konstas	95,000 95,000	95,000
Daniel Perkusic	70,000 70,000	70,000

Aaron Duczak	65,000 65,000	65,000
Kevin Allen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Robert Cowen	Busted

Billy Sharrak	Busted
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Jordan Siegel	Busted