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

06-28-2025 17:55 UTC-7

Arieh Can't Take the Heat

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 17:52 UTC-7

Maretz Chips Up With Quads

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three ways to the J♠9♥9♦5♠ turn, Steven Flores and Seth Maretz both checked and Pei Li then bet 11,500. Flores folded while Maretz called and checked the 4♠ on the river. Li checked behind this time and Maretz announced quads before showing the 9♠9♣7♠4♥ to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Flores	110,000 110,000	110,000
Seth Maretz	75,000 75,000	75,000
Pei Li	70,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Pei Li Seth Maretz Steven Flores

06-28-2025 17:45 UTC-7

Geilich Double Barrels vs Gutierrez

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

After two checks from the blinds on a flop of 5♣K♦A♣, Ludovic Geilich bet 4,500 from the button. Fernando Gutierrez called from the small blind, and Conrad De Armas folded out of the big blind.

The 4♦ appeared on the turn and Gutierrez checked again. Geilich gathered together a bet of 15,000, which was enough to get Gutierrez to lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	90,000 5,000	5,000

Fernando Gutierrez	80,000 80,000	80,000
Conrad De Armas	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Fernando Gutierrez Ludovic Geilich Conrad De Armas

06-28-2025 17:44 UTC-7

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 17:40 UTC-7

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 17:38 UTC-7

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 17:37 UTC-7

Cabrera Polop Correctly Looks Up Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

With the board showing A♠J♦2♦7♠8♥, James Chen made it 15,000 to go out of the blinds. David Cabrera Polop called after some consideration and was shown the A♦K♦9♦9♥ for top pair and the nut straight blockers. Cabrera Polop had that beat with the J♠9♠7♦6♦ for two pair to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera Polop	105,000 39,500	39,500
James Chen	35,000

Tags: David Cabrera Polop James Chen

06-28-2025 17:29 UTC-7

Fishman Doubles With a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Four ways to a flop of 4♦K♥5♥ with around 10,000 in the pot. Everyone checked to see the J♥ appear on the turn. When it checked to Ken Fishman in middle position, he bet 6,000. Jelle de Kroon was the only caller from the big blind.

De Kroon checked for the last time on the 9♠ river, and Fishman bet his last 2,000. De Kroon reluctantly called and then mucked upon seeing Fishman's Q♥10♣8♠3♥ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	75,000 26,200	26,200
Phil Laak	70,000 70,000	70,000

Jelle de kroon	61,000 61,000	61,000
Ken Fishman	23,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Jelle de kroon Ken Fishman

06-28-2025 17:28 UTC-7

Porbandarwala Dances to the Rail

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Matthew Mcewan raised to 1,400 from under the gun and Soheb Porbandarwala called on the button. Jeff Madsen three-bet to 6,000 from the big blind which got Mcewan to fold but Porbandarwala still called.

"Let's dance," he said as he flicked in the chips to call. The dealer fanned the flop of 9♥8♦7♥ and Madsen continued with a bet of 2,100. Porbandarwala called and the 3♥ rolled off on the turn. Madsen made another small bet of 5,700 and Porbandarwala still called.

The river was the 10♦ and Madsen finally bet the pot for 27,400. Porbandarwala mulled it over and eventually called off his last 20,300. Madsen flipped over A♥K♥J♦7♠ for the nut flush and Porbandarwala's cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	95,500 95,500	95,500

Soheb Porbandarwala	Busted

Tags: Jeff Madsen Matthew Mcewan Soheb Porbandarwala

06-28-2025 17:20 UTC-7

Chowdhury Keeps Building Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On the river of a Q♦4♥3♠8♥5♦ board, Afnan Chowdhury bet 21,000 and that represented most of the stack of his opponent Patrik Jaros. The latter tank-folded and Chowdhury asked "do you want to see?" before he rolled over the A♥J♣9♥8♣ for a pair of eights only.

Player	Chips	Progress
Afnan Chowdhury	165,000 40,000	40,000
Patrik Jaros	31,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Afnan Chowdhury Patrik Jaros