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

06-28-2025 20:26 UTC-8

Vongxaiburana Doubles Through Rolli

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

By the time the flop showed 8♣3♠2♥ and Veerachai Vongxaiburana had bet 8,000 to then face a pot-sized raise to 44,500 by Fabian Rolli, all other players that may have been involved prior to that were gone. Vongxaiburana was deep in the tank and eventually got his chips in, Rolli called with the covering stack.

Veerachai Vongxaiburana: A♦A♥6♦3♥ All in
Fabian Rolli: Q♠J♥8♠7♥

The 4♥ turn and 9♥ river gave both players a flush and Vongxaiburana doubled for 87,000.

"It was worth a try," the Swiss player shrugged in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	195,000

Fabian Rolli	80,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Fabian Rolli Veerachai Vongxaiburana

06-28-2025 20:32 UTC-8

Lamb & Lehr Play an Unusual Hand

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ben Lamb bet 16,000 on a flop of 9♠6♦J♣ and Keith Lehr called from the next seat.

Lamb bet 1,500 on the 10♣ with just 1,100 behind. Lehr called and turned over his hand of A♠Q♥Q♣3♠ for a pair of queens.

With Lehr's hand still on show, the 7♣ came on the river, and Lehr put Lamb all-in out of turn, much to the amusement of Lamb and the table. Eventually, Lamb decided to bet his last 1,100, which Lehr called.

Lamb laughed and said, "That's good.", at which point Lehr grabbed Lamb's cards and began to try to wrestle them out of his hand. Lamb eventually turned over 6♣5♣4♣2♥ for a rivered flush to pull in the pot.

Lehr, Lamb, and their tablemates all saw the funny side of the whole encounter, especially the slow roll.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	55,000 45,000	45,000

Keith Lehr	21,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Keith Lehr

06-28-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Faroni Can't Shake Noda

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

John Holley raised to 2,000 in early position and was called by Hiroyuki Noda in the hijack and Abraham Faroni in the big blind. The flop came J♥9♥6♠ and the action checked to the 7♣ on the turn.

Faroni led out with a bet of 5,000 which got Holley to fold but Noda stuck around for the A♠ on the river. Faroni tossed in another bet of 12,000 and Noda looked him up. Faroni tabled Q♠4♠4♦3♠ for just a pair of fours while Noda held Q♦8♠8♣5♦ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hiroyuki Noda	185,000
John Holley	110,500
Abraham Faroni	12,800

Tags: John Holley Hiroyuki Noda Abraham Faroni

06-28-2025 20:40 UTC-8

Kyte Nearly Triples Up; Buonocore Busts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of J♦10♣6♣, the stacks of three players went into the middle and Bryan Buonocore was the shortest of them up against Jon Kyte and Brynjar Gigja.

Bryan Buonocore: K♥J♥10♠3♠ All in
Jon Kyte: J♣J♠7♠7♦ All in
Brynjar Gigja: A♥Q♣9♥8♣

Gigja had a lot of equity to knock out two players but it was Kyte who came out on top thanks to the 8♠ turn and 6♠ river runout, as he improved to a full house. Buonocore was eliminated while Kyte doubled for more than 35,000 against Gigja.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorryt van Hoof	230,000 32,400	32,400
Jon Kyte	135,000 135,000	135,000
Chris Dowling	50,000 12,000	12,000
Brynjar Gigja	45,000 45,000	45,000
Bryan Buonocore	Busted

Tags: Bryan Buonocore Brynjar Gigja Jon Kyte

06-28-2025 20:43 UTC-8

Li Doubles Through Knapp

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Several players limped in and Rene Knapp then bumped it up to 5,500. The first limper Chaoxing Li pushed all in and it folded back to Knapp, who called.

Chaoxing Li: K♠Q♥8♦7♠ All in
Rene Knapp: A♦K♥Q♦4♥

The inferior hand failed to catch any help on the 9♣6♦2♣ flop and J♠ turn but the 8♥ river gave Li the double for 10,600 with his pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Nehorayan	230,000 230,000	230,000

Rene Knapp	130,000 65,000	65,000
Chaoxing Li	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Chaoxing Li Rene Knapp

06-28-2025 20:45 UTC-8

Arieh's Tournament Comes to an End

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Josh Arieh checked from the small blind on a flop of 3♥Q♣J♥ and Young Sik Eum bet 5,000 from under the gun. Arieh check-raised to 21,000, which Eum called.

The 3♣ dropped on the turn and Arieh jammed for roughly 38,000. Eum called to put Arieh at risk.

Josh Arieh: K♥Q♥J♦4♥ All in
Young Sik Eum: A♥A♣8♦2♥

Arieh's two pair on the flop had been counterfeited, and Eum had the better flush draw. Arieh couldn't find the help he needed on the 7♦ river, and he wished everyone good luck as he headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Young Sik Eum	210,000 210,000	210,000

Josh Arieh	Busted

Tags: Josh Arieh Young Sik Eum

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

06-28-2025 20:54 UTC-8

A Whole Lot of Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	Busted

Max Neugebauer	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted
Abraham Faroni	Busted
Anh Do	Busted
Zachary Reinbold	Busted
Aaron Overton	Busted
Luis Velador	Busted

Christophe Morbee	Busted
Ferenc Deak	Busted

David Levy	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Omar Eljach	Busted

Jan-Peter Jachtmann	Busted

Eran Carmi	Busted
Joshua Ladines	Busted
Yosuke Miki	Busted
Kevin Gerhart	Busted

Rick Alvarado	Busted
Keith Lehr	Busted

David Diaz	Busted

Barbaro Diaz	Busted
Michael Kamran	Busted
Krzysztof Magott	Busted

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06-28-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Sly Folds to Culyer's Raise

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Tim Baker

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

Christopher Sly raised it to 3,000 from the hijack and only Michael Culyer defended out of the big blind.

Culyer knuckled the action over to sly on the A♥5♦6♦ flop. Culyer bet 2,000, and was met by a check-raise to 12,000 from Culyer. Sly instantly folded and surrendered the pot to Culyer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Culyer	130,000 35,000	35,000
Christopher Sly	33,000

Tags: Michael Culyer Christopher Sly

06-28-2025 21:07 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	339,000 234,000	234,000

Quan Zhou	240,000 162,000	162,000

Calen McNeil	184,000 2,200	2,200

Dennis Weiss	170,000 2,000	2,000

Felipe Ramos	134,000 59,000	59,000

Dylan Linde	120,000 55,000	55,000

Alex Livingston	106,000 6,000	6,000

Jason Mercier	95,000

Philip Sternheimer	90,500

Kyle Ho	81,000 17,500	17,500
Mike Matusow	80,000

Antoine Sankari	47,000 51,000	51,000
Michael Wang	45,500 34,500	34,500

Joao Simao	43,000 27,000	27,000

Scott Seiver	28,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	Busted

Jason Somerville	Busted