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

06-28-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Rast Chops With Geilich

Christian Zetzsche

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

Brian Rast was already all in preflop and looked up by three opponents as the flop fell A♥K♠Q♠. It was checked to Ludovic Geilich on the button who bet 12,800. That forced the other contenders and Geilich locked up the side pot of 17,400 already.

Brian Rast: A♣K♦9♠4♣ All in
Ludovic Geilich: A♠K♥8♠3♣

Both had the same top two pair while Geilich held the spade flush draw on top. Nothing changed on the 10♥ turn and Q♥ river as they chopped the main pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sascha Wilhelm	230,000 2,500	2,500

Lenny Dicicco	210,000 125,000	125,000
Ludovic Geilich	125,000 66,000	66,000

Brian Rast	16,900 16,900	16,900

Tags: Brian Rast Ludovic Geilich

06-28-2025 21:46 UTC-8

Last Break of the Night

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Adam Lamers

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

Nearly half of the field has been eliminated already and the remaining 413 players are going on their last 15-minute break of the night.

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

06-28-2025 22:17 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

These chip counts are taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Jauregui	411,000 26,000	26,000
Renji Mao	332,500 72,500	72,500

Jeremy Ausmus	323,500 15,500	15,500

Frank Brannan	314,000

Simon Lofberg	308,500 64,100	64,100

Stanislav Halatenko	300,000
Charles Sylvestre	297,000

Daemon Richardson	297,000 22,000	22,000
Javier Francort	288,500 18,500	18,500

Thomas Taylor	287,500 196,000	196,000
Joao Estanislau	279,000 107,600	107,600
Toby Lewis	270,000 50,000	50,000

Matthew Shepsky	267,000 13,000	13,000
Kenneth Fishman	263,000 55,800	55,800
Alan Pham	261,500 136,500	136,500
Richard Gryko	260,000 165,000	165,000

Mark Steinberg	254,000 184,000	184,000
Pei Li	247,500 177,500	177,500

Allan Le	246,000 136,000	136,000

Gabriel Andrade	237,000
Allen Shen	231,500 46,500	46,500
Samir Hage	231,000 140,000	140,000
Sascha Wilhelm	230,000

Loren Egide	229,500
Robert Nehorayan	228,500 1,500	1,500

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06-28-2025 22:27 UTC-8

Zanette Takes from Hansen

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Aksel Hansen checked from the big blind after the dealer revealed a flop of 2♦3♣9♠. Giovanni Zanette bet 6,000 from the hijack, which Hansen called.

The 10♣ dropped on the turn and Hansen checked again. Zanette bet 21,000, prompting a quick fold by Hansen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kappes	145,000 60,000	60,000
Aksel Hansen	125,000 65,000	65,000
Giovanni Zanette	110,000 23,000	23,000
Kevin Allen	100,000 10,000	10,000
Dimitri Steinfeuer	71,000 71,000	71,000

Tags: Aksel Hansen Giovanni Zanette

06-28-2025 22:28 UTC-8

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Halatenko	290,000 10,000	10,000
Kane Kalas	230,000 59,000	59,000
Stefan Lehner	190,000

Diogo Veiga	180,000 180,000	180,000

Jon Kyte	180,000 20,000	20,000
Joshua Mcswiney	170,000 80,000	80,000
Stephen Chidwick	130,000 24,000	24,000

Tong Li	90,000 30,000	30,000

Tomasz Gluszko	75,000 33,000	33,000
Noah Bronstein	75,000

Hokyiu Lee	65,000 30,000	30,000

Miltiadis Kyriakides	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jeffrey Hakim	50,000 50,000	50,000

Eddie Ochana	40,000 25,000	25,000
Gergo Nagy	Busted
Colby Covington	Busted

06-28-2025 22:30 UTC-8

Kempton Takes From Nordstrand

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With 6,000 in the middle to the A♣Q♦6♥2♠ turn, Isaac Kempton bet 4,500 and then called a raise to 16,000 by Erik Nordstrand. They both checked the A♥ on the river and Kempton flipped over his A♦Q♠10♥4♠ for the nuts, aces full of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Nordstrand	285,000
Isaac Kempton	195,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Erik Nordstrand Isaac Kempton

06-28-2025 22:33 UTC-8

Harder Doubles Through Geeng

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was a pot of 36,500 with three players still in the hand and the flop of Q♦5♦2♥ hit the felt. Christian Harder bet the size of the pot and Geeng just called, leading to Daemon Richardson folding his hand.

The turn was the 2♦ and Harder threw in his last 19,000 chips. Geeng quickly called and the cards were on their backs.

Christian Harder: 6♥5♠5♥4♠ All in
Daniel Geeng: A♦K♣4♦3♠

Harder filled up on the turn but Geeng still had a single out to make a straight flush. The river was the 10♣ and Harder held on for a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daemon Richardson	320,000 23,000	23,000
Christian Harder	147,000 13,000	13,000

Daniel Geeng	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Christian Harder Daemon Richardson Daniel Geeng

06-28-2025 22:34 UTC-8

Le Eliminated by Barbero

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Tommy Le got his shorter stack into the middle on the flop of J♠9♣5♣ and was called by Nacho Barbero with the covering stack.

Tommy Le: K♦K♠7♠4♦ All in
Nacho Barbero: K♣Q♠J♥6♣

While being ahead with his overpair, Le had to dodge a lot of outs as Barbero had a pair, flush draw and gutshot. Nothing changed on the A♦ turn just yet but the 10♥ river gave Barbero broadway. Le has won this Championship Event two times already but won't be adding a third title in 2025, while his brother Allan Le has an above-average stack in the penultimate level of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Le	220,000 26,000	26,000

Nacho Barbero	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tommy Le	Busted

Tags: Allan Le Nacho Barbero Tommy Le

06-28-2025 22:37 UTC-8

More Eliminations on Day 1

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	Busted

Jason Mercier	Busted

Michael Duek	Busted
Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted

Huck Seed	Busted

Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Frederic Normand	Busted
Scott Seiver	Busted

David Williams	Busted

Martin Dam	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

George Wolff	Busted