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

06-28-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Bowers Earns Full Double Through Gabriel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Kai Yang bet the 10♦7♣3♦6♥ turn for 2,500 and Dumitru-Adrian Pora called before another bet of 3,000 on the 5♣ turn by Yang won the pot uncontested.

One hand later, Kyle Ho opened to 1,800 and was called two ways by Jonathan Bowers and Thomas Gabriel. The 8♥7♥4♠ flop saw Gabriel bet 4,200 and earn two callers. After the 2♦ turn, Gabriel fired a bet of 19,000 and Bowers was the only caller.

Gabriel jammed the J♦ on the river and Bowers instantly called or his last 24,500 to get shown the A♣6♣6♥4♦ by Gabriel. Bowers had that beat with A♠10♠9♦3♦ for the nut straight and Oleg Sobol said "nice runout". Bowers replied with a "fish" and both chuckled.

Apparently, they had talked about this before and Bowers pointed out that "fish" was the more appropriate term for certain hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Bowers	125,000 125,000	125,000
Tommy Le	70,000 70,000	70,000

Kai Yang	65,000 8,000	8,000
Dumitru-Adrian Pora	45,000 45,000	45,000
Thomas Gabriel	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Dumitru-Adrian Pora Jonathan Bowers Kai Yang Kyle Ho Oleg Sobol Thomas Gabriel

06-28-2025 16:16 UTC-8

Bai's Two Pair is Good

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Four players saw the flop come down K♣A♠8♥. After three checks, Yunpeng Bai bet 2,500 from the cutoff, which only Michael Newman called from early posiiton.

The 8♦ rolled off on the turn and the Newman check-called a bet of 4,700 from Bai.

Both players checked the 4♠ river and Bai took down the pot with A♣K♠J♥6♠ for two pair, aces and kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunpeng Bai	95,000
Michael Newman	61,000 24,000	24,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

06-28-2025 16:20 UTC-8

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

06-28-2025 16:28 UTC-8

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 16:29 UTC-8

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 16:37 UTC-8

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 16:38 UTC-8

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 16:40 UTC-8

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 16:44 UTC-8

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