Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-29-2025 18:32 UTC-7

Stia Wins Some With Top Set

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Heads-up to a flop of Q♣K♠4♣. Alain Stia checked from the big blind and Michael Rocco checked behind from the button.

Stia led out for 23,000 when the 9♦ arrived on the turn. Rocco made the call.

The 10♠ hit the river and Stia bet again, this time for 36,000. Rocco took a few moments before calling again.

Stia revealed the best hand with K♥K♦5♠3♠ for a set of kings, as Rocco turned over KxQx for top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Rocco	1,060,000 65,000	65,000

Alain Stia	800,000 410,000	410,000
Tolga Demirel	680,000 69,000	69,000
Javier Francort	480,000 120,000	120,000

Ben Lamb	340,000 210,000	210,000

Sean Rafael	310,000 178,000	178,000
Artem Babakhanian	95,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Alain Stia Michael Rocco

06-29-2025 18:26 UTC-7

Funke Chipping Up

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Stewart Morrison

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Action folded to Nicolas Milgrom in the hijack, who raised to 15,000. Next to act, Jason Funke, three-bet to 54,000 and only Milgrom called.

Milgrom opted to check the 2♥A♥10♣ flop and folded when Funke moved all in for 80,000.

Funke pulled the pot in, chipping up without the requirement of a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Milgrom	210,000 90,000	90,000

Jason Funke	203,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Jason Funke Nicolas Milgrom

06-29-2025 18:21 UTC-7

Salva Flips Over the Bluff

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Gautam Savla made it 15,000 from the cutoff and Frank Brannan called from the button.

Savla check-called a bet of 25,000 from Brannan on the Q♥7♣5♣ flop.

The turn came the A♥ and Savla led out for 30,000. Brannan called.

Upon seeing the 5♠ hit the river, Savla bet 70,000. Brannan spent quite some time in the tank before eventually folding.

Savla turned over Q♣J♦10♦3♣ for just a pair of queens as the pot was pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roussos Koliakoudakis	660,000 255,000	255,000
Fernando Gutierrez	500,000 110,000	110,000
Frank Brannan	440,000 125,000	125,000

Gautam Savla	380,000 155,000	155,000
Naor Slobodskoy	275,000 160,000	160,000
Lawrence Wayne	270,000 50,000	50,000
John Monnette	200,000 200,000	200,000

Kasparas Klezys	155,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Frank Brannan Gautam Savla

06-29-2025 18:21 UTC-7

Barakat Flushes the River

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Navkiran Singh raised it up to 14,000 in the hijack and Youness Barakat came along out of the big blind to check the K♠8♣7♣ flop. Singh continued for 16,000 and Barakat check-called for 16,000 to then do the same on the K♦ turn for 30,000.

Both players opted to check the 3♣ on the river and Barakat's J♣10♣10♥8♦ for the flush earned the pot, while Singh tossed his cards into the muck with visible frustration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Navkiran Singh	880,000 120,000	120,000
John Holley	575,000 75,000	75,000
Youness Barakat	475,000 230,000	230,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides	390,000 20,000	20,000
Arunas Sapitavicius	190,000 40,000	40,000
Patrick Hackett	170,000 100,000	100,000
Yueqi Zhu	102,000 12,000	12,000

Ka Kwan Lau	83,000 242,000	242,000

Tags: Navkiran Singh Youness Barakat

06-29-2025 18:14 UTC-7

Burns Gets a Full Double

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Adam Lamers

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three players headed to a flop of 8♥7♠6♣ in a limped pot and the action checked around to the 3♠ on the turn. In what appeared to be an innocent-looking hand, quickly turned violent for two of the players. Kahle Burns and Artem Babakhanian each stuck in 55,000 apiece on the turn, leaving Burns with just 3,000 chips.

The A♥ completed the board and Burns checked to Babakhanian who slid out a bet. Burns called off his last 3,000 chips and Babakhanian turned over A♠Qx9♠5x for a nine-high straight. Burns showed the nuts with K♦10♥9♥8♠ and got a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Babakhanian	150,000 10,000	10,000
Kahle Burns	135,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Kahle Burns Artem Babakhanian

06-29-2025 18:09 UTC-7

Bowker Doubles Through Depa

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kyle Bowker got his last 45,000 or so into the middle on a flop of 8♦J♠10♣ with Jonathan Depa trying to bust him.

Kyle Bowker: Q♣10♠9♣7♠ All in
Jonathan Depa: J♥7♦5♦2♥

Bowker had a straight and looked likely to hold. The rest of the board came J♣A♣ and Bowker improved to a flush, earning him the much-needed double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Depa	200,000 124,500	124,500
Kyle Bowker	140,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Jonathan Depa Kyle Bowker

06-29-2025 18:08 UTC-7

Abudi Hits the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Lior Abudi raised to 26,000 from the hijack, small blind Donald Maloney called, and the big blind came along too.

Maloney led out for 10,000 on the K♥9♦2♠ flop, which got rid of the big blind player. Abudi only had 10,000 left and made the call, putting himself at risk.

Lior Abudi: A♣Q♦6♦3♥ All in
Donald Maloney: K♠J♠8♦7♦

The runout offered no help for Abudi, who took his leave as his chips were moved across to Maloney.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Maloney	295,000 165,000	165,000
Lior Abudi	Busted

Tags: Donald Maloney Lior Abudi

06-29-2025 18:05 UTC-7

Beck With a Very Healthy Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Simon Lofberg on the button and Matthew Beck in the small blind limped in, then called a raise to 24,000 by Stephen Hubbard in the big blind. The flop came A♠8♦4♦ and Beck was the only one to check-call a bet worth 39,000 by Hubbard.

The 10♦ on the turn was checked and Beck then led the 2♣ river for 55,000, Hubbard sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Beck	730,000 240,000	240,000
Simon Lofberg	465,000 15,000	15,000

Stephen Hubbard	430,000 295,000	295,000

Tags: Matthew Beck Simon Lofberg Stephen Hubbard

06-29-2025 17:55 UTC-7

Steinberg Shows the Goods

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Adam Lamers

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jarryd Godena opened to 15,000 in middle position and was called by Mark Steinberg on the button and Kyle Ho in the small blind. The flop fell 7♣6♣2♦ and Ho led out with a bet of 35,000. Both Godena and Steinberg flicked in calls.

The turn was the K♦ and the action checked around to the 7♥ on the river. It checked to Steinberg again who splashed in a bet of 78,000. Ho quickly folded and Godena's cards went into the muck as well. Steinberg showed his pocket kings for a full house as he raked in the pot.