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

06-29-2025 18:26 UTC-8

Bunin Traps With Aces Full

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Three ways to the A♥J♠3♣ flop, Eric Cloutier checked out of the big blind and Alexander Bunin bet 30,000 thereafter. Joao Estanislau called and Cloutier folded. The 3♦ turn was checked and Estanislau also checked behind the 7♦ on the river.

Bunin tabled the A♦A♣K♣8♥ for aces full of treys to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Cloutier	370,000 295,000	295,000
Joao Estanislau	350,000 10,000	10,000
Alexander Bunin	276,000 131,000	131,000

Tags: Alexander Bunin Eric Cloutier Joao Estanislau

06-29-2025 18:29 UTC-8

River Rescues Kyriakides

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Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Miltiadis Kyriakides raised from under the gun to 20,000, and only Youness Barakat called from the small blind.

Barakat opted to lead out on the 9♥6♣4♠ flop, betting 37,000. Kyriakides made the call, and they headed to a turn.

The 9♦ turn didn't slow Barakat down, this time putting out a bet of 105,000. Kyriakides took a look back at his cards before moving all in for 360,000. Barakat called, and the players flipped their cards over.

Miltiadis Kyriakides: A♣Q♥9♣7♣ All in
Youness Barakat: 6♥6♦5♣3♥

A full house for Barakat had Kyriakides at risk, but the river A♦ turned the tides, as Kyriakides improved to a better full house.

A crucial pot for Kyriakides, as it not only kept him alive, but provided him with a healthy stack as the bubble looms.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides	850,000 460,000	460,000
Youness Barakat	110,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: Miltiadis Kyriakides Youness Barakat

06-29-2025 18:30 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The remaining 139 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break just a few players off of the money bubble. The action is expected to resume at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time.

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

06-29-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,289,000 89,000	89,000

Michael Rocco	1,147,000 87,000	87,000

Igor Holdaiy	1,111,000 261,000	261,000
Navkiran Singh	1,100,000 220,000	220,000
Brandon Crawford	995,000 277,000	277,000
Stephen Chidwick	992,000 28,000	28,000

Jorryt van Hoof	930,000 30,000	30,000
Samir Hage	911,000 190,000	190,000
Marcello Del Grosso	900,000 475,000	475,000
Christopher Frank	885,000 265,000	265,000

Deon Sampson	829,000 179,000	179,000
Isaac Kempton	810,000 580,000	580,000
Alex Foxen	795,000 465,000	465,000

Zhengpeng Liu	776,000 153,000	153,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides	758,000 92,000	92,000
Tolga Demirel	726,000 46,000	46,000
Quan Zhou	693,000 57,000	57,000

Robert Mizrachi	688,000 98,000	98,000

Michael Zulker	684,000 499,000	499,000
Stephen Hubbard	675,000 245,000	245,000
Gautam Savla	659,000 279,000	279,000
Phil Ivey	656,000 121,000	121,000

Roussos Koliakoudakis	652,000 8,000	8,000
Matthew Beck	645,000 115,000	115,000
Thomas Taylor	641,000 24,000	24,000

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06-29-2025 19:41 UTC-8

Zhou Wins a Limped Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Quan Zhou limped from early position and Jeffrey Whittinghill called from the small blind. Dominykas Karmazinas checked out of the big blind, and they went to the flop three ways.

Whittinghill checked the 6♦10♠3♦ flop, and Karmazinas bet 20,000. Only Zhou called.

The 9♥ appeared on the turn and Karmazinas bet again, this time for 60,000. Zhou looked back at his cards and then raised to 260,000. Karmazinas folded, and Zhou added some chips to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	830,000 137,000	137,000

Dominykas Karmazinas	335,000 98,000	98,000
Jeffrey Whittinghill	150,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Jeffrey Whittinghill Quan Zhou

06-29-2025 19:45 UTC-8

Whiskey and Stall Tactics

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Miltiadis Kyriakides raised it up from the cutoff on the first hand back from the break. Yueqi Zhu was in the tank in the big blind and Kyriakides questioned how long it was taking. Zhu instantly folded but the floor was called as the two players started discussing how much time had been wasted.

"I took 40 seconds to fold," Ashok Kamani chimed in as one of the shorter stacks who was sipping on a fresh whiskey on ice.

"One minute is fine," Kyriakides agreed. "But that was too long."

"You can take a minute," Youness Barakat piped up. "This guy just learnt English four days ago and now he's trying to show off," he pointed to Kyriakides.

The next hand was delayed by at least two minutes as the players engaged in a discussion with the floor.

"I knew there was gonna be bullsh** after dinner break. That's why I grabbed one of these," Kamani joked as he took another sip of his whiskey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides	780,000 22,000	22,000
John Holley	660,000 52,000	52,000
Youness Barakat	137,000 35,000	35,000
Pratik Ghatge	99,000 5,000	5,000
Ashok Kamani	68,000 40,000	40,000
Yueqi Zhu	64,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Ashok Kamani Miltiadis Kyriakides Youness Barakat Yueqi Zhu

06-29-2025 19:49 UTC-8

"My Hand Is Better Than Yours"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Heading to the 10♥6♦6♣8♦7♥ river, Miltiadis Kyriakides exclaimed "My hand is better than yours."

"We'll find out," replied another playing jokingly, when Kyriakides bet 85,000.

John Holley called and was shown the Q♥J♣9♠8♠ by Kyriakides. Holley had the equally strong K♥J♠9♦5♦ and they chopped, then argued which hand had the better equity.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides	875,000 95,000	95,000
John Holley	624,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: John Holley Miltiadis Kyriakides

06-29-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The tanking has become egregious at each and every table since the return from dinner break and players have been asking to go hand-for-hand. The tournament director has decided to do so five players off of the money bubble in hopes to move things along a little quicker.

06-29-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Four-Bet Preflop; Van Hoof Bests Ivey

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jorryt van Hoof opened from under the gun to 35,000, and when action folded to Phil Ivey, he three-bet to 120,000. The players in the blinds got out of the way before Van Hoof put in the four-bet to 410,000. After confirming the bet amount, Ivey made the call.

The dealer spread a 10♠5♦10♥ flop, and after a little bit of time to consider his options, Van Hoof moved all in, covering Ivey's stack.

Ivey wasted little time in folding, and Van Hoof pulled in the substantial pot.