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

06-29-2025 23:20 UTC-7

Demirel Takes From Rocco

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the river of a A♦Q♦6♦5♥J♣ board, Tolga Demirel faced a bet of 90,000 by Michael Rocco and what followed was a long tank of more than three minutes. The clock was called and Demirel eventually called.

"I think you are good," Rocco said and was shown the A♣K♥10♣6♥ for broadway by Demirel, which was indeed good. Somewhat annoyed, Rocco fiddled with the cards and mentioned he had a set of queens - a new deck was needed afterwards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Demirel	1,850,000 210,000	210,000
Michael Rocco	1,330,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Michael Rocco Tolga Demirel

06-29-2025 23:13 UTC-7

Francort Doubles Through Marji With a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Javier Francort made it 42,000 from the cutoff before Melad Marji three-bet to 138,000 from the small blind. Francort called.

Marji bet 24,000 on the K♦Q♣K♥ flop, and Francort made the call.

The 2♦ landed on the turn, and Marji jammed for Francort's remaining 55,000. Francort instantly called.

Javier Francort: K♣Q♠J♠8♦ All in
Melad Marji: A♦K♠9♥8♥

Francort had a boat, and only an ace on the river would end his tournament. The 3♠ river was clean for Francort, and he doubled up at the expense of Marji.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Demirel	1,640,000 130,000	130,000
Michael Rocco	1,480,000 90,000	90,000

Sean Rafael	600,000 336,000	336,000
Ben Lamb	495,000 5,000	5,000

Kai Yang	490,000 89,000	89,000
Melad Marji	400,000 226,000	226,000

Tags: Javier Francort Melad Marji

06-29-2025 23:12 UTC-7

All You Can Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

There was a pot-sized raise to 106,000 in front of Brandon Crawford and Erik Nordstrand then reraised the pot to 358,000 in the next seat out of the big blind. Alex Livingston and Gabriel Andrade had folded, and Crawford came to the same conclusion.

Up next, two limps reached to Crawford and he bumped it up to 66,000. Livingston called this time and checked the K♠3♦2♥ flop. Livingston checked it over to Crawford, who bet 54,000 to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Crawford	975,000 20,000	20,000
Erik Nordstrand	650,000 530,000	530,000
Alex Livingston	420,000 5,000	5,000

Gabriel Andrade	150,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Brandon Crawford Erik Nordstrand Gabriel Andrade

06-29-2025 23:08 UTC-7

Holley Takes From Wilhelm

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Heads-up to the Q♠5♥3♦J♠ turn, John Holley and Sascha Wilhelm invested 102,000 each and they both checked the 5♦ on the river. Holley tabled the A♠Q♣J♣9♦ to win the pot as Wilhelm tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Holley	640,000 10,000	10,000
Sascha Wilhelm	357,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: John Holley Sascha Wilhelm

06-29-2025 23:07 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Seth Davies	1,465,000 176,000	176,000

Roussos Koliakoudakis	1,410,000 758,000	758,000
Michael Rocco	1,390,000 60,000	60,000

Isaac Kempton	1,180,000 370,000	370,000
Thomas Taylor	1,160,000 519,000	519,000
Jorryt van Hoof	1,070,000 310,000	310,000
Alex Foxen	1,060,000 265,000	265,000

Robert Mizrachi	750,000 62,000	62,000

John Holley	630,000 120,000	120,000
Stephen Chidwick	607,000 368,000	368,000

Stefan Lehner	540,000 8,000	8,000

Ben Lamb	500,000 117,000	117,000

Michael Wang	430,000 118,000	118,000

Alex Livingston	425,000 128,000	128,000

Erik Seidel	370,000 143,000	143,000

Kyle Ho	365,000 145,000	145,000
Scott Bohlman	360,000 89,000	89,000

Phil Hellmuth	340,000 55,000	55,000

Pedro Marques	300,000 247,000	247,000
Felipe Ramos	300,000 25,000	25,000

John Monnette	195,000 65,000	65,000

Ryan Riess	90,000 216,000	216,000

06-29-2025 22:59 UTC-7

Hubbard, Kuney & Harrison All Bust vs Liu

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The biggest pot of the tournament just occurred on Table #668.

On a flop of 3♥9♣4♦, Stephen Hubbard, Michael Kuney, and Robert Harrison got all of their chips into the middle with Zhengpeng Liu being the player with the covering stack trying to bust all three.

Michael Kuney: A♥7♣6♣5♣ All in
Robert Harrison: 6♠5♠4♥2♦ All in
Stephen Hubbard: 5♥4♣3♦2♣ All in
Zhengpeng Liu: K♥9♠9♦8♦

Liu had the nuts right now with top set, and was against three wraps from his opponents. The Q♠ on the turn was good for Liu, as no one picked up any backdoor draws. The K♦ landed on the river, which meant Liu's set of nines won him a pot of over two million and sent three players home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhengpeng Liu	2,310,000 1,534,000	1,534,000
Stephen Hubbard	Busted
Michael Kuney	Busted
Robert Harrison	Busted

Tags: Michael Kuney Robert Harrison Stephen Hubbard Zhengpeng Liu

06-29-2025 22:49 UTC-7

Lady Luck

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Stewart Morrison

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

When action folded to Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff, he elected to limp in. The player in the small blind did the same before seeing Kurtis Tinfow, in the big blind, raise to 48,000. Chidwick called, but the small blind got out of the way.

Tinfow continued for 120,000 on the Q♣5♠4♥ flop, and again, Chidwick called.

The 4♣ turn didn't slow the action as Tinfow moved all in for 94,000; a bet which Chidwick snap-called.

Kurtis Tinfow: A♠A♥Q♥J♠ All in
Stephen Chidwick: J♣8♣7♠4♠

Chidwick had turned trips, which had Tinfow in bad shape. However, the river Q♦ came to his rescue, improving him to better trips than Chidwick.

Tinfow sat back down in his seat as the dealer pushed the pot his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	975,000 17,000	17,000

Kurtis Tinfow	570,000 124,000	124,000

Tags: Kurtis Tinfow Stephen Chidwick

06-29-2025 22:47 UTC-7

Wilhelm Can "Start Playing Poker Now"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a preflop all-in, Sascha Wilhelm was at risk for 186,000 with the A♦K♥Q♥6♦ and up against the Q♣J♦10♦8♣ of Miltiadis Kyriakides.

On the 7♣2♣2♦ flop, Wilhelm gasped an "uh oh" but held thanks to the A♠ turn and J♠ river.

"Now I can start playing poker," the German jokingly exclaimed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides	573,000 112,000	112,000
Sascha Wilhelm	385,000 247,000	247,000

Tags: Miltiadis Kyriakides Sascha Wilhelm

06-29-2025 22:46 UTC-7

Hoenig Pushes Frank Off

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ryan Hoenig raised to 42,000 in middle position and Christopher Frank called from the cutoff. They went heads-up to a flop of 9♠8♠2♣ and Hoenig continued with a bet of 40,000 which Frank called.

The turn was the 3♠ and both players checked to the 7♣ on the river. Hoenig tossed in a bet of 127,000 and Frank decided to fold but was left shaking his head after the hand.