Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day 2 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$8,128,200
Entries
874
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
375
Players Left
56
Players Left 1 / 874
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A total of 294 players return today for Day 2 of Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker inside the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The field of 793 entries has already been cut by more than half, and with late registration open until the start of Level 13, the final number is expected to increase before the prize pool is finalized.
Leading the pack is the Netherlands’ Javier Francort, who bagged 556,500 on Day 1 and is the only player to have crossed the half-a-million mark. He’s followed by Ben Lamb with a stack of 484,500, and Brandon Crawford, who starts today with 455,500.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Francort | Netherlands | 565,500 | 226 |
| 2 | Ben Lamb | United States | 484,500 | 194 |
| 3 | Brandon Crawford | United States | 455,500 | 182 |
| 4 | Arunas Sapitavicius | Lithuania | 450,000 | 180 |
| 5 | Ken Fishman | United States | 398,500 | 159 |
| 6 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | 395,000 | 158 |
| 7 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 377,000 | 151 |
| 8 | Mathew Johnson | Canada | 372,500 | 149 |
| 9 | Andreas Zampas | Greece | 370,500 | 148 |
| 10 | Michael Rocco | United States | 368,500 | 147 |
Plenty of talented players are set to return to the baize today to try and build a stack. Among them are five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (377,000), Michael Rocco (368,500), Ronald Keijzer (337,000), Frank Brannan (318,000), Simon Lofberg (313,500), 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess (251,500), poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel (209,500), and six-time bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus (136,000).
Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m. local time with blinds at 1,500/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. Players will battle through another ten 60-minute levels as the field plays into the money and well toward the final stretch of this four-day championship event.
Event #74 Remaining Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | June 29 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes (play ten levels) |
| Day 3 | June 30 | 1 p.m. | 60 minutes (play down to five) |
| Day 4 | July 1 | TBD | 60 minutes (play down to a winner) |
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Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Cards are in the air and play has started on Day 2 of Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship.
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Three ways to the 10♦9♦9♠J♥ turn, Ronald Keijzer bet 8,000 from the small blind and Allen Shen on the button reluctantly called. They checked the 5♦ on the river and Keijzer tabled the K♠Q♠10♥2♣ for the king-high straight to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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370,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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175,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Cesar Garcia Dominguez was all-in with a severe short stack and tabled the A♥5♥4♠3♦. Alex Livingston had the superior A♦Q♥10♣7♦ but the A♠6♠3♥3♠10♦ board gave the Spaniard a full house. Despite that, he bowed out soon after and Livingston was left with fumes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
19,000
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Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
On the turn of a board showing J♣10♦4♠J♦, Sergio Fernandez bet 18,500 from the big blind with Matthew Beck calling from early position. Artem Maksimov folded from middle position and they went to the river heads-up.
Fernandez checked the 8♣ river and Beck bet 80,500. Fernandez thought it over for some time before folding and forfeiting the pot to Beck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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167,000
42,000
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135,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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58,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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