Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-30-2025 21:37 UTC-8

Francort Gets the Best of Zhou in Battle of the Blinds

Dan O'Hair

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Quan Zhou called from the small blind and Javier Francort checked his option in the big blind.

Francort called a 230,000 bet from Zhou on the 2♣7♥3♠ flop and then raised a 330,000 bet from Zhou to 900,000 on the 2♥ turn.

Zhou thought it over, but landed on a fold — conceding the pot to Francort.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	8,300,000 655,000	655,000

Javier Francort	5,900,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Javier Francort Quan Zhou

06-30-2025 21:39 UTC-8

Updated Counts Table Two

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Isaac Kempton limped in and then called when Sean Rafael raised the pot to 360,000 from the big blind. The flop came Q♠Q♦3♦ and Kempton check-folded to a bet worth 260,000.

Kempton then potted from the button and won the pot uncontested.

Rafael limped in the cutoff soon after and Michael Zulker checked. On the J♣10♠9♣ flop, Zulker checked before folding to a bet worth 210,000 by Rafael.

Kempton made it 300,000 to go first to act soon after that and was called only by Michael Wang from the big blind. They checked the Q♦J♠5♥ flop and Wang potted the 2♣ turn for 780,000 to force out Kempton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rafael	6,800,000 500,000	500,000
Michael Zulker	6,700,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Wang	5,200,000 1,075,000	1,075,000

Isaac Kempton	2,920,000 1,180,000	1,180,000
Erik Nordstrand	1,925,000 850,000	850,000
Melad Marji	1,750,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Isaac Kempton Michael Wang Michael Zulker Sean Rafael

06-30-2025 22:06 UTC-8

Foxen Doubles in Record Speed

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Adam Lamers

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Alex Foxen raised to 560,000 on the button and Erik Seidel called from the big blind. The flop came J♦4♣3♣ and Foxen continued with a pot-sized bet of 1,360,000. Seidel quickly check-raised all in and Foxen instantly called off his stack of 1,895,000. The chips went in the middle faster than any hand that was played in the entire last level.

Alex Foxen: A♥J♠J♣3♥ All in
Erik Seidel: Q♥Q♣4♥3♦

Foxen flopped a set of jacks up against the two pair of Seidel. The 3♠ on the turn changed nothing as Foxen was holding the case three in his hand. The K♥ hit the river and Foxen doubled up with the larger of the two full houses.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	5,150,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Erik Seidel	1,020,000 2,580,000	2,580,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Alex Foxen

06-30-2025 22:21 UTC-8

Seidel Doubles Through Zhou

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Dan O'Hair

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

After blinding down for a couple of orbits, a short-stacked Erik Seidel shoved for a bit over 400,000 from the button and was called by Quan Zhou in the big blind to be put at risk.

Erik Seidel: A♠J♠7♠2♣ All in
Quan Zhou: Q♥J♥9♠6♥

The board ran out 2♠A♦3♠10♦2♦ — leaving Seidel best with a full house for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	8,500,000 20,000	20,000

Erik Seidel	900,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Quan Zhou

06-30-2025 22:35 UTC-8

Isaac Kempton Eliminated in 11th Place ($84,191)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Michael Wang opened to 400,000 from under the gun and Isaac Kempton potted to 1,440,000 from the cutoff. Wang moved all in and Kempton called with his remaining stack of roughly 500,000, putting himself at risk.

Isaac Kempton: K♥K♦J♣9♦ All in
Michael Wang: A♦A♥K♠10♣

Kempton rivered the case king on the Q♦A♠5♠4♣K♣ runout but it was no good as Wang had flopped top set to eliminate Kempton and extend his lead over the rest of the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	9,700,000 2,000,000	2,000,000

Isaac Kempton	Busted

Tags: Isaac Kempton Michael Wang

06-30-2025 22:40 UTC-8

More Chips for Wang

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Adam Lamers

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The action folded around to Michael Zulker in the small blind who just limped in. Michael Wang raised to 480,000 in the big blind and Zulker called. The flop came 9♣5♦2♦ and Zulker check-folded to a bet of 550,000 from Wang.

On the next hand, Wang limped in from the small blind and Simeon Tsonev made it 480,000 in the big blind. Wang called and the dealer fanned a similar flop of J♣5♦2♦. Both players checked and the 7♦ landed on the turn.

Wang checked again and Tsonev dropped in a bet of 300,000. Wang called and the A♣ completed the board. Both players tapped the table again and Wang turned over 10♥8♣2♥2♣ for a set of deuces and the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	11,000,000 4,200,000	4,200,000

Michael Zulker	6,600,000 700,000	700,000
Simeon Tsonev	1,500,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Michael Wang Michael Zulker Simeon Tsonev

06-30-2025 22:44 UTC-8

Foxen Surges Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Alex Foxen raised to 400,000 and Quan Zhou three-bet to 1,660,000 in the small blind to win the pot.

Zhou then opened to 430,000 and Foxen called on the button. They checked the K♣3♠2♥ flop and on the 2♣ turn, Zhou check-folded when Foxen bet 650,000 to expose ace-queen-jack high with hearts.

Foxen raised to 400,000 next and claimed the blinds, when bet the J♥8♠3♣ flop for Javier Francort to check-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	8,800,000 300,000	300,000

Alex Foxen	6,800,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Javier Francort	5,000,000 720,000	720,000

Jorryt van Hoof	2,250,000 1,490,000	1,490,000
Erik Seidel	1,100,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Javier Francort Quan Zhou

06-30-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

There are around 15 minutes left in the penultimate level for the night and the seat assignments for the final nine players are as follows. Day 3 will conclude at the end of level 30 or when the field is down to the last five hopefuls, whichever of the two scenarios arrives first.

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Erik Seidel	United States	975,000	6
2	Michael Zulker	United States	6,225,000	39
3	Alex Foxen	United States	6,800,000	43
4	Sean Rafael	United States	9,950,000	62
5	Melad Marji	United States	2,700,000	17
6	Javier Francort	Netherlands	7,250,000	45
7	Simeon Tsonev	Bulgaria	1,550,000	10
8	Quan Zhou	China	8,870,000	55
9	Michael Wang	United States	6,940,000	43

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rafael	9,950,000 50,000	50,000
Quan Zhou	8,870,000 70,000	70,000

Javier Francort	7,250,000 450,000	450,000

Michael Wang	6,940,000 140,000	140,000

Alex Foxen	6,800,000

Michael Zulker	6,225,000 375,000	375,000
Melad Marji	2,700,000 200,000	200,000
Simeon Tsonev	1,550,000 50,000	50,000
Erik Seidel	975,000 125,000	125,000

06-30-2025 23:04 UTC-8

Erik Seidel Eliminated in 9th Place ($107,192)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Erik Seidel opened to 560,000 from early position and Quan Zhou defended from the big blind.

The flop came 7♣9♣3♦ and Zhou shoved. Seidel had around 400,000 behind and called, putting himself at risk.

Erik Seidel: A♠A♥10♥2♦ All in
Quan Zhou: Q♠Q♥9♠4♥

Seidel was ahead with the better overpair and the K♦ turn changed nothing for either player. The Q♣ river gave Zhou a set of queens to send the Poker Hall of Famer to the rail and win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	10,550,000 1,680,000	1,680,000

Erik Seidel	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Quan Zhou

06-30-2025 23:24 UTC-8

Simeon Tsonev Eliminated in 8th Place ($138,863)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Simeon Tsonev opened from under the gun and Michael Zulker responded with a pot-sized raise from the hijack. Tsonev called for less, putting himself all in.

Simeon Tsonev: J♦J♣4♣3♠ All in
Michael Zulker: A♣A♠9♥8♠