Isaac Haxton Leads Star-Studded Final Seven in Inaugural $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
The 2025 World Series of Poker has entered the business end of the largest live poker festival of the year, and one of the most expensive tournaments is one step closer to crowning a champion at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. After Day 1, Event #79: $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller had attracted 88 entries but the attendance was increased by nearly fifty percent during the remainder of the late registration period to boost the prize pool up to $11,676,500 thanks to 121 total entries.
Ten levels of sixty minutes later, the money bubble had burst and seven players bagged up chips with Isaac Haxton leaping into the top spot with a stack of 15,725,000. Close behind that is Shaun Deeb (13,625,000), and the last spot on the overnight podium belongs to Lautaro Guerra (11,100,000).
They will certainly be facing stiff competition from Alex Foxen (9,875,000) and Phil Ivey (8,700,000) with the latter turning a registration at the very last minute into yet another final table run. Day 1 chip leader Arthur Morris (9,875,000) and Sean Rafael (3,675,000) round up the line-up and have already showcased their talents in the four-card variant despite not having a WSOP gold bracelet to their name yet. Rafael comes fresh off a fourth-place finish in Event #74: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for $462,451 and has nearly secured as much at this stage already.
Seat Draw for the Final Day
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 13,625,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | United States | 8,700,000 | 44 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | United States | 9,875,000 | 49 |
| 4 | Sean Rafael | United States | 3,675,000 | 18 |
| 5 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 11,100,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 15,725,000 | 79 |
| 7 | Arthur Morris | United States | 9,900,000 | 50 |
The early carnage brought several changes on the leaderboard and among those to bow out early on were the likes of Jason Koon, Ben Tollerene, Jeremy Ausmus, Chris Brewer, and Seth Davies. The 2025 WSOP Player of the Year contender Scott Bohlman saw his hopes vanish when Haxton flopped a full house, who then also sent James Chen to the rail soon after.
Two-time bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna had his aces cracked not only cracked but in style when Maxi Lehmanski turned an unbeatable flush and rivered a royal flush while PLO specialist Veselin Karakitukov missed the final three tables as well. What followed thereafter was a tense affair with the bubble looming prior to the dinner break.
Eelis “EEE27” Pärssinen was among those to fall shy of the money and the same applied for Bryn Kenney, who had his pocket kings cracked by danglers from then chip leader Guerra. Back from the dinner break, there were 20 players left and 19 destined to receive cash prizes. Unfortunate bubble boy was Benny Glaser, who was forced all-in from the big blind against Ribeiro and turned trips tens only for Ribeiro to river a flush with double-suited aces.
It then only took a few minutes to lose three players in Christopher Frank, Lou Garza, as well as Andjelko Andrejevic to reach the final two tables. The pace continued to accelerate thereafter with Bryce Yockey bowing out next, followed by none other than Daniel Negreanu. His bid for bracelet number eight came to an end in 15th place when Lehmanski turned a straight, and Negreanu's two pair failed to retake the lead.
One of the rare tournament appearances of Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot ended in 14th place when his flopped top pair ran into pocket aces. Sam Soverel doubled back into contention only to then run with kings into the aces of Foxen. He was followed to the rail by Nick Schulman, who was left short after folding to a Morris shove and couldn't recover.
What followed was a remarkable turn of events, which reduced the field from eleven to eight in a hot minute. Deeb doubled through new chip leader Foxen thanks to a rivered flush, who then took revenge by knocking out Aaron Katz and Lehmanski in dramatic fashion. Moments later, Tomas Ribeiro ran into the nut flush of Guerra to make it three casualties in a hurry.
With half an hour left to play for the night, the action resumed and table short stack Ben Lamb stood no chance with bottom two pair against the top set of Deeb. There was no further drama thereafter, with seven players remaining. They will be back at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time on Thursday, July 3, 2025. All finalists have locked up $419,563 for their efforts, and the eventual winner can look forward to the top prize of $2,957,229.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Rank | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,957,229 | ||
| 2 | $1,972,860 | ||
| 3 | $1,368,994 | ||
| 4 | $976,082 | ||
| 5 | $715,614 | ||
| 6 | $539,917 | ||
| 7 | $419,563 | ||
| 8 | Ben Lamb | United States | $336,110 |
The action will resume on the secondary feature table with level 21 and blinds of 100,000-250,000 with a big blind ante of 250,000. All PokerNews updates will be published live as of the restart before going on a delay once the action is picked up by the PokerGO streaming team later in the day.