Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

05-31-2025 20:57 UTC-8

Late-Night Entries and Additional Bust-Outs

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jon Kyte	60,000 60,000	60,000
Per Hildebrand	60,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	Busted

Brian Rast	Busted

Jaswinder Lally	Busted

Ali Eslami	Busted

Jose Paz-Gutierrez	Busted
Thomas Koral	Busted

Daniel Chio	Busted
Dennis Weiss	Busted

Brian Battistone	Busted
Ed Smith	Busted
Tony Cousineau	Busted
Nick Schulman	Busted

Jon Shoreman	Busted

Maksim Pisarenko	Busted

Jeffery Stepaniuk	Busted
Kyle Miaso	Busted

05-31-2025 20:53 UTC-8

Brooks Among Leaders

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Micah Brooks raised in middle position, and received three callers. Bari Sklar in the cutoff, Alex Livingston on the button, and Dylan Lambe in the big blind all came along to the 5♣2♣3♦ flop, where Brooks placed a continuation-bet.

Sklar and Lambe came along to the 8♥ turn, while Livingston was the only player who folded. Lambe checked over to Brooks again, who fired once more. Sklar still called before Lambe added his cards to the muck.

Sklar called one more time on the 8♠ river, but Brooks had bet the wheel with A♣5♠4♦2♠, and raked in the entire pot when Sklar smiled as he added his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Micah Brooks	270,000 107,000	107,000
Dylan Lambe	180,000 10,000	10,000
Alex Livingston	125,000 10,000	10,000

Bari Sklar	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Bari Sklar Dylan Lambe Micah Brooks

05-31-2025 20:42 UTC-8

Moulder Left Short by Yu

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Patrick Moulder raised in the hijack, Ben Yu three-bet on the button, and Moulder called. Yu fired three barrels on the 5♦Q♣8♥K♦J♠ board, with Moulder check-calling all streets.

Yu tabled A♥K♠J♣2♥ at showdown, and his two pair won him the pot when Moulder mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	115,000 50,000	50,000

Patrick Moulder	21,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Ben Yu Patrick Moulder

05-31-2025 20:37 UTC-8

Negreanu and Chanthabouasy Chop a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun and picked up four callers in Steve Chanthabouasy in the cutoff, Jesse Lonis on the button, Gary Benson in the small blind, and Yehuda Buchalter in the big blind.

Benson checked first on the 6♥7♠8♥ flop, and Buchalter bet. Negreanu, Chanthabouasy, and Benson called, but Lonis folded.

The turn came the J♠ and Benson led out. Buchalter, Negreanu, and Chanthabouasy called.

The action checked to Chanthabouasy on the 8♠ river and he decided to bet. Only Benson and Buchalter called.

Chanthabouasy revealed K♥Q♠2♠3♦ for a queen-high flush to win the high, and Negreanu flipped over A♦10♦6♠3♥ to win the low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	200,000 93,000	93,000

Yehuda Buchalter	145,000 59,000	59,000
Steve Chanthabouasy	90,000 20,000	20,000
Jesse Lonis	80,000 58,000	58,000

Gary Benson	20,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Gary Bensonlden Jesse Lonis Steve Chanthabouasy Yehuda Buchalter

05-31-2025 20:31 UTC-8

Marks' Stellar Day Continues as He Wheels Out Funkhouser

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Austin Marks had raised under the gun when David Funkhouser three-bet all in with an exact raise. Justin Saliba called in the cutoff, as did Naoya Kihara in the big blind. Marks tossed in calling chips as well, and the 4♥2♦10♦ flop was fanned.

Kihara checked to Marks, who bet out. Saliba called before Kihara folded, after which Marks put in another bet on the 3♦ turn. Saliba weighed his options before calling to the 9♦ river, where he eventually folded to another bet.

Marks showed A♥Q♥5♥3♣ for the wheel, and Funkhouser only briefly showed his cards before they were added to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Marks	200,000 15,000	15,000
Naoya Kihara	105,000 5,000	5,000

Justin Saliba	85,000 55,000	55,000

David Funkhouser	Busted

Tags: Austin Marks David Funkhouser Justin Saliba Naoya Kihara

05-31-2025 20:19 UTC-8

Latest Ins and Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Benson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andres Korn	60,000 60,000	60,000

Paul Volpe	60,000 60,000	60,000

Nick Guagenti	60,000 60,000	60,000
Joey Couden	60,000

Matt Vengrin	Busted

Qinghai Pan	Busted

Connor Drinan	Busted

Frank Brannan	Busted

Patrick Stacey	Busted
Michael Noori	Busted

Ryan Hoenig	Busted

Gary Bolden	Busted

05-31-2025 20:17 UTC-8

Miller Takes From Fuchs

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Ryan Miller raised from early position, being called by Carol Fuchs in the hijack and Ben Lamb in the big blind.

Lamb checked the 8♥J♣9♦ flop to Miller, who fired a continuation-bet. Fuchs then raised, folding out Lamb. Miller called to the 2♥ turn, where he check-called a bet from Fuchs.

The A♠ river went check-check. Miller showed down A♣J♥9♥2♣ for aces and jacks, leaving the A♦9♠8♣3♦ of Fuchs in the dust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	105,000 40,000	40,000

Ryan Miller	85,000 21,000	21,000

Ben Lamb	34,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Carol Fuchs Ryan Miller

05-31-2025 20:08 UTC-8

Battistone Survives With Three Quarters

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

In the hijack, Brian Battistone got his last 20,000 in on the 3♣5♠7♥ flop against Noah Bronstein in early position.

Brian Battistone: A♣K♥8♥2♦ All in
Noah Bronstein: A♥K♣4♠2♠

The players had the same high and same low, but the 8♠ turn made Battistone a pair. The J♥ river changed nothing as the all-in player received three-quarters of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Bronstein	55,000 8,000	8,000

Brian Battistone	32,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Brian Battistone Noah Bronstein

05-31-2025 20:03 UTC-8

Saliba Ends Nakache's Tournament

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Elie Nakache raised from the cutoff and Justin Saliba three-bet from the button. After the blinds folded, Nakache called.

Nakache checked the K♦7♦8♣ flop and Saliba bet, Nakache raised all in for 3,500, and Saliba snap-called.

Elie Nakache: Q♠J♦10♠4♦ All in
Justin Saliba: K♥J♥3♦2♦

Saliba had top pair, but Nakache had a lot of outs with two cards to come. The rest of the board came A♣3♠, and Saliba's pair of kings was enough to send Nakache to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Saliba	140,000 44,000	44,000

Elie Nakache	Busted

Tags: Elie Nakache Justin Saliba

05-31-2025 20:00 UTC-8

Defending Champs Chips Up

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Scott Seiver raised under the gun, getting called by Yuval Bronshtein in early position and Bradford Albrinck in the small blind.

The trio checked through the 3♥7♦9♥ flop, prompting Albrinck to bet on the 10♣ turn. Seiver instantly tossed in a raise, folding out Bronshtein. Albrinck called to the A♠ river, where he check-folded to another bet from Seiver.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradford Albrinck	101,000 19,000	19,000
Yuval Bronshtein	100,000 15,000	15,000

Scott Seiver	85,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Bradford Albrinck Scott Seiver Yuval Bronshtein