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

05-31-2025 18:15 UTC-8

Latest Arrivals and Departures

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	60,000

Matt Glantz	60,000

Rob Hollink	60,000
Jason Daly	60,000

Jeremy Ausmus	60,000

Taylor Wilson	60,000
Carol Fuchs	60,000

Matthew Beinner	60,000
Ray Fishman	60,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	60,000
Ben Yu	60,000

Naoya Kihara	60,000

Benjamin Miner	60,000
Gary Bolden	60,000

Dennis Maschke	60,000
Ben Lamb	60,000

Dylan Linde	Busted

Ryutaro Suzuki	Busted

Joe Ford	Busted
Jeff Madsen	Busted

Dragana Mackelprang	Busted
John Sill	Busted
Mark Fisher	Busted
Brian Breck	Busted
Esther Taylor	Busted

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05-31-2025 18:09 UTC-8

Albrinck With a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Bradford Albrinck raised from early position. Jaswinder Lally called from the next seat and Ari Engel defended the big blind.

Engel checked the 4♦4♥10♥ flop and Albrinck bet. Lally called, but Engel folded.

The 9♠ turn checked through for the 10♦ to land on the river. Albrinck bet, and was met by a raise from Lally. Albrinck three-bet, and after a few moments, Lally made the call.

Albrinck turned over the nut boat with A♣10♣9♦2♠ and won the pot as Lally revealed A♠10♠J♣5♦ for trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradford Albrinck	90,000 30,000	30,000
Ari Engel	50,000 10,000	10,000

Jaswinder Lally	20,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Bradford Albrinck Jaswinder Lally

05-31-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Zinno Scoops Bronshtein, Eclipses Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Anthony Zinno sat in the big blind and defended when Yuval Bronshtein tossed in a raise from the hijack. Both players checked the 7♣5♠7♠ flop before Zinno fired a bet on the 6♠ turn.

Bronshtein called to the 9♠ river, where he called another bet from Zinno. Zinno tabled A♥4♦3♥3♣ for the second nut low and a straight, winning the entire pot when Bronshtein mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	108,000 34,000	34,000

Yuval Bronshtein	57,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Yuval Bronshtein

05-31-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Nakache Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Three players saw the flop come down 2♦5♥10♣. Elie Nakache checked from the small blind, Esther Taylor checked from the big blind, and Robert Mizrachi bet from early position. Austin Marks called on the button, and both blinds came along as well.

Nakache led out on the 3♦ turn, which was only called by Taylor and Mizrachi.

The K♠ appeared on the river and Nakache bet again. This time, both of Nakache's opponents folded, and the pot was pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Marks	79,000 13,000	13,000
Robert Mizrachi	70,000 5,000	5,000

Elie Nakache	55,000 5,000	5,000

Esther Taylor	55,000 5,500	5,500

Tags: Austin Marks Elie Nakache Esther Taylor Robert Mizrachi

05-31-2025 17:36 UTC-8

Some Updated Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Blumenthal	158,000 83,000	83,000
Igor Zektser	129,500 43,800	43,800

Jesse Klein	116,000 33,900	33,900

Huabao Chen	107,000 47,000	47,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	106,500 46,500	46,500

Noah Bronstein	105,000 45,000	45,000

Eric Wasserson	102,500 42,500	42,500

Christopher Claassen	102,400 37,400	37,400

Benjamin Gold	100,500 39,500	39,500
Tyler Brown	100,500 23,100	23,100

Justin Saliba	100,500 26,000	26,000

Huck Seed	96,500 36,500	36,500

Robert Mackie	93,500 20,300	20,300
Yehuda Buchalter	92,500 15,000	15,000
Austin Marks	92,000 8,700	8,700
Thomas Taylor	91,000 31,000	31,000
Daniel Spear	88,500 25,500	25,500
James Obst	87,500 27,500	27,500

Benjamin Jackson	81,000 16,000	16,000
Ryan Depol	80,500 20,500	20,500
Scott Clements	77,000 29,000	29,000

Robert Stevanovski	76,500 16,500	16,500
Jared Hemingway	76,000 2,500	2,500
Ilkka Heikkila	75,500 15,500	15,500
Robert Mizrachi	75,000 38,400	38,400

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05-31-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Moulder's Straight is Good

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Three players saw the flop come down A♥9♦8♦, and after two checks from the blinds, Eddie Blumenthal bet from the cutoff. Brian Breck called from the small blind, and Patrick Moulder called from the big blind.

The J♠ turn got a check from Blumenthal and a bet from Moulder. Breck and Blumenthal called.

The action checked to Breck on the Q♣ river, and he fired out a bet. Both Blumenthal and Moulder called.

Breck showed two pair with A♦8♥6♠2♠, causing Blumenthal to muck. However, Moulder turned over a straight holding Q♥J♣10♣5♥ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Moulder	75,000 42,000	42,000

Eddie Blumenthal	75,000 27,000	27,000
Brian Breck	28,000 25,500	25,500

Tags: Brian Breck Eddie Blumenthal Patrick Moulder

05-31-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Entries, Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	60,000 60,000	60,000

Elie Nakache	60,000 60,000	60,000

Jason Berilgen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Prociak	60,000 60,000	60,000

Roland Israelashvili	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dustin Dirksen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jesse Lonis	60,000 60,000	60,000

Noah Bronstein	60,000 60,000	60,000

Michael Noori	60,000 60,000	60,000

Owais Ahmed	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yueqi Zhu	Busted

Robert Wells	Busted

Andrew Barber	Busted

Brian Tate	Busted

05-31-2025 17:05 UTC-8

Brunson Picks Up the Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Three players saw the flop come down K♣Q♥6♣. Everyone checked and the J♣ appeared on the turn. Brunson led out from the small blind, which Joe Ford called from early position, but Shaun Deeb folded from the button.

Brunson bet again when the 6♦ fell on the river, and Ford reluctantly called. Brunson tabled the winner with 8♣4♠3♣2♠ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	70,000 10,000	10,000

Joe Ford	65,000 5,100	5,100
Shaun Deeb	50,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Joe Ford Shaun Deeb

05-31-2025 16:59 UTC-8

Funkhouser Raises Harman, Shows Two

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

David Funkhouser open-raised from the hijack and saw Jennifer Harman defend her big blind. Harman check-called Funkhouser's bet on the 7♠8♠9♦ flop before both checked the J♥ turn.

Harman fired a bet on the 10♦ river, but mucked her cards when Funkhouser put in a raise. Funkhouser showed the table Q♣J♣ as he raked in the pot, leaving Harman with just over half a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	92,000 34,000	34,000

Jennifer Harman	34,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: David Funkhouser Jennifer Harman

05-31-2025 16:51 UTC-8

Chio Chips Back Up

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Four-way to the A♠7♣A♣ flop, it checked to Daniel Chio in the cutoff, who made a bet. Ryan Bambrick and Brian Rast called in the blinds, and Dragana Mackelprang stuck around as well, calling in early position.

The 4♦ turn saw Rast lead out after Bambrick had checked. Again, all players opted to stick around as they called to the 7♥ river.

Bambrick checked for a third time, after which Rast tossed in another bet. Mackelprang quickly mucked her cards in response before the other two players flicked in calls.

Rast tabled 7♦6♦3♣2♦ for trip sevens and the nut low, with Bambrick's 10♣5♦3♦2♥ claiming a quarter of the pot with the same low. Meanwhile, Chio's A♦K♥K♦J♣ for trip aces was good for the high half.