Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,018,100
Entries
217
Level
27
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Entries
183
Players Left
93
Players Left 1 / 217
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This four-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, and late registration is open for 11 levels (until about 2:15 p.m. on Day 2). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 60,000 chips, and the plan for Day 1 is to play ten levels. Levels 1-6 are 40 minutes long, and Levels 7-15 are 60 minutes long. From Level 16 onwards, levels increase to 90 minutes in length. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Scott Seiver kicked off a Player of the Year-winning WSOP with his fifth bracelet in this event last year. It was the first of three for Seiver, who surely has punched his ticket to the Hall of Fame.
He defeated Jonathan Cohen heads-up to win $426,744 and top a 197-player field.
“This was exhausting," he told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "I wouldn’t be surprised if this was one of, if not the longest, non-Main Event tournament there has been. I feel great now that I’ve won.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 197 | Scott Seiver | United States | $426,744 |
| 2023 | 212 | Ben Lamb | United States | $492,795 |
| 2022 | 196 | Daniel Zack | United States | $440,757 |
| 2021 | 133 | Ari Engel | Canada | $317,076 |
| 2019 | 183 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | $443,641 |
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Level: 1
Limits: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Cards are in the air and play has started in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Richie Allen raised from the button with Brian Breck calling from the small blind, and Patrick Moulder defending his big blind.
The action checked to Allen on the Q♣8♠3♠ flop and he bet. Breck and Moulder called.
The dealer dropped the 8♣ on the turn, causing Breck and Moulder to check again. Allen bet, and both of his opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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58,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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58,000 | |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Patrick Stacey tossed in a raise from the cutoff. Steve Chanthabouasy and Austin Marks called in the blinds, after which the trio checked through the 10♦5♦9♠ flop.
Chanthabouasy also checked the 4♥ turn, prompting Marks to put in a bet. Both opponents called to the 6♠ river, where Marks bet again. Stacey quickly tossed in a call, but Chanthabouasy quickly got out of the way.
Marks took down the high part of the pot with 10♠4♠3♠2♣ for a straight, while Stacey had the nut low with A♠J♣K♦2♠, awarding him the other half.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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61,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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58,000
2,000
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2,000 |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Philip Long raised from the cutoff and Robert Mizrachi called from the big blind.
The flop came down 4♦3♠10♣ and Mizrachi check-raised a bet from Long.
Mizrachi bet the J♦ turn and Long called to see the 2♥ appear on the river. Mizrachi bet and Long quickly called.
Mizrachi tabled A♥10♠7♣5♠ for a wheel to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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52,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Brian Breck raised under the gun, which Jay Kerbel reraised in the cutoff. Richie Allen called in the big blind before Breck put in a fourth bet. Kerbel called, and so did Allen.
The Q♠7♦9♥ flop saw plenty of action, with Breck betting after a check from Allen. Kerbel then raised, Allen called, and Breck three-bet, with both opponents putting in a call.
None of the players folded the A♠ turn either, as Breck's bet was called in both spots again. Breck tossed in another bet on the K♠ river, this time seeing Kerbel raise.
Allen quickly moved out of the way, but Breck obliged with a call. Kerbel tabled J♠8♣7♥4♠ for a flush.
"Wow," Breck uttered as he tossed his hand into the muck in defeat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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72,800
72,800
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72,800 |
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58,500
4,500
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4,500 |
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51,500
6,500
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6,500 |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Michael Sortino called from under the gun, and Ron Ware limped from the button. Daniel Spear called from the small blind before Kyle Cartwright raised out of the big blind. Everyone called.
Four ways to a flop of 8♥2♣5♦. After three checks, Ware made a bet, which Spear and Sortino called.
Spear led out with a bet on the 4♣ turn, causing Sortino to fold, and Ware to call.
The 7♣ river prompted Spear to check-call a bet from Ware. Ware turned over A♠10♠3♠2♠ for a wheel, and Spear showed J♠8♣7♦6♠ for an eight-high straight, meaning they chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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62,000 | |
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58,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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57,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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