With 217 entries recorded in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker, the prize pool totaled $2,018,100
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There will be 33 players paid, with a min-cash being worth $20,280, while the eventual champion will walk away with $470,437.
An argument had broken out on a board reading 2♥A♣K♣4♥5♣ as to who had the best low in a heads up pot.
Fabrizio Gonzalez: J♥6♦6♠3♠
Robert Yass: A♦Q♥A♠6♣
Yass and several table mates tried to convince Gonzalez that Yass had the best low with a live six for half the pot.
Gonzalez almost consented to the table's decision but lucky for him, Robert Mizrachi had just been moved to the table so he explained that the three in Gonzalez's hand made him a better qualifying low, as he was also able to play down to the ace.
The floor was called over to confirm the low and the dealer pipped the cards before the wrong side of the table finally agreed they had been mistaken.
Gonzalez scooped as he had a six-high straight to take the high half of the pot as well.
After ten levels of poker so far, just 93 players remain in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2025 World Series of Poker inside the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The Day 1 field of 183 has been trimmed by nearly half, and the survivors will return today at 1 p.m. for Day 2 of this four-day affair.
Leading the charge into Day 2 is Ryan Bambrick, who bagged a stack of 325,000. Not far behind are Austin Marks (320,000) and Micah Brooks (306,000), the only other players to start today north of the 300,000-chip mark.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ryan Bambrick
United States
325,000
41
2
Austin Marks
United States
320,000
40
3
Micah Brooks
United States
306,000
38
4
Ofir Mor
United States
266,000
33
5
Eddie Blumenthal
United States
262,000
33
6
William Remshardt
United States
252,000
32
7
Joey Couden
United States
249,000
31
8
Robert Mizrachi
United States
242,000
30
9
Fabrizio Gonzalez
Uruguay
242,000
30
10
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
241,000
30
Also returning for Day 2 is Robert Mizrachi with a stack of 242,000, which was good for seventh place overnight. All five of Mizrachi’s WSOP bracelets have come in mixed games, plus he made a deep run in this event last year, falling just short of the final table. Expect Mizrachi to be one to watch as play resumes today.
Robert Mizrachi
Day 2 kicks off at 1 p.m. with blinds at 2,000/4,000 and limits of 4,000/8,000. Five 60-minute levels are scheduled before the field shifts to 90-minute levels for the rest of the tournament. Late registration will remain open until the start of Level 12, giving players a final shot to jump in before registration closes around 2:15 p.m. The plan today is to play through eight levels before the survivors return on Monday, June 2, for Day 3.
Remaining Schedule
Day
Date
Time
Blind Levels
Day 2
June 1
1 p.m.
60 minutes (5 levels) + 90 minutes (3 levels)
Day 3
June 2
1 p.m.
90 minutes
Day 4
June 3
TBD
90 minutes
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates, photos, and chip counts as the field continues its march toward the next Omaha Hi-Lo champion.
