2025 World Series of Poker

Event #91: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
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Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥q♠q♣q♥
Prize
$280,214
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,837,260
Total Entries
1,384
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,384
Players Left
103
Players Left 1 / 1,384
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WSOP Main Event Chip Leader Busts Immediately After Dinner Break

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Michael Hawker
Michael Hawker

One moment you're chip leader in the biggest poker tournament on Earth. The next, you're out the door, shell-shocked and wondering how it all went wrong.

That’s the brutal reality Michael Hawker faced on Day 5 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. After going into the dinner break with a field-leading stack of 6,090,000 (152 big blinds), Hawker was eliminated within twenty minutes of returning, watching his dream unravel in sickening fashion.

Read the two brutal beats here

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Salemnia Blinded Out

Jerome Solomon
Jerome Solomon
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Apparently, Shawn Salemnia is not a believer in the poker proverb that all it takes is "a chip and a chair." Or six chips and a chair for that matter.

Salemnia, who resides in Beverly Hills, Calif., had 5,500 chips left at the dinner break — the third-fewest in the field — but didn't return to play them out.

He was blinded out with second and final bullet of the day in two orbits.

Tags: Shawn Salemnia

Notable Chip Counts

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Top 10 Chip Leaders at Dinner Break

Jerome Solomon
Jerome Solomon
Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

Via the WSOP+ app.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Find Out Why Shaun Deeb Gives Away All of His WSOP Gold Bracelets

Chuck Sklar
Chuck Sklar
Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

There’s no denying that Shaun Deeb is a future Poker Hall of Famer. Whether you know him from his online poker days, where he won more than a dozen COOP titles on PokerStars, or as the 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year, Deeb has amassed nearly $13 million in live tournament earnings dating back to 2006 according to The Hendon Mob.

Deeb, who in February 2024 accepted a buyout in his $1 million body fat loss prop bet against Bill Perkins, is also a six-time WSOP gold bracelet winner, but did you know that just like Phil Hellmuth, he’s made a habit of gifting them to those close to him?

PokerNews recently chatted with Deeb about why he gives away his bracelets, which ones he’d keep if he were to win them, and why giving away No. 6 to honor his good friend, the late Thayer Rasmussen, meant so much to him.

Read the Article Here

Alfonso Hits a Straight

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Lawrence Wayne raised from early position to 4,200, Fernando Alfonso bet pot, Wayne put Alfonso all in, Alfonso called.

Fernando Alfonso: A♠10♣10♠7♥ All in
Lawrence Wayne: 6♣Q♣7♣Q♥

The board ran out 6♥8♦J♥7♠9♥, and Alfonso won the pot with a straight.

Tags: Fernando AlfonsoLawrence Wayne

Texas Mike Misfires

Jerome Solomon
Jerome Solomon
Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michael Moncek
Michael Moncek

Michael Moncek, aka Texas Mike, was in and out of the event in short order, having suffered three knockouts in one level.

The last came with him in the big blind raising to 4,200, the maximum. Stian Usterud reraised the pot and Moncek called all in.

Michael Moncek: K♣K♥9♣6♣All in
Stian Usterud: K♠K♦Q♦3♦

The similar hands looked far different as soon as the flop hit 10♦J♦A♠, giving Usterud an ace-high straight and a straight flush draw. Moncek backed away from the table and began packing up as the 8♥4♠ came on the turn and river to finish the runout.

Tags: Michael MoncekStian Usterud

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