Event #91: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-10-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Texas Mike Misfires

Jerome Solomon

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

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stian Usterud	133,200 133,200	133,200
Michael Moncek	Busted

Tags: Michael Moncek Stian Usterud

07-10-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Alfonso Hits a Straight

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Wayne	82,100 82,100	82,100
Fernando Alfonso	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Fernando Alfonso Lawrence Wayne

07-10-2025 17:44 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Barry Russell

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

Players are now on a one-hour dinner break. Play will resume around 7:45 p.m. local time, at which point late registration will be officially closed.

07-10-2025 18:29 UTC-8

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

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Chuck Sklar

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

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

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

07-10-2025 18:44 UTC-8

Top 10 Chip Leaders at Dinner Break

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Jerome Solomon

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

Via the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	420,000 395,000	395,000

Luis Zedan	410,500 233,400	233,400

Ari Oxman	365,000 120,500	120,500
Narcis Nedelcu	350,000 350,000	350,000

Eric Fields	320,000 320,000	320,000
Gerald Fu	298,600 5,600	5,600
Paul Clotar	291,500 133,800	133,800
Sterling Lopez	288,000 12,700	12,700
Josh Arieh	248,000 219,000	219,000

Giuseppe Pantaleo	245,000 245,000	245,000

07-10-2025 19:06 UTC-8

Notable Chip Counts

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Barry Russell

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Gross	72,100 72,100	72,100
Brian Rast	61,000 61,000	61,000

Renji Mao	59,300 59,300	59,300

Justin Tran	52,300 52,300	52,300
Alan Engel	37,100 37,100	37,100

Felipe Ramos	36,400 36,400	36,400

Jason Wheeler	36,000 36,000	36,000

Sean Winter	32,200 32,200	32,200
Isaac Kempton	32,000 32,000	32,000
Christian Harder	25,000

Phil Hellmuth	22,000 22,000	22,000

Patrik Jaros	16,000 16,000	16,000

07-10-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Salemnia Blinded Out

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Salemnia	Busted

Tags: Shawn Salemnia

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

07-10-2025 19:26 UTC-8

WSOP Main Event Chip Leader Busts Immediately After Dinner Break

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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