Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-13-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jianqiang Yu	200,000 200,000	200,000
Pei Li	145,000 13,000	13,000

Shaun Deeb	130,000 90,000	90,000

Anson Tsang	91,000 91,000	91,000

Sean Rafael	85,000 85,000	85,000
Scott Seiver	81,000 41,000	41,000

Farid Jattin	80,000
Jeremy Ausmus	80,000 40,000	40,000

Michael Wang	65,000 65,000	65,000

Viktor Blom	58,000 18,000	18,000
Alex Foxen	53,000 8,000	8,000

Chino Rheem	47,000 7,000	7,000
Robert Cowen	45,000 5,000	5,000

Ian Matakis	44,000 4,000	4,000

Anthony Zinno	41,000 41,000	41,000

Gabi Livshitz	41,000 41,000	41,000

Jon Kyte	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dario Alioto	40,000

Philip Sternheimer	35,000 9,000	9,000

Luke Schwartz	30,000 30,000	30,000

Blom Bets Li Out

Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Brandon Sampson started with a limp from the hijack, and Yi Li followed with a call from the cutoff. Viktor Blom raised to 4,000 out of the small blind, which only Li called.

Heads-up to the K♠2♦7♣ flop where Blom quickly bet 4,600. Li didn't hesitate to make the call.

The A♥ appeared on the turn and Blom mustered together a bet of 14,500. Li took one look back at his cards before tossing them away and forfeiting the pot to Blom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	63,000 5,000	5,000
Yi Li	60,000
Brandon Sampson	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Brandon Sampson Viktor Blom Yi Li

07-13-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Sawa's Straight Wraps it Up

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Jacob Wilson

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop of 4♠J♥3♦ with just 3,700 in the middle Remus Marele got it all in for his remaining 13,600 from the big blind. He was at risk, as Rudolph Sawa in the hijack paid to see a runout.

Remus Marele: A♠K♣J♣8♦ All in
Rudolph Sawa: 7♥6♠5♥5♦

Marele was a head, but Sawa's wrap would come to prove itself worthy, as the K♦2♣ runout sent Marele home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudolph Sawa	102,000
Remus Marele	Busted

Tags: Remus Marele Rudolph Sawa

07-13-2025 17:15 UTC-8

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The players head to a second 15-minute break of the day. Play will resume at 6:30 p.m. local time. The blind levels will be increased to 60 minutes in length after this break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

07-13-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Some Big Stacks After the Second Break

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides	243,000 243,000	243,000
Viktor Blom	210,000 147,000	147,000
Greg Levine	200,000 162,000	162,000
Jianqiang Yu	197,200 2,800	2,800
Najeem Ajez	189,000 189,000	189,000
Xixiang Luo	180,000 180,000	180,000

Robert Nehorayan	172,000 132,000	132,000

Cameron Tung	160,500 160,500	160,500
Dustin Goldklang	149,200 16,300	16,300
Abteen “Uptown” Vaziri	149,000
Gabriel Andrade	147,000 72,000	72,000
Joshua Mcswiney	145,400 145,400	145,400
John Riordan	145,000 116,900	116,900

Adam Friedman	140,000 100,000	100,000

Daniel Fuhs	139,000

Kevin Eyster	138,000 138,000	138,000

Tarun Goyal	137,400 4,400	4,400

Xiaozhe Liu	135,500 10,000	10,000
Puk Nabuurs	133,000 93,000	93,000
Shaun Deeb	132,000 2,000	2,000

Ronald Keijzer	131,200 50,000	50,000

Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	127,500 127,500	127,500
Tommaso Briotti	125,000 125,000	125,000
Rajendara Dhar	124,000 84,000	84,000
Corey Wright	122,400 122,400	122,400

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07-13-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Leng Doubles with Aces

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of 4♣9♠J♠ Ryan Leng got himself all in and at risk against the covering stack of Jonathan Poche, who had a combo draw, looking to crack aces.

Ryan Leng: A♦A♠9♥5♠ All in
Jonathan Poche: A♥K♦Q♠4♠

Poche bricked out on the 8♥7♦ runout, as the pot was pushed towards Leng.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	76,000 76,000	76,000

Jonathan Poche	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Jonathan Poche Leng Doubles

07-13-2025 17:52 UTC-8

Timoshenko Triples Up

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A three-way all-in just occurred on Table #292 between Nitesh Rawtani, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and Samuel Del Castillo. Rawtani had the biggest stack and the chance to send two players to the exit.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko: Q♦Q♣J♠10♣ All in
Samuel Del Castillo: A♠A♦4♦3♥ All in
Nitesh Rawtani: K♥K♣5♠4♥

Timoshenko managed to find a way to win on the 8♣J♦J♣7♣9♦ runout as he improved to a flush. Timoshenko tripled up to 50,000, while Del Castillo won the small side pot against Rawtani.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	50,000 50,000	50,000
Nitesh Rawtani	17,000 17,000	17,000
Samuel Del Castillo	7,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Nitesh Rawtani Samuel Del Castillo Yevgeniy Timoshenko

07-13-2025 18:10 UTC-8

Yang Doubles Up

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With 23,500 in the pot, four players saw the flop of Q♦6♦5♠. Cary Katz and Bin Duan checked before Kai Yang bet the pot from the hijack. Paul Gunness called, which prompted Katz and Duan to get out of the way.

Yang thought Gunness had raised, so Yang ended up putting in his 34,700 total, and Gunness called.

Kai Yang: K♦Q♠Q♥3♥ All in
Paul Gunness: A♥K♠K♥3♠

Yang was ahead with top set, but the 7♠ turn gave Gunness a flush draw. The 6♠ river may have completed Gunness' flush, but Yang improved to a boat to win the pot and double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Duan	315,000 315,000	315,000
Kai Yang	94,000 54,000	54,000
Cary Katz	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Bin Duan Cary Katz Kai Yang Paul Gunness

07-13-2025 18:16 UTC-8

Ladines Cracks Aces... With Aces

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Jacob Wilson

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Eran Carmi got it all in, and shortstacked preflop, attempting to crack the aces of opponent Joshua Ladines whilst holding them himself.

Eran Carmi: A♥A♠J♦5♥ All in
Joshua Ladines: A♣A♦8♦7♣

The 9♦5♦J♥ flop seemed sent by the poker Gods for a max sweat, as Carmi's aces now didn't even play considering his two pair. Ladines picked up a diamond draw, as well as a gutshot, which he hit on the 10♥ turn leaving Carmi with just four outs. The 9♠ river sealed his fate, as he hit the rail.