Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,904,960
Entries
1,088
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
1,088
Players Left
198
Players Left 1 / 1088
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Today marks the start of Day 1 of Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed, a three-day tournament that allows two reentries.
Day 1 starts at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 13. Players sit down armed with 40,000 chips and play to 40-minute levels for the first six levels before levels extend to 60 minutes thereafter. Late registration is available for the first ten levels until approximately 11 p.m.
Fifteen-minute breaks are scheduled after Level 3 and Level 6, then every two levels thereafter. No dinner break is planned.
Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 1 p.m. local time on July 14, where another ten levels will play out. The third and final day kicks off at 1 p.m. local time on July 15, continuing until a champion is crowned.
Alex Livingston is this event's reigning champion. Livingston topped an 844-strong field to capture his second bracelet and $390,621 in prize money. The mixed-game specialist was delighted to win a bracelet in a pot-limit Omaha tournament.
“I really do love all the games, like the 10-game, 9-game mix, and H.O.R.S.E. are my best formats, but it's really nice to win one in PLO because it's probably the game I’ve played the most hands in, and to get one done here really feels good.”
2024 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Livingston | Canada | $390,621 |
| 2 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | $260,403 |
| 3 | Martin Zamani | United States | $177,114 |
| 4 | Andrew Watson | United States | $122,746 |
| 5 | Hokyiu Lee | Honk Kong | $86,709 |
| 6 | Christopher Roth | United States | $62,457 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air and play has started on Day 1 of Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Song Wang made it 600 from the cutoff with Pei Li calling from the button, and Danny Schechter calling out of the small blind. Farhad Jamasi spoiled the party, as he bumped up the price of poker by three-betting to 3,000. Wang folded, but Li and Schechter called.
The dealer revealed a flop of J♦7♣J♠, causing Schechter and Jamasi to check. Li bet 3,600, which only Jamasi called.
The J♥ fell on the turn, and both players checked to see the 3♥ come on the river. Jamasi led out for 5,000, and Li released his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,500
17,500
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17,500 |
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40,000 | |
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39,400
600
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600 |
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38,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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23,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Action was picked up on the river, with a board reading 9♦2♠7♥A♥6♦ and 30,000 in the middle. Michal Schuh in the small blind had checked his option over to Nacho Barbero on the button, who then shoved his remaining 23,000.
Schuh went into the tank for around two minutes before eventually making the call.
"Ace-nine," announced Barbero as he showed A♠10♠10♥9♣. "You have aces?"
His assessment was correct as Schuh showed A♣A♦Q♥10♣ for top set.
Barbero busted shortly after. He has since rebought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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76,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Four players headed to the 7♥7♠J♥ flop that saw Alex Foxen and Chaoxing Li check from the blinds. Felipe Campins bet 600 out of the cutoff, and was met by a raise to 3,600 by Julius Threadgill on the button. Foxen and Li folded, but Campins stuck around with a call.
Campins check-called a bet of 4,200 from Threadgill on the 2♦ turn to see the 2♠ fall on the river. Campins led out for 6,600, which Threadgill reluctantly called.
Campins showed the winner with A♦7♣6♥3♦ for trip sevens. Threadgill turned over the 7♦ to show he also had trips, but Campins won the pot because he had the higher kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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54,500
54,500
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54,500 |
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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39,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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24,500
24,500
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24,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Action was picked up as three players saw a flop of 8♦8♣Q♣ with 3,000 in the middle. Tarun Goyal checked from the small blind, Hayden Le did the same from the big blind, as did Philip Sternheimer from the hijack.
Le then bet out for 800 when checked to on the 8♥ turn, and only Goyal called. The 3♥ river checked through, and Goyal sheepishly announced "full house" with 2♠2♣. Le showed KxKx5x5x to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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44,000
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44,000 |
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