Event #96: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-14-2025 17:24 UTC-8

Gryko Sends Blain Home

Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Big blind Dermot Blain put out a pot-sized bet of 75,000 on a flop of 5♦4♥J♠. Not leaving much behind, Richard Gryko put him all in from the button, and he made the call.

Dermot Blain: A♦7♦5♠2♥ All in
Richard Gryko: Q♠Q♣10♣8♠

Gryko's queens held on the K♦10♥ runout to continue adding to his mammoth chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Gryko	1,150,000 201,000	201,000

Dermot Blain	Busted

Tags: Dermot Blain Richard Gryko

07-14-2025 17:29 UTC-8

Zamani Makes the Wrong Call to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a completed board of A♥J♥3♠J♠Q♥ and with around 300,000 in the middle, Zachary Schwartz jammed from the small blind to put Martin Zamani all in. Zamani, who was sitting in the big blind, had just under 300,000 remaining in this stack and went into the tank for quite some time, deliberating what to do. In the end, Zamani called.

Schwartz revealed a full house with A♦A♣K♠10♦, and Zamani couldn't beat it with A♠Q♦7♥6♠ for top two pair. Zamani was out, while Schwartz increased his stack to around 2,800,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Schwartz	2,800,000 419,000	419,000
Martin Zamani	Busted

Tags: Martin Zamani Zachary Schwartz

07-14-2025 17:39 UTC-8

Goyal Doubles Through Albrinck

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Jacob Wilson

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tarun Goyal was all in and at risk under the gun, with a stack totalling 380,000. Brad Albrinck was right there with him in the cutoff, with a covering stack, as the board read 7♠3♣6♠J♠5♦.

Albrinck showed Q♦9♥7♥5♥ for two pair, but Goyal had turned the nuts with A♠A♣J♦10♠ to earn a huge double up at this stage of the tournament

Player	Chips	Progress
Tarun Goyal	990,000 720,000	720,000

Brad Albrinck	550,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Brad Albrinck Tarun Goyal

07-14-2025 17:44 UTC-8

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	1,900,000 200,000	200,000
Sean Rafael	1,500,000 43,000	43,000
Stefan Ivanov	1,300,000 108,000	108,000
Fabien Motte	1,150,000 934,000	934,000
Eran Carmi	900,000 768,000	768,000
JC Tran	885,000 320,000	320,000

Fahredin Mustafov	880,000 30,000	30,000
Jorryt van Hoof	775,000 95,000	95,000
Anik Ajmera	720,000 440,000	440,000
Jonathan Ingalls	580,000 100,000	100,000
Joe Serock	500,000 290,000	290,000

Chun Li	500,000 50,000	50,000
Douglas Olsson	400,000 285,000	285,000
Samuel Burkett	400,000 268,000	268,000
Zarvan Tumboli	395,000 194,000	194,000
Robert Nehorayan	200,000 51,000	51,000

Nicholas Petitti	150,000 77,000	77,000
Sergio Torres	107,000 156,000	156,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

07-14-2025 17:57 UTC-8

Seiver Doubles With a Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Alan Mehamed made it 28,000 to go from the cutoff with Scott Seiver calling on the button. Alfred Karlsson squeezed it to 118,000 from the big blind, which Mehamed and Seiver called.

Karlsson started with a check on the 3♠7♥9♠ flop, and Mehamed bet 100,000. Seiver immediately jammed for 139,000, which only got called by Mehamed.

Scott Seiver: 10♠9♥6♥6♠ All in
Alan Mehamed: A♦Q♣Q♦J♠

Mehamed had a pair of queens, while Seiver held top pair, a straight draw, and a flush draw. The 7♣ on the turn was great for Mehamed, but the 8♠ river gave Seiver the best hand with a flush, earning him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Mehamed	900,000 260,000	260,000
Alfred Karlsson	900,000 759,000	759,000
Scott Seiver	620,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Alan Mehamed Alfred Karlsson

07-14-2025 17:59 UTC-8

No Pay Jump for Plante

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Jacob Wilson

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Santiago Plante raised to 25,000 from the hijack, before Daniel Zack on his direct left potted it. Mesbah Guerfi called all in for 36,000 from the big blind, and Plante called also.

On a flop of 9♦K♠5♠ Plante then bet out for 217,000, leaving just a single 1,000 chip behind, as two more eliminations meant a pay jump. Zack put him all in, and he made the call quickly.

Mesbah Guerfi: 6♠4♠4♣Xx All in
Santiago Plante: K♦Q♠J♦10♥ All in
Daniel Zack: A♠A♣J♣9♥

Santiago Plante had an incredible amount of outs to scoop both pots on the 8♦ turn, as he had multiple straight draws as well as a flush draw, and two pair outs. However, the 2♣ kept Guerfi's straight with the best of it, while Zack's aces held on the side.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	800,000 729,000	729,000

Mesbah Guerfi	123,000 427,000	427,000
Santiago Plante	Busted

Tags: Daniel Zack Mesbah Guerfi Santiago Plante

07-14-2025 18:03 UTC-8

The Next Group to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Torres	Busted
Thomas Taylor	Busted
David Wang	Busted
Lorenz Schollhorn	Busted
Pierre Erbland	Busted
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	Busted

Felipe Ramos	Busted

Emmanuel Derecho	Busted
Welker Mendes De Medeiros	Busted
Andjelko Andrejevic	Busted

Brandon Cantu	Busted

07-14-2025 18:18 UTC-8

Matakis Makes the Pay Jump

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Jacob Wilson

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up on a board reading 5♠K♦6♥A♥3♦ in what was described to PokerNews as a "limped pot preflop." There were 360,000 chips in the middle, and Ian Matakis had announced "pot," in the cutoff, leaving just under 60,000 chips behind. Richard Gryko then put him all in, and Matakis went deep into the tank with one player left to a $900 pay jump.

Once he made it, he flicked in the call and showed K♥K♣4♠3♣ for second set with a straight blocker. However, Gryko showed that his wrap had improved to the nuts on the river, as his 8♣7♠5♦4♦ scooped, sending Matakis home.