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

07-14-2025 18:03 UTC-7

Mehamed Doubles Without Seeing a Turn

Tim Baker

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

Xiaochuan Zhang raised to 25,000 from the cutoff with Alan Mehamed calling from the small blind. Scott Seiver three-bet to 100,000 from the big blind, which was called by both of his opponents.

Mehamed checked the 10♥A♥Q♥ flop, and Seiver chose to check behind. Zhang fired 140,000 into the middle, prompting Mehamed to jam for 204,000 total. Seiver announced "fold," and after a few moments of thinking, Zhang also folded. Mehamed was able to almost double-up without seeing a turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Mehamed	640,000 490,000	490,000
Scott Seiver	445,000 35,000	35,000

Eemil Tuominen	185,000 63,000	63,000
Xiaochuan Zhang	101,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Alan Mehamed Scott Seiver Xiaochuan Zhang

07-14-2025 17:50 UTC-7

Some Updated Chip Counts After Break

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Tim Baker

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

These chip counts have been taken directly from the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Schwartz	2,381,000 609,000	609,000
Chino Rheem	1,700,000 600,000	600,000
Yasheel Doddanavar	1,648,000 696,000	696,000
Sean Rafael	1,457,000 757,000	757,000
Joshua Ladines	1,249,000 106,000	106,000

Stefan Ivanov	1,192,000 515,000	515,000
Anik Ajmera	1,160,000 863,000	863,000
Hai Chu	1,000,000 273,000	273,000
Ferenc Deak	990,000 565,000	565,000

Richard Gryko	949,000 25,000	25,000

Ryan Leng	935,000 277,000	277,000

Alex Foxen	918,000 553,000	553,000

Elior Sion	888,000 198,000	198,000

Emmanuel Derecho	863,000 313,000	313,000
Garik Tamasian	850,000 250,000	250,000
Fahredin Mustafov	850,000 31,000	31,000

Stian Usterud	808,000 393,000	393,000
Ian Matakis	729,000 371,000	371,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

07-14-2025 17:31 UTC-7

Break Time

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Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players head to a second 15-minute break of the day. Action will resume at 5:45 p.m. local time.

07-14-2025 17:27 UTC-7

Burkett Scores Double KO

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Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On a flop of 4♠5♦9♠ Corey Wright announced "pot," from the small blind, putting out 48,000. Samuel Burkett flatted the bet from the hijack, before Kyle Knecht went all in for 206,000 on the button. Wright went deep into the tank, and after about three minutes another player at the table called the clock. On a $300 pay jump, he ended up calling all in for 114,000 before the clock even started. Burkett snapped it off.

Corey Wright: K♦10♣4♣4♦ All in
Kyle Knecht: K♠Q♥10♠10♦ All in
Samuel Burkett: A♠6♠3♣3♥

The Q♠ turn fired Burkett into the lead. Knecht was dead despite holding the second nuts, and only a board pairing would save Wright. The 6♥ river meant that Knecht made the pay jump, as he had Wright covered, and Burkett would scoop the whole pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Burkett	668,000 351,000	351,000
Kyle Knecht	Busted
Corey Wright	Busted

Tags: Corey Wright Kyle Knecht Samuel Burkett

07-14-2025 17:23 UTC-7

Plante Asks for Help

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Stian Usterud made it 28,000 from the cutoff and Santiago Plante called from the button. Zachary Reinbold squeezed to 110,000 out of the big blind, which Usterud and Plante called.

The dealer revealed a flop of 5♦4♣2♠ and Reinbold led out for 45,000. Usterud instantly folded, but Plante went into the tank. After thinking for quite some time, Plante folded while revealing A♣J♠9♣8♠ and asked the table, "Help me guys, what should I do?".

While Reinbold was pulling in the chips, Daniel Zack began to give Plante some free coaching on what the correct play was with his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Reinbold	500,000 302,000	302,000
Stian Usterud	415,000 166,000	166,000
Santiago Plante	415,000 374,500	374,500

Tags: Daniel Zack Santiago Plante Stian Usterud Zachary Reinbold

07-14-2025 17:07 UTC-7

More Players to Hit the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Jonathan Poche	Busted
John Riordan	Busted

Sebastian Pauli	Busted
Zhengpeng Liu	Busted
Armando Collado	Busted
Ryan Riess	Busted

Christopher Costa	Busted
Tomasz Gluszko	Busted
Ben Yu	Busted

Jianqiang Yu	Busted
Andrew Brown	Busted

Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

John Major	Busted
Michael Zulker	Busted
Ashton Nikzad	Busted
Daniel Holmes	Busted
Jonathan Bowers	Busted

07-14-2025 17:03 UTC-7

Mehamed Steals the Pot from Seiver

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alan Mehamed limped from the cutoff before Scott Seiver raised to 36,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Mehamed made the call.

Both players checked the K♦4♦K♠ flop to see the 2♣ roll off on the turn. Mehamed checked, and Seiver fired a delayed continuation-bet of 30,000. Mehamed immediately check-raised to 75,000, which was enough to get Seiver to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	410,000 110,000	110,000

Alan Mehamed	150,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Alan Mehamed Scott Seiver

07-14-2025 17:02 UTC-7

Straight Over Set

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Jacob Wilson

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chun Li threw out a pot-sized bet of 140,000 from the big blind on a board reading Q♦3♥J♦K♣, leaving just 15,000 behind. John Riordan in the cutoff put him all in, and he made the call. "Straight?" asked Riordan.

Chun Li: Q♥10♣9♦2♦ All in
John Riordan: J♠J♣7♣7♥

The 9♥ river sealed the double for Li.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chun Li	450,000 244,000	244,000
John Riordan	216,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Chun Li John Riordan

07-14-2025 16:46 UTC-7

Matakis Shoves on Tung

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Cameron Tung raised to 20,000 under the gun and only Ian Matakis called from the big blind.

Matakis check-called a bet of 30,000 from Tung on the J♠3♣K♦ flop.

The 7♠ turn got a second check from Matakis, and a second bet by Tung, this time for 105,000. Matakis check-jammed for Tung's remaining 250,000. Tung went into the tank for around a minute before folding and surrendering the pot to Matakis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Matakis	1,100,000 300,000	300,000

David Williams	480,000 380,000	380,000

Jonathan Ingalls	480,000 59,000	59,000
Thomas Taylor	400,000 23,000	23,000
Cameron Tung	250,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Cameron Tung Ian Matakis