2026 World Series of Poker

Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
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Day: 1a
1a1b
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$2,702,500
Total Entries
114
Players Left
36
Average Chip Stack
475,000
Total Chips
17,100,000
Level Info
Level
2
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
600
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
105
Players Left
27
Players Left 36 / 114
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Helppi Hammers Gaddipati

Laura Fryer
Laura Fryer
Level 9 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players were already three-ways to the 10♦8♦3♥ flop. Shrinag Gaddipati was in an early position and bet out 22,000. Brian Breck called from the cutoff and action went to Juha Helppi on the button.

Helppi raised to 138,000 and only Gaddipati made the call. A 2♠ turn saw Helppi bet the pot for 350,000 and Gaddipati backed down from the hand, passing a sizeable portion of his stack across to Helppi.

Tags: Brian BreckJuha HelppiShrinag Gaddipati