With 24,800 in the pot and a board dealt to a 6♠9♠10♣4♠ turn, Long Long bet 15,000 from the small blind and Gergo Nagy called on the button.
The 4♣ completed the board, and Long checked. Nagy compiled a bet of 55,000 and put it into the middle, and Long quickly folded.
Billy Tarango raised to 1,400 from the small blind, and Aaron Mermelstein called, defending his big blind.
Tarango continued for 1,000 on the 10♠8♦4♠ flop, and Mermelstein called.
The 9♦ hit the turn, and this time, when Tarango bet 3,000, Mermelstein folded.
Billy Tarango and Jeremy Druckman are among those who have taken a seat at the start of the day.
Both Tarango and Druckman where among those seen on the felt yesterday but try their luck in the first level of Day 1b today in hopes of bagging a stack going through to Day 2 tomorrow.
With six players sitting across two tables, cards are in the air for the $25,000 PLO High Roller.
Level: 1
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Day 1b of Event #47: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller begins at 12 p.m. local time today. This eight-handed event saw 105 entrants compete at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas on Day 1a, with only 27 of them advancing to Day 2.
Finnish PLO specialist Joni Jouhkimainen bagged up a tournament-leading stack on Day 1a, while the likes of Alex Foxen, Artur Martirosian, Ian Matakis, and Juha Helppi also made it to Day 2 with a top 10 stack.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 1,598,000 | 320 |
| 2 | Ka Kwan Lau | Hong Kong | 1,205,000 | 241 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | United States | 1,150,000 | 230 |
| 4 | Nino Pansier | Netherlands | 1,028,000 | 206 |
| 5 | Artur Martirosian | Russian Federation | 870,000 | 174 |
| 6 | Ian Matakis | United States | 740,000 | 148 |
| 7 | Carlo van Ravenswoud | Netherlands | 710,000 | 142 |
| 8 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 692,000 | 138 |
| 9 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 637,000 | 127 |
| 10 | Stian Usterud | Norway | 625,000 | 125 |
Players start with 150,000 chips while navigating through ten 60-minute levels on the opening Day 1 flights. There will be 15-minute breaks after every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The event allows for two reentries per flight, with registration remaining open through 12 levels, so players have until about 2:15 p.m. on Day 2 to take their seats.
Day 2 is scheduled to last ten more levels before playing down to the final five players on Day 3. Those five players will return to play for the title on Friday, June 19. The event is played with a 20-second shot clock before the flop, and a 30-second shot clock after the flop.
In 2025, it was German PLO specialist Dennis Weiss who locked his second WSOP bracelet, beating former WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Michael Duekfor a career-best score of $2,292,155.
Weiss outlasted 489 entrants, denying eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey another piece of hardware.
The reigning champion has already cashed seven times this summer, three of which were final-table appearances, and one was a bracelet-winning victory. Weiss is in hot form. Can he turn that into another piece of WSOP gold?
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Event #47: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
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