The 489 entries to Event #51: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha was a record for the event and continues the trend of huge fields for the highstakes community, this time producing an $11.4million prizepool.
Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu were among those to bust first bullets and rebuy, and there were dozens of bracelets between the others in the field; ten-time endboss Erik Seidel, seven-time champ Nick Schulman, five-time victor Yuri Dzivielevski and four-time champ Chance Kornuth among them.
The bubble burst on day 2 and it was Cliff Josephy who made the most painful exit in poker…
Cliff Josephy: K♥ K♦ 2♥ 2♦
Thomas Taylor: 9♠ 8♠ 5♠ 2♣
Josephy was all-in for his last 100k on the button and got two callers, Dylan Smith folding to a turn bet from Smith.
Flop: J♠ 10♠ 3♣
Turn: 4♠
River: A♥
That left 74 players in the money, $50,205 locked up and three $million+ paydays awaiting up top. Those who min. cashed included Sam Soverel, Ryan Riess, Jeremy Ausmus and Daniel Negreanu, with Negreanu’s Fantasy team member Erick “E-dog” Lindgren laddering up to 22nd spot and $87,098.
Ike Haxton also cashed for that sum, while Bryn Kenney (11th for $134,007) and Ben Lamb (9th for $170,900) fell just short of the official final table.
Phil Ivey made it but couldn’t do better than 6th spot, although the official bustout tweet got the hand history wrong…
Phil Ivey (@PhilIvey) has been eliminated in 6th Place ($394,531) in Event #51: $25,000 High Roller PLO. Michael Duek's aces were ahead all the way but his flush on the river sent Ivey to the rail. Players bagged and will return tomorrow on https://t.co/pGPDDvqFQG at 5pm EST/2pm… pic.twitter.com/cnxWf9Mm2J
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 20, 2025
In fact, Ivey flopped a boat
Phil Ivey: K♥ K♣ 4♠ 4♦
Michael Duek: A♥ A♣ 10♥ 2♠
Flop: Q♥ 4♥ 9♣
Turn: 10♣
River: J♥
That ended play for the day and an extra fourth day’s play was required to separate the final five players.
Weiss and Duek started to pull away, the German cash game player accounting for English businessman/semi-pro Talal Shakerchi when he went runner-runner flush.
Duek did his part in similar fashion, rivering the straight to bust Evan Krentzman, and then Weiss eventually saw off Jeffrey Hakim, who had played the shortest stack excellently for a long time.
Jeffrey Hakim: A♣ K♣ 10♥ 7♣
Dennis Weiss: A♥ A♦ 8♠ 8♦
Flop: A♠ 6♣ 3♥
Turn: 9♥
River: 3♠
Heads-up saw Duek valiantly attempt to pull back a 2:1 deficit but it wasn’t to be, Weiss pulling away and finally landing a well-earned victory…
Dennis Weiss takes down Event #51: $25,000 High Roller PLO, earning his second WSOP bracelet and a massive $2,292,155 payday! #WSOP2025 pic.twitter.com/WP5PtoDlWx
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 21, 2025
Final table results
1 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | $2,292,155 |
2 | Michael Duek | USA | $1,528,077 |
3 | Jeffrey Hakim | USA | $1,062,669 |
4 | Evan Krentzman | USA | $751,149 |
5 | Talal Shakerchi | England | $539,817 |
6 | Phil Ivey | USA | $394,531 |
7 | Najeem Ajez | Australia | $293,329 |
8 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | $221,920 |
“I’m just a lucky boy, I guess!”
Weiss, who took down the $5k PLO bracelet event at last year’s WSOP Europe in Rozvadov, was thrilled by his latest win, telling reporters afterwards:
“I haven’t been playing tournaments for very long. It’s kind of ridiculous that I’ve already won two of these. I was a cash game player… that was the plan… but I guess I’m a tournament player.”
“The WSOP tournaments in Europe don’t have as many people. But the players in Rozvadov played amazing, and my opponents here played amazing, I’m just a lucky boy, I guess.”
