Event #24: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot | 2025 World Series of Poker

3 days 5 hours ago

Klein Picks Up a Pot

Barry Russell

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

2♦7♦5♠K♦
6♠A♠2♣3♣

There were 1,000,000 chips in the middle when Robert Klein bet 500,000 from the big blind and Xixiang Luo called on the button. Klein continued his aggression with a bet of 2,000,000 when the turn cards were dealt, Luo folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	21,000,000 800,000	800,000

Robert Klein	15,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Robert Klein Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

Heads Up Begins

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Kai Cocklin

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

No breaks! Xixiang Luo and Robert Klein are getting straight to work. Here's a reminder of what's at stake.

Place	Prize
1	$290,400
2	$193,517

Tags: Robert Klein Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

Samuel Stranak Eliminated in 3rd Place ($137,805)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

A♦6♥4♥10♥6♦
10♠8♠K♠K♣2♥

Samuel Stranak was second to act and bet 700,000. Xixiang Luo then min-raised to 1,400,000 on the button, Stranak shoved for just over 2,000,000, and Luo called.

Samuel Stranak: 9♠4♠3♠3♣ All in
Xixiang Luo: A♠Q♣8♣5♠

Both had flopped flush on the bottom but Luo's was best. On the top, Stranak was in bad shape and couldn't improve on the runout, leaving him out in third.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	21,800,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Robert Klein	14,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Samuel Stranak	Busted

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3 days 5 hours ago

Stranak Staying Alive

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Barry Russell

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

J♣6♦3♠Q♥A♠
2♥K♦4♥8♣9♦

There were 900,000 chips in the pot as Samuel Stranak led for 1,500,000 from the small blind, Xixiang Luo called on the button and Samuel Stranak folded. Stranak put the rest of his 500,000 chip stack in on the turn and Luo called.

Samuel Stranak: 10♦8♦6♥3♥ All in
Xixiang Luo: Q♠10♥4♣2♣

Stranak and Luo chopped this pot up as they both had two pair on each board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,800,000 300,000	300,000

Robert Klein	12,600,000 400,000	400,000
Samuel Stranak	3,600,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

Stranak Stays in Contention

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Kai Cocklin

Level 35 : Blinds 0/0, 500,000 ante

4♥5♥J♣8♦A♦
8♠8♣6♦6♥3♥

Samuel Stranak bet 1,500,000 on the button and Robert Klein put in a raise, which got Stranak to call off his last few chips.

Samuel Stranak: A♥J♦7♠5♠ All in
Robert Klein: 10♦6♠5♣4♦

Stranak ended with top two on the top board, and Klein had trips on the bottom, which meant the two chopped up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,500,000 900,000	900,000

Robert Klein	13,000,000 300,000	300,000
Samuel Stranak	2,800,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Robert Klein Samuel Stranak

Level: 35

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 500,000

3 days 5 hours ago

Luo Pressing Stranak

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Barry Russell

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

7♥K♥6♠
A♥A♦K♠

There were 900,000 chips in the middle and Samuel Stranak led 400,000 from the small blind, Xixiang Luo on the button asked Stranak to move his arm so he can see his chips, once Luo saw how much Stranak was playing he raised to 1,300,000. Stranak went deep into the tank and eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,600,000 400,000	400,000

Robert Klein	13,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Samuel Stranak	3,400,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

Stranak Stays Alive

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Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

4♥5♦K♦2♠5♠
10♣J♠2♥3♣2♦

Samuel Stranak made it 1,200,000 to go and Xixiang Luo min-raised to 2,400,000. Robert Klein cold-called, and Stranak stuck in his remaining 1,200,000 that he had behind.

The turn and rivers were checked down and Luo scooped the side pot with 8♣4♠4♦2♣ for a boat on top and trips on the bottom, beating Klein's K♥Q♣Q♥J♦.

Stranak chopped the main pot with Luo as he showed K♣10♥10♠9♦ for a full house on the bottom, meaning he stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	20,000,000 400,000	400,000

Robert Klein	12,200,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Samuel Stranak	4,100,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Robert Klein Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

"Show the bluff, I Had Kings"

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Barry Russell

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

7♣8♣4♦J♣2♣
A♥K♦3♥8♦J♦

There were 900,000 chips in the pot and the flop checked through. Samuel Stranak led from the small for 1,000,000 and Xixiang Luo was the only caller from the big blind. Stranak decided to check when the river cards were dealt and Luo put him all in, Stranak took a short while before folding.

Stranak said to Luo "show the bluff, I had Kings" which Luo responded with "no bluff and kings no good".

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,600,000 600,000	600,000

Robert Klein	13,700,000 300,000	300,000
Samuel Stranak	3,000,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Samuel Stranak Xixiang Luo

3 days 5 hours ago

Chop Chop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 34 : Blinds 0/0, 400,000 ante

6♥J♠6♦8♠A♦
8♦J♣8♣8♥3♠

Robert Klein fired 600,000 when first to act and Xixiang Luo called on the flop. When the turn hit, Klein went into check-call mode again when Luo bet 2,400,000.

Klein checked for a third time on the river and Luo didn't slow down as he threw out 4,000,000. Klein called.

Luo then showed A♥Q♠9♦6♣ for a full house on top, and Klein showed Q♣Q♥J♦7♦ for a full house on the bottom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xixiang Luo	19,000,000

Robert Klein	14,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Samuel Stranak	3,500,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Robert Klein Xixiang Luo