The WSOP has now released updated chip counts for the finalists in Event #10, $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better. With the chips bagged and sealed for the night, Saturday's finale will be headed by Farzad Rouhani, who will return with 513,000 in chips. Here's how the final eight players stack up:
Farzad Rouhani 513,000
Greg Pappas 304,000
John Cernuto 285,000
Tom Chambers 235,000
Michael Mizrachi 231,000
John Racener 180,000
Daniel Mowczan 122,000
Yueqi Zhu 87,000
Action in this final will get underway at 4pm from the Amazon Room.
Owing to the late night, tomorrow's start has been pushed back an hour -- we'll be back at 4pm PDT for the final of the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better.
Farzad Rouhani: 500,000
Greg Pappas: 304,000
"Miami" John Cernuto: 285,000
Tom Chambers: 235,000
Michael Mizrachi: 231,000
John Racener: 181,000
Daniel Mowczan: 122,000
Yueqi "Rich" Zhu: 87,000
There has been, as one could have reasonably predicted, a lull in the action, with our remaining nine hesitant to get their chips in now that the final table is so tantalizingly close. However, the blinds are large, the short stacks short, and the hour late. Something has got to give sooner or later.
Tad Jurgens moved in preflop for less than a full raise; Pappas and Zhu both called from the button and big blind respectively and then checked it down all the way.
Greg Pappas is up to 320,000 after calling down Brandon Cantu on ever street of a board before showing for two pair, aces and queens. Cantu mucked.
These two have gone into battle so many times that you just sense one is going to knock out the other at some point. At the moment, however, it is Pappas who boasts the upper hand.