Wallace Leads Final 16 of Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 of Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, a tournament that attracted 1,293 players and created a prize pool of $1,163,700, began with a tenth of the field remaining, but after 10 levels of play, just 16 remained with Aaron Wallace and his stack of 753,000 leading the way.
Others still in contention for the $226,985 first-place prize include Marko Neumann (657,000), Chase Steely (519,000), Amir Sahebdivani (301,000), and Jeroen Choiner (81,000).
Among those to fall during Day 2 play were Matt Stout (117th - $1,978), Jeremy Ausmus (105th - $1,978), Marvin Rettenmaier (78th - $2,688), Mike Leah (66th - $3,048), Allen Kessler (31st), Greg Merson (29th - $5,690), and Jake Bazeley (20th - $6,842).
According to live updates, in Level 19 (4,000/8,000), a pot was building between Bazeley and Aaron Wallace. With approximately 75,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, action sparked between the two that resulted in Bazeley getting his last 168,000 in the middle.
Bazeley: 
Wallace: 
The 
turn have Wallace a straight, and he was pushed the pot after the 
completed the board on the river.
Top 10 Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Hometown | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Wallace | Carmel, IN | 753,000 |
| 2 | Marko Neumann | Recklinghausen, Germany | 657,000 |
| 3 | Balazs Somodi | Hungary | 634,000 |
| 4 | Julian Galvan | Sacramento, CA | 602,000 |
| 5 | Chase Steely | Williamsburg, KY | 519,000 |
| 6 | Noah Merritt | Vancouver, WA | 448,000 |
| 7 | Richard St. Peter | Las Vegas, NV | 405,000 |
| 8 | Daniel Zack | Princeton, NJ | 333,000 |
| 9 | Curtis Krushelniski | Macklin, SK, Canada | 325,000 |
| 10 | Michail Karapanos | Athens, Greece | 315,000 |
The third and final day will get underway at 1 p.m. local time on Saturday.