Wunstel Leads Final 19 in Event #36: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 of Event #36: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha – a tournament that originally attracted 978 players and created a prize pool of $1,320,300 – saw 140 players return to action. After 10 levels of play, just 19 remain with Corrie Wunstel best positioned to make a run at the $266,874 first-place prize.
Wunstel's stack of 1.217 million is nearly twice as much as his next closest competitor, Shan Abbott, who bagged and tagged 646,000. Others still in contention include Matthew Colvin (520,000), Kevin Saul (399,000), and Nikolai Sears (200,000), just to name a few.
Among those to fall on Day 2 were Scott Seiver (107th - $2,503), Mohsin Charania (86th - $2,951), Tom Schneider (57th - $4,203), Thor Hansen (56th - $4,203), Jonathan Little (25th - $8,063), and Brandon Cantu (21st - $8,063).
Top 10 Day 1 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corrie Wunstel | 1,217,000 |
| 2 | Shane Abbott | 646,000 |
| 3 | Matthew Colvin | 520,000 |
| 4 | Levy | 491,000 |
| 5 | Dmitrii Valouev | 470,000 |
| 6 | Joshua Beckley | 453,000 |
| 7 | Jim Karambinis | 446,000 |
| 8 | Chelsea Gelber | 416,000 |
| 9 | Kevin Saul | 399,000 |
| 10 | Kechao Ni | 324,000 |
The third and final day will kick off at 1:00 p.m. local time on Friday as the final 19 players look to play down to a champion.