Blast from the Past: Michael Gracz Leads Event #31
Day 2 of Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo played out on Monday with 134 runners beginning the day and just 17 advancing to Day 3. Bracelet winner and World Poker Tour champion Michael Gracz has returned to the WSOP in force after some time away from the game, and he bagged the top stack with 901,000.
Other notables making it through included Jeff Madsen (651,000), David “ODB” Baker (469,000), Rami Boukai (371,000), Robert Mizrachi (291,000), Josh Pollock (284,000), Eric Wasserson (227,000), and John Reading (24,000). Blinds will begin at 6,000/12,000 on Day 3.
Play hit the money just before the dinner break, with 54 spots paid. Viatcheslav Ortynskiy (54th place), Fabrice Soulier (52nd), Ben Yu (49th), Stuart Rutter (48th) John Monnette (47th), Eoghan O'Dea (45th), Jeremy Ausmus (42nd), Doug Polk (37th), Tom Schneider (31st), Brandon Shack-Harris (26th), Mike Watson (23rd), Jonathan Duhamel (19th), and Taylor Paur (18th) were among those paid for their efforts.
Top 5 Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Gracz | 901,000 |
| 2 | Richard Tucker | 683,000 |
| 3 | John O'Shea | 662,000 |
| 4 | Spencer Chen | 660,000 |
| 5 | Jeremy Harkin | 657,000 |
Play resumes for Day 3, scheduled to be the final one of the tournament, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday with $301,413 to play for up top.