Day 2 of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Kicks Off at 2 p.m.
At 2 p.m. local time Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship will see 75 players out of a 161-entry strong field return to the tables of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for Day 2 of the first Championship Event of the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Late registration remains open until the cards are back in the air for Level 11 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and a big bet of 8,000, and the payout information will be finalized after that. A total of five duplicate levels are scheduled for Day 2 with a break every two hours and a dinner break after the third level of the day.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Swedish poker legend Chris Bjorin, who has two WSOP bracelets to his name and bagged up 249,500 last night. Bjorin is followed by fellow two-time champion Jesse Martin (232,000) and Daniel Ratigan (231,000).
Other big stacks in the top 10 include Tai Nguyen (211,000), Viacheslav Zhukov (206,500) and Nikolai Yakovenko (203,000). Rafael Concepcion finished 7th in Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better and opted to also enter the prestigious Championship edition. He will return with 194,500.
Top 10 Chip Counts for Day 2
| Place | Player | County | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Bjorin | Sweden | 249,500 | 31 |
| 2 | Jesse Martin | United States | 232,000 | 29 |
| 3 | Daniel Ratigan | United States | 231,000 | 29 |
| 4 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 228,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Tai Nguyen | United States | 211,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Viacheslav Zhukov | Russia | 206,500 | 26 |
| 7 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 204,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Nikolai Yakovenko | United States | 203,000 | 25 |
| 9 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | 194,500 | 24 |
| 10 | Larry Kantor | United States | 179,500 | 22 |
Several other big names made it through to Day 2 as well, including Nick Schulman (148,500), Tom Koral (144,500), the record 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (136,000), Paul Volpe (126,000), Anthony Zinno (120,000), John Monnette (115,500), and Jonathan Dumahel (92,000). Julien Martini, who won his first bracelet in Event #4 just a couple of days ago, also joined the mix in this one and he will return with a stack of 87,000.
Day 2 of the event is also scheduled to be streamed on the Poker Central Twitch channel as of 3 p.m. local time, and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor until a champion is crowned.