Buckle Up for Day 2 of Event #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Welcome to the penultimate day of Event #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. This event attracted 725 total entries, with 113 players returning for Day 2 which kicks off on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. PT.
The returning players all will be chasing Japan's all-time money leader, Tsugunari Toma (1,076,000), who bagged up nearly three times that of his nearest opponent with a stack of over one million chips.
Although Toma has dominated the European Poker Tour in recent years, with his latest cash being a first-place finish in 2019 in the €10,300 EPT Prague High-Roller for €523,130 (~$605,908), he will be looking to add a coveted WSOP gold bracelet to his already impressive poker resume.
Ray Henson (339,000), Nathan Gamble (328,000; 2x WSOP Winner), Ari Engel (245,000; 2x WSOP Winner), and Mike Matusow (227,000; 4x WSOP Winner) round out the top twenty returning chip counts.
All players will be looking to position themselves at the final table of this is unique event which has a gold bracelet and $186,779 up for grabs for the victor.
When play resumes, the players will be four away from the money. There are 109 places paid with the min-cash worth $2,413. Day 2 will consist of ten 60-minute levels, with a 15-minute break at the end of each level. There's a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level 21 (~8:30 p.m. local (PST) time).
Please stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates of this event, or live here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino where the cards will be back in the air at 2:00 p.m. PT.
and an ace-high club flush draw. Harder had 
with no pairs or flushes, and Harder's ace-queen held to send Keenan to the rail and burst the bubble.
and Ramirez doubled up with threes full of aces.
on the board and nearly 75,000 in the pot, Brian Orrico bet 24,000 and Noomis Jones shoved with Orrico covered. Orrico called.
and the river 
gave Jones the nut flush to take the pot.
held by Matusow that were in the lead against the 
and that sealed the deal for a Matusow double-up, and he was awarded the pot.
and Melius shoved for his last 159,000. Yeh called. 
and the river 
to give Matusow three nines to take the main pot. Melius dragged the side pot with aces and nines while Yeh was left to regroup with just over 300,000.
and Gerhart's three tens knocked Coleman out of the tournament.
with Mark Birdsall who was all-in and at-risk versus Paul Holder.
and McNeil took the lead with a pair of treys. 
and McNeil remained ahead.
