Of the 507 entrants who started Event #61: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, just 21 will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today for the Day 3 finale. They will be competing for the coveted gold bracelet in addition to the $222,703 first-place prize, which represents the lion's share of the $1,128,075 prize pool.
Leading the way is one-time bracelet winner and 2004 Main Event runner-up David Williams, who will bring 1,890,000 with him to the green felt. Norwegian poker pro Jon Kyte also managed to bag big last night after ending with 1,550,000.
Kyte has live-tournament earnings just shy of $2 million and recently scored a career-best cash by finishing runner-up in the 2023 EPT Prague Main Event. Kyte has many cashes in WSOP events, including a tenth place finish in a Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event back in 2022. A win for Kyte today would be his first WSOP bracelet and second-highest live-tournament cash.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
David Williams
United States
1,890,000
2
Dario Sammartino
Italy
1,870,000
3
Joseph Couden
United States
1,695,000
4
Jon Kyte
Norway
1,550,000
5
Matt Vengrin
United States
1,335,000
6
Paul Zappulla
United States
1,100,000
7
Patrice Boudet
France
1,090,000
8
Jacob Nepom
United States
1,035,000
9
Troy Murdough
United States
975,000
10
Jared Talacico
United States
770,000
Also still in contention is Italian poker superstar Dario Sammartino, who many consider to be one of the best without a bracelet. Sammartino has had many close calls — the most famous of which was his runner-up finish in the 2019 Main Event. In fact, Sammartino has had over a dozen final table appearances at the WSOP without a victory and will surely be looking to break through with a win today.
Dario Sammartino
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout
Place
Payout
1
$222,703
10-11
$12,713
2
$148,462
12-15
$10,208
3
$102,335
16-21
$8,369
4
$71,810
5
$51,315
6
$37,354
7
$27,709
8
$20,954
9
$16,159
The action is set to begin at 1 p.m. local time and continue until a winner is crowned. Play will begin on Level 23, which features 20,000/40,000 blinds with 40,000/80,000 betting limits. Levels will continue to last an hour each and players will be sent on breaks after every two levels.
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Jon Kyte raised from under the gun and was three-bet by Nick Kost on the button. Action folded back to Kyte, who called.
Kyte check-raised a bet from Kost on the Q♣Q♦5♣ flop and Kost made it three bets to go. Kyte called.
Both players checked on the 8♥ turn and Kyte checked again on the 3♠ river. Kost went back to betting and Kyte laid his hand down after a bit of thought.
Brian Schwartz opened from under the gun, Patrice Boudet three-bet from the small blind and Schwartz, who had 25,000 behind, called off with his remaining stack to put himself at risk.
Brian Schwartz: A♦J♥4♥2♣
Patrice Boudet: Q♣Q♥6♥4♣
The board ran out 8♣10♣4♦A♣K♥. Neither had a low and Boudet was good at showdown with a flush to send Schwartz to the rail and take the pot.
