Bryce Yockey opened 225,000 in the cutoff and Itai Levy three-bet 755,000 from the small blind. Yockey called.
When the Q♣Q♠2♣ flop hit the felt, Levy continued for 480,000 and Yockey called.
The 4♣ fell on the turn and both players checked to see the 6♠ on the river. Levy took about a minute before tapping the table and Yockey fired 1,200,000.
Levy went deep into the tank, taking about three minutes. He apologized to the table and eventually pitched his cards into the muck.
On a flop of 5♠7♥2♠, Meir Lang bet enough to put Evan Sandberg all-in. After some thinking, Sandberg chose to commit the rest of his chips and the cards were revealed.
Evan Sandberg: Q♠J♦10♣5♦
Meir Lang: A♥J♠4♥3♥
The 10♠ turn and 6♣ river meant Lang would river a straight to eliminate Sandberg.
At another table Dan Shak was seen exiting the tournament area, having been eliminated.
Paul Mattioda opened 250,000 in early position and Rajendara Dhar defended the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 10♥9♦5♣ and both players checked to the A♣ turn and Dhar check-called a bet of 400,000.
The 4♠ completed the board on the river and Dhar checked for a final time before Mattioda continued for 400,000. Dhar snap-mucked and the dealer pushed the pot the other way.
Rajendara Dhar raised to 400,000 from the cutoff. Bryce Yockey called from the small blind and Scott Bohlman called out of the big blind.
Yockey led out for 600,000 on the 8♣9♠5♥ flop. Bohlman called before Dhar raised to 4,400,000. Yockey called and Bohlman moved all-in for 4,640,000 total. Both Dhar and Yockey called.
Yockey checked when the 4♥ came on the turn and faced an all-in from Dhar for 5,230,000. Yockey asked the dealer for a count, then thought for a few moments before putting in the call to have the chance of scoring the double knockout.
Scott Bohlman: A♥J♠10♣7♣
Rajendara Dhar: 8♦7♦6♠5♦
Bryce Yockey: Q♥J♦J♣10♦
A 10♠ on the river improved Yockey to the nut straight, sending Bohlman and Dhar to the cashier's desk.
From 4,280 entrants, 463 players came back today to the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, for Day 2 of Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
This inaugural tournament created a prize pool of $3,616,800, with the winner taking home a substantial sum of $282,290 and the prestigious gold bracelet.
After a long day during which a few players discovered the joys of opening big mystery bounties, only 10 players remain and have successfully qualified for Day 3. Among these players is Germany's Sascha Wilhelm, who topped the counts with 36,250,000 in chips.
Despite losing a substantial portion of his chips to Adam Adams when 17 players remained, Wilhelm maintained his composure during the last few levels of play and surged into the lead. He currently only has one WSOP cash to his name, back in 2014, when he finished 40th in a No-Limit Hold'em event. With just shy of $70,000 in live tournament earnings and a career-high score of $23,623, Wilhelm has positioned himself perfectly to smash those results during tomorrow's play.
Day 2 Chip Counts
Place
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sascha Wilhelm
Germany
36,250,000
73
2
Bryce Yockey
United States
33,950,000
68
2
Adam Adams
United States
25,625,000
51
4
Brandon Caputo
United States
16,625,000
33
5
Amit Benyacov
Israel
15,850,000
32
6
James Cavanaugh
United States
15,700,000
31
7
Oshri Lahmani
Israel
12,250,000
25
8
Daisuke Ogita
Japan
10,675,000
21
9
Robert Cowen
United States
2,975,000
6
10
Juan Lapido
Spain
1,575,000
3
Hot on his heels, the United States' Bryce Yockney is second in chips. Yockey is on the hunt for his third bracelet. He has already had a very successful summer at the WSOP, winning a bracelet in Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $606,654 and finishing second to Daniel Negreanu in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. A third-place finish or better would push Yockney's career live tournament earnings over $6,000,000. Undoubtedly, he is one of the favorites to end up at the top of the podium by the end of play tomorrow.
Yockey was involved in a massive three-way all-in with 22 players remaining, resulting in him claiming the bounties of Rajendara Dhar and bracelet winner Scott Bohlman. With Bohlman having already committed his chips on the flop, Yockey called Dhar's all-in on the turn with a monster wrap and found the dream river to send them both to the cashier's desk while he dashed over to the bounty payouts to collect another prize.
Bryce Yockey
All the remaining players started the day having guaranteed themselves a minimum cash prize of $1,390. However, they all set their sights on being among the lucky few to secure a top bounty of $100,000. The two luckiest players to snag those bounties were Emmanuel Poznanski and Weimin Hou, who did so during the first few levels of the day. Unfortunately, Weiman and Poznanski couldn't make deep runs, finishing 334th and 209th, respectively.
Many notable players made it through to Day 2 today, such as Matt Glantz (434th - $1,390), Pedro Neves (427th - $1,390), Dash Dudley (409th - $1,390), three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (336th - $1,500), Jeff Madsen (330th - $1,500), Leo Margets ($240th - $1,810), Toby Lewis (218th - $2,030), four-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (174th - $2,290), and 2013 Main Event Winner Ryan Riess (105th - $2,610).
Ryan Riess
Action will resume in the Horseshoe Events Center at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 12 and end when a winner is crowned. The players will resume play at Level 35 with 250,000/500,000 binds and a big blind ante of 500,000. They will play 40-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every three levels.
Remaining Payouts and Bounty Prizes
Place
Prize
1
$282,290
2
$188,190
3
$138,670
4
$103,050
5
$77,240
6
$58,390
7
$44,530
8
$34,250
9
$26,584
10
$20,820
Bounty Prize
Remaining
Remaining Total
$5,000
1
$5,000
$1,000
9
$9,000
Total
10
$14,000
Stay tuned into PokerNews for live coverage and updates throughout the day until we crown a champion.
