Zachary Zaret Spins Six Big Blinds to Chip Lead in Day 2 of $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo
The penultimate day has concluded in Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better here at the 2025 World Series of Poker, hosted at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. After ten action-packed levels, only 11 players remain from 176 hopefuls who had advanced to Day 2.
Zachary Zaret finished the night with the chip lead after bagging 7,060,000, worth 118 big blinds going into the final day. Zaret started the day as one of the shortest stacks with just six big blinds. He steadily increased his stack throughout the early parts of the day before finding himself in a massive three-way all in after dinner break. Zaret hit running cards to make a Broadway straight, eliminating Jake Schwartz and ascending to the top of the counts in the process. Zaret never looked back from there, eliminating several players after the three-table redraw en route to bagging the chip lead.
Zaret is most closely followed by Bryce Yockey with 4,100,000 while Ronnie Tate rounds out the top three after ending the night with 3,855,000. Other notables still in contention include Christopher Vitch, Calvin Anderson and Marco Johnson.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Zaret | Canada | 7,060,000 | 141 |
| 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 4,100,000 | 82 |
| 3 | Ronnie Tate | United States | 3,855,000 | 77 |
| 4 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 3,795,000 | 76 |
| 5 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 2,250,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 2,125,000 | 43 |
| 7 | Marco Johnson | United States | 1,945,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Darryll Fish | United States | 1,480,000 | 30 |
| 9 | Amnon Filippi | United States | 975,000 | 20 |
| 10 | Yehuda Buchalter | United States | 965,000 | 19 |
Some notable players to make it to Day 2 but fall before the end of the night include Max Pescatori (95th - $3,346), Jon Kyte (62nd - $4,391), Steve Zolotow (49th - $4,985), Lawrence Brandt (39th - $6,773), Shaun Deeb (31st - $8,101) and Joey Couden (23rd - $9,851).
The third and final day begins Friday, June 7, at 1 p.m. local time. The blinds will start at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante and the plan is to play down to a winner.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action for this event from the moment cards are in the air on the final day until a winner is crowned.