Punnat Punsri Hot on Matthew Vengrin's Heels in Bracelet Search
Day 3 of Event #54: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha begins at noon local time. Eleven players will make their way to Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas to fight for a share of the $2,076,210 prize pool that is a culmination of 1,564 buy-ins that were made during Day 1.
The first-place prize of $306,791 will certainly be on the minds of many players, especially chip leader Matt Vengrin, who comes into the day with 7,620,000 chips. Completing the top three are Punnat Punsri (5,305,000) in second and Matthew Beck (4,790,000) just behind in third.
Punsri is still on the hunt to leave the “best without a bracelet” club, and after a brutal third-place finish in the $1,500 Shootout, he’ll be hoping to improve on that today and go all the way to the end.
The same can be said for Beck, who has already cashed in three pot-limit Omaha events this summer, and will be taking home a career-high score today no matter the outcome. That being said, he’ll certainly believe he can take the whole thing down, along with the top prize of $425,689
Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 7,620,000 | 76 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 5,305,000 | 53 |
| 3 | Matthew Beck | New Zealand | 4,790,000 | 48 |
| 4 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 4,645,000 | 47 |
| 5 | Jason Lang | United States | 3,280,000 | 33 |
| 6 | Jacob Snider | United States | 3,050,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Tomer Daniel | Israel | 2,900,000 | 29 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | Germany | 2,460,000 | 25 |
| 9 | Jason Stockfish | United States | 1,905,000 | 19 |
| 10 | Qiaonan Liu | China | 1,705,000 | 17 |
| 11 | Antti Marttinen | Finland | 1,700,000 | 17 |
The remaining competitors will take their seats in Horseshoe Silver, as play begins at Level 28, with blinds at 50,000/100,000, with a 100,000 big blind ante. Play is not scheduled to end until there is a sole survivor, so a bracelet will be handed out to one of the players who bagged up last night.
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all of the action from the final day of competition, with live updates starting with cards in the air, and ending with a champion.