button in SafariDerek Mcmaster Tops the Charts as Day 2 of Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo Gets Underway
Of the 1,287 entrants into Event #14: $1,500 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Big O at the 2026 WSOP, only 273 still have chips at the start of Day 2. Players are looking for a piece of the $1,708,492 prize pool, and cards are set to get into the air at 2 p.m. local time inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The title of chip leader going into today belongs to bracelet winner Derek Mcmaster, who managed to bag up an impressive 502,000 chips, which translates to 127 big blinds (42 big bets) when play resumes. Mcmaster is currently in a league of his own, as second-place David Yarbrough will sit down with 430,000 chips, and Italian Alessandro de Michele rounds out the top three, having finished the day with 395,000 chips.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Mcmaster | United States | 502,000 | 167 | 42 |
| 2 | David Yarbrough | United States | 430,000 | 143 | 36 |
| 3 | Alessandro De Michele | Italy | 395,000 | 132 | 33 |
| 4 | Brian Battistone | United States | 370,500 | 124 | 31 |
| 5 | Serozh Arutyunyan | United States | 343,000 | 114 | 29 |
| 6 | Michael Banducci | United States | 329,000 | 110 | 27 |
| 7 | Christopher Kennedy | United States | 316,500 | 106 | 26 |
| 8 | Oliver Tot | Slovakia | 293,000 | 98 | 24 |
| 9 | Dean Campbell | United States | 287,000 | 96 | 24 |
| 10 | Michael Krescanko Jr | United States | 286,500 | 96 | 24 |
There are also multiple players in the field seeking to add to their bracelet tallies today, with past champions Michael Banducci (329,000) Nick Guagenti (277,500) Allan Le (260,000) and Justin Liberto (248,000) also making the cut, looking to survive yet another day of gruelling competition. Three 25k Fantasy players, Brian Battistone, Thomas Taylor and Matthew Beinner, can also be found in the top 25 stacks.
The players will play ten hour-long levels today, with a 15-minute break after every two, and an hour-long dinner break at around 7:30 p.m. local time. The players who bag up for Day 3 will undoubtedly be deep in the money, as the bubble is set to burst during play today. Action will resume at Level 16, with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante in the Pot-Limit games, and limits of 6,000-12,000 in the Limit Games.
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