button in SafariBubble Looms on Day 2 of $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
A field that started with1,093 entries has been trimmed down to 173 players as Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better enters Day 2 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The bubble looms, with 164 players set to make the money and a minimum cash of $3,033. First place is slotted to pay $235,377 as the 2026 World Series of Poker iteration of this event created a prize pool of $1,470,957.
Thomas Zanot led after one day of play, bagging a total of 485,000 chips. Zanot just slightly outpaced Jordan Polk, who finished with 483,000 for the second-most of any player after Day 1. Michael Rodrigues rounds out the podium with a stack of 460,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 485,000 |
| 2 | Jordan Polk | United States | 483,000 |
| 3 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 460,000 |
| 4 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | 452,000 |
| 5 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | 409,000 |
| 6 | Jean Laurent | United States | 409,000 |
| 7 | Andrew Voor | United States | 373,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Xu | United States | 372,000 |
| 9 | John Esposito | United States | 360,000 |
| 10 | Bouwe Claushuis | Netherlands | 359,000 |
Zanot is still on the hunt for the first WSOP bracelet of his career. Polk and Rodrigues have already claimed a bracelet and are in the hunt for bracelet number two.
Five-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame inductee Eli Elezra was not far out of the top ten in chip counts after he bagged 318,000 to secure the 12th spot on the list. Elezra has already tasted glory in this format, as his last bracelet came at the 2022 World Series of Poker when he took down Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better Championship.
Six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh is still in contention after finishing with 244,000. Arieh’s last three bracelets came in either a mixed game format or a Pot-Limit Omaha variant, with his most recent win happening at the 2023 World Series of Poker when he claimed the top spot in the $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E event. Before that, Arieh won the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship in 2021.
Other notables to advance to Day 2 include John Esposito (360,000), Bart Hanson (305,000), Dennis Weiss (291,000), Justin Fawcett (282,000), Pei Li (282,000), Nick Guagenti (260,000), Robert Mizrachi (197,000), Anthony Zinno (143,000), and Benny Glaser (107,000).
Day 2 is scheduled to play ten levels. Action will begin at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000.
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