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Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 2 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 2
Players Left 14 / 390
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Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A flurry of new players joined Event #33: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better on Day 2, and the overall field grew to 390 total entrants to generate a prize pool of $3,627,000. This ensured that 59 players would lock up $20,155, and the eventual bracelet winner is set to take down $767,395. After ten levels of play today, just 25 players remained at day’s end.
Leading the way is three-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Hughes, who bagged up 1,995,000. Winning his first bracelet back in 2007 in Stud Hi-Lo for $176,358, Hughes has spent nearly 25 years amassing tournament cashes from all around the country. His three WSOP bracelets make up just a portion of the winnings that he has acquired over his time playing on the felt, $3,642,280 according to The Hendon Mob. With his big stack today, Hughes looks to add a fourth bracelet and career-high score to his resume as the event progresses.
Rounding out the podium are bracelet winners Martin Zamani (1,925,000) and Shota Nakanishi (1,840,000), each looking to add another piece of jewelry to their resumes.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 1,995,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Martin Zamani | United States | 1,925,000 | 96 |
| 3 | Shota Nakanishi | Japan | 1,840,000 | 92 |
| 4 | Matthew Beinner | United States | 1,615,000 | 81 |
| 5 | Yuhong Liu | China | 1,395,000 | 70 |
| 6 | Jarod Minghini | United States | 1,355,000 | 68 |
| 7 | Nino Pansier | Netherlands | 1,355,000 | 68 |
| 8 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 1,160,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Richard Sklar | United States | 1,110,000 | 56 |
| 10 | Rishi Amin | United Kingdom | 1,090,000 | 55 |
Others that bagged up included WSOP bracelet winners Nick Guagenti (1,160,000), Marco Johnson (980,000), Dylan Weisman (950,000), Joao Vieira (865,000), and Matthew Schreiber (740,000). They will be among the star-studded cast of returning characters with the hopes of adding more to their resumes.
Day 2 Action
Defending champion Philip Sternheimer was unable to become a repeat champion, while many of the game's other greats fell by the wayside before the money was met. Players like Josh Arieh, Christian Harder, Scott Clements, John Racener, Bob Slezak, and Daniel Negreanu all fell short of cashing.
As the bubble neared, the tournament went hand for hand three spots before the money. The first to fall was Danny Chang, who got in his last chips in the big blind with pocket eights and a ten-high double-suited hand, up against Nino Pansier's low cards. Pansier ended up making a six-high straight to scoop, and Chang took his leave. Pansier was the executioner once more as five-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Madsen got in his last chips with aces-up and a low draw, only to brick out against Pansier’s flopped trips.
Finally, after an hour passed, it was WSOP bracelet winner Robert Cowen who was the unfortunate bubble boy. After limping in the small blind, he flopped a jack-high straight and got in his chips against Jonathan Greene's bottom two and gutshot. A river board pair gave Green the boat, and the WSOP bracelet winner became the last player to leave the tournament empty-handed.
After that, the players began to drop like flies. Ben Yu (58th-$20,155), Scott Seiver (55th-$20,155), Benny Glaser (53rd-$20,155), John Hennigan (39th-$21,162), Phil Hellmuth (37th-$21,162), Jason Daly (28th-$24,496), and Mike Gorodinsky (27th-$24,495) all busted from the tournament. Their quest for a bracelet in a 2026 championship WSOP event will have to come in a later event.
Players will return tomorrow at 1 pm to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Play will resume at Level 21, with blinds at 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Levels will last one hour with a 15-minute break at the conclusion of each level. A sixty-minute dinner break will occur at the end of Level 26. Play is scheduled to continue until there are just five players at the end of the night.
That concludes today's coverage. Be sure to check back into PokerNews tomorrow to see all of the exciting updates on the ground.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Play has finished for the day with 25 players surviving to tomorrow's Day 3.
Day 3 begins at 1 p.m. in the Paris Gold Section.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The floor staff have paused the clock and announced that three more hands will be played at each table before play concludes for the night.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Benjamin Miner opened to 50,000 in the cutoff before Martin Zamani potted to 170,000 in the small blind, which Miner called.
On the 10♠9♣4♠ flop, Zamani bet 95,000 and Miner called.
Zamani then downsized to 80,000 on the 7♠ turn and Miner quickly called once more.
On the 5♥ river, Zamani potted and Miner called off his roughly 500,000 stack.
Benjamin Miner: A♦K♥Q♠2♠ 
Martin Zamani: A♠5♣3♥2♣
"Chop?", Zamani questioned after Miner snapped off the jam, "Oh no, quarter". Both players held the same nut low with Miner's queen high flush good for the high, and Miner got three-quarters.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Martin Zamani potted to 70,000 on the button and Jun Weng defended his big blind.
On the Q♥10♥3♠ flop, Weng check-called a bet of 45,000 from Zamani.
The turn brought the 2♦ as Zamani fired again for 75,000, and Weng called once more.
Weng checked a final time on the 9♠ river. Zamani announced a pot-sized bet of 410,000, sending Weng into a small tank. He counted out the chips and announced call. Weng got the bad news as Zamani tabled K♦J♦4♣2♣ for the rivered nut straight, and he dragged a huge one.
Weng was left with 125,000 and eliminated a couple hands later.
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Action was picked up with cards on their backs in a massive pot with Jason Daly in the cutoff, Yuhong Liu on the button, and Ryan Hughes in the big blind.
The board read 7♠5♥3♥ and all three of the players got their stacks in to create a pot of 1,570,000 with a side pot of 487,000 between Daly and Hughes.
Yuhong Liu: 8♥4♥3♣2♠
Jason Daly: A♣10♦5♠2♣
Ryan Hughes: A♥10♣9♥6♣
Liu turned a wheel on the A♠ turn and his hand held up on the 7♦ river to scoop the main, while Daly quartered Hughes in the side pot with a better low, and the same aces and sevens with a ten.
