button in SafariDay 1a Ends With $601,040 In The Prize Pool
Event #57: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha saw the four-card crowd come out in force. With 683 entries, the event hauled in a prize pool of $601,040.
Only 32 of those players made it through to Day 2, where they will join any survivors from tomorrow's Day 1b flight and Day 1c on Monday.
For now, Paul Roy leads the field with 934,000 in chips according to the WSOPLive App. He is closely followed by Harry Rubin (795,000) in second. Just behind him is Oleksii Holubov (755,000).
Event #57: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Roy | United States | 934,000 | 93 |
| 2 | Harry Rubin | United States | 795,000 | 80 |
| 3 | Oleksii Holubov | Ukraine | 755,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Joseph Curcio | United States | 716,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Geoffrey Mooney | Australia | 621,000 | 62 |
| 6 | Steven Forman | United States | 620,000 | 62 |
| 7 | Aurelien Martin | France | 607,000 | 61 |
| 8 | Jiyang Gan | China | 553,000 | 55 |
| 9 | Makoto Yoshimichi | Japan | 525,000 | 53 |
| 10 | Benjamin Juhasz | Hungary | 477,000 | 48 |
Chip counts according to WSOPLive App.
Other players who made it through the gauntlet of Day 1 include bracelet winner, Gabi Livshitz (430,00), and 25k Fantasy player, Dong Chen (420,000).
Play resumes for Day 1b at midday local time on Sunday, June 21.
When Day 2 begins on Tuesday, the blinds will be 5,000/10,000 with an ante of 10,000.