button in SafariStephen Hubbard Bags a Top 10 Stack on Day 1b of the $1,000 PLO
Another 1,235 players piled into Day 1b of Event #57: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. After the completion of 16 levels, all but 77 had fallen by the wayside. According to the WSOP LIVE app, Craig Jones (1,004,000) was this flight's chip leader and the only player to end the night with a seven-figure stack.
Jones finished in the money of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Five card event a few days ago, and is hoping to go two-for-two in Omaha events. If his chip count is accurate, he will be a firm favorite to go deep in this four-card Omaha tournament.
Bradley Butcher (869,000) and Steven Sarmiento (825,000) finished in second and third place as the curtain came down on Day 1b's proceedings.
Event #57: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Jones | United States | 1,004,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Bradley Butcher | United States | 869,000 | 87 |
| 3 | Steven Sarmiento | United States | 825,000 | 83 |
| 4 | Christopher Jacobson | United States | 810,000 | 81 |
| 5 | Paulo Villena Gini | Brazil | 650,000 | 65 |
| 6 | Robert Emmerson | United States | 644,000 | 64 |
| 7 | Davin Anderson | United States | 634,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Farhad Jamasi | United States | 573,000 | 57 |
| 9 | Wang Liu | United States | 559,000 | 56 |
| 10 | Stephen Hubbard | United States | 550,000 | 56 |
Utah's Stephen Hubbard (550,000) also got off to an impressive start, bagging enough chips for Day 1b's tenth place. Hubbard has seven cashes at the 2026, including a pair of top five finishes and a victory in the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw event.
Dozens of bracelet winners, $25K Fantasy Draft picks, and combinations of the two navigated through to Day 2 from this flight.
They included David Prociak (497,000), Tyler Brown (472,000), Andrew Ostapchenko (456,000), Gary Benson (432,000), Jeff Madsen (421,000), Anson Tsang (142,500), Dennis Weiss (141,000), and Allen Kessler (83,000).
Day 1c gets underway at 12:00 p.m. local time, and should see another bumper crowd descend on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.