button in SafariSchuyler Thornton Bags a Top 5 Stack on Day 1c of the $1,000 PLO
Another 1,845 players bought into Event #57: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha on Day 1c, but only 104 of them advanced to Day 2. Schuyler Thornton bagged up one of the largest stacks in the room as time was called on proceedings.
Thornton has had several near misses in WSOP events, including a runner-up finish in last year's $2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball event. He may have missed out on glory then, but made amends a few months later by taking down the $10,400 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas for a career-best $2,258,856 score. Thornton returns to the action in this event with 759,000 chips.
According to the WSOP LIVE app, Frenchman Florian Guimond (1,011,000) was this flight's chip leader, followed by Koji Fujimoto (934,000) and Amir Mirrasouli (929,000).
Event #57: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florian Guimond | France | 1,011,000 | 101 |
| 2 | Koji Fujimoto | Japan | 934,000 | 93 |
| 3 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 929,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Zachary Camp | United States | 768,000 | 77 |
| 5 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | 759,000 | 76 |
| 6 | Tomas Szwarcberg | Mexico | 758,000 | 76 |
| 7 | Sasha Guerin | United States | 753,000 | 75 |
| 8 | Daniel Fuhs | United States | 714,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Alex Faynshteyn | United States | 704,000 | 70 |
| 10 | Drew O'Connell | United States | 699,000 | 70 |
Also among the Day 1c survivors are such luminaries as Drew O'Connell (699,000), Keven Stammen (699,000), Ray Henson (609,000), Allan Le (490,000), Mike Leah (348,000), Robert Mizrachi (273,000), Phil Laak (211,000), Yuval Bronshtein (124,000), and a certain Daniel Negreanu (87,000).
Day 2 commences from 12:00 p.m. local time on June 23. It sees 213 players return to the Horseshoe and Paris, but only five will remain when play ends. Stay tuned to PokerNews for coverage.