button in SafariMichael Mizrachi Bags Eighty Percent of the Chips in Play on Day 3 of 10k PLO Championship
After ten levels of play, Day 3 action has come to a close here in Event #70: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship at the 2026 World Series of Poker, hosted by the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Of the 37 players who began the day, just three will return for Day 4 on Monday, each having locked up at least $627,832. The remaining competitors will battle for a share of the $7,774,800 prize pool, with the winner set to earn $1,350,203 and the coveted gold bracelet.
Reigning Main Event champion Michael Mizrachi, who bagged a commanding chip lead on both Day 1 and Day 2, did exactly the same on Day 3 after another dominating performance. He bagged 40,225,000, good for eighty percent of the chips in play, and will look to go wire-to-wire to capture bracelet number nine, his first one in the four-card variant.
Sitting in second is Zarvan Tumboli (5,550,000), who won his entry through an $1,100 satellite, and rounding out the podium is Michael Hahn (4,450,000).
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 40,225,000 | 161 |
| 2 | Zarvan Tumboli | India | 5,500,000 | 22 |
| 3 | Michael Hahn | United States | 4,450,000 | 18 |
Day 3 Action
The beginning of Day 3 set a fast tempo, with the field slimming down with a flurry of bustouts during the first couple of hours. Those who exited in the first level include James Chen, who couldn't survive a three-way all-in, Maxi Lehmanski, whose pocket aces were cracked by Jesse Lonis, and Sean Remz, who was sent packing with set over set.
Other notables to see the door before the first break were bracelet winners Lautaro Guerra, Ryutaro Suzuki, Dan Sepiol, and Kristen Foxen.
Ryan Riess, the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion, bowed out during the early-to-middle stages of the day, followed by three-time bracelet winner Paul Volpe, who got it all in with pocket aces against the flopped two pair of Emmanuel Derecho.
Mizrachi continued his hot streak by claiming back-to-back eliminations with Francisco Perez out in 20th and Syed Shah in 19th.
"The Grinder" caught up with PokerNews on one of the breaks to discuss how his summer has been going, as well as his stellar performance in the 10k PLO leading up to the final table.
After Karel Mokry was sent to the rail just before the dinner break courtesy of Martin Zamani, only 12 players returned for the last four levels of the night.
Lonis ate some dessert in the form of a knockout, eliminating the short-stacked Dustin Nelson shortly after play resumed. From there, Tumboli scored a double-elimination, sending Joshua Barney and Ari Engel to the rail in 11th and 10th place, respectively.
With the unofficial final table set, Mizrachi managed to retain his dominating lead, entering with just under 100 big blinds, while Lonis sat at the bottom of the pack. It didn't take long for Lonis to find a double up after fading the river against Raj Vohra. He continued his ascent up the leaderboard when he cracked Aaron Kupin's aces to pass Mizrachi in the counts, marking the first time he relinquished the lead in two days.
Lonis didn't show any signs of slowing down, going on to take a couple pots from Martin Zamani to add to his newfound stack. Mizrachi then won several small-to-medium sized pots to begin to close the gap, with the two of them suddenly neck-and-neck for the lead with just over one level of play remaining.
In what seemed inevitable, the duo eventually collided in what proved to be the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, when Mizrachi got it all in on the turn with pocket aces against Lonis' pair and a gutshot. The river was a brick and Mizrachi held to scoop the massive pot, giving him nearly three times the amount of chips as his next closest competitor at the time, Tumboli.
After eliminating Toby Joyce in eighth, Mizrachi went on to finish off Lonis in seventh when he flopped bottom two against Lonis' top pair. As if that wasn't enough for one day's work, Mizrachi claimed two more victims in Ian Matakis and Zamani in back-to-back hands to wrap up the night in style.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,350,203 | ||
| 2 | $900,088 | ||
| 3 | $627,832 | ||
| 4 | Martin Zamani | United States | $445,080 |
| 5 | Ian Matakis | United States | $320,763 |
| 6 | Raj Vohra | United States | $235,073 |
| 7 | Jesse Lonis | United States | $175,233 |
| 8 | Toby Joyce | Ireland | $132,908 |
Action will resume at 3:15 p.m. local time on Monday, June 29, and the tournament will be played out on stream with a 2.5 hour delay. Play will resume at Level 31 with blinds at 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 big blind ante, and there will be a 15-minute break every two levels. A one-hour dinner break will be determined at the tournament director's discretion.
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