Event #25: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$952,200
Entries
1,058
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 1,058
Filter
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Day 2 saw 102 players resume play from a total of 1,058 entries, and at the end of 10 thrilling hours of poker only 11 players remain. Russian PLO sensation Igor Sharaskin bagged a huge lead with 1,470,000 in chips, more than double his nearest rival Casey Carroll.
Some of the big name who fell on Day 2 included Jason Wheeler, Jason Stockfish, Scott Davies and Dan Heimiller.
For a long time it looked like it was going to be Michael Mizrachi’s day. His well-known aggressive play saw him pick up a number of pots uncontested but also brought him rich reward when he did have it, such as the hand where he held kings and eliminated Nadar Kakhmazov who had been a thorn in his side all day.
Then it looked like Darren Taylor, who emerged as one of the chip leaders in the first few levels of the day and gave a nerveless performance throughout the day, would prevail. At times he seemed to have ice in his veins as the cash game pro played fearless poker against some very seasoned opponents.
One critical pot after the dinner break saw Mizrachi call a four-bet from Taylor and they got it all in on the flop. Mizrachi had a pair and straight-draw but the kings of Taylor held to give him one of the big stacks and sow the seeds of Mizrachi’s decline.
Taylor was being cheered on by his friends from Northern Ireland including his brother who had made the trip to Vegas with him. “They call him the Slayer,” they told PokerNews as the day drew to a close and Taylor hoovered up some more pots. “He kills it online and he’s here for the win.”
It all came crashing down though barley fifteen minutes from the close of play when Taylor got involved in the biggest pot of the tournament with Sharaskin. By the river, where Sharaskin had bet 235,000 on a board reading 
, there was over 500,000 in the middle. Taylor thought for over five minutes, and perhaps his desire to win contributed to his eventual call. He mucked when Sharaskin showed him 
for a full house.
Sharaskin went on to eliminate Yosuke Sekiya minutes later to further increase his lead.
Astonishingly Sharaskin finished third in Event #18: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha for $102,045 on June 9 out of a huge field of 3,186 players. To make such deep runs in these huge fields so close together is incredible, and will be even more so if he can convert his chip lead into a win.
The tournament is not over by any means though. 888 Ambassador Bruno Politano flew under the radar for most of the day but played with a smile on his face and will return as the short stack.
Jonathan Zarin finished 21st for $7,443 in the $565 PLO and lies seventh on the leaderboard. It could be a spectacular final day of poker on Thursday.
Cards are back in the air at noon and they will play down to a winner for a gold bracelet and $179,126.
The PokerNews Live reporting team will be there to recount the action blow by blow.
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 1 | 5 | Casey Carroll | United States | 667,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 6 | Daniel Spencer | United States | 399,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 7 | Jonathan Zarin | United States | 333,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 8 | Adam Brown | United States | 292,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 9 | Allan Le | United States | 504,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 1 | Tyler Groth | United States | 577,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 2 | Mark Zullo | United States | 289,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 6 | Igor Sharaskin | Russia | 1,476,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 7 | Bruno Politano | Brazil | 135,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 8 | Darren Taylor | United Kingdom | 350,000 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 9 | Jesse Chinni | United States | 277,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Play has concluded for Day 2. A full recap will be posted shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,470,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
667,000 | |
|
577,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
||
|
504,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
||
|
399,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
350,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
333,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
292,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
289,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
277,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
135,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Casey Carroll and Kenneth Gregersen were heads-up on a flop of 
with 180,000 already in the pot. Carroll bet the pot and Gergersen called for the majority of his stack.
The 
fell on the turn and Carroll bet enough to put Gregersen at risk. He called and the two players tabled their hands.
Carroll: 
Gregersen: 
Gregersen had both flush and straight draws, but Carroll was best. However, the 
river completed none of them, and Carroll took the pot to eliminate Gregersen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
667,000
341,000
|
341,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Yosuke Sekiya got the last of his chips in the middle on a flop reading 
and Igor Sharaskin called.
Yosuke Sekiya: 
Igor Sharaskin: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
.
The pair of Queens for Sharaskin finished off Sekiya's tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
With a giant pot of about 250,000 already brewing and the board reading , Darren Taylor bet 180,000 from the small blind into his lone opponent, Igor Sharaskin in the cutoff. After brief contemplation, Sharaskin called.
The fell on the river and Taylor checked. Sharaskin took a few moments to think and bet 235,000, which sent Taylor into the tank.
Taylor tanked for several minutes and another player at the table began to talk of calling the clock, but the clock was never actually called. After nearly five minutes, Taylor called.
Sharaskin tabled for fours full of queens, which was good enough to win the pot. Taylor mucked and Sharaskin took the pot to put him over the 1,000,000-chip mark for the first time in this tournament and give him a commanding chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
|
290,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Andy Margolis got his stack in before the flop against Allan Le and one other player. Both players had Margolis covered.'
The flop came 
and Le bet. The third player folded and Margolis and Le tabled their hands.
Le: 
Margolis: 
The on the turn gave Le the lead with two pair, and the 
river was no help to Margolis, so Le took the pot and Margolis was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
There had already been a flurry of action by the time Alex Foxen reraised to 79,000 out of the small blind. Darren Taylor was the only caller, and the two players saw a flop of .
Foxen moved all in for his last 143,000, and after a few moments of thought, Taylor called.
Foxen: 
Taylor: 
Foxen was out in front with his aces and nut flush draw, but the on the turn gave Taylor the lead with two pair, nines and fives. Foxen needed to improve on the river in order to double up, but the was no help to him and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
860,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
With 59,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Tyler Groth checked from the small blind and Alex Foxen bet the pot from the big blind, leaving himself only about 12,000 chips behind. Groth called.
The 
fell on the turn and Groth checked. Foxen checked behind.
The river brought the and Groth checked again. Foxen moved all in and after a few moments, Groth folded.
Foxen rolled over the , and quickly thereafter the as well. He slowly inched his last two hole cards towards the muck, and just before releasing them, he flipped them over to show for the rivered nut straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
210,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
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Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
