2017 World Series of Poker

Event #51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j942
Prize
$511,147
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,945,800
Entries
207
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Arieh Seeks Third Bracelet; Henson and Ferguson Piling Up More POY Points

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Chris Ferguson
Chris Ferguson

Just 15 players remain in contention in Event #51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, and storylines abound as the tournament heads to Day 3.

First off, there's Josh Arieh, who bagged the chip lead with a massive 1,695,000, giving him a wide lead over second-place Bruce Yamron (1,040,000).

Most famous for his third-place finish in the WSOP Main Event in 2004, Arieh already has two bracelets. He took down a $3,000 Limit Hold'em in 1999 and a $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha in 2005. He's in prime position for his third after bagging more than 15 percent of the total chips.

Then there's Chris Ferguson, who finished with 486,000. The man once known as "Jesus" to the poker world has spent the past few years as persona non grata, only daring to show his face at the WSOP again in 2016. Ferguson put forth a strong effort that year and has followed it this year by piling up more cashes.

Those cashes have put him squarely in the WSOP Player of the Year race, where he sits in seventh at the time of writing, but the man atop the leaderboard also remains in this event. Ray Henson, who has a slight lead over Ryan Hughes — Hughes soft bubbled this tournament on Day 2 after a tough beat at the hands of Mark Herm — bagged a roughly average stack of 588,000.

The money bubble eventually did burst, but it took an extended level and some time putting off a break. Eventually, Ben Lamb went down in 33rd. Start-of-day leader Dario Sammartino, Phil Hui, John Monnette, Scott Clements and Fabrice Soulier were some of those making it into the money but failing to see bagging time.

The remaining players return to Brasilia Room at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Day 3, and a winner will be crowned who will take home over $500,000. Come back to PokerNews to see who it will be.

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Brasilia7221Viatcheslav OrtynskiyRussia457,000
Brasilia7222Kate HoangUnited States991,000
Brasilia7223Damjan RadanovUnited States569,000
Brasilia7225Bruce YamronUnited States1,040,000
Brasilia7226Josh AriehUnited States1,695,000
Brasilia7227Chris FergusonUnited States486,000
Brasilia7228Christopher RothUnited States278,000
      
Brasilia7261Jeremy JosephUnited States559,000
Brasilia7262Andrey ZaichenkoRussia339,000
Brasilia7263Quentin KruegerCanada931,000
Brasilia7264Raymond HensonUnited States588,000
Brasilia7265Sean RemzUnited States409,000
Brasilia7266Tyler GrothUnited States860,000
Brasilia7267Bryce YockeyUnited States729,000
Brasilia7268Mark HermUnited States518,000

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