2017 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a1032
Prize
$938,732
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$4,023,200
Entries
428
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Day 2 Completed

Day 2 of Event #54 in the Books; Scott Clements Leads

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Scott Clements
Scott Clements

On Thursday, 186 players took chips out of the bag at the start of Day 2 of Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, but only 39 are still standing at the conclusion of play, and while all remaining players are guaranteed to cash for at least $17,420, each has their sights set on WSOP gold and the top prize of $938,732.

Leading the way is two-time bracelet winner Scott Clements with 1,724,000 chips, and close behind are Michail Karapanos (1,133,000), former WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb (1,090,000), Ryan Miller (1,011,000), John Racener, (987,000) Cyrus Parton (931,000). Following at a somewhat greater distance are Aleksei Altshuller (794,000), Johnny Lodden (672,000), Jason DeWitt (657,000), Miltiadis Kyriakides (542,000) and Mike Gorodinsky (228,000).

Several familiar faces that took to the felt at the start of play on Day 2 but were gone before the money include Daniel DiPasquale, Anthony Zinno, Tony Cousineau, David "ODB" Baker, Leif Force, Isaac Baron, Christian Harder.

The money bubble was reached during the level following the dinner break and it took nearly 40 minutes for it to burst with the elimination of Patrick Mahoney. Thereafter, Jarred Graham made his exit in fairly short order, followed by several other well-known players, including Toby Lewis, Ian O'Hara, Alberto Fonseca, and Scott Davies. Shortly before the end of the night, defending champion Brandon Shack-Harris was also eliminated, meeting his end in a run-in with Clements.

The remainder of the field will return at noon on Friday and they are scheduled to play down to a winner. However, given the present size of the field, it is probable that play will continue for a fourth day on Saturday, July 1st 2017. Be sure to check back here for all the updates in this event and throughout the 2017 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews live reporting team.

Day 3 Seat Draw

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Brasilia7001Tommy LeUnited States500,00031
Brasilia7002Ryan MillerUnited States1,011,00063
Brasilia7003Jason DeWittUnited States657,00041
Brasilia7004James EgererUnited States388,00024
Brasilia7005Johnny LoddenNorway672,00042
Brasilia7006Robert CowenUnited Kingdom331,00021
Brasilia7007Oliver WeisGermany338,00021
Brasilia7008John RacenerUnited States987,00062
       
Brasilia7011Yan Shing TsangHong Kong586,00037
Brasilia7012Paul LeckeyIreland275,00017
Brasilia7014Scott ClementsUnited States1,700,000106
Brasilia7015Murat TulekGermany443,00028
Brasilia7016Dermot BlainIreland237,00015
Brasilia7017Sean RafaelUnited States792,00050
Brasilia7018Ben LambUnited States1,090,00068
       
Brasilia7021Mosley DominiqueUnited States257,00016
Brasilia7022Aleksei AltshullerRussia794,00050
Brasilia7023Cyrus PartowUnited States931,00058
Brasilia7024Nghia LeUnited States473,00030
Brasilia7025Bobby OboodiUnited States193,00012
Brasilia7026Mike GorodinskyUnited States228,00014
Brasilia7027Eoghan O'DeaIreland376,00024
Brasilia7028Yuriy BoykoIreland190,00012
       
Brasilia7031Nikolai SearsUnited States265,00017
Brasilia7032John MonnetteUnited States246,00015
Brasilia7033Vivian SalibaBrazil390,00024
Brasilia7034Andjelko AndrejevicUnited States446,00028
Brasilia7035The NguyenUnited States665,00042
Brasilia7036Quan ZhouChina449,00028
Brasilia7037Hani MioUnited States422,00026
Brasilia7038Howard MillianUnited States708,00044
       
Brasilia7041Jon HoelleinUnited States178,00011
Brasilia7042Chris LeeUnited States803,00050
Brasilia7043Molichisa NgethUnited States663,00041
Brasilia7044Brian JordanUnited States523,00033
Brasilia7045Miltiadis KyriakidesCyprus542,00034
Brasilia7046Michail KarapanosGreece1,133,00071
Brasilia7047Christopher FrankGermany133,0008
Brasilia7048Michael KamranUnited States370,00023

Tags: Alberto FonsecaAleksei AltshullerAnthony ZinnoBen LambChristian HarderDaniel DiPasqualeDavid "ODB" BakerIsaac BaronJarred GrahamJason DeWittJohn RacenerJohnny LoddenLeif ForceMike GorodinskyPatrick MahoneyScott ClementsScott DaviesToby LewisTony Cousineau

End-Of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
1,700,000 385,000
Michail Karapanos gr
Michail Karapanos
1,133,000
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
WSOP 2X Winner
1,090,000 -90,000
Ryan Miller us
Ryan Miller
WSOP 2X Winner
1,011,000 421,000
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
987,000 137,000
Cyrus Partow us
Cyrus Partow
931,000 141,000
Chris Lee us
Chris Lee
803,000 163,000
Aleksei Altshuller ru
Aleksei Altshuller
794,000 204,000
Sean Rafael us
Sean Rafael
792,000 -8,000
Howard Millian us
Howard Millian
708,000 550,600
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
672,000 354,000
The Nguyen us
The Nguyen
665,000 -240,000
Molichisa Ngeth us
Molichisa Ngeth
663,000 243,000
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
WSOP 2X Winner
657,000 417,000
Yan Shing Tsang hk
Yan Shing Tsang
586,000 -294,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides cy
Miltiadis Kyriakides
542,000
Brian Jordan us
Brian Jordan
523,000 36,000
Tommy Le us
Tommy Le
WSOP 2X Winner
500,000 -190,000
Nghia Le us
Nghia Le
473,000 -277,000
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
449,000 -1,000
Andjelko Andrejevic rs
Andjelko Andrejevic
446,000 -144,000
Murat Tulek de
Murat Tulek
443,000 53,000
Hani Mio us
Hani Mio
422,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
390,000 150,000
James Egerer us
James Egerer
388,000 -344,000

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Mio's Runner Runner Upsets Kyriakides

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Miltiadis Kyriakides may have very well been another chip-millionaire at the end of Day 2, but a runner-runner miracle of Hani Mio in the very last hand of the night destroyed that dream. Mio check-raised a flop of {5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs} out of the big blind to get his remaining stack of 166,000 into the middle and Kyriakides snap-called.

Hani Mio: {Q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Miltiadis Kyriakides: {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

Kyriakides had flopped the nut straight and Mio had a gutshot to the same straight. Instead of a split pot, the nightmare of Kyriakides consisted of the {8-Clubs} turn and {K-Clubs} river, giving Mio a runner runner flush. Kyriakides turned away from the table in horror and his chair fell over while Mio scored a big double in the last hand.

Player Chips Progress
Miltiadis Kyriakides cy
Miltiadis Kyriakides
542,000 -188,000
Hani Mio us
Hani Mio
422,000 -34,000

Tags: Hani MioMiltiadis Kyriakides

Demers Busts In Biggest Pot of the Tournament So Far

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Michail Karapanos defended his big blind against a raise by Gionni Demers and check-raised the {Q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop from 30,000 to 80,000. Demers called before Karapanos check-called a big bet on the {4-Clubs} turn.

The {7-Clubs} river completed the board and Karapanos checked. Demers moved all in and Karapanos asked for a count. The shove of Demers was for 288,000 and Karapanos then verified the size of the pot until the river with the dealer, which was 492,000 in total.

After a minute of consideration, Karapanos called and Demers turned over {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Spades} for just a pair of nines. Karapanos claimed the pot with {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for the five-high straight and skyrocketed his stack to more than 1.1 million

Player Chips Progress
Michail Karapanos gr
Michail Karapanos
1,133,000 488,000
Gionni Demers us
Gionni Demers
Busted

Tags: Gionni DemersMichail Karapanos

Sears Busts Szecsi; Saliba Doubles Through Frank

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Christopher Frank raised and called the shove of Vivian Saliba on the button for 116,000 in total.

Vivian Saliba: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Christopher Frank: {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The board came {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Saliba doubled.

At almost the same time on a different table, Norbert Szecsi raised to 45,000 and faced the three-bet by Nikolai Sears on the button. Szecsci called all in for slightly less to create the following showdown:

Norbert Szecsi: {J-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Nikolai Sears: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades}

The board of {A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts} kept the pair of kings in the lead and Szecsi headed to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
382,000 -78,000
Nikolai Sears us
Nikolai Sears
250,000 60,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
240,000 60,000
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Christopher FrankNikolai SearsNorbert SzecsiVivian Saliba

Defending Champion Brandon Shack-Harris Eliminated by Scott Clements

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Brandon Shack-Harris
Brandon Shack-Harris

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Clements has just knocked out last year's $10,000 PLO Champion and two-time bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris in a blind on blind hand.

Shack-Harris was in the small blind and limped in for 12,000. Scott Clements peeked down at his cards and reached back for some chips, firing out a bet of 36,000. Harris broke down his stack and called with 49,000 behind.

The flop was {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Shack-Harris immediately pushed in the rest of his stack. Clements pondered for a moment and then grabbed some chips and called.

Shack-Harris tabled {j-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for a pair of nines with some back-door options. Clements showed {q-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for over-cards to Shak-Harris's pair, a couple of gut-shot straight draws and a back-door flush draw.

The turn was the {3-Hearts} changing nothing and the river was the {q-Hearts} giving Clements a pair of queens to take down the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
1,315,000 95,000
Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
Defending Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Brandon Shack-HarrisScott Clements

Sears Flops Well to Double

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Benjamin Eilers raisded to 25,000 and Nikolai Sears moved all in for 91,000 from one seat over. Eilers eventually called and the cards were turned over.

Nikolai Sears: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Benjamin Eilers: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The {J-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} flop gave Sears a straight, and he remained in the lead thanks to the {3-Clubs} turn and {10-Diamonds} river.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolai Sears us
Nikolai Sears
190,000 54,200
Benjamin Eilers us
Benjamin Eilers
105,000 -75,000

Tags: Benjamin EilersNikolai Sears