Day 2 of Event #54 in the Books; Scott Clements Leads
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
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Tommy Le | United States | 500,000 | 31 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Ryan Miller | United States | 1,011,000 | 63 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Jason DeWitt | United States | 657,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | James Egerer | United States | 388,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Johnny Lodden | Norway | 672,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 331,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 338,000 | 21 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | John Racener | United States | 987,000 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 1 | Yan Shing Tsang | Hong Kong | 586,000 | 37 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 2 | Paul Leckey | Ireland | 275,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 4 | Scott Clements | United States | 1,700,000 | 106 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 5 | Murat Tulek | Germany | 443,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 6 | Dermot Blain | Ireland | 237,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 7 | Sean Rafael | United States | 792,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 701 | 8 | Ben Lamb | United States | 1,090,000 | 68 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 1 | Mosley Dominique | United States | 257,000 | 16 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 2 | Aleksei Altshuller | Russia | 794,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 3 | Cyrus Partow | United States | 931,000 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 4 | Nghia Le | United States | 473,000 | 30 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 5 | Bobby Oboodi | United States | 193,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 6 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 228,000 | 14 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 7 | Eoghan O'Dea | Ireland | 376,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 702 | 8 | Yuriy Boyko | Ireland | 190,000 | 12 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 1 | Nikolai Sears | United States | 265,000 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 2 | John Monnette | United States | 246,000 | 15 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 3 | Vivian Saliba | Brazil | 390,000 | 24 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 4 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 446,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 5 | The Nguyen | United States | 665,000 | 42 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 6 | Quan Zhou | China | 449,000 | 28 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 7 | Hani Mio | United States | 422,000 | 26 |
| Brasilia | 703 | 8 | Howard Millian | United States | 708,000 | 44 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Jon Hoellein | United States | 178,000 | 11 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Chris Lee | United States | 803,000 | 50 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Molichisa Ngeth | United States | 663,000 | 41 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Brian Jordan | United States | 523,000 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Cyprus | 542,000 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Michail Karapanos | Greece | 1,133,000 | 71 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 133,000 | 8 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Michael Kamran | United States | 370,000 | 23 |
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and Shack-Harris immediately pushed in the rest of his stack. Clements pondered for a moment and then grabbed some chips and called.
for a pair of nines with some back-door options. Clements showed 
for over-cards to Shak-Harris's pair, a couple of gut-shot straight draws and a back-door flush draw.
changing nothing and the river was the 
giving Clements a pair of queens to take down the hand.
flop, Jeff Madsen bet 44,000, and Michael Kamran called. On the 
turn, Madsen bet the pot for 178,000 with 43,000 behind, and Kamran called. Kamran also called the shove of Madsen on the 
river.
, and Kamran tapped the table with the words, "That's good." Since it was an all-in showdown, he was obliged to show his cards and very briefly flashed 
for two pair.
for a queen-high flush. Mahoney's 
on the river gave Clements two pair and a huge pot to add to his stack, while simultaneously knocking out one of Chile's best poker players.
flop, Chidwick and Klein checked, and Vayo bet 21,000. Chidwick moved all in for just less than the size of the pot, and Klein folded. Vayo called, and had Chidwick covered.
on the turn improved Chidwick to a flush, and he needed to dodge any ten or eight to double. The blank 
