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 |