Day 2 of Event #30: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Begins at Noon, Clements & Sylvia Among Top Stacks
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A total of 799 entries took to the felt in Event #30: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, but just 130 will return for Day 2 action. When play resumes at 12 noon local time, the field will be just 10 eliminations away from the money. A min-cash is good for $2,255, but all eyes are fixed on the top prize of $217,123 and WSOP gold bracelet.
Michael Heritsch is currently at the head of the pack with 141,000. Frank Williams (128,100), Aaron Anderson (123,700), Mike Shin (121,600), and Pim van Holsteyn (118,800) round out the top five stacks.
Quite a few familiar faces advanced alongside the chip leaders, including two-time bracelet winner Scott Clements (97,800) and 2012 Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia (92,800). Victor Ramdin (73,500), DJ MacKinnon (64,300), Dutch Boyd (61,700), Eoghan O'Dea (60,300), Jared Hamby (34,200), and Scott Davies (24,400) are also still in the hunt.
The plan for Day 2 is to play 10 one-hour levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after six levels (at approximately 6:30 p.m.). Blinds will be 600/1,200 when play resumes with Level 11 and the Day 2 seat draw can be found below. The remainder of the field is scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 3.
Keep it here for continuing coverage of Event #30 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews live reporting team.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 400 | 1 | Chris Back | Canada | 11,000 | 9 |
| Amazon | 400 | 2 | James Gilbert | United States | 107,900 | 90 |
| Amazon | 400 | 3 | Stephen Ladowsky | Canada | 21,400 | 18 |
| Amazon | 400 | 4 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 97,800 | 82 |
| Amazon | 400 | 5 | James Edminister | United States | 13,600 | 11 |
| Amazon | 400 | 6 | Ioannis Angelou Konstas | Greece | 44,400 | 37 |
| Amazon | 400 | 7 | Vladimir Perovic | United States | 1 | 0 |
| Amazon | 400 | 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 10,400 | 9 |
| Amazon | 400 | 9 | Jeffrey Palarino | United States | 86,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 401 | 1 | Colin York | United States | 107,000 | 89 |
| Amazon | 401 | 2 | Benny Chen | Canada | 27,300 | 23 |
| Amazon | 401 | 3 | Sonny Franco | United States | 18,500 | 15 |
| Amazon | 401 | 4 | Jody Fayant | Canada | 91,900 | 77 |
| Amazon | 401 | 5 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | 65,400 | 55 |
| Amazon | 401 | 6 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 44,600 | 37 |
| Amazon | 401 | 7 | Jonathan Zarin | United States | 20,400 | 17 |
| Amazon | 401 | 8 | Farid Jattin | United States | 111,300 | 93 |
| Amazon | 401 | 9 | Darryll Fish | United States | 18,300 | 15 |
| Amazon | 402 | 1 | Martijn Gerrits | Netherlands | 19,900 | 17 |
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Michael Bartov | Sweden | 26,500 | 22 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Rick Alvarado | United States | 14,800 | 12 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Dan Santoro | United States | 91,300 | 76 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Jeffrey Tomlinson | United States | 48,200 | 40 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | Samuel Renshaw | United States | 5,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Andrew Klivan | United States | 7,700 | 6 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Jared Ingles | United States | 49,600 | 41 |
| Amazon | 402 | 9 | Steven Enstine | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Timothy McDermott | United States | 42,700 | 36 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Clive Wilson | United Kingdom | 50,700 | 42 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Jake Schindler | United States | 28,500 | 24 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Tomas Soderstrom | Sweden | 4,000 | 3 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Matthew Sanner | France | 21,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Chad Hahn | United States | 34,200 | 29 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Aineias Protopapas | Greece | 55,700 | 46 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Alexander Basista | United States | 86,800 | 72 |
| Amazon | 403 | 9 | Jon Kyte | Germany | 15,500 | 13 |
| Amazon | 404 | 1 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 30,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 404 | 2 | Scott Clements | United States | 97,800 | 82 |
| Amazon | 404 | 3 | Peter Linton | United Kingdom | 42,500 | 35 |
| Amazon | 404 | 4 | Pim van Holsteyn | Netherlands | 118,800 | 99 |
| Amazon | 404 | 5 | Wayde Parker | Canada | 57,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 404 | 6 | Karen Sarkisyan | Russia | 46,500 | 39 |
| Amazon | 404 | 7 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 73,500 | 61 |
| Amazon | 404 | 8 | Brian Brubaker | United States | 56,800 | 47 |
| Amazon | 404 | 9 | John Beauprez | United States | 52,300 | 44 |
| Amazon | 408 | 1 | Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni | Brazil | 31,600 | 26 |
| Amazon | 408 | 2 | Michael Shackelford | United States | 9,200 | 8 |
| Amazon | 408 | 3 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 19,300 | 16 |
| Amazon | 408 | 4 | Danny Woolard | United States | 36,400 | 30 |
| Amazon | 408 | 5 | Andrew Donabedian | United States | 74,900 | 62 |
| Amazon | 408 | 6 | Aaron Henderson | United States | 123,700 | 103 |
| Amazon | 408 | 7 | Korey Goulette | United States | 10,900 | 9 |
| Amazon | 408 | 8 | Ismael Bojang | Germany | 40,100 | 33 |
| Amazon | 408 | 9 | Michael Reed | United States | 98,000 | 82 |
| Amazon | 409 | 1 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 28,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 409 | 2 | Stephanie Chung | United States | 82,400 | 69 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Ryan Riess | United States | 57,100 | 48 |
| Amazon | 409 | 4 | Keith Morrow | United States | 62,200 | 52 |
| Amazon | 409 | 5 | David Greene | United States | 47,400 | 40 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | Benjamin Earley | United States | 48,700 | 41 |
| Amazon | 409 | 7 | Randy White | United States | 27,900 | 23 |
| Amazon | 409 | 8 | Justin Gardenhire | United States | 80,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 409 | 9 | Tom West | United States | 31,300 | 26 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | Jose Obadia | Spain | 21,500 | 18 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Pim de Goede | Netherlands | 48,600 | 41 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Andrew Teng | United Kingdom | 6,800 | 6 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Ngoc Nguyen | United States | 32,500 | 27 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | Charbel Boustani | Australia | 15,100 | 13 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Christopher O'Rourke | United States | 27,400 | 23 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | Robert Salaburu | United States | 24,500 | 20 |
| Amazon | 410 | 8 | Aaron Wallace | United States | 42,500 | 35 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Edward Robinson | United States | 25,800 | 22 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | DJ MacKinnon | United States | 64,300 | 54 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Alexis Gavin | United States | 21,000 | 18 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | David Nixon | United States | 50,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Benjamin Eilers | United States | 40,500 | 34 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Miro Mitrovic | Australia | 18,200 | 15 |
| Amazon | 411 | 7 | Ryan Turner | United States | 73,300 | 61 |
| Amazon | 411 | 8 | Lawrence Lazar | United States | 32,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 411 | 9 | Bonggi Song | United States | 3,800 | 3 |
| Amazon | 412 | 1 | Jesse Sylvia | United States | 92,800 | 77 |
| Amazon | 412 | 2 | Darren Taylor | United Kingdom | 52,800 | 44 |
| Amazon | 412 | 3 | Pushpinder Singh | Canada | 52,800 | 44 |
| Amazon | 412 | 4 | Sylvain Naets | Belgium | 58,100 | 48 |
| Amazon | 412 | 5 | Craig Morande | United States | 16,200 | 14 |
| Amazon | 412 | 6 | Jarred Solomon | South Africa | 42,400 | 35 |
| Amazon | 412 | 7 | Wei Yeh | United States | 14,900 | 12 |
| Amazon | 412 | 8 | Tyler Joyner | United States | 44,500 | 37 |
| Amazon | 412 | 9 | Vasil Medarov | Bulgaria | 44,200 | 37 |
| Amazon | 416 | 2 | Enrique Melguizo | Mexico | 16,300 | 14 |
| Amazon | 416 | 3 | Kyle Fleischmann | United States | 6,300 | 5 |
| Amazon | 416 | 4 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 30,300 | 25 |
| Amazon | 416 | 5 | Angela Jordison | United States | 38,700 | 32 |
| Amazon | 416 | 6 | Eoghan O'Dea | Ireland | 60,300 | 50 |
| Amazon | 416 | 7 | Kenneth Hicks | United States | 86,200 | 72 |
| Amazon | 416 | 8 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 12,900 | 11 |
| Amazon | 416 | 9 | Patrick Mahoney | United States | 28,800 | 24 |
| Amazon | 417 | 1 | Scott Davies | Canada | 24,400 | 20 |
| Amazon | 417 | 3 | Artem Maksimov | Russia | 37,300 | 31 |
| Amazon | 417 | 4 | Phillip Riley | Canada | 100,000 | 83 |
| Amazon | 417 | 5 | Trey Brabham | United States | 67,500 | 56 |
| Amazon | 417 | 6 | David Barraclough | United Kingdom | 33,100 | 28 |
| Amazon | 417 | 7 | John Nguyen | United States | 12,700 | 11 |
| Amazon | 417 | 8 | Frank Williams | United States | 128,100 | 107 |
| Amazon | 417 | 9 | Joon Park | Canada | 33,400 | 28 |
| Amazon | 418 | 1 | Michael Wernick | United Kingdom | 35,100 | 29 |
| Amazon | 418 | 2 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 32,500 | 27 |
| Amazon | 418 | 3 | Sean Shah | United States | 25,600 | 21 |
| Amazon | 418 | 4 | Jared Hamby | United States | 34,200 | 29 |
| Amazon | 418 | 5 | Thida Lin | United States | 71,800 | 60 |
| Amazon | 418 | 6 | Ryan Bambrick | United States | 99,800 | 83 |
| Amazon | 418 | 7 | Christopher Meyers | United States | 18,800 | 16 |
| Amazon | 418 | 8 | John Boone | United States | 29,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 418 | 9 | Szymon Wysocki | Poland | 84,600 | 71 |
| Amazon | 419 | 1 | Alex Bolotin | United States | 2,200 | 2 |
| Amazon | 419 | 2 | Andrew Koch | United States | 23,988 | 20 |
| Amazon | 419 | 3 | Georgii Chumakov | Russia | 33,900 | 28 |
| Amazon | 419 | 4 | Mark Wahba | United States | 48,500 | 40 |
| Amazon | 419 | 5 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 21,100 | 18 |
| Amazon | 419 | 6 | Jiaqi Xu | United States | 29,400 | 25 |
| Amazon | 419 | 7 | Dennis Benavides | United StatesUnited States | 57,400 | 48 |
| Amazon | 419 | 9 | Joseph Floyd | United States | 84,600 | 71 |
| Amazon | 420 | 1 | James Burns | United States | 51,700 | 43 |
| Amazon | 420 | 2 | Dutch Boyd | United States | 61,700 | 51 |
| Amazon | 420 | 3 | Vanja Ovuka | Serbia | 93,800 | 78 |
| Amazon | 420 | 4 | Roman Valerstein | United States | 78,800 | 66 |
| Amazon | 420 | 5 | Tom McCormick | United States | 18,100 | 15 |
| Amazon | 420 | 6 | Mike Shin | United States | 121,600 | 101 |
| Amazon | 420 | 8 | Jeanmarc Thomas | France | 37,500 | 31 |
| Amazon | 420 | 9 | Michael Heritsch | United States | 141,000 | 118 |