Dario Sammartino and Scott Bohlman built a pot of over 150,000 after the second draw and Sammartino checked. Bohlman bet 125,000 and Sammartino moved all in for about 140,000 more.
"Did he say all in?" Bohlman asked.
After thinking for a moment, he called. Both patted and Bohlman opened a wheel. Sammartino sighed and flicked into the middle. Someone asked Bohlman why he didn't snap-call.
Ryan Hughes raised to 12,000 in the first position and Ray Henson acted next, pushing all in for 83,600. Hughes asked for a count and then pushed forward a tower of his chips, calling.
Hughes drew one and Henson turned up a patted jack with .
Hughes showed , hoping to catch a ten, seven, six, three or a deuce. He peeled a try, making and Henson was eliminated in ninth place, good for $8,915.
Scott Bohlman bet 20,000 after the first draw on the button and Warwick Mirzikinian made it 88,400 in the big blind. Bohlman shoved all in for about 170,000 effective and Mirzikinian called. Both players patted. Mirzikinian patted again and Bohlman winced. He went deep into the tank. After several minutes of thought, he patted back.
Mirzikinian opened but it was no good as Bohlman had .
Daniel Weinman raised to 12,000 from early position and found two customers in small blind Jeremy Harkin and big blind Jeff Lisandro. Harkin and Lisandro drew two each while Weinman peeled one.
The betting round was checked to Weinman who fired 40,000 and Harkin got out of his way. Lisandro jammed for about 100,000 and Weinman called off.
"I'm good," Lisandro said, patting. Weinman drew one again.
Lisandro repeated the phrase on the third draw and Weinman shook his head, throwing one card away.
Lisandro opened and Weinman showed . He peeled the river card and said, "I think I'm good." Then he confirmed it and exposed a for a wheel, busting Lisandro in seventh place, shy of the official final table.
Jeremy Harkin raised to 20,000 under the gun, earning calls from cutoff Daniel Weinman and small blind Scott Bohlman.
They went to a flop of and Bohlman checked to Harkin who bet the maximum, making it 72,000. Weinman folded but Bohlman verbally declared all in for effectively about 20,000 more and Harkin called for his rest.
Jeremy Harkin:
Scott Bohlman:
"Oh s***," Harkin said when he saw that Bohlman had him drawing nearly dead, having flopped the top pair along with a nut flush draw. Harkin could only hope for a king or a runner-runner miracle, but the turn and river didn't save him.
Harkin, who won his first bracelet this year after topping the $1,500 Dealer's Choice, added another final table appearance to his name but he won't be coming back for the final day. He took home $16,329 for his sixth-place finish.
If anyone has ever entered a WSOP final table with a road paved to the victory, it has to be Scott Bohlman. Bohlman experienced an almost surreal day on the felt, grinding his way to a gigantic lead in the Event #40: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet. He started the day at a solid base, bringing 114,000 to the table. By the end of the day, he'd found himself increasing the stack by more than tenfold.
Bohlman's rampageous run started when he knocked out Shiva Dudani in a hand of 2-7 Triple Draw just before the final two tables were formed. What followed next was a brutal domination that saw Bohlman amass a total of 1,556,000 in chips, equaling 60% of the chips in play. That makes him more than just a casual favorite ahead of the five-handed finale, with $122,138 prepared for the champ.
Final table seat draw and chip counts:
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
1
Scott Bohlman
United States
1,556,000
2
Marcel Vonk
Netherlands
100,000
3
Aaron Rogers
United States
261,800
4
Daniel Weinman
United States
292,800
5
Ryan Hughes
United States
345,500
The biggest hand that helped Bohlman run away from the pack occurred in level 18, again in Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw. Bohlman made a wheel and stacked Dario Sammartino, who had Number Three, to climb towards a 1 million mark. It was a landslide performance thereafter as Bohlman kept adding to his gigantic piles. On one of the last hands, Bohlman knocked out Jeremy Harkin in sixth place to establish a five-handed finale, closing what was likely the most dominant single-day performance the 2018 WSOP has seen so far.
It's been a while since Bohlman last played on a final table, but his return after a four-year hiatus couldn't have started better. With such an outstanding position, Bohlman is surely eager to finally nab his first WSOP bracelet after 13 years of cashing at the series.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Hughes is a distant second in chips
Neither of the other four finalists was able to reach the average stack at the end of Day 2 but the numbers are extremely curved by Bohlman. However, the tournament structure is very slow-paced and offers some room for the shorter stacks. Two-time bracelet winner Ryan Hughes (345,500), WSOP Circuit ring winner Daniel Weinman (292,800), Aaron Rogers (261,800) and bracelet winner Marcel Vonk (100,000) will do all in their power to narrow the gap between their stacks and the Goliath at the top.
It's hard to predict the future flow of the tournament as Day 2 saw a few dragging stages as well as a bustout shootaround on the last two tables when Barry Greenstein, Sammartino and Warwick Mirzikinian all lost their chips during a span of only a few minutes.
If Bohlman picks up where he left off, it might be an action-packed finale right off the bat. So make sure to come back Thursday, June 21 at 2 p.m. for the start as PokerNews will be on the ground to provide live updates from the first card off the deck until a champion is crowned.
into the middle. Someone asked Bohlman why he didn't snap-call.
and Bohlman checked to Harkin who bet the maximum, making it 72,000. Weinman folded but Bohlman verbally declared all in for effectively about 20,000 more and Harkin called for his rest.
turn and 
river didn't save him. 
