Bracelet Winners Top the Leaderboard Entering Day 3 of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship
The month of June is coming to a close in this historic 2019 World Series of Poker but that does not mean the action is finished. Today marks the penultimate day of Event #65: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
After registration closed at the beginning of Day 2, the field size of 193 was locked, with a race to the finish in true freezeout fashion the rest of the journey. Day 2 brought an unusual structure to the tournament with the day finishing after only six one-hour levels of play. That means 43 players will return today with their sights on the final table. Of those 43 players, 29 will find themselves finishing in the money.
Entering the day atop the leaderboard is two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch (795,000). The next two players behind him are bracelet winners Scott Bohlman (628,000) and Bryce Yockey (535,000). Though these three players are the only ones above the half-million mark, they are not the only bracelet winners in this world-class field, with Brian Hastings (394,000), Steven Wolansky (389,000), Nick Schulman (380,000) and Joe Hachem (346,000) all hoping to add more jewelry to their collections.
The start time for the day has been pushed forward, meaning cards will be in the air at 12 noon local time. Play is scheduled to continue until the field reaches six players, but with 43 remaining, that could mean a full 10 levels are needed to hit that mark. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the pertinent news and updates on play as Day 3 of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship unfolds.
Here is the Day 3 seat draw:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 402 | 1 | Connor Drinan | United States | 102,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Tony Hartmann | United States | 67,000 | 8 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Ajay Chabra | United States | 325,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 225,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 402 | 5 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 173,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | Timothy Flanders | United Kingdom | 343,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 795,000 | 99 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 402,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Stephen Johnson | United States | 296,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 403 | 2 | Nick Schulman | United States | 380,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Dylan Wilkerson | United States | 117,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Ryan Miller | United States | 388,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Denis Strebkov | Russia | 265,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Darryll Fish | United States | 294,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 403 | 8 | Kim Kallman | Finland | 420,000 | 53 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 628,000 | 79 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | Randy Ohel | United States | 111,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Corey Hochman | United States | 414,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | John Esposito | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | John Sill | United States | 89,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 406 | 7 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 137,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 406 | 8 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 251,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 407 | 1 | Nathan Gamble | United States | 126,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Joel Feldman | Australia | 278,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Joe Hachem | Australia | 346,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | Senovio Ramirez III | United States | 105,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Jeffrey Landherr | United States | 267,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 414,000 | 52 |
| Amazon | 407 | 7 | Michael Mizrachi | United States | 180,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Timothy Vukson | Canada | 175,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Leif Force | United States | 200,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Ken Aldridge | United States | 81,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 410 | 5 | Chase Steely | United States | 42,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Matt Livingston | United States | 115,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | Michael McKenna | United States | 477,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 410 | 8 | Viacheslav Zhukov | Russia | 410,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 535,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Viatcheslav Ortynskiy | Austria | 76,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Brian Hastings | United States | 394,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 192,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 389,000 | 49 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 249,000 | 31 |
| Amazon | 411 | 8 | Thiago Macedo | Brazil | 144,000 | 18 |
and Jesus was sent to the rail early into the second hour of play for the day.
turn and 
river, giving him a straight and 7-6-3-2-A low to scoop.
for a backdoor low hand to snatch half of the pot away to survive.
and Vieira's eights and sevens were no good to McKenna's kings up, eliminating him from the tournament in 30th place as the bubble boy after over 30 hands of hand-for-hand play.
