Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 3 to Start at Noon, Weinman in the Lead
Welcome to the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas and Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 3! The action is set to begin today at noon local time with only ten players remaining from an original field of 1,891.
Day 2 saw 108 hopefuls return for their bid to make the final table. The original plan was to play down to the final six players, however, the decision was made to stop at the end of Level 27 instead. Today they will play until a champion is crowned.
Leading the charge is none other than Daniel Weinman] with 6,420,000 chips, or 64 big blinds if you prefer. Weinman is a WSOP Circuit ring winner and has come close to securing a coveted WSOP bracelet several times, but one still eludes him. Weinman is now in good position to possibly be the player to hold up the bracelet this evening and collecting the first-place prize money of $255,359.
Also through to the final day's proceedings are such luminaries as Chino Rheem (4,855,000), Stephen Song (2,665,000), and German grinder Oliver Weis (1,610,000), who online poker fans will know better as "sk2ll_m0dR".
Day 3 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
| 1 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 6,420,000 | 64 |
| 2 | Eduardo Bernal Sanchez | Colombia | 4,940,000 | 49 |
| 3 | Chino Rheem | United States | 4,855,000 | 48 |
| 4 | Germandio Andoni | United States | 4,555,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Jamey Hendrickson | United States | 4,495,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Ruslan Dykshteyn | United States | 3,200,000 | 32 |
| 7 | Ferenc Deak | Hungary | 2,850,000 | 28 |
| 8 | Stephen Song | United States | 2,665,000 | 26 |
| 9 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 1,610,000 | 16 |
| 10 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 1,300,000 | 13 |