On a board reading J♦8♠4♦, Eric Fields bet and was raised all in by Amir Mirrasouli. Fields didn't waste too much time before putting his chips in .
Eric Fields: K♦Q♦8♦7♦
Amir Mirrasouli: A♦10♦J♠K♣
Upon seeing his opponents hands, Mirrasouli asked, "Are there any more diamonds in the deck? Can I get a diamond?".
The turn was bad news for Mirrasouli when it came the K♥, giving Fields kings up. The river changed fortunes yet again as the A♠ rolled off on the river, giving Mirrasouli aces up and the win.
Fields bemoaned his play before walking away, but navigated deep in a huge field nonetheless.
An action-packed Day 2 of Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed saw Stephen Nahm amass almost a quarter of the chips in play, and will be taking a sizeable lead into Day 3 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The final 117 entrants began the day from the starting field of 2,017, with 13 remaining at the end of the night still battling for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Action will resume under the lights of the feature tables, as the final pieces of the $1,795,130 prize pool will be divided up with the winner earning $267,991.
Nahm will bring a massive stack of 9,750,000 chips into the final day of action, leading the way ahead of WSOP bracelet winner Ronald Keijzer (5,965,000).
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Stephen Nahm
Canada
9,750,000
98
2
Ronald Keijzer
Netherlands
5,965,000
60
3
Thomas Taylor
Canada
5,340,000
53
4
Dan Matsuzuki
United States
5,300,000
53
5
Gheorghe Butuc
Moldova
3,120,000
31
6
Kevin Rand
United States
3,015,000
30
7
Amir Mirrasouli
United States
2,200,000
22
8
Jonathan England
United States
1,380,000
14
9
Thomas Zanot
United States
1,000,000
10
10
Paul Clotar
United States
980,000
10
Mike Gorodinsky
Among the names giving chase are WSOP bracelet winners Dan Matsuzuki (5,300,000) and Mike Gorodinsky (930,000), with the latter needing to make a move early on Day 3. Thomas Taylor made a move when his aces turned into quads, while Paul Clotar stayed alive in unlikely fashion when he survived all in with a pair of deuces.
Day 2 Notables
Other notables that were unable to survive Day 2 include Josh Arieh , Daniel Negreanu, 2021 champion Dylan Weisman, Fernando "Jnandez" Habegger, David Williams, Max Pescatori and Eli Elezra.
Once the final three tables were filled, a double elimination saw the field trimmed down even further. Other names to fall short of the final 13 included Mike Dentale, Jerome Hickel, and Eric Fields, who held the chip lead at one point during the day.
Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time on Level 28, with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. The field is expected to play down to the final five, before live streaming on PokerGO begins.
The PokerNews team will continue to bring you all of the action as we get set to crown a new WSOP champion.
