Naoya Kihara raised from the cutoff and action folded to Kyle Cartwright in the big blind, who made it three bets to go. Kihara raised again to put Cartwright all in and Cartwright called to put himself at risk.
Kyle Cartwright: A♦10♥4♠2♣
Naoya Kihara: A♠Q♥7♠3♣
The 9♦A♥5♦Q♣K♥ runout left Kihara best with his two pair and Cartwright was eliminated.
The action from the 2024 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas continues with Day 3 of Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better Championship, getting underway at 1 p.m. local time. There are 26 players remaining from the 197 that started and created a prize pool of $1,832,100 with a first place prize of $426,744.
Coming into the third day at the top of the counts is Sami Saad El-Dein with 1,350,000. El-Dein was involved in many big pots throughout yesterday and will be looking to turn his first-ever WSOP cash into his first-ever WSOP final table by the end of play today.
Second in the counts is Jared Bleznick with 1,200,000. Bleznick boasts over $4,500,000 in live tournament earnings with ten WSOP final tables. He has yet to pick up a gold bracelet, but he has positioned himself perfectly to achieve that feat in this event.
Scott Seiver
Rounding out the podium is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Seiver with 1,055,000. Seiver entered Day 2 as the overnight chip leader and maintained that position for almost the entire day, eliminating player after player. Seiver is experienced in closing out WSOP events and surely has his eyes on making that five WSOP bracelets by the end of play tomorrow.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sami Saad El-Dein
United States
1,350,000
68
2
Jared Bleznick
United States
1,200,000
60
3
Scott Seiver
United States
1,055,000
53
4
Paul Zappulla
United States
965,000
48
5
Calvin Anderson
United States
810,000
41
6
Jonathan Cohen
Canada
610,000
31
7
Shaun Deeb
United States
610,000
31
8
Jake Schwartz
United States
485,000
24
9
Patrick Moulder
United States
460,000
23
10
Jordan Spurlin
United States
450,000
23
Some other notables who managed to make it through to Day 3 include 2024 Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed) champion John Hennigan (365,000), four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (300,000), and six-time WSOP bracelet winners Shaun Deeb (610,000) and Benny Glaser (225,000).
With such a star-studded field there were big names who failed to bag up a stack to bring through to Day 3, such as Nick Shulman, 2021 WSOP Main Event winner Koray Aldemir, Eli Elezra, Stephen Chidwick, 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, and Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$426,744
8
$44,864
2
$284,495
9
$35,838
3
$197,582
10-11
$29,362
4
$140,273
12-15
$24,691
5
$101,853
16-20
$21,325
6
$75,678
21-26
$20,309
7
$57,570
Patrick Leonard took the unfortunate title of bubble boy for this event. Jeffery Stepaniuk, Steven Wolansky, Anthony Zinno and Hunter Mcclelland were the next participants to make a small detour to the payout desk to claim the $20,309 min-cash before leaving the tournament area.
Day 3 play resumes on Level 18 with the blinds at 10,000/20,000 and limits at 20,000/40,000. The plan is to play down to the final five players and once that milestone is achieved, play will end for the day.
Levels remain 90-minutes in length and players will receive a 10-15 minute break after the completion of each level. The 60-minute dinner break is scheduled to take place after Level 22 (≈ 7:30 p.m.).
Stay tuned for all the excitement as the PokerNews live reporting team covers Day 2, along with our comprehensive summer-long coverage of the 2024 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
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