Grzegorz Derkowski Looks to Win First Ever WSOP Bracelet on Final Day of $1,500 PLO (8-Handed)
The final day of Event #18 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8 handed) will take place with 10 players returning to the Horseshoe Event Center at 12:00 p.m. First place will take home a shiny WSOP bracelet, along with $294,311.
Grzegorz Derkowski leads the pack with a commanding stack of 9,680,000. Dylan Weisman is looming in second place with 5,970,000 as he looks to make a run at his second bracelet while contributing massively to his 25K Fantasy team.
Other 25k Fantasy players include Chino Rheem who sits in fourth place with 3,655,000 chips and Daniel Zack who has some work ahead of him if he wants to contend for a fourth WSOP bracelet. He is currently in tenth place with 675,000 chips.
Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Poland | 9,680,000 | 161 |
| 2 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 5,970,000 | 100 |
| 3 | Andreas Zampas | Greece | 4,000,000 | 67 |
| 4 | Chino Rheem | United States | 3,655,000 | 61 |
| 5 | Abdul Almagableh | United States | 3,025,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Steve Zolotow | United States | 2,940,000 | 49 |
| 7 | John Zable | United States | 2,760,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Jhojan Rivera | United States | 2,440,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Leslie Roussell | United States | 1,625,000 | 27 |
| 10 | Daniel Zack | United States | 675,000 | 11 |
Along with Weisman and Zack, Steve Zolotow (2,940,000) is the only other player left in the field to have a bracelet to his name. Zolotow of course has two and is hoping to make a deep run at his third. Players are still sitting fairly deep-stacked with eight out of 10 remaining contestants holding at least 40 big blinds.
Action will resume at Level 26 with blinds of 30,000-60,000 and play will go throughout the day until a winner is crowned.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $294,311 | 9 | $24,335 |
| 2 | $196,191 | 10 | $19,048 |
| 3 | $140,077 | ||
| 4 | $101,284 | ||
| 5 | $74,178 | ||
| 6 | $55,034 | ||
| 7 | $41,371 | ||
| 8 | $31,516 |
As usual, live updates can be found right here on PokerNews so stay tuned to see who has what it takes to go the distance.