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Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 2 of Event #51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.
The WSOP is always looking to add tournaments to their schedule that interest players, and with this PLO8 Championship being one of the new tournaments for 2017, the turnout didn't disappoint. A total of 207 players took to the felt to create the biggest field for a $10,000 buy-in tournament this WSOP, and with it saw the creation of a $1,945,800 prize pool. The final 32 players will make the cash, each guaranteed $14,786 payday while $511,147 will be awaiting whoever can top this field and collect the WSOP gold bracelet.
After a full day of play on Monday, the 207 starting field was reduced to just 116 players that saw Dario Sammartino finish as chip leader after bagging an impressive 294,300. Sitting right on his heels are Ryan Miller (228,700), Sean Remz (224,700), Josh Arieh (212,500), Tommy Chen (209,200) and Joe Tehan (200,300) as the only other players to quadruple their starting stacks.
There is still a plethora of multi-time WSOP bracelet winners in the field including Scott Clements, John Monnette, Marco Johnson, Viacheslav Zhukov, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, David Bach and Chris Ferguson. Current WSOP Player of the Year leader Ray Henson also bagged an impressive chip stack with 169,200 and will be looking to add to his fantastic WSOP thus far that includes a trio of final table finishes, one of which was a third place in the $1,500 PLO8.
Play is set to resume at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates from Day 2. So stay tuned right here for all the Event #51 action, as well as all the remaining action from the 2017 World Series of Poker.
Event #51: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship Day 2 Seating Draw
There was an all-in preflop aces versus aces clash at Table 727, and we arrived for the aftermath. Andrey Zaichenko had and Ryan Hughes had . Though Hughes had the better side cards to make a high hand, both players were still playing their aces after hit the felt. However, it was the Russian who was playing a low combo of six-ace to take the low half, giving him three quarters.
A huge pot has seen chip leader Sean Remz go from rich to even richer.
On a flop, Andreas Klatt checked to Remz and he bet. Klatt check-raised before Remz announced a re-pot all-in with Klatt calling off roughly his last 155,000.
Klatt:
Remz:
With Remz holding a low wrap, the on the turn would see him make his wheel as the completed the board on the river.
As Klatt headed to the rail, Remz climbed to over 450,000 in chips.
Ari Engel opened to 7,000 from the hijack and Ryan Miller called on the button as the flop fell .
Engel checked and Miller bet 12,000. Engel check raised to 54,500 and Miller announced raise. Engel pushed in his 83,500 total and the cards were tabled.
Engel:
Miller:
With Engel holding a flush draw and Miller having a low draw, the board ran out and to see Engel's better ace high ensure him the double to over 185,000 as Miller dropped to 150,000 in chips.
Edward Han opened with a raise under the gun to 10,500 and Josh Arieh called next to speak as Dylan Wilkerson called from the big blind.
The flop fell and both Wilkerson and Han checked to Arieh who bet 16,000. Wilkerson folded, but Han check-raised to 37,000. Arieh deliberated for roughly a minute before calling as the turn landed the and Han cut out a bet of 68,000.
After close to a minute, Arieh pushed out a stack of chips amounting to a call as the dealer burned and turned the on the river to complete the board.
Han checked, and Arieh announced he was all in and pushed forward roughly his remaining 123,000 in chips.
Han broke down some of his chip stacks, began riffling chips, and talking out the hand under his breath as the remainder of the tournament went on their 15-minute break.
Nearly three minutes went by before Han pushed his cards towards the dealer and released them.
"Oh baby!" bellowed Arieh as he fanned his .
"Arieh came to play!" he then added as the dealer pushed him the nearly 250,000-chip pot.
"My heart was beating so hard. I nearly bluffed off all my chips again!" continued Arieh before exiting the tournament area hastily.
With that pot, Arieh jumps up to 366,500 while Han tumbles down to 195,000 in chips.
Kate Hoang raised to 15,000 from middle position, and Ryan Hughes called. From the small blind, David Hunt raised to 66,000, and Hoang called. Hughes folded.
The flop fell , and Hunt pushed his last 75,000 into the middle. Hoang called, and the cards were tabled.
Hunt:
Hoang:
The turn and river gave Hoang the nut straight, and with neither player making a qualifying low, Hunt was eliminated.
Chris Ferguson raised to 20,000 under the gun. Only small blind Scott Clements gave him action. On the flop, Clements potted for 50,000. Ferguson thought for about 30 seconds and announced a re-pot, getting it in for 188,000. Clements called.
Clements:
Ferguson:
Ferguson already had the nut low, while Clements had two pair. The turn was a , changing little, but the river gave Ferguson a wheel for the whole pot.
On a flop of , Millard Hale moved all in for his last 90,000. Dario Sammartino folded before Josh Arieh announced he was all in for roughly 600,000.
Chris King snap-called for roughly his last 300,000, and the cards were tabled.
King:
Hale:
Arieh:
With both Hale and King at-risk, King was in strong shape to more then double with his set an no low draws currently present.
The turn of the however would shift the short stacked Hale now into the lead before the dealer delivered the dagger of the on the river to put Arieh out ahead while simultaneously eliminating both Hale and King in the process.
As Arieh dragged the pot, he stacked it up to amount to roughly 1.2 million in chips.
and Ryan Hughes had 
. Though Hughes had the better side cards to make a high hand, both players were still playing their aces after 
hit the felt. However, it was the Russian who was playing a low combo of six-ace to take the low half, giving him three quarters.
flop, Andreas Klatt checked to Remz and he bet. Klatt check-raised before Remz announced a re-pot all-in with Klatt calling off roughly his last 155,000.
completed the board on the river.
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and 
to see Engel's better ace high ensure him the double to over 185,000 as Miller dropped to 150,000 in chips.
on the river to complete the board.
, and Hunt pushed his last 75,000 into the middle. Hoang called, and the cards were tabled.
river gave Hoang the nut straight, and with neither player making a qualifying low, Hunt was eliminated. 
, changing little, but the 
