Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

Dia 2 Iniciado

2017-06-29 10:38 UTC-7

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship

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Day 2 of Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship begins at 12 noon. There are 186 players returning to the felt to battle it out for the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $938,732.

The chip leader going into Day 2 is Sorin Drajneanu who bagged 469,200. Drajneanu is followed in the counts by Andjelko Andrejevic, with 369,400 and Arvi Vainionkulma with 320,200.

Many other notables remain in the field including defending champion Brandon Shack-Harris (301,200), Johnny Lodden (270,000), Eddie Ochana (269,000), Dan Shak (255,100), Scott Clements (224,200) and Jeff Madsen (219,800).

When play resumes, players will play 10 60-minute levels and get a 15-minute break every two levels. Dinner break will take place after Level 6, around 6:30 p.m, and will be 60 minutes long. Play will begin with Level 11 and 1,000/2,000 blinds.

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Stick with PokerNews to see which of the remaining players will make a deep run at the title. Here is a look at the start-of-day-2 seating chart and chip counts:

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Brasilia	706	1	Benjamin Pollak	France	38,000	19
Brasilia	706	2	Yuriy Boyko	Ireland	109,600	55
Brasilia	706	3	Yan Shing Tsang	China	204,000	102
Brasilia	706	4	Ben Hamnett	United States	97,000	49
Brasilia	706	5	John O'Shea	Ireland	30,000	15
Brasilia	706	6	Luis Velador Jr,	United States	138,200	69
Brasilia	706	7	Alexey Makarov	Russia	122,200	61
Brasilia	706	8	Scott Baumstein	United States	37,200	19

Brasilia	707	1	Oliver Weis	Germany	85,800	43
Brasilia	707	2	Tony Cousineau	United States	90,000	45
Brasilia	707	3	Brent Roberts	United States	75,800	38
Brasilia	707	4	Loren Klein	United States	89,600	45
Brasilia	707	5	James Egerer	United States	144,800	72
Brasilia	707	7	Michail Karapanos	Greece	79,000	40
Brasilia	707	8	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	182,900	91

Brasilia	708	1	Melad Marji	United States	90,000	45
Brasilia	708	2	Brock Parker	United States	119,900	60
Brasilia	708	3	Juha Helppi	Finland	129,200	65
Brasilia	708	4	Daniel DiPasquale	United States	13,900	7
Brasilia	708	5	Rory Rees-Brennan	Ireland	80,000	40
Brasilia	708	6	Bogdan Capitan	Romania	199,800	100
Brasilia	708	7	Nghia Le	United States	182,000	91
Brasilia	708	8	Millard Hale	United States	167,700	84

Brasilia	709	1	Patrick Liang	United States	35,200	18
Brasilia	709	2	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	United States	85,600	43
Brasilia	709	3	Ian O'Hara	United States	106,400	53
Brasilia	709	4	Jaspal Brar	Canada	144,000	72
Brasilia	709	5	Jefferey Foster	United States	106,400	53
Brasilia	709	7	Florent Aubert	France	111,100	56
Brasilia	709	8	Isaac Baron	United States	114,300	57

Brasilia	710	1	Alex Manzano	Chile	88,100	44
Brasilia	710	2	Eric Hicks	United States	25,500	13
Brasilia	710	3	Jason Beckman	United States	21,000	11
Brasilia	710	4	Jim McCrink	United States	76,100	38
Brasilia	710	5	Murat Tolek	Germany	159,500	80
Brasilia	710	6	Shaome Yang	United States	119,300	60
Brasilia	710	7	Sean Remz	United States	96,400	48
Brasilia	710	8	The Nguyen	United States	117,000	59

Brasilia	711	1	Jerome Evans	Germany	108,400	54
Brasilia	711	2	Paul Leckey	Ireland	36,800	18
Brasilia	711	3	Micah Smith	United States	25,000	13
Brasilia	711	4	Kurt Fruchtman	Canada	52,700	26
Brasilia	711	5	Justin Bonomo	United States	160,500	80
Brasilia	711	6	Dau Ly	United States	58,000	29
Brasilia	711	7	Chris Ferguson	United States	39,400	20

Brasilia	711	8	Alberto Fonseca	Croatia	220,000	110
Brasilia	712	1	Jon Hoellein	United States	83,500	42
Brasilia	712	2	Gionni Demers	United States	138,600	69
Brasilia	712	3	Leif Force	United States	76,100	38
Brasilia	712	4	Sorin Drajneanu	United States	469,700	235
Brasilia	712	5	John Monnette	United States	128,800	64
Brasilia	712	6	Miltiadis Kypiakides	United States	229,000	115
Brasilia	712	7	Eric Cloutier	Ireland	93,000	47
Brasilia	712	8	Ryan Lenaghan	United States	92,300	46

Brasilia	713	1	Jonas Entin	United States	145,100	73
Brasilia	713	2	Travis Pearson	United States	118,700	59
Brasilia	713	3	Casey Carroll	United States	70,800	35
Brasilia	713	4	Samay Parikh	United States	44,100	22
Brasilia	713	5	Aleksei Altshuller	Russia	188,600	94
Brasilia	713	6	Cole Jackson	United States	61,700	31
Brasilia	713	7	Bobby Oboodi	United States	132,600	66
Brasilia	713	8	Michael Mcguire	United States	78,200	39

Brasilia	714	1	Vivian Truglio Saliba	United States	129,400	65
Brasilia	714	2	Andjelko Andrejevic	United States	369,400	185
Brasilia	714	3	Gordon Vayo	United States	33,000	17
Brasilia	714	4	Anton Bertillson	Sweden	36,600	18
Brasilia	714	5	Dermot Blain	Ireland	214,000	107
Brasilia	714	6	John Crisp	United States	77,900	39
Brasilia	714	7	Jonathan Zarin	United States	123,400	62
Brasilia	714	8	Nikolai Sears	United States	135,800	68

Brasilia	715	1	David Paredes	United States	85,000	43
Brasilia	715	2	Dapreesch Scates	United States	39,100	20
Brasilia	715	3	Ioannis Angelou Konstas	United States	78,100	39
Brasilia	715	4	Arvi Vainionkulma	Finland	320,200	160
Brasilia	715	5	Chris Lee	United States	138,500	69
Brasilia	715	6	Ryan Miller	United States	168,400	84
Brasilia	715	7	Robert Park	United States	189,600	95
Brasilia	715	8	Brian Jordan	United States	82,000	41

Brasilia	716	1	Orlando Romero	United States	90,300	45
Brasilia	716	2	Ola Amundsgard	Norway	116,900	58
Brasilia	716	3	Andrew Liporace	United States	93,000	47
Brasilia	716	4	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	150,200	75
Brasilia	716	5	Bruce Yamron	United States	125,300	63
Brasilia	716	6	Timothy Batow	United States	172,200	86
Brasilia	716	7	Shaun Deeb	United States	144,600	72
Brasilia	716	8	Johnny Lodden	Norway	270,000	135

Brasilia	717	1	Andrew Watson	United States	87,600	44
Brasilia	717	2	Liam O'Donoghue	Ireland	72,200	36
Brasilia	717	3	Brandon Allen	United States	92,100	46
Brasilia	717	4	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	105,600	53
Brasilia	717	5	Roberto Romanello	United Kingdom	179,800	90
Brasilia	717	6	Corey Hochman	United States	247,500	124
Brasilia	717	7	Junayed Khan	United States	75,500	38
Brasilia	717	8	Tommy Le	United States	210,800	105

Brasilia	718	1	Eddie Ochana	United States	269,000	135
Brasilia	718	3	Dan Shak	United States	255,100	128
Brasilia	718	4	Henri Koivisto	Finland	89,900	45
Brasilia	718	5	Andrew Brown	United States	90,000	45
Brasilia	718	6	Cyrus Partow	United States	192,300	96
Brasilia	718	7	Camilo Manrique	Canada	71,200	36
Brasilia	718	8	David "ODB" Baker	United States	45,000	23

Brasilia	719	1	Michael Krasienko	United States	160,200	80
Brasilia	719	2	Daniel Weinman	United States	132,000	66
Brasilia	719	3	John Riordan	United States	200,600	100
Brasilia	719	4	Alper Kostem	Turkey	66,200	33
Brasilia	719	5	Christopher Sensoli	United States	142,000	71
Brasilia	719	6	Aaron Overton	United States	25,500	13
Brasilia	719	8	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	301,200	151

Brasilia	720	1	Scott Davies	Canada	40,500	20
Brasilia	720	2	Jack Duong	United States	75,300	38
Brasilia	720	3	Anthony Zinno	United States	34,600	17
Brasilia	720	4	Benjamin Eilers	United States	80,800	40
Brasilia	720	5	Michael Kamran	United States	190,000	95
Brasilia	720	6	Jerry Atkins	United States	81,100	41
Brasilia	720	7	Randel Brown	United States	250,400	125

Brasilia	721	1	Gavin Polone	United States	81,200	41
Brasilia	721	2	Jesse Yaginuma	United States	137,100	69
Brasilia	721	3	Patrick Mahoney	United States	264,300	132
Brasilia	721	4	Daniel Geeng	United States	103,700	52
Brasilia	721	5	Christian Harder	United States	170,200	85
Brasilia	721	6	John Racener	United States	66,900	33
Brasilia	721	7	Jianguo Ruan	Australia	89,800	45
Brasilia	721	8	Garrett Greer	United States	56,600	28

Brasilia	722	1	Norbert Szecsi	Hungary	95,700	48
Brasilia	722	2	Kory Kilpatrick	United States	137,500	69
Brasilia	722	3	Robert Cowen	United Kingdom	203,300	102
Brasilia	722	4	David Len Ashby	United States	139,800	70
Brasilia	722	5	Jarred Graham	Germany	109,200	55
Brasilia	722	6	Arthur Morris	United States	57,200	29
Brasilia	722	7	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	97,800	49
Brasilia	722	8	Sean Kapul	United States	38,200	19

Brasilia	723	1	Howard Millian	United States	157,400	79
Brasilia	723	2	Mosley Dominique	United States	165,000	83
Brasilia	723	3	Kevin Eyster	United States	114,300	57
Brasilia	723	4	Grazvydas Kontautas	Lithuania	56,300	28
Brasilia	723	5	Jean Ferreira	Canada	93,000	47
Brasilia	723	6	Mark Scacewater	United States	52,000	26
Brasilia	723	7	Connor Drinan	United States	100,400	50
Brasilia	723	8	Ryan Yearsley	United States	35,800	18

Brasilia	724	1	Sajan Thomas	United States	103,200	52
Brasilia	724	2	Christopher Frank	Ireland	94,300	47
Brasilia	724	3	Sean Rafael	United States	194,700	97
Brasilia	724	4	Jeff Madsen	United States	219,800	110
Brasilia	724	5	Ryan D'Angelo	United States	80,900	40
Brasilia	724	6	Sebastian Bastian	Bahamas	43,200	22
Brasilia	724	7	Ryan Day	United States	88,000	44
Brasilia	724	8	Eoghan O'Dea	Ireland	127,200	64

Brasilia	725	1	Matt Stout	United States	53,800	27
Brasilia	725	3	Ben Lamb	United States	189,200	95
Brasilia	725	4	Mike Sexton	United States	73,500	37
Brasilia	725	5	Jason DeWitt	United States	150,200	75
Brasilia	725	6	Fredrick Andersson	Sweden	118,000	59
Brasilia	725	7	Scott Eskenazi	United States	74,200	37
Brasilia	725	8	Maxim Babko	Canada	149,900	75

Brasilia	726	1	Chris George	United States	70,100	35
Brasilia	726	2	Ben Yu	United States	67,000	34
Brasilia	726	3	Max Lehmanski	Germany	27,700	14
Brasilia	726	4	Daniel Harmetz	United States	131,000	66
Brasilia	726	5	Fernando Brunca	Brazil	68,200	34
Brasilia	726	6	Brad Ruben	United States	95,700	48
Brasilia	726	7	Daniel Reijmer	Netherlands	82,600	41
Brasilia	726	8	Scott Clements	United States	224,200	112

Brasilia	727	1	Usman Siddique	United Kingdom	108,000	54
Brasilia	727	2	Ralph Perry	United States	82,300	41
Brasilia	727	3	Mattias De Smidt	Ireland	140,600	70
Brasilia	727	4	Igor Sharaskin	Russia	46,200	23
Brasilia	727	5	Toby Lewis	United Kingdom	49,400	25
Brasilia	727	6	Cylus Watson	United States	87,200	44
Brasilia	727	7	Molichisa Ngeth	United States	115,200	58
Brasilia	727	8	[Removed:321] Abediarani	United States	65,000	33

Brasilia	728	1	Sam Trickett	United Kingdom	106,000	53
Brasilia	728	2	Alex Venovski	United States	82,500	41
Brasilia	728	3	Jonathan Abdellatif	Belgium	22,700	11
Brasilia	728	4	Lance Howard	United States	50,000	25
Brasilia	728	5	Frank Williams	United States	102,500	51
Brasilia	728	6	Hani Mio	United States	193,300	97
Brasilia	728	7	Evan Krentzman	United States	69,400	35
Brasilia	728	8	Robert Angotta	United States	36,400	18

Brasilia	729	1	Kristopher Tong	United States	300,800	-
Brasilia	729	2	David Callaghan	Ireland	205,000	103
Brasilia	729	3	Zeik Tuit	Ireland	57,400	29
Brasilia	729	4	Quan Zhou	China	199,800	100
Brasilia	729	5	[Removed:4]	Germany	40,000	20
Brasilia	729	6	Philip Wiszowaty	United States	39,000	20
Brasilia	729	7	Alex Bolotin	United States	88,900	44
Brasilia	729	8	Alan Reyf	United States	81,000	41

Tags: Andjelko Andrejevic Arvi Vainionkulma Dan Shak Eddie Ochana Scott Clements Sorin Drajneanu

Nível: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

2017-06-29 12:01 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Players are in their seats and cards are in the air.

2017-06-29 12:12 UTC-7

Baker Scores an Early Double

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Nível 11 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

The cards of Dan Shak in the big blind were already in the muck while the board showed . David "ODB" Baker was counting out his remaining stack of 29,000 with for two pair tabled. According to Baker, he raised to 5,000 on the button and called the three-bet of Shak for 16,000.

The remaining stack went in after the flop and Shak tabled to see his pair of aces end up second best.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Shak	210,000 45,100	45,100
David "ODB" Baker	91,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker Dan Shak

2017-06-29 12:16 UTC-7

Trickett Fires Three Streets

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Picking up the action on the flop, Sam Trickett bet 7,000 out of the small blind and Hani Mio was the only caller. The fell on the turn and Trickett bet again, making it 12,000 to go this time around. Mio called once more and faced a third barrel worth 17,000 on the river. That proved to be too much and Mio sent his cards into the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hani Mio	175,000 18,300	18,300
Sam Trickett	130,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Sam Trickett Hani Mio

2017-06-29 12:18 UTC-7

Eric Hicks Felted

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Murat Tulek raised to 6,500 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and Eric Hicks moved all in from the button for approximately 20,000. Tulek made a pot-sized four-bet, the middle-position player folded, and Hicks and Tulek tabled their hands.

Eric Hicks:
Murat Tulek:

Tulek had the preflop advantage with his aces, and Hicks needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out , which wasn't what Hicks wanted to see, and Tulek took the pot to stack Hicks.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Murat Tulek	155,000 155,000	155,000
Eric Hicks	Eliminado

Tags: Eric Hicks Murat Tulek

2017-06-29 12:27 UTC-7

DiPasquale and Zinno No More

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Both Daniel DiPasquale and Anthony Zinno started with short stacks into Day 2 and failed to run up their stacks, bowing out on separate tables. As a result, the first table in the Brasilia room broke and many more will follow in the hours to come.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel DiPasquale	Eliminado
Anthony Zinno	Eliminado

Tags: Anthony Zinno Daniel DiPasquale

2017-06-29 12:32 UTC-7

"Just a Standard PLO Hand"

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The good fortune of David "ODB" Baker didn't last long, as he tangled in a big pot with Andrew Brown just now.

They were all in after a flop of . Brown showed for top set and Baker flashed for aces and the nut flush draw. Both the turn and river failed to improve Baker and he lost the majority of his stack. "How are those aces doing today?" Dan Shak asked, having previously doubled Baker when his aces were no good either.

"It was just a standard PLO hand," Baker added.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrew Brown	175,000 85,000	85,000
David "ODB" Baker	15,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Andrew Brown Dan Shak David "ODB" Baker

2017-06-29 12:38 UTC-7

Shak Takes From Baumstein

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Nível 11 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Scott Baumstein was on the button and raised to 4,500. Dan Shak called from the small blind and Henri Koivisto defended his big blind.

The flop was and everyone checked to the turn which was the . Shak led for 10,000 and Baumstein called after Koivisto folded.

The river was the and Shak fired out a bet of 15,000 which Baumstein snap-called. Shak tabled for a flush and Baumstein's cards found the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Shak	255,000 45,000	45,000
Scott Baumstein	41,000 3,800	3,800

Tags: Dan Shak Scott Baumstein