Negreanu Third in Chips for Day 2 of the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
After 10 one-hour levels on Day 1 of Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller, a field of 192 entries played down to 101 who will return today to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino when the action recommences at Level 11 at blinds of 1,500/3,000, with late registration still open for the first two levels of Day 2.
Poker superstar Daniel Negreanu will be third in chips when the action resumes at 2 p.m. local time after a red-hot final level of the night. The Canadian, who has already cashed for more than $17 million at the WSOP, is chasing a seventh gold bracelet. Negreanu already came close earlier this summer and eventually finished third in Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix.
Negreanu's impressive stack of 532,000 only trails the 617,500 of Konstantin Beylin and Veselin Karakitukov, who bagged up 549,500. Aaron Katz is close behind Negreanu with 525,000 and comes fresh off a 6th place finish in Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Other big stacks and notables for Day 2 include George Wolff (504,500), Len Ashby (498,500), Fraser MacIntyre (482,000), Chance Kornuth (473,500), Robert Mizrachi (453,000), 2017 fourth place finisher Artem Babakhanyan (436,000), Chris "BigHuni" Hunichen (374,000), Scotty Nguyen (347,500), Jason Koon (325,000), Brian Rast (312,500) and Paul Volpe (258,500).
Defending champion James Calderaro (234,500) is still on track to defend his title and PLO serial crusher Tommy Le (230,000), who has one bracelet and six WSOP Omaha Event final table appearances to his name, is aiming to better his runner-up finish in this very event from 2016.
As noted, all those that busted just once or haven't taken part at all yet are welcome to (re)join the action in the first two levels and the following break of Day 2, once Level 13 gets underway, the registration closes and the prize pool information will be finalized. The PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned in this four-day event.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 427 | 1 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 112,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 427 | 2 | Eric Berger | United States | 394,500 | 132 |
| Amazon | 427 | 4 | Omar Zazay | United States | 360,500 | 120 |
| Amazon | 427 | 5 | Kilian Loeffler | United States | 229,000 | 76 |
| Amazon | 427 | 7 | Christopher Meyers | United States | 159,500 | 53 |
| Amazon | 427 | 8 | Fraser MacIntyre | United Kingdom | 482,000 | 161 |
| Amazon | 428 | 1 | Kory Kilpatrick | United States | 128,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 428 | 2 | Scotty Nguyen | United States | 347,500 | 116 |
| Amazon | 428 | 3 | David Benyamine | United States | 139,500 | 47 |
| Amazon | 428 | 4 | Mandy Calara | United States | 132,500 | 44 |
| Amazon | 428 | 5 | James Calderaro | United States | 234,500 | 78 |
| Amazon | 428 | 6 | Xuedong Li | China | 311,000 | 104 |
| Amazon | 428 | 7 | Brian Alioa | United States | 194,000 | 65 |
| Amazon | 429 | 1 | Aaron Katz | United States | 525,000 | 175 |
| Amazon | 429 | 2 | Joshua Ladines | United States | 90,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 429 | 3 | Edward Han | United States | 453,500 | 151 |
| Amazon | 429 | 4 | Jarred Graham | Australia | 217,500 | 73 |
| Amazon | 429 | 5 | Sam Soverel | United States | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 429 | 6 | Brant Hale | United States | 265,000 | 88 |
| Amazon | 429 | 7 | David Prociak | United States | 252,500 | 84 |
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 532,000 | 177 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 453,000 | 151 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Gavin Cochrane | United Kingdom | 180,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 430 | 5 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 51,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 42,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 430 | 7 | Craig Varnell | United States | 479,500 | 160 |
| Amazon | 430 | 8 | Brian Rast | United States | 317,500 | 106 |
| Amazon | 431 | 2 | John Riordan | United States | 416,000 | 139 |
| Amazon | 431 | 3 | Jason Mercier | United States | 78,500 | 26 |
| Amazon | 431 | 4 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 549,500 | 183 |
| Amazon | 431 | 5 | Philip Ward | United Kingdom | 256,500 | 86 |
| Amazon | 431 | 6 | Nicholas Petitti | United States | 80,500 | 27 |
| Amazon | 431 | 7 | Max Kruse | Germany | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 435 | 1 | Toan Trinh | United States | 81,500 | 27 |
| Amazon | 435 | 2 | Naman Madan | India | 272,500 | 91 |
| Amazon | 435 | 3 | Jesse Chinni | United States | 240,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 435 | 5 | David Wang | Australia | 266,000 | 89 |
| Amazon | 435 | 6 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 473,500 | 158 |
| Amazon | 435 | 7 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 74,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 435 | 8 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 143,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 436 | 1 | Jeffrey Palarino | United States | 216,000 | 72 |
| Amazon | 436 | 2 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 43,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 436 | 3 | Mark Davidoff | United States | 142,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 436 | 4 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 87,500 | 29 |
| Amazon | 436 | 6 | James Park | United Kingdom | 201,000 | 67 |
| Amazon | 436 | 7 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | 436,000 | 145 |
| Amazon | 436 | 8 | Kyle Bowker | United States | 246,500 | 82 |
| Amazon | 437 | 1 | Andrew Ige | United States | 158,500 | 53 |
| Amazon | 437 | 2 | Tobias Ziegler | Germany | 103,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 437 | 3 | Yuta Sakamaki | Japan | 295,000 | 98 |
| Amazon | 437 | 5 | Richard Tuhrim | United States | 105,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 437 | 6 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 234,000 | 78 |
| Amazon | 437 | 7 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | 179,500 | 60 |
| Amazon | 437 | 8 | Noah Schwartz | United States | 114,500 | 38 |
| Amazon | 438 | 1 | George Wolff | United States | 504,500 | 168 |
| Amazon | 438 | 2 | Michael Kamran | United States | 102,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 438 | 3 | Tom Hu | United States | 270,000 | 90 |
| Amazon | 438 | 4 | Christopher Santora | United States | 212,000 | 71 |
| Amazon | 438 | 5 | Luis Velador | United States | 386,500 | 129 |
| Amazon | 438 | 6 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 303,000 | 101 |
| Amazon | 438 | 8 | Ben Yu | United States | 84,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 439 | 1 | Konstantin Beylin | United States | 617,500 | 206 |
| Amazon | 439 | 2 | Tommy Le | United States | 230,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 439 | 3 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | United States | 113,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 439 | 5 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 204,000 | 68 |
| Amazon | 439 | 6 | Eddie Ochana | United States | 300,500 | 100 |
| Amazon | 439 | 7 | Ognjen Sekularac | Serbia | 337,500 | 113 |
| Amazon | 443 | 1 | Christian Harder | United States | 207,000 | 69 |
| Amazon | 443 | 2 | Scott Eskenazi | United States | 268,000 | 89 |
| Amazon | 443 | 3 | Peter Hernandez | United States | 187,000 | 62 |
| Amazon | 443 | 4 | JC Tran | United States | 230,000 | 77 |
| Amazon | 443 | 5 | Tom Marchese | United States | 80,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 443 | 7 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 103,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 443 | 8 | Daniel Merrilees | United Kingdom | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 444 | 1 | Phil Galfond | United States | 288,500 | 96 |
| Amazon | 444 | 3 | Frank Parisi | United States | 243,500 | 81 |
| Amazon | 444 | 4 | Chase Steely | United States | 145,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 444 | 5 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 206,000 | 69 |
| Amazon | 444 | 6 | Josh Arieh | United States | 154,000 | 51 |
| Amazon | 444 | 8 | Tom Midena | United States | 183,500 | 61 |
| Amazon | 445 | 1 | Mike Leah | Canada | 133,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 445 | 2 | Sean Winter | United States | 247,500 | 83 |
| Amazon | 445 | 3 | Jason Koon | United States | 325,000 | 108 |
| Amazon | 445 | 5 | Sam Stein | United States | 305,500 | 102 |
| Amazon | 445 | 6 | Xinyan Zhou | United States | 113,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 445 | 7 | Tong Li | China | 142,500 | 48 |
| Amazon | 445 | 8 | Ralph Perry | United States | 71,500 | 24 |
| Amazon | 446 | 1 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 440,000 | 147 |
| Amazon | 446 | 3 | Connor Drinan | United States | 142,000 | 47 |
| Amazon | 446 | 4 | Len Ashby | United States | 498,500 | 166 |
| Amazon | 446 | 5 | Jake Schindler | United States | 117,000 | 39 |
| Amazon | 446 | 6 | John Beauprez | United States | 66,000 | 22 |
| Amazon | 446 | 7 | Cary Katz | United States | 99,500 | 33 |
| Amazon | 447 | 1 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 374,000 | 125 |
| Amazon | 447 | 2 | Paul Volpe | United States | 258,500 | 86 |
| Amazon | 447 | 3 | Grazvydas Kontautas | Lithuania | 332,000 | 111 |
| Amazon | 447 | 4 | Jacob Kalb | United States | 439,500 | 147 |
| Amazon | 447 | 5 | Michael Song | United States | 83,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 447 | 6 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 97,000 | 32 |
| Amazon | 447 | 7 | Bogdan Capitan | Romania | 496,000 | 165 |
| Amazon | 447 | 8 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 295,500 | 99 |