Ryan Gibson Far Out Front to Begin Day 2 of $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Welcome back for Day 2 of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Just 59 players out of a starting field of 1,069 are still in the hunt for the WSOP gold bracelet and the $166,461 top prize when play resumes at 12 p.m. PST.
Leading the way by a significant margin is Ryan Gibson, who turned his 20,000 starting stack into 1,940,000 over the course of 11 hours of play on Day 1. Gibson leads second-place Alexander Yen by more than 600,000, and has nearly double the stack of third-place Jonathan Therme (1,033,000).
In fifth place to start the day is Michael Perrone with 750,000. Perrone has already won a bracelet in 2021, taking down Event #10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 10 days ago. Gabe Ramos was also at that final table and begins Day 2 in ninth chip position with 550,000. Bracelet winners Georgios Sotiropoulos (474,000) and Joseph Cheong (454,000) are also still alive.
Top 10 Stacks
| Chip Position | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Ryan Gibson | United States | 1,940,000 |
| 2 | Alexander Yen | United States | 1,314,000 |
| 3 | Jonathan Therme | France | 1,033,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 937,000 |
| 5 | Michael Perrone | United States | 750,000 |
| 6 | Casey Carroll | United States | 680,000 |
| 7 | Craig Chait | United States | 664,000 |
| 8 | Tegnear Butler | United States | 553,000 |
| 9 | Gabe Ramos | United States | 550,000 |
| 10 | Youness Barakat | Italy | 539,000 |
The schedule calls for these 59 players to play down to a final table of five tonight. Levels will increase to 60 minutes starting on Day 2, with blinds beginning at 5,000-10,000, with a 10,000 ante.
PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day providing live updates as the field gets whittled down to five.