Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Champion Will be Crowned Today

Tyler Foran

The final day of the Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha gets underway at 2 p.m. local time.

Yesterday's Day 2 saw 126 players return to the felt and after 10 levels of play, only eight remained. Rafael Mota goes into the day as chip leader and leads the pack by a large margin with 7,515,000 chips.

GGPoker qualifier Motoyoshi Okamura bagged the second highest stack with a total of 3,835,000 chips whilst Nick Yunis is not far behind his 3,190,000 chip stack. Okamura isn't the only GGPoker qualifier remaining, Leonid Yanovski bagged 2,070,000 with both qualifiers looking to capture their first WSOP gold bracelet.

Final Table Seat Draw

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Amazon	414	1	Nick Yunis	Chile	3,190,000	53
Amazon	414	2	Leonid Yanovski	Isreal	2,070,000	34
Amazon	414	3	Marc Lange	Germany	535,000	9
Amazon	414	4	Rafael Mota	Brazil	7,515,000	125
Amazon	414	5	Tim Grau	Austria	360,000	6
Amazon	414	6	Jordan Spurlin	United States	1,740,000	29
Amazon	414	7	Mike Takayama	Philippines	1,900,000	32
Amazon	414	8	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	3,835,000	64

The final eight players will return today at 2 p.m. local time to the Amazon Gold section at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino to play down to a winner. The event resumes on Level 26 where blinds are 30,000/60,000/60,000.

All eight players have secured $20,737, but of course, all eyes will be on the $209,716 first-place prize that the eventual champion will be taking home as well as the much sought after WSOP bracelet.