Bleznick, Winter, and Lamb Among Top Stacks Heading Into Day 2 of Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day 2 of Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller continues at the 2022 World Series of Poker and sports-cards enthusiast Jared Bleznick holds the chip lead heading into the day with a stack 601,500. Sean Winter (578,000) and Ben Lamb (540,500) are also returning to the felt with top-ten stacks and will be looking to continue their run.
Multiple-bracelet winners Brian Rast (395,500), Phil Ivey (360,500), Chance Kornuth (333,000), and Anthony Zinno (319,000) are among those who will return with more than twice the starting stack of 150,000 chips, and are looking to secure another piece of gold jewelry.
When action resumes at 2 p.m. local time, there will be 124 players coming back who bagged in the first day out of 196 entries so far. They will surely be joined by others looking for four-card high roller action, as late registration remains open until the end of Level 12 at approximately 4:15 p.m.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 601,500 | 201 |
| 2 | Chris DeMaci | United States | 586,000 | 195 |
| 3 | Sean Winter | United States | 578,000 | 193 |
| 4 | Frank Crivello | United States | 575,000 | 192 |
| 5 | James Chen | United States | 553,000 | 184 |
| 6 | Ben Lamb | United States | 540,500 | 180 |
| 7 | Dmitrii Perfilev | United States | 536,500 | 179 |
| 8 | Duarte Baptista | Portugal | 484,500 | 162 |
| 9 | Kristopher Tong | United States | 444,500 | 148 |
| 10 | Conrad De Armas | United States | 437,500 | 146 |
Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. in the Paris purple section. Play will resume on Level 11 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante. As with the first day, players will play ten 60-minute levels on Day 2, with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 around 8:30 p.m.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team bring you updates of the Day 2 action from Bally��s and Paris Las Vegas.