Nahm In Control of $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
An action-packed Day 2 of Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed saw Stephen Nahm amass almost a quarter of the chips in play, and will be taking a sizeable lead into Day 3 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The final 117 entrants began the day from the starting field of 2,017, with 13 remaining at the end of the night still battling for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Action will resume under the lights of the feature tables, as the final pieces of the $1,795,130 prize pool will be divided up with the winner earning $267,991.
Nahm will bring a massive stack of 9,750,000 chips into the final day of action, leading the way ahead of WSOP bracelet winner Ronald Keijzer (5,965,000).
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Nahm | Canada | 9,750,000 | 98 |
| 2 | Ronald Keijzer | Netherlands | 5,965,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 5,340,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Dan Matsuzuki | United States | 5,300,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Gheorghe Butuc | Moldova | 3,120,000 | 31 |
| 6 | Kevin Rand | United States | 3,015,000 | 30 |
| 7 | Amir Mirrasouli | United States | 2,200,000 | 22 |
| 8 | Jonathan England | United States | 1,380,000 | 14 |
| 9 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 1,000,000 | 10 |
| 10 | Paul Clotar | United States | 980,000 | 10 |
Among the names giving chase are WSOP bracelet winners Dan Matsuzuki (5,300,000) and Mike Gorodinsky (930,000), with the latter needing to make a move early on Day 3. Thomas Taylor made a move when his aces turned into quads, while Paul Clotar stayed alive in unlikely fashion when he survived all in with a pair of deuces.
Day 2 Notables
Other notables that were unable to survive Day 2 include Josh Arieh , Daniel Negreanu, 2021 champion Dylan Weisman, Fernando "Jnandez" Habegger, David Williams, Max Pescatori and Eli Elezra.
Once the final three tables were filled, a double elimination saw the field trimmed down even further. Other names to fall short of the final 13 included Mike Dentale, Jerome Hickel, and Eric Fields, who held the chip lead at one point during the day.
Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time on Level 28, with blinds of 50,000/100,000 and a 100,000 big blind ante. The field is expected to play down to the final five, before live streaming on PokerGO begins.
The PokerNews team will continue to bring you all of the action as we get set to crown a new WSOP champion.