Three players saw the 9♠7♦2♥ flop and Michael Hahn checked to Joseph Shammas, who pushed a bet of 69,000 across the line. Maksim Dukic was on the button and announced "pot," raising to 276,000. Hahn quickly folded, but Shammas went into the tank.
After about 40 seconds of thinking, Shammas folded his 2x2x face up and Dukic showed 9x8x7x6x for two pair.
Alfie Adam raised from the middle position to 27,000 to leave 7,000 behind. The action folded to Daniel Kim in the big blind, who considered his options for a bit.
"Let's call light," he said, before putting Adam all in, who made the call.
Alfie Adam: A♥A♠Q♠Q♣
Daniel Kim: 8♦7♠7♣5♦
"Nice hand," Kim commented when he saw Adam's hand.
The flop came 4♦A♣9♠ for Adam to hit a set.
The turn was the 10♥ for Kim to pick up the open-ended straight draw.
"Here we go! I have a straight draw!" Kim responded.
The whole table gasped when the 6♣ completed the board, for Kim to hit his straight and indeed to eliminate Adam.
Ryan Coon pushed his last 6,000 over the line for Tim Grau to raise it up to 20,000 on his left. The action folded to the big blind, who considered his options for a while but opted to get out of their way.
Ryan Coon: 9♣9♠8♠6♥
Tim Grau: A♣K♦6♠3♣
The board ran out 6♦8♥J♥5♦2♠ for Grau to flop a pair of sixes but for Coon to stay ahead with the nines in his hand to more than double with.
Unfortunately for some others, they weren't as lucky and were eliminated.
Three players saw the 8♠6♥4♦ flop and Jacek Piontke and Erick Lindgren both checked to Christopher Frank, who fired 35,000 into the pot of about 40,000. Pointke check-jammed for 79,000, forcing Lindgren out and Frank sigh-called.
Jacek Piontke: A♦Q♦8♦6♦
Christopher Frank: 6♣5♣5♥4♣
Pointke was in the lead with top two pair and the 2♣ turn and 8♣ river improved him to a full house to scoop the pot.
The 2024 World Series of Poker continues here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas as the second day of Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed gets underway at 12 p.m. There were a total of 1,469 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,961,115 with just 162 players remaining.
Beginning the day at the top of the leaderboard is Mike Dentale (1,230,000) who managed to be the chip leader for the majority of Day 1, and was the only player to bag over one million chips.
Thee-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Zack starts the day second in chips, with a total of 953,000. Zack has already cashed in three events in the 2024 WSOP for a total of $24,237 and looks to capture his first Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet.
Following Zack is Andreas Zampas of Greece, joining Day 2 with 833,000 in chips to round the top three stacks.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Mike Dentale
United States
1,230,000
205
2
Daniel Zack
United States
953,000
159
3
Andreas Zampas
Greece
833,000
139
4
Xiaoxiao Song
United States
635,000
106
5
Chino Rheem
United States
624,000
104
6
Michael Rodrigues
Portugal
620,000
103
7
Daniel Swartz
United States
620,000
103
8
Jonathan Bowers
United States
599,000
100
9
Greg Himmelbrand
United States
578,000
96
10
Vladislav Klepikov
Russia
561,000
94
Chino Rheem
Other notables to keep your eye on throughout Day 2 include, Chino Rheem (624,000), Erick Lindgren (509,000), Dylan Weisman (482,000), Jaspal Brar (348,000), Scott Ball (322,000), and Phil Ivey (278,000).
Action resumes in the Horseshoe at 12 p.m. continuing on Level 16, 3,000/6,000 blinds with a 6,000 big blind ante. The plan for the day is for the players to play ten one-hour levels with a 15-minute break after every second level and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 (6:30 p.m.).
All 162 players have locked up a payout of $3,004, but all eyes are on the grand prize of $294,311, and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$294,311
9
$24,335
56-63
$5,113
2
$196,191
10-11
$19,048
64-71
$4,498
3
$140,077
12-15
$15,119
72-79
$4,018
4
$101,284
16-23
$12,169
80-99
$3,647
5
$74,178
24-31
$9,936
100-117
$3,364
6
$55,034
32-39
$8,230
118-144
$3,154
7
$41,371
40-47
$6,919
145-162
$3,004
8
$31,516
48-55
$5,903
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we will be giving live updates throughout the rest of this event.
