Niveau: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
The Day 1B chip lead has changed hands plenty of times throughout the night and it's currently Anuj Bahl leading the way with 280,000. Just 5,000 chips separate him from Austria's Florian Strasser who sits in second with 275,000.
Millard Hale rounds out the top three Day 1B chip stacks with 240,000 and Loni Harwood is still climbing with 205,000.
Below is an updated look at some of the Day 1B big stacks.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Anuj Bahl |
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Florian Strasser |
275,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
Millard Hale |
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
Loni Harwood |
205,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
Jeff Gibson
|
200,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Mike Dentale |
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Michael Reed |
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
Josh Reichard |
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Three players saw a flop of and it checked to Josh Reichard on the button. Reichard bet 18,000 into a main pot of about 25,000 and Harwood called. They went heads up to the turn and Harwood led out with a bet of 43,000.
Reichard released his hand into the muck and Harwood added another pot the her massive stack. She is now playing 260,000 and is in contention for the chip lead with less than two levels of play left in the night.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Loni Harwood |
260,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Just 61 Day 1B Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha players remain and we have entered the last level of play for the night. At the completion of the level the bagging process will begin and the surviving Day 1B players will return Saturday June 9 at 2 P.M. local time to resume play.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Gibson |
374,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
||
Anuj Bahl |
357,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Florian Strasser |
333,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Millard Hale |
270,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Michael Reed |
250,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Loni Harwood |
219,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
||
Cheryl Choon |
214,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
Ilian Li |
212,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
Paul Leckey |
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Niklavs Zindulis |
175,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
George Alexander |
171,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
Joshua Reichard |
171,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
||
John Nguyen | 170,000 | |
Jason Gola |
168,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
||
Michael Park |
166,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
Maxime Heroux |
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
||
Norman Michalek |
163,000
144,500
|
144,500 |
Mats Rosen |
155,500
155,500
|
155,500 |
Vincent Renzo |
126,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
Shawn Busse |
119,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
||
Jacob Marples |
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Sean Shah |
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Bradley Coultas |
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Mikhail Semin |
104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
John Clark |
104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
A total of 1,226 entries filled the Brasilia Room at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for Day 1B of Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha. There was plenty of action and the chips were flying throughout the night. After 18 levels of Day 1b play, it's USA's Jeff Gibson leading the way with 374,000.
Gibson got off to a red hot start building a big stack early and never looked back. USA's Anuj Bahl is right is on heels with 361,000 and Florian Strasser rounds out the top three Day 1B chip stacks with 333,000.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner USA's Loni Harwood will return to Day 2 with a healthy stack of 218,500.
Harwood is not the only two-time WSOP bracelet winner that will be returning as JC Tran will be joining her on Day 2 with 73,000.
Other players from this flight that will be moving on include WSOP bracelet Australia's James Obst.
The eliminations were fast and furious and plenty of big names hit the rail including Scott Clements, Nipun Java, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Hui, Jay Farber, Tyler Patterson and Amnon Filippi, just to name a few.
There are 49 Day 1b players advancing to Day 2 and they'll join the 52 Day 1a survivors in the Amazon Gold room on Saturday, June 9 at 2 P.M. local time.
The players are now all in the money and the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 when Day 2 play resumes. There will be 10 levels of Day 2 play with breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after level 6.
A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they're available.
Keep following PokerNews for all of the live updates on Day 2 and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker.
Event #19: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha
Jour 1b terminé