Who Will Make the Final Five of Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship?
After two days of play, a field of 277 hopefuls have been whittled down to it's final 19 for a shot at WSOP glory. Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, one of the last championship events of the 2023 World Series of Poker, will have cards back in the air at 1 p.m. PDT as the field plays down to it's final five.
Unsurprisingly, plenty of notables are still in the hunt for the first-place prize of $598,613 and the coveted wristband. While each of the 19 remaining players has $24,509 already locked up, their eyes will be firmly fixed on the big one that awaits them on Friday, July 5th.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Deutsch | United States | 2,110,000 | 84 |
| 2 | John Holley | United States | 2,040,000 | 82 |
| 3 | Hassan Kamel | Australia | 1,745,000 | 70 |
| 4 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 1,550,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Maxx Coleman | United States | 1,090,000 | 44 |
| 6 | Martin Zamani | United States | 1,035,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 890,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 865,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 765,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Ben Yu | United States | 725,000 | 29 |
There's plenty of play left on Day 3 before the final five are set. Stephen Deutsch is the one in the driver's seat, sporting 84 big blinds with his stack of 2,110,000. John Holley (2,040,000) and Hassan Kamel (1,745,000) round out the top three.
No fewer than nine bracelet winners will take a seat on Day 3 as well, including such luminaries as Maxx Coleman (1,090,000), Chris Vitch (865,000), Ben Yu (740,000), Paul Volpe (530,000), and short stack Patrick Leonard (170,000).
As mentioned, cards will be back in the air at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Levels will be 60 minutes throughout and resume in Level 21 with blinds at 10,000-25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. Breaks will be every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 26 (~7:30 p.m. local time). Play will hard stop when only five remain.
Make sure to follow along with PokerNews live updates throughout the day as we get closer to crowning a new PLO-8 champion.