Only 20 Players Remain for Day 3 of $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller
At 2 p.m. local time, Day 3 of the 2017 World Series of Poker $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller will see 20 players out of a record field of 205 entries return to the tables at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The tournament reached the money late on Day 2 and the lion's share of the $4,868,750 prize pool is still up for grabs with at least $42,393 guaranteed thus far.
All eyes are set on the gold bracelet and the payday of $1,289,074 that comes along with it, and Iraj Parvizi leads the field for the second day in a row with 3,700,000. Second in chips is James "The Big Showww Caldo" Calderaro with 3,000,000 followed by Dario Sammartino with 2,675,000.
Plenty of other big names are still in the mix for the title in the third most expensive event of the series including Alexey Rybin (1,650,000), Aaron Katz (1,505,000), William Kakon (995,000), 2016 third-place finisher Dan Smith (980,000), Ben Tollerene (910,000), 2017 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship winner and 2016 runner-up Tommy Le (830,000), Ashton Griffin (600,000), Esther Taylor (515,000) and Martin Kozlov (355,000).
The action will resume at level 21 with blinds of 15,000/30,000, and the tournament is scheduled to play ten full levels of 60 minutes each. Depending on the progress of the event, this may change, though. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action from the tables.
| Year | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 175 | $4,156,250 | Anthony Zinno | $1,122,196 |
| 2016 | 184 | $4,370,000 | Jens Kyllönen | $1,127,035 |
| 2017 | 205 | $4,868,750 | to be determined | $1,289,074 |
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 2 | 1 | Esther Taylor | United States | 515,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 2 | 2 | Eddie Ochana | United States | 560,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 2 | 3 | empty | |||
| Amazon | 2 | 4 | James Park | United Kingdom | 2,045,000 | 68 |
| Amazon | 2 | 5 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 600,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 2 | 6 | William Kakon | United States | 995,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 2 | 7 | Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 1,300,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 2 | 8 | Felix Bleiker | Switzerland | 700,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 5 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 2,675,000 | 89 |
| Amazon | 5 | 2 | Alexey Rybin | Russia | 1,650,000 | 55 |
| Amazon | 5 | 3 | Dan Smith | United States | 980,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 5 | 4 | Aaron Katz | United States | 1,505,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 5 | 5 | Tommy Le | United States | 830,000 | 28 |
| Amazon | 5 | 6 | empty | |||
| Amazon | 5 | 7 | Iraj Parvizi | United Kingdom | 3,750,000 | 125 |
| Amazon | 5 | 8 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 680,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 7 | 1 | Mike Krasienko | United States | 1,045,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 7 | 2 | James Calderaro | United States | 3,000,000 | 100 |
| Amazon | 7 | 3 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 910,000 | 30 |
| Amazon | 7 | 4 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 355,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 7 | 5 | empty | |||
| Amazon | 7 | 6 | Michael Kamran | United States | 465,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 7 | 7 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | 1,070,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 7 | 8 | empty |
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and Park checked. Griffin moved all in for about 70,000, Bleiker raised to 160,000, and Park moved two stacks of green T-25,000 chips forward to check-raise to 1,000,000. Bleiker folded and Park showed 
, which was in good shape against Griffin who held a fistful of black Broadway cards 
.
on the turn gave Park two pair, eights and sixes, and the insignificant 
on the river meant the pot was his and Griffin's deep run in this event has come to an end.
and Ochana got his short stack in after a series of raises with Park looking him up.
turn gave Ochana more outs, but some of them were also taken away due to the diamond draw of Park. The 
river gave Park the nut flush and Ochana had to settle for 19th place and a payday of $42,393.
flop and the 
appeared on the turn. Yockey bet 140,000 and Katz folded, Le moved all in for just over 400,000 and Yockey quickly called.
for a set of queens and open-ended straight draw
on the river was a blank and Le was eliminated in 18th place for $42,393, scoring yet another deep run in a Pot-Limit Omaha event.
and Krasienko bet. Calderaro called to see the 
turn and called another bet from Krasienko. The river was the 
for quad nines.
, not enough help to Krasienko, ending his tournament in 17th place.
and Parvizi checked. Palevic bet 375,000, Calderaro raised the pot to 1,400,000, Parvizi jammed for about 3,100,000, and Palevic put his stack in as well. Calderaro had the largest of the three stacks and called.
, and Calderaro took the pot to eliminate both players.
against Ben Tollerene's 
and Sammartino scooped the pot with a set of aces, eliminating Katz in 12th place for $70,421.
