Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix

Pot-Limit Omaha

Robert Williamson III limped under the gun and Jean Montury called next to act as Devin Looney checked his option in the big blind.

The flop landed     and Looney and Williamson III checked to Montury who bet 11,000. Looney called, but Williamson III raised to 41,000 and both his opponents folded.

Jean Montury	300,000	-45,000
Robert Williamson III	200,000	-50,500
Devin Looney	195,000	-39,500

Omaha Hi-Lo

David Bach raised from the button, Mike Matusow called from the small blind and Nicholas Derke called from the big blind.

The flop came down     and action checked to Bach who bet. Matusow called, Derke folded and the   turn fell. Matusow bet, Bach raised, and Matusow called all in for a little less with     . Bach showed     .

The river was the   and Bach won the high with aces and tens and Matusow took the low with a live deuce.

Nicholas Derke	325,000	-13,000
David Bach	270,000	7,000
Mike Matusow	85,000	2,000

Omaha Hi-Lo

Mike Matusow raised under the gun to 20,000 and Daniel Negreanu made it three bets to go from the button. Kevin Malis called in the small blind, and Matusow called also.

The flop landed     and action checked to Negreanu who bet 10,000. Malis folded, Matusow showed      and folded, and Negreanu scooped the pot before flashing his   .

Daniel Negreanu

165,000

39,000

Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2018 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of the Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix!

Two days ago a field of 481 players took to the felt to battle in one of the few smaller buy-in mixed games events on the WSOP schedule. After one full day of play, just 134 players remained, and e Amnon Filippi (71st), Benny Glaser (64th), Ylon Schwartz (54th), Chip Jett (42nd), Jon Turner (38th), Scott Seiver (34th), Fabrice Soulier (30th), Dylan Linde (24th), Valentin Vornicu (23rd), Ben Yu (22nd), and James Obst (20th) were among those hitting the rail throughout Day 2, just 16 players remained.

Leading the final 16 players is Nicholas Seiken who bagged 360,000 to be ahead of Philip Long (357,000), Jean Montury (345,000), and Nicholas Derke (338,000) as the only players over the 300,000-chip mark.

Also in contention is three-time WSOP bracelet winner David Bach (263,000), John Racener (226,500), Anthony Zinno (198,000), two-time WSOP Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu (126,000), and four-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike Matusow (83,000).

Players are currently guaranteed $6,072, and a visit to the final table will see them guaranteed to earn at least $19,404. For the player who can ascend to the top and be crowned the Event #22 champion, that will not only earn the elusive WSOP bracelet, but the $147,348 first prize.

Play resumes at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews live reporting team providing continuous live updates of all the Day 3 action. So stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all the Event #22 updates, along with all the live action from the 2018 WSOP.