Friday, June 24, 2016 1:11 PM Local Time
Sixteen Players Remain on Day 3 of Event #37, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Tommy Le leads the last 16 into Day 3
At noon local time, Day 3 of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event #37 will get underway with just 16 players remaining out of a 776-player field. All remaining players have guaranteed themselves $7,179 for their efforts, but all eyes are set on the first-place payout of $212,128, plus the elusive gold bracelet.
Leading the field of hopefuls after two days is Tommy Le with 1,040,000, followed by Norway's Jon Ho Christensen (699,000) and Finland's Henri Koivisto (597,000). Other notables still in contention include Day 1 chip leader Dieyar Kakel (339,000), Jake Schwartz (218,000), Yashuo Chin (167,000) and Dylan Linde (124,000).
Play resumes with Level 21 and blinds of 6,000/12,000, and another 10 levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for Day 3. Be sure to check back regularly, as WSOP.com provides live updates throughout the day. Here are today's seating assignments and chip counts:
Table 1
Seat 1: Bryce Eckhart – 280,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: Jiaqi Xu – 318,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: empty
Seat 4: Dieyar Kakel – 339,000 (28 bb)
Seat 5: Henri Koivisto – 597,000 (49 bb)
Seat 6: Thibaut Klinghammer – 446,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7: Yashuo Chin – 167,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: Tommy Le – 1,040,000 (86 bb)
Seat 9: Dylan Linde – 124,000 (10 bb)
Table 2
Seat 1: Patrick Salo – 218,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: Jon Ho Christensen – 699,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3: Arundel Robinson – 590,000 (49 bb)
Seat 4: Joshua Pham – 179,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Pallas Aidinian – 202,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Jake Schwartz – 218,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7: empty
Seat 8: Jeffrey Duvall – 196,000 (16 bb)
Seat 9: Richard Austin – 213,000 (17 bb)