Event #28: Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed

With the board reading       and already around 500,000 in the pot, Alexander Yen bet 500,000 and sent Ryan Gibson into the tank.

"Sick hand," Gibson said as he pondered the decision for several minutes extending into the break. "Do you always have to have it?"

At different times, Gibson grabbed his cards as if about to muck and cut out the chips to call. Finally, after about eight minutes, he called.

"Queen-high flush," he announced. But Yen had him beat with      for an ace-high flush to take the massive pot and the tournament chip lead.

Alexander Yen	2,370,000	670,000
Ryan Gibson	940,000	-1,260,000

Jonathan Therme, Tim Vanloo, and Joseph Cheong went to a flop of    . Cheong checked, Therme bet, and both opponents called.

All three players checked the   turn. On the  , action checked to Therme who bet 240,000. Vanloo considered the decision for several minutes before folding. Cheong quickly mucked his hand to award the pot to Therme.

Jonathan Therme	1,200,000	167,000
Joseph Cheong	600,000	-150,000
Tim Vanloo	350,000	-159,000

Picking up the action on a flop of    , Shawn Vance bet 117,000 and called when his opponent raised to put him all-in.

Shawn Vance:     
Opponent:     

Vance and his opponent joked about running it twice before the board ran out    and Vance was eliminated when his opponent made the better flush.

Shawn Vance

0

-318,000

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Tegnear Butler got all-in in late position with a stack of around 250,000 against a player in the blinds.

Tegnear Butler:     
Opponent:     

Butler's opponent had him pipped and had an extra ace for good measure. The board ran out       and Butler was eliminated when he couldn't improve.

Tegnear Butler

0

-110,000

Ryan Gibson just won a massive pot against Michael Perrone to extend his already-substantial chip lead.

With the board showing       on the river, Gibson bet 500,000 from under the gun. Perrone, from middle position, went into the tank, cutting out the chips to call and looking back at his cards multiple times.

After about three minutes, the clock was called and the tournament floor started counting down 30 seconds. With the clock nearing zero, Perrone called.

Gibson showed      for a full house, sixes over fours, to take the pot and move close to 2,500,000.

Ryan Gibson	2,500,000	700,000
Michael Perrone	360,000	-540,000

Gregory Genge raised from the button and Gabe Ramos announced pot from the big blind. Genge then shoved his remaining 109,000 in the middle, and Ramos made the call.

Gregory Genge:     
Gabe Ramos:     

The board ran out      , giving Genge a flush on the river to secure the double up.

"I'm not putting in a third of my chips and then folding," Genge said as he collected his new chips.

Gabe Ramos	550,000	-60,000
Gregory Genge	230,000	113,000

On one of the first hands of Day 2, Ryan Gibson in the cutoff and Michael Perrone from the small blind went heads-up to the turn with the board showing     . Perrone checked, Gibson bet 26,000, and Perrone called.

The river came the   and Perrone again checked. Gibson took his time before checking back, then mucked when Perrone showed      for an ace-high flush.

Ryan Gibson	1,800,000	-140,000
Michael Perrone	900,000	150,000

Welcome back for Day 2 of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Just 59 players out of a starting field of 1,069 are still in the hunt for the WSOP gold bracelet and the $166,461 top prize when play resumes at 12 p.m. PST.

Leading the way by a significant margin is Ryan Gibson, who turned his 20,000 starting stack into 1,940,000 over the course of 11 hours of play on Day 1. Gibson leads second-place Alexander Yen by more than 600,000, and has nearly double the stack of third-place Jonathan Therme (1,033,000).

In fifth place to start the day is Michael Perrone with 750,000. Perrone has already won a bracelet in 2021, taking down Event #10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 10 days ago. Gabe Ramos was also at that final table and begins Day 2 in ninth chip position with 550,000. Bracelet winners Georgios Sotiropoulos (474,000) and Joseph Cheong (454,000) are also still alive.

Top 10 Stacks

The schedule calls for these 59 players to play down to a final table of five tonight. Levels will increase to 60 minutes starting on Day 2, with blinds beginning at 5,000-10,000, with a 10,000 ante.

PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day providing live updates as the field gets whittled down to five.