Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed

Day 2 of Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed has concluded with only 10 players remaining from an original field of 1,891. Day 2 saw 108 hopefuls return for their bid to make the final table. The original plan was to play down to the final six players, however, the decision was made to stop at the end of Level 27 instead. Day 3 resumes at noon on June 16 and continues until a champion is crowned.

Ending the day with the chip lead was none other than Daniel Weinman with 6,420,000 chips, or 64 big blinds if you prefer. Weinman is a WSOP Circuit ring winner and has come close to securing a coveted WSOP bracelet several times, but one still eludes him. Weinman now has another crack of the whip in this event.

Also through to the final day's proceedings are such luminaries as Chino Rheem (4,855,000), Stephen Song (2,665,000), and German grinder Oliver Weis (1,610,000), who online poker fans will know better as "sk2ll_m0dR".

Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed FInal Day's Chip Counts

Several notable players crashed out during the Day 2 action. These included Ryan Laplante (11th), Maurice Hawkins (12th), Cole Ferraro (21st), Dylan Weisman (24th), James Dempsey (29th), Anthony Denove (37th) and Marcel Vonk (49th).

The remaining few players are hoping to lock up the first place prize $255,359 and get their hands on a 2022 World Series of Poker bracelet . All players have locked up at least $18,396 for their efforts thus far.

Action will continue from Bally's at 12:00 p.m. PT on June 16 from Bally's Las Vegas. Join us here on PokerNews for all the live updates as we head into the final table and crown this event's champion.

Eduardo Bernal Sanchez from the cutoff bet 200,000 and was met with a raise of 640,000 by Chino Rheem in the big blind. Sanchez responded with a pot-sized bet of 1,960,000 leaving 800,000 behind.

Rheem made the call to see a flop of     and Sanchez moved his remaining 800,000 into the middle. Rheem said "It is so obvious that you have got top set. I have done dirtier!" and slammed calling chips on to the felt.

Eduardo Bernal Sanchez:     
Chino Rheem:     

Rheem was correct with his assessment of the situation, but the   left Rheem drawing dead with shouts of "Vamos!" from Sanchez's rail. The   completed the board to give the Colombian a healthy stack for the final day of play.

Eduardo Bernal Sanchez	5,300,000	4,650,000
Chino Rheem	4,900,000	-1,600,000

Maurice Hawkins raised to 220,000 preflop from the cutoff and was called by Lautaro Guerra in the big blind.

The flop came    , Hawkins potted, and Guerra moved all in. Hawkins called off for 900,000 putting him at risk.

Maurice Hawkins:     
Lautaro Guerra:     

Guerra flopped a set and the runout of    was no help for Hawkins, who busted in 12th place.

The 14-time WSOP Circuit ring winner still has to wait to add some weight to his wrist in the form of a WSOP gold bracelet.

Lautaro Guerra	3,050,000	950,000
Maurice Hawkins	0	-2,000,000

After Losing a huge pot in a previous hand, Mathew Wolfson put his tournament life at risk and went all in against Ryan Laplante.

Mathew Wolfson:     
Ryan Laplante:     

The board ran out       which gave Laplante a flush, and therefore eliminated Wolfson in 14th place for a payout of $11,835.

Ryan Laplante	3,400,000	-100,000
Matthew Wolfson	0	-80,000

In a raised heads up pot between Ryan Laplante and Stephen Song, the flop came    .

Both players checked and the turn was the  

Laplante bet 350,000 and Song called without much hesitation.

On the   river, Laplante checked over to Song, who then bet 450,000 and Laplante snap-called.

"Ahhh you got me," Song told him, showing    for a missed flush draw while Laplante showed      for a straight.

Ryan Laplante	3,500,000	600,000
Stephen Song	1,800,000	-1,300,000

Daniel Weinman and Victor Choupeaux got the chips in the middle preflop with the Frenchman at risk for 1,300,000.

Victor Chopueaux:     
Daniel Weinman:     

Choupeaux had a lot of work to do to get ahead of Weinman, and the community cards were not cooperative as the board ran       to send Choupeaux to the cashier's desk for a five-figure payday.

Daniel Weinman	3,500,000	1,000,000
Victor Choupeaux	0	-1,200,000

Yi wei Peng, Victor Choupeaux and Matthew Murray Jr got it all in preflop, with Murray covering both.

Yi wei Peng:     
Victor Choupeaux:     
Matthew Murray Jr:     

The board came out       which flopped Choupeaux a straight and held the whole way, winning the three-way pot.

Yi Wei Peng was eliminated in 18th place for a payout of $9,636.

Victor Choupeaux	1,200,000	525,000
Yi Wei Peng	0	-525,000

Action began when John Riordan raised from early position, not leaving himself with much behind, and after Jamey Hendrickson called, Yin Wu reraised from middle position to isolate. But then Jamey Hendrickson potted again to cover both players, Wu called and all three tabled their cards.

John Riordan:     
Yin Wu:     
Jamey Hendrickson:     

The whole table stood up to watch the pot in excess of two million unfold.

The board ran out       and Hendrickson was declared the winner with trip aces and a queen kicker, successfully knocking out Riordan in 22nd place and Wu in 21st.

Jamey Hendrickson	4,200,000	1,800,000
John Riordan	0	-705,000
Yin Wu	0	-915,000