Nacho Barbero Looking to Double Bracelet Tally in the $1,500 PLO 6-Max
What started off as 1,384 entries into Event #91: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, has now become just 10 now that the second day of competition has come to a close.
The remaining competitors, who will be returning tomorrow for the third and final day of PLO, and will battle it out for a huge top score of $280,214, which is the pinnacle of a prize pool that ended up totalling $1,837,260
Found at the top of the leaderboard is Kasparas Klezys, who has bagged up a whopping 6,900,000 chips. Not far behind is Jonathan Hanner (4,670,000), with Jose Nadal (4,585,000) completing the podium. Tony Sinishtaj is also well within the mix as they bagged up 3,720,000 chips at day’s end.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithuania | 6,900,000 | 115 |
| 2 | Jonathan Hanner | United States | 4,670,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Jose Nadal | Mexico | 4,585,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 3,720,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Jonathan Bomba | Argentina | 3,705,000 | 61 |
| 6 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 3,070,000 | 51 |
| 7 | Paul Gunness | United States | 3,025,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Andrew Ostapchenko | United States | 2,635,000 | 43 |
| 9 | George Abdallah | Lebanon | 1,295,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Darryll Fish | United States | 1,210,000 | 20 |
A $20,685 payday is guaranteed for those returning tomorrow, however all eyes will be on the upcoming pay jumps that increase with each elimination.
Only 103 players ended up returning for Day 2, with the prolonged bubble already having burst late into the night on Day 1. With an average stack of just over 40 big blinds at the start of the day, one would have expected eliminations to be few and far between to start off the day, however they came thick and fast as chips started flying right from the jump. That number quickly became 50, then 60 as Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel, five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi, Ben Yu, who is just one behind, and Nebraska Poker Legend Bob Slezak all headed home shortly into the day.
Bustouts didn’t stop there, however, with 25k fantasy players Allan Le, Joshua Mccully, Sean Troha and David Coleman all hitting the showers early on. Renji Mao and Josh Reichard made it close to the last day, but busted out in 22nd and 25th respectively.
With only 1 WSOP victor remaining in the field, everyone else will be looking to pick up their maiden WSOP bracelet, none more so than Andrew Ostapchenko. The California native has surpassed a ridiculous $5,000,000 in career earnings with this score, and also holds the WSOP Record for most consecutive cashes in the Main Event, as he made the money eight times in a row between 2015 and 2023. Fresh off the back of yet another Main Event cash in this year’s edition, will he finally be able to add the elusive bracelet to is already extremely impressive portfolio?
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $280,214 |
| 2 | $186,732 |
| 3 | $130,264 |
| 4 | $92,234 |
| 5 | $66,300 |
| 6 | $48,395 |
| 7 | $35,879 |
| 8-9 | $27,024 |
| 10 | $20,685 |
Players will return tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. to the Horseshoe Event Center. Play will end with a winner, meaning that a victor will be crowned during Day 3 no matter what. Will Nacho Barbero double his bracelet tally, or will we see a new name on the winners’ list?
Stay tuned as PokerNews brings you all of the action and more throughout the entirety of Day 3, beginning with the shuffle up and deal, and ending with the bracelet being awarded.