A starting field of 259 hopefuls has been reduced to just 13 going into Day 3 of Event #24: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. They will all be chasing the top prize of $536,713 resulting from a $2,408,700 prize pool. Robert Tanita leads the pack after bagging up 2,990,000 last night, which is more than a million more than his next-closest competitor Joao Simao, who ended with 1,840,000.
Also still in contention are a pair of four-time bracelet winners �� Yuri Dzivielevski (1,275,000) and Brad Ruben (565,000). Both players have seen massive success in mixed games and, interestingly, none of the duo��s combined eight bracelets have come from Hold��em events. Ruben won his last bracelet in a $1,500 Dealer��s Choice event back in 2022, while Dzivielevski��s most recent came from a $10,000 PLO event during the 2023 WSOP Online last September.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Robert Tanita | United States | 2,990,000 | 100 |
| 2 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 1,840,000 | 61 |
| 3 | Tyler Brown | United States | 1,705,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Luis Velador | Mexico | 1,700,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Sterling Lopez | United States | 1,695,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 1,275,000 | 43 |
| 7 | Joshua Thibodaux | United States | 1,030,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Jonathan Cohen | Canada | 855,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Brad Ruben | United States | 565,000 | 19 |
| 10 | Magnus Edengren | Sweden | 545,000 | 18 |
Day 3 is set to begin at 1 p.m. local time and continue until just five players remain. The tournament will resume on Level 21, which features 15,000/30,000 blinds with a 30,000 big blind ante. Fifteen-minute breaks will be held after every two levels and an extended 60-minute break will take place after Level 26, which should occur at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | $536,713 | 7 | $70,585 |
| 2 | $357,807 | 8 | $54,499 |
| 3 | $247,874 | 9 | $43,065 |
| 4 | $175,321 | 10-11 | $34,827 |
| 5 | $126,662 | 12-13 | $28,891 |
| 6 | $93,512 | | |
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