Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 2 Completed

06-05-2022 03:15 UTC-8

Filippi Leads Final 26 Players in Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Glantz Chases Elusive First Bracelet

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Only 26 players remain in contention for the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. The mixed game contest showcased yet another very strong turnout for the 2022 WSOP in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas with a total of 1,087 entries and the biggest slice of the $1,451,154 prize pool is still up for grabs.

What started with 413 survivors after Day 1 saw the field of contenders whittled down to the final 26 contestants and mixed game regular Amnon Filippi established a solid field over all other hopefuls. Throughout the day, he amassed chips on a very consistent basis and could always be found near the top of the leaderboard to end Day 2 with 3,000,000 in chips. Paul Zappulla follows in second place with 2,090,000 while Pittsburgh's James Chen completes the overnight leaderboard with 1,820,000.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 2

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds	Big Bets
1	Amnon Filippi	United States	3,000,000	60	30
2	Paul Zappulla	United States	2,090,000	42	21
3	James Chen (US)	United States	1,820,000	36	18
4	Matt Glantz	United States	1,675,000	34	17
5	Van Law	United States	1,630,000	33	16
6	Brian Nichols	United States	1,600,000	32	16
7	Rami Boukai	United States	1,305,000	26	13
8	Ronan Nally	Ireland	1,295,000	26	13
9	Bradley Smith	Canada	1,175,000	24	12
10	Andrew Brown	United States	1,175,000	24	12

Four WSOP bracelet winners are in contention to increase their tally on live poker's biggest scene and two of them made it into the top ten after Day 2. Rami Boukai advanced with 1,305,000 while Andrew Brown has 1,175,000 at his disposal. Aussie Poker Hall of Fame member Mel Judah (1,135,000) and Chris Bell (320,000) will hope to enter the WSOP history books once more.

However, perhaps many eyes will also be on Matt Glantz, who has 76 WSOP cashes thus far. With nearly $3.6 million in WSOP prize money earned thus far, Glantz has numerous final table appearances to his name including one WSOP Circuit ring but the maiden gold bracelet has escaped until now. Glantz will return with 1.675,000 and sits in fourth place on the leaderboard.

After eleven 60-minute levels, the remaining 26 hopefuls bagged up for the night once level 26 concluded. They will be back at 3pm local time in the Bally's Showroom and try to determine a champion. The action resumes in level 27 with blinds of 25,000-50,000 and big bets are worth two times as much on the turn and river, which can transform every hand into a very costly affair.

The top 164 players were destined to collect a min cash worth $2,400 but on the money bubble, Ruiko Mamiya and Eric Kent were eliminated on different tables to split the prize and walk away with $1,200 for their efforts. Some of those that departed soon after and settled for the min-cash were Brandon Shack-Harris, Tom Franklin, 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell, and 16-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth.

Mike Matusow finished just outside of the top 100 spots with a payday of $3,000 while David "Bakes" Baker made the next pay jump. Numerous other WSOP bracelet winners followed thereafter and several of them reached the top 50. Nathan Gamble and Carol Fuchs bowed out on the final six tables for a payday of $5,086.

Joey Couden lost a big portion of his stack to the red-hot running Amnon Filippi and departed soon after. Robert Mizrachi was among the chip leaders in the early stages of the day but his tournament ended on the final five tables. He got it in with kings for an overpair but the straight, flush and low draw of Terry Mackie instantly got there on the turn.

Other notables to exit in the final stages were Ryan Hughes, John Esposito and Shaun Deeb, the latter of which just missed out the three-table redraw. With most of his short stack invested before the flop, Deeb got it in with top pair and Van Law then turned an open-ender before improving to trips deuces on the river.

Only one more player was knocked out thereafter in Matthew Schultz to conclude Day 2 with 26 contenders still in the mix. Whether or not the tournament goes all the way to crown a winner on Sunday, June 5, 2022, remains to be seen. Stay tuned to find out right here on PokerNews who becomes the next champion of the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Amnon Filippi Andrew Brown Bradley Smith Brandon Shack-Harris Brian Nichols Carol Fuchs Chris Bell Joey Couden John Esposito Matt Glantz Mel Judah Nathan Gamble Phil Hellmuth Rami Boukai Robert Mizrachi Ryan Hughes Shaun Deeb Van Law

06-05-2022 03:00 UTC-8

Seat Draw for Day 3 in Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Bally's	1	1	Andrew Brown	United States	1,175,000	24
Bally's	1	2	Murilo Figueredo	Brazil	1,030,000	21
Bally's	1	3	Ronan Nally	Ireland	1,295,000	26
Bally's	1	4	Bradley Smith	Canada	1,175,000	24
Bally's	1	5	Anil Jivani	United States	1,140,000	23
Bally's	1	6	Chris Bell	United States	320,000	6
Bally's	1	8	Vitaliy Mikhov	United States	485,000	10
Bally's	1	9	Anthony Piazza	United States	360,000	7

Bally's	2	1	Terry Mackie	United States	275,000	6
Bally's	2	2	Kyung Lee	United States	440,000	9
Bally's	2	3	Brian Nichols	United States	1,600,000	32
Bally's	2	4	Ziyuan Wang	China	625,000	13
Bally's	2	5	Amnon Filippi	United States	3,000,000	60
Bally's	2	6	Paul Zappulla	United States	2,090,000	42
Bally's	2	7	Van Law	United States	1,630,000	33
Bally's	2	8	Kosei Ichinose	Japan	955,000	19
Bally's	2	9	Rami Boukai	United States	1,505,000	30

Bally's	676	1	Matt Vengrin	United States	1,390,000	28
Bally's	676	2	Hoyt Verner	United States	95,000	2
Bally's	676	3	Matt Glantz	United States	1,675,000	34
Bally's	676	4	David Funkhouser	United States	685,000	14
Bally's	676	5	K.U. Davis	United States	355,000	7
Bally's	676	6	James Chen (US)	United States	1,820,000	36
Bally's	676	7	Travis Pine	United States	440,000	9
Bally's	676	8	Andy Laikin	United States	820,000	16
Bally's	676	9	Mel Judah	Australia	1,135,000	23

06-05-2022 02:48 UTC-8

Day 2 Final Chip Counts (full)

Kirk Brown

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Amnon Filippi	3,000,000 250,000	250,000

Paul Zappulla	2,090,000 -160,000	-160,000
James Chen (US)	1,820,000 20,000	20,000

Matt Glantz	1,675,000 175,000	175,000

Van Law	1,630,000 -520,000	-520,000
Brian Nichols	1,600,000 -150,000	-150,000
Rami Boukai	1,305,000 -95,000	-95,000

Ronan Nally	1,295,000 -205,000	-205,000
Bradley Smith	1,175,000 225,000	225,000

Andrew Brown	1,175,000 -275,000	-275,000
Anil Jivani	1,140,000 -35,000	-35,000
Matt Vengrin	1,139,000 164,000	164,000
Mel Judah	1,135,000 -165,000	-165,000

Murilo Figueredo	1,030,000 530,000	530,000

Kosei Ichinose	955,000 45,000	45,000
Andy Laikin	820,000 70,000	70,000
David Funkhouser	685,000 -365,000	-365,000

Ziyuan Wang	625,000 -175,000	-175,000
Vitaliy Mikhov	485,000 -140,000	-140,000
Kyung Lee	440,000 15,000	15,000
Travis Pine	440,000 -35,000	-35,000
Anthony Piazza	360,000 -190,000	-190,000
Chris Bell	320,000 -105,000	-105,000
Terry Mackie	275,000 25,000	25,000
K.U. Davis	255,000 -90,000	-90,000

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06-05-2022 02:28 UTC-8

Day 2 Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

The final 26 players have bagged and tagged their chips for the night. They will be back as of 3pm local time to try and play down to a winner.

06-05-2022 02:20 UTC-8

Glantz Hits Quad Aces

AngeniJaipaul

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

In one of the last hands of the night after 13 hours of play, Matt Glantz was heads-up against James Chen. The flop came down .

Glantz bet the on the turn and was raised by Chen.

A showed up on the river and Glantz flipped over for the high hand of quad aces. Chen won the low with .

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen (US)	1,800,000 575,000	575,000

Matt Glantz	1,500,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Matt Glantz James Chen (US)

06-05-2022 02:13 UTC-8

Nally Loses Bigger Pot to Smith

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Ronan Nally had raised from under the gun and ended up tangling in a bigger pot with table neighbour Bradley Smith. On a board of , Nally check-called bets by Smith and was shown the for the nut flush and low. That ended up winning the entire board as Nally briefly exposed his for a worse flush and low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Smith	1,350,000 400,000	400,000

Ronan Nally	1,275,000 -225,000	-225,000

Tags: Bradley Smith Ronan Nally

06-05-2022 02:07 UTC-8

Matthew Schultz Eliminated in 27th Place ($6,928)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Soon after the three table redraw, short stack Matthew Schultz was all-in and a larger side pot between Andrew Brown and Ronan Nally emerged. It ended with a board of on which all cards were exposed.

Brown flashed a for a pair on the flop and busted flush draw. That beat the of Schultz but it was no good to drag in the healthy pot as Nally's emerged victoriously with the ace-king kicker. Schultz bowed out in 27th place and receives $6,928 for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronan Nally	1,500,000 150,000	150,000
Andrew Brown	1,450,000 250,000	250,000
Matthew Schultz	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brown Matthew Schultz Ronan Nally

06-05-2022 02:00 UTC-8

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Seat	Table 646	Chip Count	Table 654	Chip Count	Table 662	Chip Count
1	Andrew Brown	1,200,000	Terry Mackie	250,000	Matt Vengrin	975,000
2	Murilo Figueredo	500,000	Kyung Lee	425,000	Hoyt Verner	550,000
3	Ronan Nally	1,350,000	Brian Nichols	1,750,000	Matt Glantz	1,550,000
4	Bradley Smith	950,000	Ziyuan Wang	800,000	David Funkhouser	1,050,000
5	Anil Jivani	1,175,000	Amnon Filippi	2,750,000	K.U. Davis	345,000
6	Chris Bell	425,000	Paul Zappulla	2,250,000	James Chen (US)	1,225,000
7	Matthew Schultz	80,000	Van Law	2,150,000	Travis Pine	475,000
8	Vitaliy Mikhov	625,000	Kosei Ichinose	910,000	Andy Laikin	750,000
9	Anthony Piazza	550,000	Rami Boukai	1,400,000	Mel Judah	1,300,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Amnon Filippi	2,750,000 150,000	150,000

Paul Zappulla	2,250,000 450,000	450,000
Van Law	2,150,000
Brian Nichols	1,750,000 200,000	200,000
Matt Glantz	1,550,000 50,000	50,000

Rami Boukai	1,400,000 775,000	775,000

Ronan Nally	1,350,000 660,000	660,000
Mel Judah	1,300,000 100,000	100,000

James Chen (US)	1,225,000 1,225,000	1,225,000

Andrew Brown	1,200,000 -200,000	-200,000
Anil Jivani	1,175,000 275,000	275,000
David Funkhouser	1,050,000 275,000	275,000

Matt Vengrin	975,000 -105,000	-105,000
Bradley Smith	950,000 450,000	450,000

Kosei Ichinose	910,000 -340,000	-340,000
Ziyuan Wang	800,000 190,000	190,000
Andy Laikin	750,000 90,000	90,000
Vitaliy Mikhov	625,000 25,000	25,000
Anthony Piazza	550,000 -230,000	-230,000
Hoyt Verner	550,000 40,000	40,000
Murilo Figueredo	500,000 125,000	125,000

Travis Pine	475,000 -250,000	-250,000
Chris Bell	425,000 25,000	25,000
Kyung Lee	425,000 -5,000	-5,000
K.U. Davis	345,000 345,000	345,000

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06-05-2022 01:57 UTC-8

Deeb Eliminated by Law

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Van Law raised and then called a three-bet by Shaun Deeb in the small blind, who had 60,000 behind. Deeb was sporting the hat he had bought off Law when he bet the flop. Law was pondering about the next move which prompted a "that's the news you want" while waiting for his opponent to act.