Event #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

Event #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Day 2 Completed

07-15-2023 00:32 UTC-8

Nick Pupillo Leads the Pack after Day 2 of Event #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

The bubble-bursting Day 2 of Event #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better is in the books at the 2023 World Series of Poker held at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. There were 247 players remaining at the start of Day 2 out of the 460 who registered, creating a prize pool of $1,023,500. In the end, only 37 remained standing, all of whom have secured at least a $5,762 portion of that prize pool.

Leading the field is Nick Pupillo, with 1,298,000 chips, followed closely by Yuval Bronshtein in 2nd with 1,260,000 and Jeffrey Trudeau in 3rd place with 1,106,000. They were the only players who managed to bag seven-figure stacks, with Blaz Zerjav being the next up with 762,000.

Other notables that have managed to bring a big bag into Day 3 include Ari Engel (663,000) and the Day 1 chipleader, Patrick Leonard (651,000).

Meanwhile, Todd Brunson (196,000), David “Bakes” Baker (173,000), and four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben (167,000) are among the smaller stacks heading into Day 3, who will all need to spin it up if they want a shot at being crowned the winner.

End Of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Nick Pupillo	United States	1,298,000
2	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	1,260,000
3	Jeffrey Trudeau	United States	1,106,000
4	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	762,000
5	Peter Brownstein	United States	750,000
6	Christopher Chung	United States	743,000
7	Gary Bolden	United States	670,000
8	Ari Engel	United States	663,000
9	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	651,000
10	Timothy Frazin	United States	634,000

Day 2 Action

With over half the starting field still remaining after Day 1, the bust-outs were fast and furious in the early levels of Day 2. The recognizable faces of Christopher Vitch, Viktor Blom, Daniel Negreanu, Carol Fuchs, Allen Kessler, Brandon Shack-Harris, and Nate Silver all fell before the top 100 was even reached.

Finally, it was Matt Glantz who would be the stone bubble when he was eliminated in 70th place, before a hand-for-hand period was even necessary.

Once in the money, the field played for three more levels, where, among others, Itsuko Yoroi, Vincas Tamasauskas, Eddie Blumenthal, Andres Korn, and Ryan Miller met the end of their tournament runs, picking up the min-cash of $4,053 or making the first few payjumps to $5,066. Gina Hecht and David Funkhouser bowed out in the final two hands of the night.

When the dust settled after ten 60-minute levels, 37 players remained standing, all of whom will be back on July 15th, at 1 p.m. local time to play out Day 3. The players will come back to Level 21, with limits of 25,000/50,000, with a 5,000 ante in Stud Hi-Lo. All levels will remain 60 minutes in length and the plan is to play down to the single winner who will hoist the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet and take home the $221,733 top prize.

Tune back in then as PokerNews will provide all the updates from the first hand to the last in the $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.

Tags: Allen Kessler Andres Korn Ari Engel Blaz Zerjav Brad Ruben Brandon Shack-Harris Carol Fuchs Christopher Vitch Daniel Negreanu David Funkhouser Eddie Blumenthal Gina Hecht Itsuko Yoroi Jeffrey Trudeau Matt Glantz Nate Silver Nick Pupillo Paris Las Vegas Patrick Leonard Ryan Miller Todd Brunson Viktor Blom Vincas Tamasauskas Yuval Bronshtein

07-15-2023 00:30 UTC-8

Day 3 Seat Draw

Josh Noy

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
Horseshoe	671	1	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	173,000
Horseshoe	671	2	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	184,000
Horseshoe	671	3	Peter Brownstein	United States	750,000
Horseshoe	671	5	Karina Jett	United States	324,000
Horseshoe	671	6	Nghia Le	United States	254,000
Horseshoe	671	7	Jeanne David	United States	86,000
Horseshoe	671	8	Omar Mehmood	United States	141,000

Horseshoe	672	1	Jorge Leon	United States	344,000
Horseshoe	672	2	Timothy Frazin	United States	634,000
Horseshoe	672	3	Bryan Micon	United States	471,000
Horseshoe	672	4	Paul Campbell	United States	356,000
Horseshoe	672	5	Bradley Smith	Canada	600,000
Horseshoe	672	6	Zachary Vigil	United States	269,000
Horseshoe	672	7	Jeffrey Trudeau Jr.	United States	1,106,000
Horseshoe	672	8	Xixiang Luo	China	277,000

Horseshoe	676	1	Kevin Chance	United States	247,000
Horseshoe	676	2	David Levi	United States	1
Horseshoe	676	3	Ron Ware	United States	124,000
Horseshoe	676	4	Alex Livingston	Canada	328,000
Horseshoe	676	5	Ashish Gupta	Australia	539,000
Horseshoe	676	6	Nick Pupillo	United States	1,298,000
Horseshoe	676	8	Philip Sternheimer	United States	438,000

Horseshoe	677	1	Christopher Chung	United States	743,000
Horseshoe	677	2	Sean Troha	United States	415,000
Horseshoe	677	3	Brad Ruben	United States	167,000
Horseshoe	677	4	Gary Bolden	United States	670,000
Horseshoe	677	5	Jonah Seewald	United States	527,000
Horseshoe	677	6	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	1,260,000
Horseshoe	677	7	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	651,000
Horseshoe	677	8	Alan Engel	United States	663,000

Horseshoe	678	1	John Ma	United States	125,000
Horseshoe	678	2	Jonathan Williams	United States	414,000
Horseshoe	678	3	Benjamin Miner	United States	161,000
Horseshoe	678	4	Eric Rabl	Hungary	163,000
Horseshoe	678	5	Todd Brunson	United States	196,000
Horseshoe	678	6	Nathan Gamble	United States	347,000
Horseshoe	678	7	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	762,000

07-15-2023 00:28 UTC-8

Official End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Jon Pill

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	1,298,000 -2,000	-2,000

Yuval Bronshtein	1,260,000 606,000	606,000

Jeffrey Trudeau	1,106,000 296,000	296,000
Blaz Zerjav	762,000 340,000	340,000
Peter Brownstein	750,000 335,000	335,000
Christopher Chung	743,000 278,000	278,000
Gary Bolden	670,000 410,000	410,000

Ari Engel	663,000 423,000	423,000

Patrick Leonard	651,000 161,000	161,000

Timothy Frazin	634,000 -191,000	-191,000
Bradley Smith	600,000 342,000	342,000

Ashish Gupta	539,000 258,000	258,000
Jonah Seewald	527,000 167,000	167,000
Bryan Micon	471,000 271,000	271,000
Philip Sternheimer	438,000 28,000	28,000
Sean Troha	415,000 150,000	150,000

Jonathan Williams	414,000 239,000	239,000
Paul Campbell	356,000 146,000	146,000
Nathan Gamble	347,000 51,000	51,000

Jorge Leon	344,000 -20,000	-20,000
Alex Livingston	328,000 -44,000	-44,000

Karina Jett	324,000 -186,000	-186,000
Xixiang Luo	277,000 -143,000	-143,000

Zachary Vigil	269,000 -41,000	-41,000
Nghia Le	254,000 -20,000	-20,000

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07-15-2023 00:00 UTC-8

Day 2 Has Finished

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With all tables bagging and tagging, Day 2 has reached its end with 37 players still standing.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day.

07-14-2023 23:51 UTC-8

David Survives in the Final Minutes of Day 2

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Jeanne David raised from middle position and Sean Troha defended the big blind after inquiring about his opponent's stack.

The flop then fell 2♣4♦A♥ and Troha check-folded to a bet from David, who only had a few chips behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Troha	265,000 13,000	13,000

Jeanne David	120,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Jeanne David Sean Troha

07-14-2023 23:49 UTC-8

Two More Hands

Geoff Paul

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Tournament staff have announced that two more hands will dealt before players bag for the night.

07-14-2023 23:48 UTC-8

Late Day 2 Eliminations

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Miller	Busted

Walter Treccarichi	Busted
Phil Hui	Busted

Danny Chang	Busted
Maksim Pisarenko	Busted

John Esposito	Busted

Andres Korn	Busted

07-14-2023 23:38 UTC-8

Livingston and Troha Chop

Geoff Paul

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Jonah Seewald: XxXx/8♠10♦ - folded on fourth street
Sean Troha: XxXx/5♥A♣9♣3♥/Xx
Alex Livingston: XxXx/7♦8♥3♠4♦/Xx

Seewald completed, with Troha and Livingston both making the call.

Fourth street saw Troha bet. Livingston raised, which resulted in Seewald folding. Troha made the call.

Fifth, sixth, and seventh streets all came out with Troha check-calling a bet from Livingston. Livingston showed 6♣5♦3♣ for an eight-high straight and a seven-six low. Troha was able to take the low half by turning over 7♠2♠Xx for a seven-five low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	372,000 51,000	51,000

Jonah Seewald	360,000 29,000	29,000
Sean Troha	252,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Alex Livingston Jonah Seewald Sean Troha

07-14-2023 23:36 UTC-8

Pupillo Finds a Wheel, Plays Over One Million

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Limits 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Dan Heimiller: XxXx/2♠ - folded third street
Eric Rabl: XxXx/Q♠ - folded third street
Andrew Brown: XxXx/7♦7♣4♥8♠/Xx
Nick Pupillo: XxXx/A♦2♣3♦K♥/Xx

Dan Heimiller brought in and Eric Rabl completed. Andrew Brown then called before Nick Pupillo raised. Only Brown would call, while the other two players folded.

Brown paired his seven on fourth street, but opted to check-call a bet from Pupillo, and did so on each following street as well.

On seventh street, Brown check-called for the final time, leaving himself only 11,000 chips behind. Pupillo then showed 9♦5♣4♦ for a wheel, beating Brown who tabled his A♥A♣5♦ for two pair and an inferior low.