Hughes Leads Final 37 Players in Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
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A record-breaking 476 players took to the felt in Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, but just 37 will return for Day 3 action at 2 p.m. local time. All those remaining are guaranteed a payday of at least $21,028, but all eyes are on the top prize of $1,018,336 and coveted gold bracelet.
Leading the way is Ryan Hughes, who began Day 2 as the chip leader and bagged a sizable 2,366,000-chip stack 10 swingy levels later. But with a whole slew of highly accomplished players still in the mix, the path to victory won't be easy for anybody. Three-time bracelet winner Rep Porter sits in the second spot on the leaderboard with 1.7 million; Brandon Shack-Harris (1.2 million), famed poker YouTuber Joey Ingram (749,000), and previous November Niner Matt Giannetti (586,000) are all still in the hunt, as well.
Here's a look at the seating chart and chip counts for the start of Day 3:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | Scotty Nguyen | United States | 897,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 430 | 2 | Loren Klein | United States | 514,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 2,366,000 | 118 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Martin Kozlov | Australia | 309,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 430 | 5 | Jerry Wong | United States | 500,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 430 | 6 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 480,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 430 | 7 | Robert Paddock | Canada | 751,000 | 38 |
| Amazon | 430 | 8 | Bogdan Capitan | Romania | 490,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 431 | 1 | Tim Marsters | Australia | 398,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 431 | 2 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | 347,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 431 | 3 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 1,200,000 | 60 |
| Amazon | 431 | 4 | Joey Ingram | United States | 749,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 431 | 5 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 589,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 431 | 6 | Tim Seidensticker | United States | 249,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 431 | 7 | Ardit Kurshumi | United States | 103,000 | 5 |
| Amazon | 431 | 8 | Daniel Aharoni | United States | 657,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 438 | 1 | William Kopp | United States | 1,600,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 438 | 2 | Mike Leah | Canada | 269,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 438 | 3 | Daniel Harmetz | United States | 460,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 438 | 4 | Aaron Duczak | Canada | 371,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 438 | 5 | Mack Lee | United States | 850,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 438 | 6 | David Wang | Australia | 274,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 438 | 8 | Nicholas Aranda | United States | 914,000 | 46 |
| Amazon | 439 | 2 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 212,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 439 | 3 | Alexey Makarov | Russia | 294,000 | 15 |
| Amazon | 439 | 4 | LaDarren Banks | United States | 336,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 439 | 5 | Andjelko Andrejevic | United States | 490,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 439 | 6 | Mark Davidoff | United States | 539,000 | 27 |
| Amazon | 439 | 7 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 672,000 | 34 |
| Amazon | 439 | 8 | Richard Lyndaker | United States | 967,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 447 | 1 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 457,000 | 23 |
| Amazon | 447 | 2 | Rep Porter | United States | 1,700,000 | 85 |
| Amazon | 447 | 3 | Mark Herm | United States | 348,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 447 | 4 | Henri Koivisto | Finland | 348,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 447 | 5 | Matt Giannetti | United States | 586,000 | 29 |
| Amazon | 447 | 6 | Max Lehmanski | Germany | 344,000 | 17 |
| Amazon | 447 | 7 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 1,463,000 | 73 |
Blinds will be 10,000/20,000 when play resumes. The remainder of the field is scheduled to play down to a winner on Day 3. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after six levels (at approximately 6:30 p.m.). Keep it here for continuing coverage of Event #49: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and throughout the 2018 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting team.
and Morgenstern took the pot with top set to end Nguyen's tournament.
flop all but sealed the fate of Seidensticker, and he was drawing dead on the 
turn and 
river runout.
board gave Makarov a full house and Davidoff was eliminated in 26th place.
. Banks called all in and the cards were turned over.
river was a blank and Banks was eliminated in 22nd place for $28,502.
river a formality. Giannetti was eliminated in 21st place and takes home $28,502.
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