Denis Bagdasarov Leads Final 21 of Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Out of the 1,216 players who took to the felt in pursuit of WSOP gold in Event #40: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, 21 still remain in contention. Each player is guaranteed a payday of at least $8,807, but all eyes are on the top prize of $298,507.
Leading the way is Denis Bagdasarov who climbed to a stack of 3,035,000 on the very last hand of Day 2, busting two opponents in a gigantic pot and become the first player to cross the 3,000,000-chip mark.
Some WSOP champions are still in the hunt for a new trophy; two-time bracelets winner Benjamin Zamani (2,900,000), Steve Sung (1,450,000) and Norbert Szecsi (665,000) will both return for Day 3 action. Ayaz Mahmood, also the owner of a gold bracelet is in the run with 1,075,000.
Day 2 started with 200 players with 183 players reaching the money after an unfortunate Barny Boatman got eliminated by Mike Matusow at the bubble. Familiar names like Matt Stout (171th - $2,248), Ankush Mandavia (168th - $2,248), Brock Parker (128th - $2,357), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (87th - $2,991), Erik Seidel (82nd - $2,991) or Steven Wolansky (50th - $5,083) all cashed the tournament but failed to find a bag at the end of Day 2.
The players will begin to play at Level 26 which features a small blind of 25,000, big blind of 50,000 and the plan is to play down to six players. There will be a 15-minute minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 31, at approximately 6:30 p.m.
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against the 
of Benjamin Zamani. 
flop was safe for Ludlow but he was left drawing to an ace after the 
turn was dealt. The 
did nothing for Ludlow and he was sent to the rail.
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and a 
, bringing no help to Wieland who made his way to the cashier.
. Wigg pushed all in and it was snap-called by Little to create the following showdown:
, giving the winning hand to Little with a set of aces.
. Toebbe was holding 
for a flush and a straight draw while Sung held 
, giving the straight to Toebbe who eliminated Sung from the event.
turn and 
