In a three-bet pot to the flop, the stacks of Fabian Brandes and Jake Schindler went into the middle with Schindler as the player at risk for around 550,000 and barely covered by Brandes.
Jake Schindler:
Fabian Brandes:
Brandes had flopped big with the top two pair, gutshot and second nut flush draw while Schindler had aces and the nut flush draw. The turn further improved Brandes to a full house and Schindler was suddenly left with just two outs.
None of them came as the river brought the field down to the last 41 players and stone-cold money bubble.
Ben Lamb raised to 70,000 and Evan Krentzman then three-bet to 240,000 with 85,000 behind in the cutoff. Lamb mulled it over for a short while and splashed in raising chips with Krentzman calling it off for 325,000 in total.
While they waited, Lamb mentioned "I hope he has kings" which was picked up by Keith Lehr as they talked about it for a short while. There was one further hand going on which Jared Bleznick tank-folded to a shove by Aaron Mermelstein.
Evan Krentzman:
Ben Lamb:
The flop gave Lamb further outs with the flush draw and the turn left Krentzman in desperate shape with just threee outs, the case ace and two eights. Nothing changed on the river and that let the bubble burst.
On a completed board of with already roughly 1,500,000 in the pot, Jonathan Depa bet 800,000 in the big blind. Daniel Negreanu was on the button and contemplated his decision before putting in the calling chips.
Depa tabled for a full house and took the huge pot to move over 4 million chips.
The money bubble has burst on Day 2 of Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. Once more, the high-stakes competitions of the 2022 WSOP in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas convinced, with yet another huge turnout.
An additional 69 entries were generated within the two levels of late registration, which boosted the overall field to 264 entries and created a prize pool of $6,237,000. Compared to the edition in 2021, the attendance was boosted significantly by 52 entries. The top 40 finishers were guaranteed a portion of it, and after ten levels of 60 minutes each, only 28 contenders were still in the mix.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Scott Ball emerged as the chipleader with a stack of 3,990,000 after going through the day like a wrecking ball in the mid and final stages. Jonathan Depa follows in second place with 3,625,000 after he won a large pot off GGPoker ambassador Daniel Negreanu, who also advanced with a stack of 1,550,000.
Another familiar name in the overnight top ten is certainly David Williams, who will aim to double his WSOP gold bracelet tally after claiming a stack worth 2,970,000. Pittsburgh's James Chen (2,585,000), Sam Stein (1,635,000) and Frank Crivello (1,550,000) can likewise be named among the bigger stacks as well.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 2
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Scott Ball
United States
3,990,000
133
2
Jonathan Depa
United States
3,625,000
121
3
David Williams
United States
2,970,000
99
4
James Chen (US)
United States
2,585,000
86
5
Emmanuel Sebag
United States
2,315,000
77
6
Aaron Mermelstein
United States
1,955,000
65
7
Philip Wiszowaty
United States
1,640,000
55
8
Sam Stein
United States
1,635,000
55
9
Frank Crivello
United States
1,550,000
52
10
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
1,550,000
52
In a field filled with high-stakes regulars and PLO specialists, several other big names advanced, including Day 1 chip leader Jared Bleznick, Ben Lamb, Yuri Dzivielevski, Noah Schwartz, Gavin Cochrane, Keith Lehr and the reigning WSOP Player of the Year, Josh Arieh. They have all locked up a payday of $44,253 thus far, and the next pay jump awaits after the next elimination.
All 28 contenders will return to their seats at the Bally's Event Center at 2 p.m. local time on Saturday, June 11, 2022. The penultimate tournament day is slated to play down to the final five players, and the event's conclusion will then be streamed the following day. Returning blinds in level 21 will be 15,000-30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000.
Evan Krentzman was the last player to leave empty-handed after he had his pocket aces with one suit cracked by the double-suited queens of Lamb. Just before that, recent WSOP gold bracelet winner Jake Schindler also came up short with aces and the nut flush draw to miss out on another WSOP cash for his resume.
Other big names to come up shy of the money were Ben Yu, Eelis Pärssinen, Joni Jouhkimainen, Sean Winter, Adam Hendrix, Dash Dudley, Anson Tsang, Scott Seiver, Paul Volpe, Phil Ivey, Brian Rast and Erik Seidel to name all but a few.
Among the casualties in the money after the bubble had burst were notables such as Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Matthew Shepsky, Fabian Schoneck, Artem Maksimov, Kristopher Tong, and Stephen Chidwick.
Ball ran up a bigger stack early in the day and joined the chip leaders after knocking out Shaun Deeb and Bryce Yockey, among others. Deeb's fate came in runner-runner fashion while Yockey's top two pair were up against a full wrap and didn't hold. In the final level of the night, Ball also sent Chidwick to the payout desk and cemented his status as the chip leader.
PLO specialist Depa started as one of the shorter stacks into Day 2 but consistently increased his tower of chips. In the final stages of the night, he won a large pot against Negreanu when his full house was paid off and temporarily took over the top spot before conceding it at the very end.
Daniel Negreanu advanced to Day 3 despite losing a large pot in the final stages
Another two tournament days remain to crown a winner who can look forward to a massive payday of $1,467,739. Stay tuned right here on PokerNews for the conclusion of Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.
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flop, the stacks of Fabian Brandes and Jake Schindler went into the middle with Schindler as the player at risk for around 550,000 and barely covered by Brandes.
turn further improved Brandes to a full house and Schindler was suddenly left with just two outs.
river brought the field down to the last 41 players and stone-cold money bubble.
turn left Krentzman in desperate shape with just threee outs, the case ace and two eights. Nothing changed on the 
river and that let the bubble burst.
with already roughly 1,500,000 in the pot, Jonathan Depa bet 800,000 in the big blind. Daniel Negreanu was on the button and contemplated his decision before putting in the calling chips.
for a full house and took the huge pot to move over 4 million chips.
to improve Ball to a flush and send Chidwick to the payout desk, while Ball moved up to just under 4 million chips.
