Ashish Gupta raised to 170,000 on the button and Sterling Savill three-bet enough from the big blind to put Gupta all in for his remaining stack. Gupta called and hands were revealed.
Ashish Gupta: A♦8♠6♣5♦
Sterling Savill: 9♣7♣4♠3♥
The 5♣Q♣K♣ flop gave Savill a flush, and the 6♠ turn and J♠ river were of no help to Gupta, who was eliminated in 13th place.
A wild day that saw rapid eliminations from the opening ‘shuffle up and deal’ right until the final hand of the night saw 12 players survive with William Kopp carrying a sizeable chip lead into the final day.
Kopp takes 7,500,000 chips into Friday’s final day of Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better with WSOP Player of the Year contender Michael Rodrigues in second with less than half of that at 3,650,000.
Among the others to advance are two-time WSOP bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein and Loni Hui, along with four-time winner Anthony Zinno.
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
William Kopp
United States
7,500,000
125
2
Michael Rodrigues
Portugal
3,450,000
58
3
John Goyette
United States
3,140,000
52
4
Mike Linster
United States
3,100,000
52
5
Sterling Savill
United States
3,035,000
51
6
Yuval Bronshtein
Israel
2,155,000
36
7
Philipp Krieger
Germany
1,500,000
25
8
Loni Hui
United States
1,355,000
23
9
Joseph McCarthy
United States
1,000,000
17
10
Anthony Zinno
United States
825,000
14
11
Aaron Wallace
United States
580,000
10
12
Jorge Leon
United States
490,000
8
William Kopp
Kopp accumulated his chips steadily throughout the ten levels, then played some huge pots late in the day that went his way, including a notable one before the final break that needed a senior tournament official to make a ruling. The pot went Kopp’s way but could have been even larger had the ruling been different.
Regardless, Kopp takes a huge lead into Day 3, while many notables weren’t as fortunate, but at least with the money bubble bursting on Day 1 they were guaranteed money entering the Horseshoe Event Center Thursday.
Among those to take home consolation prizes were former WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell (17th - $9,908), Women in Poker Hall of Famer JJ Liu (42nd - $5,745), five-time bracelet winner John Monnette (75th - $3,488), and six-time bracelet winner and former WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Lisandro (123rd - $2,634).
This dangerous dozen will now return to the Horseshoe feature tables at 1 p.m. local time on June 30 to play down to a winner, beginning with Level 26 and blinds of 30,000 / 60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.
Each player has guaranteed themselves a five-figure payday of $12,257, but they’re just a few hours of skill and fortune away from the top prize of $259,549 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
PokerNews will be there until a champion is crowned, so stay with us for our continuing coverage from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
