Dylan Weisman Eyeing Second Bracelet of 2024 as 19 Return for Day 3 of Big O Championship
Today, the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas will be the scene for the third day of Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship. This event is new on the schedule at the 2024 World Series of Poker and turned out to be a big success. A massive crowd of 332 people decided to buy in, creating a prize pool of $3,087,600.
However, only 19 players will return for Day 3 of the event, and among them is Dylan Weisman, who captured his second bracelet in Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha exactly one week ago.
Weisman is widely considered one of the most successful modern pot-limit Omaha tournament players but has been broadening his horizons recently by entering more mixed game and hi-lo events. His skill set seems to have transferred over well, as Weisman gathered 1,700,000 chips throughout the two days of play in the Big O Championship, landing him in third place on the leaderboard and granting him 57 big blinds to play with.
That is not to say that Weisman will have an easy path in front of him, as mixed-game legend and four-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson bagged the chip lead on Day 2. Anderson was among the latest entries in the field, buying in near the end of the registration period early on Day 2, but spun his 60,000 starting chips to a stack of 2,385,000 before the day had ended.
Also finding themselves in the top ten at the start of Day 3 are Poland’s Tomasz Gluszko (1,515,000), Colombian playmaker Farid Jattin (1,035,000), and bracelet winners David Benyamine (1,350,000) and Ryan Hughes (925,000).
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 2,385,000 | 80 |
| 2 | John Fauver | United States | 2,125,000 | 71 |
| 3 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 1,700,000 | 57 |
| 4 | Michael Rocco | United States | 1,640,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Tomasz Gluszko | Poland | 1,515,000 | 51 |
| 6 | David Benyamine | France | 1,350,000 | 45 |
| 7 | George Parublev | United States | 1,050,000 | 35 |
| 8 | Farid Jattin | Colombia | 1,035,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 925,000 | 31 |
| 10 | P.J. Cha | United States | 925,000 | 31 |
Further down the counts one can find the likes of decorated players such as Anson Tsang (905,000), Danny Wong (890,000), and Adam Friedman (415,000), while Shiva Dudani (395,000) and Joe Ritzie (325,000) are on the bottom of the leaderboard with stacks worth less than 15 big blinds.
All 19 players have secured themselves a payday of at least $25,340, but they will be fighting tooth and nail to try and capture the top prize of $681,998 that accompanies the eventual Big O Champion’s bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $681,998 |
| 2 | $454,668 |
| 3 | $311,737 |
| 4 | $217,783 |
| 5 | $155,065 |
| 6 | $112,573 |
| 7 | $83,359 |
| 8 | $62,985 |
| 9 | $48,582 |
| 10-11 | $38,269 |
| 12-15 | $30,800 |
| 16-19 | $25,340 |
The tournament will resume at 1 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center. The blinds will restart at Level 21, blinds 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante. All levels will have a duration of 60 minutes, with a 15-minute break after every two of them. A dinner break is scheduled after Level 26, around 7:30 p.m. local time. The plan is to play down to the final five players, who will then bag up and return for the fourth and final day on Sunday.
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