Larry Tull Leading After Day 1 in Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix
There were 405 players who came out to play today in Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. At the end of the night defending champions had fallen, streaks were broken, and Larry Tull was leading the way with just 126 players remaining. Tull is looking to make his fifth World Series of Poker cash and if things go well, possibly his first World Series of Poker final table as well.
Defending champion Hani Awad made an appearance today. He shared a table with Andrew Barber and the two exchanged several pots throughout the day. But despite winning last year, and coming in second the year before that, Awad didn��t make it past level seven today. Similarly, Julie Schneider had cashed in this even for the last four years running, with one final table in that mix as well. Today Schneider also fell before the end of level seven, breaking her streak as well.
Several big name players fell alongside Awad and Schneider, such as Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Scotty Nguyen, Greg Raymer, Mel Judah, Max Pescatori, and John Monnette.
But even with that massive list of pros who didn��t make it through the day, there were still plenty who did. Phil Hellmuth is still alive and kicking. He finished the night with 24,200 chips. Also still in the field and bracelet hunting is Alex Luneau. Luneau finished the night as one of the chip leaders, bagging up 94,000. Also coming back for Day 2 are Chris George (63,600), Jared Bleznick (71,000), David Bach (64,000), Esther Taylor (61,800), Mike Ross (53,800) and Mike Matusow (31,400), to name a few.
Players will return Friday at 2 p.m. PDT and will play 10 more levels. PokerNews will be here following all the action so make sure to tune back in.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 49 | 1 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 3,700 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 2 | Jeremiah Callahan | United States | 95,400 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 3 | Joshua Mammon | Canada | 66,500 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 4 | Allen Kessler | United States | 34,400 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 5 | Michael Noori | United States | 30,400 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 6 | Frank Kassela | United States | 30,900 | |
| Amazon | 49 | 8 | Igor Sharaskin | Russia | 112,600 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 1 | Jerry Wong | United States | 19,400 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 2 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 69,400 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 3 | Noah Bronstein | United States | 44,000 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 4 | Ryan Paluf | United States | 54,600 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 5 | Matthew Smith | United States | 32,500 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 6 | Samoeun Mon | United States | 68,400 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 7 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 16,700 | |
| Amazon | 57 | 8 | Jameson Painter | United States | 29,100 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 1 | Michael Huguenot | United States | 41,400 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 2 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 24,200 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 3 | Robert Gray | United States | 34,400 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 4 | Wendy Freedman | United States | 66,900 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 5 | Valentin Lita | United States | 57,000 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 6 | Smith Sirisakorn | United States | 19,900 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 7 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 25,100 | |
| Amazon | 58 | 8 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 10,900 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 1 | Steve Hohn | United States | 24,300 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 2 | Benjamin Zamani | United States | 20,000 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | 49,500 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 4 | David Matsumoto | United States | 124,900 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 5 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 68,700 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 6 | Jesse Martin | United States | 38,900 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 7 | Alex Rocha | United States | 16,700 | |
| Amazon | 59 | 8 | Ronald Schiffman | United States | 33,000 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 1 | Joe Aronesty | United States | 19,100 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 2 | Richard Ashby | United Kingdom | 21,100 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 3 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 47,400 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 4 | Matheus Mendes | Brazil | 69,600 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 5 | Robert Slezak | United States | 16,000 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 6 | Georgii Belianin | Russia | 5,000 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 7 | Prince Docnes | United States | 17,400 | |
| Amazon | 65 | 8 | Robin Ylitalo | United States | 24,200 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 1 | Artem Babakhanyan | Russia | 39,900 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 2 | John Sorgen | United States | 50,500 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 3 | Jan Stein | United States | 12,900 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 4 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 45,100 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 5 | David Levi | United States | 3,300 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 6 | Timothy Frazin | United States | 35,900 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 7 | Kent Novick | United States | 12,900 | |
| Amazon | 66 | 8 | Mike Krescanko | United States | 32,700 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 1 | Jeffrey Duvall | United Kingdom | 34,100 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 2 | Ryan Himes | United States | 33,300 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 3 | Jim Collopy | United States | 41,600 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 4 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 71,000 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 5 | Walter Twardus | United States | 67,800 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 6 | Trai Dang | United States | 26,000 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 7 | Patrick Gunn | United States | 21,300 | |
| Amazon | 67 | 8 | Brian Brubaker | United States | 64,900 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 1 | David Tarbet | United Kingdom | 38,000 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 2 | Albert Daher | Russia | 71,400 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 3 | John Holley | United States | 69,800 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 4 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 50,200 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 5 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 52,500 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 6 | Bernardo Dias | Brazil | 14,800 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 7 | Viatcheslav Ortynskiy | Russia | 28,600 | |
| Amazon | 73 | 8 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | 27,500 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 1 | William Klevitz | United States | 58,900 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 2 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 22,800 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 3 | Ashton Griffin | United States | 32,100 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 4 | Eric Pratt | United States | 5,900 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 5 | Michael Ross | United States | 53,800 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 25,000 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 7 | Nicholas Kiley | United States | 25,800 | |
| Amazon | 74 | 8 | Michael Lemkin | United States | 28,400 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 1 | Josh Arieh | United States | 84,200 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 2 | Larry Tull | United States | 152,500 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 3 | Steven Loube | United States | 54,500 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 4 | Kevin Nickell | United States | 51,800 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 5 | Timothy Wong | United States | 26,100 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 6 | Matthew McDaniel | United States | 25,600 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 7 | Todd Brunson | United States | 22,900 | |
| Amazon | 75 | 8 | Denis Speights | United States | 27,100 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 1 | Neil Yekell | United States | 6,500 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 2 | Mark Scacewater | United States | 28,000 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 3 | Kyle Montgomery | United States | 61,800 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 4 | Bonnie Rossi | United States | 14,800 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 5 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 42,100 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 6 | Ben Tang | United States | 29,000 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 7 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 60,300 | |
| Amazon | 81 | 8 | Dale Phillips | United States | 4,500 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 1 | Ben Yu | United States | 8,700 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 2 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 19,300 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 3 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 74,100 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 4 | Timothy Batow | United States | 58,300 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 5 | Mikhail Savinov | Russia | 21,600 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 6 | Nick Guagenti | United States | 54,000 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 7 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 26,300 | |
| Amazon | 82 | 8 | Dustin Sitar | United States | 21,100 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 1 | Viacheslav Zhukov | Russia | 18,300 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 2 | Katherine Fleck | United States | 32,000 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 3 | Chris George (NY) | United States | 63,600 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 4 | Alex Luneau | France | 94,000 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 5 | Adam Stoller | United States | 47,400 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 64,000 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 7 | Dominik Baud | Bern, CH | 28,800 | |
| Amazon | 83 | 8 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 26,700 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 1 | Andrii Nadieliaiev | Ukraine | 63,200 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 2 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 20,000 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 3 | Kyle Bowker | United States | 26,000 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 32,800 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 5 | Lawrence Berg | United States | 30,600 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 6 | Daniel Ratigan | United States | 90,100 | |
| Amazon | 89 | 7 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 26,000 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 1 | Mikhail Semin | Russia | 39,700 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 2 | Abdel Hamid | United States | 63,800 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 3 | Jeffrey Mitseff | United States | 12,800 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 4 | Lawrence Fujii | United States | 61,600 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 5 | Mike Matusow | United States | 1 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 6 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | 70,200 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 7 | Damon Rein | United States | 64,800 | |
| Amazon | 90 | 8 | Eli Elezra | United States | 14,400 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 1 | Manuel Labandeira | Spain | 83,500 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 2 | Thao Thiem | United States | 18,700 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 3 | Sharukh Shaw | United States | 8,600 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 4 | Esther Taylor-Brady | United States | 61,800 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 5 | Brian Nadell | United States | 23,300 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 6 | Vasu Amarapu | United States | 42,000 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 7 | Keith Romanovitz | United States | 59,200 | |
| Amazon | 91 | 8 | Matthew Mortensen | United States | 73,500 |