Level Acht ist gespielt. Beim $ 3.000,- Pot-Limit Omaha kommen von 589 Startern noch 138 in Tag 2. Auf den Sieger warten 361.797,- Dollar. Der Preispool beläuft sich auf rund 1,6 Millionen Dollar. Chipleader nach Tag 1 ist Joseph Ressler. Momentan auf dem 23. Rang liegt Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
Für vier Deutsche läuft es nach dem ersten Tag richtig gut. Bestplatzierter von ihnen ist aktuell Jan-Peter Jachtmann. Mit 58.600 Chips liegt er auf Platz 23. Bereits auf Platz 30 folgt ihm Manig Löser, der 55.100 Chips vor sich stapelt. Und nur fünf Plätze dahinter schon der nächste Deutsche. Khiem Nguyen beendet Tag 1 auf Rang 35. Max Kruse aus Hamburg rundet auf Platz 84 das deutsche Quartett ab.
Nicht genug, dass die ersten drei Deutschen sehr dicht beieinander liegen, es trennen sie lediglich zwölf Plätze. Nein, Jachtmann und Nguyen haben zudem die Ehre am selben Tisch zu sitzen! Nun ja, damit fühlt man sich bestimmt nicht ganz so allein, unter den vielen Amerikanern. Wollen wir hoffen, dass sie morgen nicht mit einem harten Set-Up aufeinander prallen.
Von den internationalen Stars noch mit von der Partie sind unter anderem Guillaume Darcourt, Jose Nacho Barbero, George Lind und Phil Ivey. Ivey hat aber keine Hand gespielt! Sein Stack wurde demnach auf noch verbleibende 700 Chips heruntergeblindet. Nicht mehr dabei sind: David Williams, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett, Shaun Deeb, Phil Hellmuth, Barry Shulman, Huck Seed und Lex Veldhuis.
Chipcounts
| RANK | PLAYER | CITY /STATE/COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | ROOM /TABLE/SEAT |
| 1 | Joseph Ressler | NORTH POTOMAC, MD, US | 122.100 | Amazon / 429 / 4 |
| 2 | Galen Kester | SENATOBIA, MS, US | 111.000 | Amazon / 430 / 9 |
| 3 | Isaac Hagerling | CHICAGO, IL, US | 95.500 | Amazon / 435 / 1 |
| 4 | Vadzim Kursevich | BY | 92.400 | Amazon / 422 / 7 |
| 5 | Viacheslav Igin | BATAYSK, , RU | 90.300 | Amazon / 429 / 6 |
| 6 | Matthew Perrins | MANCHESTER, , GB | 85.600 | Amazon / 422 / 2 |
| 7 | Ryan Franklin | VERO BEACH, FL, US | 82.700 | Amazon / 430 / 4 |
| 8 | Quentin Lae | Bihorel, , FR | 80.700 | Amazon / 423 / 2 |
| 9 | Tom Chambers | CHICAGO, IL, US | 80.100 | Amazon / 435 / 6 |
| 10 | Justin Conley | PRESTONBURG, KY, US | 78.300 | Amazon / 433 / 7 |
| 11 | Jamie Robbins | PORTLAND, OR, US | 77.000 | Amazon / 432 / 1 |
| 12 | Guillaume Darcourt | PARIS, , FR | 75.500 | Amazon / 432 / 4 |
| 13 | Igor Sharaskin | NIZHNIY NOVGOROD, RU | 69.500 | Amazon / 423 / 9 |
| 14 | Mike Gorodinsky | ST. LOUIS, MO, US | 67.100 | Amazon / 423 / 1 |
| 15 | Raul Paez | BARCELONA, , ES | 66.800 | Amazon / 434 / 2 |
| 16 | Tristan Clemencon | LONDON, GB | 66.000 | Amazon / 425 / 3 |
| 17 | Ilkka Heikkila | Tampere, , FI | 63.000 | Amazon / 434 / 4 |
| 18 | Joshua Gibson | FORT MYERS, FL, US | 62.000 | Amazon / 422 / 4 |
| 19 | Jose Nacho Barbero | BUENOS AIRES, , AR | 61.300 | Amazon / 431 / 7 |
| 20 | Scott Stanko | SCOTTSBLUFF, NE, US | 60.300 | Amazon / 427 / 1 |
| 21 | Kyle Bowker | WALTON, NY, US | 59.100 | Amazon / 434 / 5 |
| 22 | Sandeep Pulusani | HUNTSVILLE, AL, US | 59.000 | Amazon / 429 / 8 |
| 23 | Jan‐Peter Jachtmann | HAMBURG, , DE | 58.600 | Amazon / 427 / 6 |
| 24 | Jaspal Brar | EDMONTON, AB, CA | 58.200 | Amazon / 424 / 3 |
| 25 | Adam Heger | SHARPSBURG, GA, US | 58.200 | Amazon / 429 / 7 |
| 26 | Kevin Saul | WARRENVILLE, IL, US | 58.100 | Amazon / 434 / 6 |
| 27 | Shreeniwas Kelkar | KIRKLAND, WA, US | 58.000 | Amazon / 432 / 9 |
| 28 | Tex Barch | MCKINNEY, TX, US | 57.300 | Amazon / 426 / 9 |
| 29 | Stjepan Jokic | Vienna, , IT | 55.100 | Amazon / 430 / 3 |
| 30 | Manig Loeser | LONDON, GB | 55.100 | Amazon / 431 / 4 |
| 31 | Calvin Anderson | YUKON, OK, US | 53.400 | Amazon / 428 / 7 |
| 32 | Ryan D’Angelo | BROKLYN, NY, US | 53.100 | Amazon / 434 / 3 |
| 33 | Chance Kornuth | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 52.700 | Amazon / 420 / 8 |
| 34 | Dmitrii Valouev | WILSONVILLE, OR, US | 52.500 | Amazon / 428 / 4 |
| 35 | Huykhiem Nguyen | POMMERNSTRABE , , DE | 51.900 | Amazon / 427 / 2 |
| 36 | Dominique Mosley | MIAMI, FL, US | 51.600 | Amazon / 430 / 5 |
| 37 | Ted Lawson | HENDERSON, NV, US | 50.000 | Amazon / 433 / 6 |
| 38 | Jon Hoellein | WESTLAKE, OH, US | 49.900 | Amazon / 435 / 5 |
| 39 | Donnacha O’Dea | DUBLIN, , IE | 49.200 | Amazon / 431 / 3 |
| 40 | Joshua Field | VILLA PARK, CA, US | 49.100 | Amazon / 425 / 6 |
| 41 | Walter Fisher | Rego Park, NY, US | 49.000 | Amazon / 422 / 6 |
| 42 | Sam Stein | HENDERSON, NV, US | 48.300 | Amazon / 436 / 9 |
| 43 | Brant Hale | MOORE, OK, US | 47.400 | Amazon / 421 / 8 |
| 44 | Steven Merrifield | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 47.400 | Amazon / 421 / 7 |
| 45 | Ognjen Sekularac | BELGRADE, , RS | 47.000 | Amazon / 420 / 3 |
| 46 | Christophe Lachave | FREJUS, , FR | 46.700 | Amazon / 435 / 8 |
| 47 | John Racener | PORT RICHEY, FL, US | 45.900 | Amazon / 433 / 1 |
| 48 | John Riordan | TAMPA, FL, US | 45.200 | Amazon / 424 / 4 |
| 49 | Brent Roberts | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 44.800 | Amazon / 424 / 2 |
| 50 | Mohammad Abedi‐Arani | DALLAS, TX, US | 43.200 | Amazon / 435 / 7 |
| 51 | Jason DeWitt | DECATUR, GA, US | 43.000 | Amazon / 420 / 2 |
| 52 | Damian Minev | Edmonton, AB, CA | 42.700 | Amazon / 420 / 4 |
| 53 | Austin Scott | NORMAN, OK, US | 42.300 | Amazon / 436 / 8 |
| 54 | Nam Le | TUSTIN, CA, US | 42.100 | Amazon / 434 / 8 |
| 55 | Ronit Chamani | JOHANNESBURG, , ZA | 41.100 | Amazon / 426 / 8 |
| 56 | Geoffrey Grover | Westmount, QC, CA | 40.800 | Amazon / 436 / 5 |
| 57 | Corey Burbick | DAVIE, FL, US | 38.600 | Amazon / 430 / 1 |
| 58 | Romik Vartzar | GLENDALE, CA, US | 37.000 | Amazon / 423 / 4 |
| 59 | Anthony Gargano | STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, US | 36.600 | Amazon / 426 / 1 |
| 60 | Steven Kelly | CAMARILLO, CA, US | 36.000 | Amazon / 434 / 9 |
| 61 | Tyler Denson | NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL, US | 35.600 | Amazon / 435 / 9 |
| 62 | Lee Thomas | SOUTH WINDSOR, CT, US | 35.600 | Amazon / 425 / 1 |
| 63 | Michael Kamran | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 35.000 | Amazon / 426 / 4 |
| 64 | Philippe Plouffe | TERREBONNE, QC, CA | 34.800 | Amazon / 423 / 3 |
| 65 | Peter Charalambous | SUFFOLK, , GB | 34.700 | Amazon / 420 / 9 |
| 66 | Milad Jorshari | IRVINE, CA, US | 33.500 | Amazon / 434 / 7 |
| 67 | Isaac Haxton | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 32.800 | Amazon / 428 / 5 |
| 68 | Sil Basile | Naples, FL, US | 32.700 | Amazon / 427 / 3 |
| 69 | Vladyslav Semenenko | GB | 32.600 | Amazon / 436 / 3 |
| 70 | Steven Gorder | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 32.200 | Amazon / 433 / 2 |
| 71 | Steve Gross | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 32.200 | Amazon / 432 / 8 |
| 72 | Emil Patel | EAST HANOVER, NJ, US | 32.100 | Amazon / 426 / 7 |
| 73 | Shawn Buchanan | ABBOTSFORD, BC, CA | 32.000 | Amazon / 432 / 2 |
| 74 | Andrew Watson | TULSA, OK, US | 31.400 | Amazon / 431 / 5 |
| 75 | Sam Chartier | MONTREAL, QC, CA | 31.100 | Amazon / 427 / 5 |
| 76 | Dorian Rios | CARACAS, MA, VE | 31.000 | Amazon / 429 / 1 |
| 77 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | NICOSIA, , CY | 30.500 | Amazon / 428 / 6 |
| 78 | Joseph Mobley | JEFFERSON COUNTY, KY, US | 29.900 | Amazon / 421 / 1 |
| 79 | Thomas Marks | GREENBRIER, AR, US | 29.500 | Amazon / 423 / 6 |
| 80 | Brett Richey | NEW YORK, NY, US | 29.500 | Amazon / 433 / 8 |
| 81 | George Lampert | NAPLES, FL, US | 28.000 | Amazon / 428 / 1 |
| 82 | Nick Grippo | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, US | 27.200 | Amazon / 422 / 3 |
| 83 | Kevin Boudreau | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US | 27.100 | Amazon / 427 / 9 |
| 84 | Max Kruse | Hamburg, , DE | 26.600 | Amazon / 436 / 1 |
| 85 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | KIEV, , UA | 26.500 | Amazon / 426 / 5 |
| 86 | Juan Ramirez | HARLINGEN, TX, US | 26.400 | Amazon / 425 / 2 |
| 87 | Philippe Boucher | QUEBEC, QC, CA | 26.100 | Amazon / 432 / 5 |
| 88 | Brian Roberts | HOUSTON, TX, US | 25.900 | Amazon / 427 / 7 |
| 89 | Victor Saedon | CALABASAS, CA, US | 25.500 | Amazon / 433 / 9 |
| 90 | Arthur Morris | COLLEYVILLE, TX, US | 25.300 | Amazon / 431 / 1 |
| 91 | Christopher Roth | WAUKESHA, WI, US | 25.300 | Amazon / 421 / 3 |
| 92 | Chino Rheem | LOS ANGELES, CA, US | 25.100 | Amazon / 432 / 6 |
| 93 | David Ashby | LOUISVILLE, KY, US | 24.300 | Amazon / 422 / 9 |
| 94 | Robert Williamson III | DALLAS, TX, US | 24.200 | Amazon / 425 / 9 |
| 95 | Dallas Wottlin | Mesquite, TX, US | 24.200 | Amazon / 436 / 2 |
| 96 | Kory Kilpatrick | ATHENS, GA, US | 24.000 | Amazon / 424 / 9 |
| 97 | Giovanni Di Donato | Motta Visconti, , IT | 22.700 | Amazon / 421 / 6 |
| 98 | Matt Graham | HOUSTON, TX, US | 22.400 | Amazon / 426 / 3 |
| 99 | Olegs Pavlucuks | Riga, , LV | 22.300 | Amazon / 429 / 9 |
| 100 | Padraig Parkinson | DUBLIN, , IE | 22.200 | Amazon / 436 / 4 |
| 101 | Erik Seidel | HENDERSON, NV, US | 22.200 | Amazon / 422 / 8 |
| 102 | Scott Eskenazi | MERCER ISLAND, WA, US | 22.000 | Amazon / 436 / 6 |
| 103 | Michael Benvenuti | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 21.800 | Amazon / 428 / 8 |
| 104 | Darryll Fish | CAPE CORAL, FL, US | 21.800 | Amazon / 428 / 3 |
| 105 | Ryan Young | TORRANCE, CA, US | 21.100 | Amazon / 423 / 8 |
| 106 | Todd Barlow | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 20.600 | Amazon / 429 / 2 |
| 107 | Elie Payan | DRY, , FR | 19.200 | Amazon / 429 / 5 |
| 108 | Jonas Klausen | ODENSE, , DK | 18.100 | Amazon / 425 / 4 |
| 109 | Sampsa Hytonen | VANTAA, , FM | 18.000 | Amazon / 423 / 5 |
| 110 | Arthur Mouchel | Fort Worth, TX, US | 18.000 | Amazon / 427 / 4 |
| 111 | George Lind | GILBERT, AZ, US | 17.800 | Amazon / 421 / 5 |
| 112 | Robert Toye | BATON ROUGE, LA, US | 17.700 | Amazon / 426 / 2 |
| 113 | Dilyan Kovachev | STARA ZAGORA, , BG | 17.500 | Amazon / 421 / 4 |
| 114 | Jered Bettencourt | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 16.400 | Amazon / 425 / 7 |
| 115 | Charles Kassin | SANTA MONICA, CA, US | 15.800 | Amazon / 428 / 2 |
| 116 | James Manning | WACO, TX, US | 15.500 | Amazon / 434 / 1 |
| 117 | Paul Taylor | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 15.500 | Amazon / 424 / 8 |
| 118 | Jerome Bradpiece | HARROW, , GB | 15.000 | Amazon / 432 / 7 |
| 119 | Dutch Boyd | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 14.200 | Amazon / 431 / 9 |
| 120 | Jeff Littlefield | GREENVILLE, TX, US | 14.100 | Amazon / 435 / 2 |
| 121 | Kelly Dalke | SHERWOOD PARK, AB, CA | 13.700 | Amazon / 421 / 2 |
| 122 | Mikhail Semin | MOSCOW, , RU | 13.500 | Amazon / 430 / 6 |
| 123 | Elior Sion | London, , GB | 13.500 | Amazon / 420 / 5 |
| 124 | Tim West | LOS ALTOS, CA, US | 12.500 | Amazon / 424 / 1 |
| 125 | Matthew Vengrin | HENDERSON, NV, US | 12.400 | Amazon / 430 / 7 |
| 126 | Lee Watkinson | LAKEBAY, WA, US | 12.400 | Amazon / 431 / 8 |
| 127 | Benjamin Hamnett | HOLBROOK, PA, US | 11.300 | Amazon / 420 / 6 |
| 128 | Annette Obrestad | SANDNES, , NO | 11.000 | Amazon / 433 / 5 |
| 129 | Zaher Sayegh | Northridge, CA, US | 10.900 | Amazon / 431 / 2 |
| 130 | Thibaut Klinghammer | LAMPERTHIEM, FR | 8.100 | Amazon / 420 / 1 |
| 131 | Stephen Su | HOUSTON, TX, US | 8.000 | Amazon / 425 / 8 |
| 132 | Grayson Nichols | WINDERMERE, FL, US | 7.200 | Amazon / 424 / 6 |
| 133 | Paul Dlugozima | ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US | 7.000 | Amazon / 433 / 3 |
| 134 | Lucille Cailly | PUVEAUX, , FR | 5.700 | Amazon / 435 / 3 |
| 135 | Phil Ivey | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 700 | Amazon / 430 / 8 |
| 136 | Thomas Pettersson | STOCKHOLM, SE | 1 | Amazon / 436 / 7 |
| 137 | DID NOT REPORT | 1 | Amazon / 424 / 5 | |
| 138 | DID NOT REPORT | 1 |
