Shaun Deeb Bags Top 20 Stack in the $600 PLO Deepstack
Day 1 of Event #13: Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw a total of 3,200 entrants creating a total prize pool of $1,632,000, up from the 2,858 entrants this event drew last year, and a record for a WSOP PLO event. Only 117 entrants bagged chips for Day 2 and will compete for the first-place prize of $217,102 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Aaron Ang bagged the chip lead for Day 1 with an impressive 2,765,000. Day 2 commences at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, June 6.
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Ang | United States | 2,765,000 | 92 |
| 2 | Giorgiy Skhuluhiya | Georgia | 2,600,000 | 87 |
| 3 | Soheb Porbandarwala | United States | 2,175,000 | 73 |
| 4 | Marek Rous | Czech Republic | 2,090,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Paul Fehlig | United States | 1,975,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Jonathan Dimmig | United States | 1,815,000 | 61 |
| 7 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 1,505,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Ben Herbert | United States | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| 9 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,450,000 | 48 |
| 10 | Alfred Atamian | United States | 1,345,000 | 45 |
In addition to Ang, three other players crammed more than two million chips into their overnight chip bags. Giorgiy Skhuluhiya (2,600,000), Soheb Porbandarwala (2,175,000), and Marek Rous (2,090,000) are that trio.
Several notable players managed to find a bag at the end of day one, including Clayton Fletcher (1,290,000), Shaun Deeb (1,265,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (955,000) Greg Raymer (675,000) and 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir (640,000).
Deeb's stack is enough to see him return on Day 2 with a top 20 stack and in a great position to mount a charge for what would be his sixth bracelet. Deeb came agonizingly close to claiming more poker gold on June 5th when he finished second in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack event online.
The money bubble burst when there were 464 players remaining. Other big names who fell short of Day 2 include Daniel Zack, Barny Boatman, Fernando Habegger, Maria Ho, Justin Pechie and Michael Moncek.
Day 2 resumes from Horseshoe and Paris at 10 a.m. local time, going into Level 23 with the intention of playing down to a winner. Blinds at the start of the day are 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante. Stay tuned to Pokernews as we crown another World Series of Poker champion.