Goldklang Leads; Drinan Near the Top as 35 Return for Day 3 of Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 2 of Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed at the 2023 World Series of Poker has come to an end, and Dustin Goldklang (4,225,000) leads the final 35 players into Day 3.
Goldklang, a native of North Carolina, has nearly one million chips more than his closest competitor, Chicago’s own Connor Drinan (3,270,000). Marc Lagaze (2,530,000), Matthew Parry (2,500,000), and Benjamin Juhasz (2,480,000) round out the top five while Lukas Zaskodny (2,035,000) is the only other player over two million chips.
$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Goldklang | United States | 4,225,000 | 169 |
| 2 | Connor Drinan | United States | 3,270,000 | 131 |
| 3 | Marc Lagaze | France | 2,530,000 | 101 |
| 4 | Matthew Parry | United States | 2,500,000 | 100 |
| 5 | Benjamin Juhasz | Hungary | 2,480,000 | 99 |
| 6 | Lukas Zaskodny | Czech Republic | 2,035,000 | 81 |
| 7 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 1,865,000 | 75 |
| 8 | Tyler Gaston | United States | 1,745,000 | 70 |
| 9 | Joshua Stefansky | United States | 1,670,000 | 67 |
| 10 | Eric Hayes | United States | 1,430,000 | 57 |
Day 2 Highlights
A total of 216 players returned for Day 2 after the event drew 1,013 entries, creating a prize pool of $2,704,710.
Goldklang has the lead after he consistently chipped up all day and made a charge in the final levels thanks to the double knockout of Sam Farha and Francisco Perez Moreno.
Day 1 chip leader Tyler Gaston picked up where he left off, and his strong Day 2 yielded an eighth-best 1,745,000 in the bag for Day 3. Gaston, a public defender in Las Vegas, has over $700,000 in career earnings thanks, in part, to a third-place finish in the 2022 edition of the Millionaire Maker event for $522,705.
Brandon Shack-Harris also returns with a top-ten stack in search of his third WSOP title on Day 3. Both of his bracelets have come in Pot-Limit Omaha events – the first coming in 2014 in the $1,000 edition and again in 2016 in the $10,000 championship. Shack-Harris is joined in the top ten by bracelet winners Drinan and Zaskodny. Drinan won previously in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event in 2021 and on WSOP Online in 2020. Zaskodny won his title in the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event at WSOP Europe in 2021.
Other bracelet winners returning for another taste on Day 3 include three-time winner Norbert Szecsi and recent winner Ian Matakis. Matakis is currently in the top spot on the Player of the Year leaderboard and a strong finish will put some space between him and the rest of the field.
Other returning players include Kane Kalas, Sokchheka Pho, and Joshua Stefansky.
Each of the returning 35 players is guaranteed $13,343, while the winner will take home $480,122 and the WSOP gold bracelet. Players return at 1:00 p.m. local on July 13 for Day 3, and blinds will resume in Level 21 at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $480,122 | 8-9 | $42,107 |
| 2 | $296,746 | 10-11 | $32,272 |
| 3 | $205,696 | 10-17 | $25,177 |
| 4 | $144,890 | 18-23 | $20,000 |
| 5 | $103,738 | 24-29 | $16,184 |
| 6 | $75,517 | 30-35 | $13,343 |
| 7 | $55,908 |
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the rest of the week for live updates from the floor of the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event at the 2023 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.