After Day 1A yesterday, is now also Day 1B of the WSOP Event #86: $1K Mystery Bounty Pot Limit Omaha in the books. Once the dust settled, it was the Chinese Pro Pei Li with 1,175,000 chips on top of the chip counts, closely followed by his landsman Yuan Yu with 1,169,000 chips.
Only three others cracked the 1 million chipmark at the end of the day:
- Eemil Tuominen (Finland) – 1,106,000
- Daniel Tordjman (France) – 1,090,000
- Liran Betito (Israel) – 1,049,000
Top 10 chipcount
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pei Li | China | 1,175,000 | 235 |
| 2 | Yuan Yu | China | 1,169,000 | 234 |
| 3 | Eemil Tuominen | Finland | 1,106,000 | 221 |
| 4 | Daniel Tordjman | France | 1,090,000 | 218 |
| 5 | Liran Betito | Israel | 1,049,000 | 210 |
| 6 | Pedro Rodriguez | United States | 982,000 | 196 |
| 7 | Yung Lo | United States | 955,000 | 191 |
| 8 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 918,008 | 184 |
| 9 | Liang Su | Taiwan | 869,000 | 174 |
| 10 | Rob Wazwaz | United States | 858,000 | 172 |
Other Notable Players Advancing:
- Pedro Rodriguez – 982,000
- Yung Lo – 955,000
- Ludovic Geilich – 918,008
Additional bracelet winners and experienced players advancing:
- Lawrence Brandt (830,000)
- Brandon Cantu (743,000)
- Erick Lindgren (609,000)
- Joe Serock (583,000)
- Ren Lin (523,000)
- Ryan Leng (418,000)
- Mike Leah (415,000)
- Max Pescatori (250,000)
- Phil Hui (208,000)
Day 2 Action Begins Friday at WSOP Event #86
Day 2 starts Friday at 11:00 a.m. for Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot Limit Omaha. Players from both Day 1 flights will combine for the championship battle.
The mystery bounty component activates on Day 2. Each elimination triggers the bounty mechanic. Players draw random cash prizes from the bounty pool.
Tournament organizers allocated $300 from each buy-in to the bounty pool. This creates additional prizes in addition to standard payouts. Players must balance tournament strategy with immediate bounty rewards.
FAQs
The Mystery Bounty format combines traditional tournament play with random cash prizes for player eliminations. In this format, a portion of each buy-in is allocated to a bounty pool, and players can draw random cash prizes for each opponent they eliminate.
Pei Li from China is leading the event after Day 1B with a chip stack of 1,175,000. Casey Wassell from the USA leads after Day 1A with 1,135,000 chips.
The Mystery Bounty component activates on Day 2 of the tournament. This is when players start earning the right to draw random cash prizes for eliminating opponents.
A total of 792 players advanced to Day 2 of the tournament. This includes 467 players from Day 1B and 325 players from Day 1A.
The prize pool for this event is $3,064,720, which was generated from a total of 5,284 entries across both starting flights.
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