$550 PLO Championship: Steve Wilkie Enjoying His First-Ever PLO Tournament

$550 PLO Six-Max Championship
End of Level 11: 600/1,200
Players Remaining: 15 of 51

The players just finished the 11th level of the day and are taking a 10-minute break. They are inching closer to the money bubble and the final table.

Steve Wilkie is pacing the field with about 100,000 in chips. Wilkie, a native of England living in Denver, busted the main event when his aces were cracked by pocket kings before hopping in the $550 pot-limit Omaha six-max championship.

It’s the first time Wilkie ever played the game and had to ask a tournament supervisor the rules of the game before taking his seat. That hasn’t stopped him from running up a huge stack with the money bubble right around the corner.

Here is a look at most of the stacks still in the tournament:

Steve Wilkie – 100,000
Jordan Spurlin – 67,000
Jeff Gross – 31,000
Steven Filipovic – 29,500
Keith Barrett – 27,000
Kevin Gerhart – 26,000
Loren Klein – 23,000
Sarah Sherman – 22,000
Kim Stone – 19,000