Overnight at the Horseshoe: Three Events Hit Final Stages

Three events pushed deep into the early hours of June 11 at the Horseshoe, each producing a different flavor of chip leader.

$1,100 Limit Hold'em — 5 Remain

Florian Pesce, a one-time WSOP Circuit ring winner from France with $638K in lifetime earnings and six career final tables, leads the final five in Event #218, the $1,100 Limit Hold'em Landmark Mega Satellite. Among his opponents: Benjamin Underwood of Canada, a three-time Circuit ring winner with $1.42M in lifetime cashes and 21 final tables. Sean Deacon, Ibrahim Ghazal, and Levon Torosyan round out the field.

$200 Daily Deepstack — 8 Remain

Hongguo Chen of China sits atop the final eight in Event #219, the $200 Daily Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em. Chen's tracked lifetime earnings sit at just $29,377. The bust list carries a heavier name: Preston McEwen, an 11-time WSOP Circuit ring winner with nearly $2M in lifetime cashes and 36 career final tables, fell in 11th place.

$10K PLO Hi-Lo Championship — 27 Remain

Event #33, the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, bagged for the night with 27 players remaining. Yuhong Liu of the United States leads with 1,870,000 in chips — a stack more than 23 times that of last-reported short stack Vladimir Belekhov (80,000). Liu's lifetime tournament earnings total $34,816, making this deep run in a $10K championship by far the biggest stage of his career. Three-time bracelet winner Jason Daly ($1.27M lifetime, 12 final tables, four Circuit rings) busted in 28th.