Day 34 of the 2024 World Sequence of Poker on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas had 5 in-play occasions, making it a bit extra relaxed for PokerNews’ reside reporters after the craziness of the previous few days, the place as much as 12 occasions have been concurrently going down at one stage!
The spotlight of Day 34 was Occasion #72: $10,000 No-Restrict 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship crowning its champion. The third and closing day began with solely 9 of the 186 entrants vying for the bracelet and $411,041 prime prize. Scott Seiver got here out on prime for his third bracelet of the summer season, the primary time anybody has bagged three in the identical sequence in Vegas since Jeff Lisandro in 2009. George Danzer additionally received three in 2014 however one in every of his was within the WSOP Asia-Pacific sequence.
Though Seiver was the one individual to gather some WSOP {hardware}, a lot was occurring within the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Vincent Lee Shines Brightly on Day 1c of the Colossus
Day 1c of Occasion #70: $400 Colossus drew in 8,589 entrants, however only one,057 made it by 17 action-packed ranges. Vincent Lee fared the perfect on the third and closing flight, bagging and tagging 1.470.000 chips, sufficient for the Day 1c chip chief and fourth place total.
Lee has cashed in three massive subject occasions this sequence, receiving a payout slip within the $300 Gladiators of Poker, the $800 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack, and the $1,500 Tremendous Turbo Bounty.
William Wilkinson led the way in which for a big a part of the day, however misplaced some floor late on, permitting Lee to leapfrog him within the counts.
A few of the different Day 1c survivors hoping to seize this occasion’s bracelet embody Dinesh Alt (648,000), Max Kruse (625,000), Angela Jordison (523,000), $25K Fantasy Draft choose Matt Glantz (485,000), PokerNews Deepstack Championship winner Hector Berry (281,000), Martin Kabrhel (267,000), and Lara Eisenberg (188,000).
Play resumes on Day 2 at 10:00 a.m. native time on July 1, and a couple of,358 gamers need to full one other 15 ranges.
Occasion #70: $400 Colossus Day 1c Prime 10 Chip Counts
Jamie Kerstetter Leads the Last Six within the Women Championship
Jamie Kerstetter (9,330,000) is in pole place in Occasion #71: $1,000 Women No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship, the place solely six of the 1,245 entrants stay in rivalry for the $171,732 prime prize and the coveted gold bracelet.
Kerstetter got here agonizingly near capturing a bracelet in 2022, ending second within the $1,000 Tag Crew occasion behind the duo of Patrick Leonard and Espen Jorstad. Thetwo-time International Poker Awards winner is now solely 5 eliminations away from realizing her dream of changing into a WSOP champion.
Japan’s Shiina Okamoto (8,640,000) is second in chips on the restart. Okamoto was the runner-up on this occasion final yr, so she hopes to go one place deeper in 2024.
Between them, Kerstetter and Okamoto have 225 massive blinds whereas the opposite 4 women have 87; the hole between Okomato in second and Linda Durden (3,110,000) in third is an enormous 69 massive blinds.
Mor Kamber (1,755,000) returns in fourth, Cecile Ticherfatine (1,100,000) is fifth, representing France, with Ceci Liao (970,000) mentioning the rear however nonetheless within the hunt.
The fourth and closing day begins at 3:00 p.m. native time on July 1, with PokerGO streaming the motion. PokerNews’ protection will comply with PokerGO’s delay, which is predicted to be roughly 60 minutes.
Occasion #71: $1,000 Women No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship Last Day Chip Counts
$25,000 PLO Excessive Curler Reaches Day 2 With 34 Gamers Remaining
Solely 34 gamers stay in Occasion #73: $25,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha, and as you’ll anticipate, the sector is stacked prime to backside with elite-level stars.
Brian Rast (4,785,000) is one such participant, and the person to catch going into Day 3. The six-time bracelet winner and Poker Corridor of Famer bagged up a tournament-leading stack on the shut of play.
Two different gamers completed Day 2 with greater than 4 million chips: Maxi Lehmanski (4,500,000) and Billy Tarango (4,400,000).
That trio leads an all-star forged into battle for the penultimate day’s motion. Eelis Parssinen (3,795,000), Michael Moncek (3,670,000), Joni Jouhkimainen (3,225,000), and Erick Lindgren (3,235,000) return with prime ten chip stacks.
Decrease down the present standings are such luminaries as Kahle Burns (2,480,000), Juha Helppi (2,210,000), Christian Tougher (2,180,000), Joao Vieira (1,515,00), Sean Winter (700,000), and Alex Livingston (685,000).
Day 3 shuffles up and offers at 1:00 p.m. native time on July 1. The plan is to cut back the sector all the way down to solely 5 gamers.
Occasion #73: $25,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha Prime 10 Chip Counts
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Ali Eslami Leads After Day 1 of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship
Day 1 of Occasion #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship noticed the 143 entrants lowered to 74, though each numbers will improve as late registration stays open for the primary hour of Day 2.
No matter what number of contemporary faces enter, they may have their work minimize out to catch Ali Eslami as a result of he completed Day 1 with 395,000 chips, virtually 120,000 extra (20 massive bets) than Andrey Zhigalov (276,500) in second place. Eslami has earlier on this format, having received his sole bracelet in a $1,500 version of Stud Hello-Lo in 2022.
Excessive-stakes specialist tournaments convey poker’s greats to the tables, and this occasion was no totally different. Allen Kessler (273,000), Brandon Shack-Harris (244,500), Nacho Barbero (215,500), Brad Ruben (205,500), and Rob Hollink (190,000) all progressed to Day 2 within the prime ten.
Additionally by are such stars as Todd Brunson (187,500), Chris Vitch (181,000), Marco Johnson (135,000), Dario Sammartino (134,000), Anthony Zinno (120,500), Jeremy Ausmus (81,500), and up to date addition to the seven-time bracelet membership Scott Seiver (17,500)
Day 2 will get underway at 1:00 p.m. native time on July 1.
Occasion #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo Championship Prime 10 Chip Counts
What to Anticipate on Day 35 of the 2024 WSOP
We are going to uncover who comes out on prime in Occasion #71: $1,000 Women No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship and who’s our first feminine WSOP champion of 2024.
The monster-sized Occasion #70: $400 Colossus will take up a lot of the out there tables as 2,358 gamers return to their seats for Day 2. The plan is to play 15 ranges, which ought to see the sector decimated. Many eliminations are required, in any other case Day 3 on July 2 might be a prolonged battle.
Occasion #73: $25,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha is scheduled to play all the way down to its closing 5 heroes, with Occasion #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship enjoying out its Day 2.
Three new occasions shuffle up and deal on Day 34 of the 2024 WSOP. Occasion #75: $1,000 Tag Crew No-Restrict Maintain’em begins at 10:00 a.m. native, with Occasion #76: $10,000 Thriller Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em kicks off at 12:00 p.m. native time.
Occasion #77: $2,500 Combined Huge Wager shuffles up and offers at 2:00 p.m. native time, a must-see occasion for those who beloved blended video games as seven are in rotation.
