The biggest World Collection of Poker principal occasion ever held is now down to simply three contenders, every with their eyes on the championship bracelet and the first-place prize of $10,000,000.
The 2024 WSOP $10,0000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em world championship drew a document 10,112 entries, leading to a prize pool of $94,041,600. There may be nonetheless $20,000,000 of that sum left to award, with the entire ultimate three gamers having locked up no less than $4,000,000 by making it this far.
On-line poker legend Niklas ‘Lena900’ Astedt (pictured above) is the chip chief with 223,000,000 (74 large blinds). His stack represents about 37 % of the entire chips in play. The 33-year-old Swedish poker professional’s profession reside event earnings of practically $3.9 million are already assured to be greater than doubled due to his success on this occasion, however he’d need to win this event a number of instances over to prime the reported $48 million in on-line earnings that he’s accrued.
Astedt got here into the day in third chip place, however scored 4 of the six knockouts on the day to bag up the highest stack.
“I believe I performed nicely. I don’t have too many regrets,” Astedt advised PokerGO’s sideline reporter Jeff Platt after bagging up for the night time. “I imply, it’s a giant stage and to remain composed and make one of the best selections, it could look straightforward, but when I get most of them proper, I’m completely happy.”
Jonathan Tamayo bagged up the second-largest stack with 197,000,000 (66 large blinds) regardless of beginning the day as one of many shorter stacks.
The 38-year-old poker professional isn’t any stranger to deep runs in the primary occasion, having completed twenty first again in 2009 and 78th in 2015. Now the Humble, Texas native has managed a podium end within the greatest principal occasion but, and can add a number of million to his prior earnings of $2,307,668.
Rounding out the ultimate three is Jordan Griff with 187,000,000 (62 large blinds). The 30-year-old information and analytics provide chain supervisor for Meta hails from New Metropolis, New York however is now based mostly out of Scottsdale, Arizona. The lone newbie poker participant among the many ultimate 9, Griff advised Card Participant, “I play in some fairly large money video games, however for me it’s a interest. I do it for enjoyable. I take pleasure in taking part in the sport.”
That is simply the third time that Griff has performed the primary occasion, and is his first money. He got here into this event with $46,088 in prior event earnings, and was one card away from hitting the rail early on day 8. He managed to hit one of many two queens left within the deck together with his overpair trailing a flopped set for his opponent, and now could be simply two spots away from an eight-figure payday and the championship bracelet.
Closing desk motion bought underway at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16 with Griff within the chip result in begin.
Malo Latinois was the primary to fall. The 28-year-old poker professional from France bought all-in for his final seven or so large blinds with A
Ok racing in opposition to the pocket threes of Griff.
The flop got here down A
10
9 to provide Latinois prime pair, prime kicker and backdoor flush prospects in addition. The three
modified all the things, although, giving Griff a set of threes and a lock on the hand. The river A gave Griff a full home and made the knockout official. Latinois earned $1,000,000 because the ninth-place finisher, which was by far the biggest rating but for the previous vitality advisor with a level in engineering.
The subsequent elimination hand started with Griff opening for a min-raise to 4,000,000 from underneath the gun with pocket sevens. Astedt flat-called with pocket queens within the small blind. Bracelet winner Joe Serock appeared down at AJ and three-bet shoved for simply shy of 20 large blinds.
The ten94J8 runout saved Astedt’s queens forward and Serock was despatched residence in eighth place.
This was the biggest rating but for Serock, a longtime poker professional who earned the 2012 World Poker Tour Participant of the 12 months award. His prior prime payday was the $804,191 he earned because the fifth-place finisher within the 2021 WSOP On-line $5,000 principal occasion. The Albuquerque, New Mexico native now has practically $6.8 million in profession event earnings.
Astedt overtook the chip lead after dragging that huge pot with pocket queens. Whereas he continued to climb, Brian Kim’s stack was heading the other way. The 34-year-old California native, now based mostly in Australia, got here into the day in second chip place. Kim is a longtime excessive stakes money sport participant and more moderen common on the excessive curler event circuit.
His slide on the ultimate desk started when he ran the nut flush right into a full home held by Griff. Not lengthy after the elimination of Serock, Kim discovered himself on the flawed aspect of a preflop cooler. The hand started with Spain’s Andres Gonzalez shifting all-in for 8.5 large blinds from UTG+1 with pocket kings. Kim known as from the cutoff with pocket queens. Neither participant related with the board and Gonzalez doubled up, leaving Kim with 29 large blinds.
Lower than an orbit later, Kim bought concerned in one other large pot. Boris Angelov opened to 4,600,000 from the button and Kim three-bet to 11,800,000 from the small blind with Ok6. Astedt chilly four-bet to 18,000,000 out of the large blind and Angelov bowed out. Kim thought it over earlier than shifting all-in for 53,900,00 (round 27 large blinds). Astedt made the decision with 1010. The flop got here down Q108 and Astedt flopped center set. The 5 flip gave Kim a flush draw, however the 6 accomplished the board to see Kim knocked out in seventh place. The $1,500,000 payout elevated his profession earnings to $8,978,482. This was his second deep run on this event previously few years, having completed Twenty third again in 2022.
Astedt was as much as 231,400,000 after that hand, good for greater than 38 % of the entire chips in play. He fell out of the lead after doubling up Gonzalez, whose pocket jacks held up in opposition to pocket threes. The identical two gamers tangled once more quickly, with Gonzalez as soon as once more holding pocket jacks. It was a basic race, with Astedt holding AQ for 2 overcards. The board ran out A101073 and Gonzalez was eradicated in sixth place.
The 30-year-old poker professional from Cartagena, Spain was awarded $2,000,000 for his efforts, which was about 4 instances the dimensions of his earlier largest event rating of $500,602 that he earned just some weeks in the past by ending third in a $3,500 buy-in occasion on the Wynn Summer time Traditional. He now has greater than $2.7 million in lifetime reside cashes to his identify, nearly all of which has been received because the begin of June this 12 months.
“It’s a dream to be right here. I bought my household coming from Spain,” Gonzalez advised PokerGO’s Jeff Platt after busting. “I used to be actually nervous, however I bought used to it and I believe I managed to play the ultimate desk very well. I’m tremendous completely happy and tremendous happy with myself, and I believe I did job.”
Tamayo entered the ultimate desk in seventh chip place after infamously folding pocket queens to a single elevate through the ultimate stretch of play on day 8. He managed a number of double-ups all through the day, together with successful a giant hand with a flopped straight in opposition to a flopped set of tens for Astedt. He was third in chips when five-handed motion started.
The subsequent all-in confrontation noticed Tamayo name a cutoff shove for six large blinds from Angelov with Ok6 from the large blind. Angelov revealed the 66, which had Tamayo’s hand in tough form. The flop got here down Ok54 to show the tables, although, leaving Angelov with only a 4 % likelihood of doubling up. The Ok on the flip knocked that quantity all the best way all the way down to zero, rendering the ten river a mere formality. Tamayo chipped as much as 147,000,000 (49 large blinds) after the hand, whereas Angelov was despatched packing in fifth place.
The 27-year-old Bulgarian poker professional cashed for $2,500,000, blowing away his earlier prime rating of $670,140 that he earned earlier this 12 months because the runner-up within the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €5,300 buy-in principal occasion.
Simply 9 palms after Angelov was eradicated, quick stack Jason Sagle three-bet shoved for simply over 9 large blinds with JJ from the large blind. Astedt had opened for a 6,000,000 min-raise from under-the-gun with A3. Astedt thought it over earlier than making the decision.
The flop got here down 843 to provide Astedt a pair of threes for some further outs. The 5 on the flip added a gutshot straight draw for the Swede, which got here in through the two on the river.
Sagle’s pocket jacks had been cracked to finish the 48-year-old Canadian poker professional’s run in fourth place ($3,000,000). The 2004 WSOP principal occasion Twenty third-place finisher and 2006 World Poker Tour North American Poker Championship runner-up’s profession earnings swelled to just about $4.5 million due to his robust displaying on this occasion.
“I did what I may, I used to be quick stacked and by no means bought any palms. I bought it in good on the finish, I didn’t win… what are you gonna do? There’s one other event tomorrow,” Sagle mentioned in his post-elimination chat with PokerGO.
With that play was halted for the ultimate three, who bagged up their chips with the plan being to renew at 2:00 on Wednesday, July 17 and play till a champion is set. The typical stack of 202,240,000 will probably be good for 67.4 large blinds when playing cards get within the air with 1,500,000-3,000,0000 blinds and a giant blind ante of three,000,000. There may be 17:40 remaining in stage 42.
Here’s a have a look at the chip counts of the remaining three gamers:
Rank
Participant
Chips
1
Niklas Astedt
223,000,000
2
Jonathan Tamayo
197,000,000
3
Jordan Griff
187,000,000
Remaining payouts up for grabs within the 2024 WSOP principal occasion:
Place
Participant
Payout
1
TBD
$10,000,000
2
TBD
$6,000,000
3
TBD
$4,000,000
4
Jason Sagle
$3,000,000
5
Boris Angelov
$2,500,000
6
Andres Gonzalez
$2,000,000
7
Brian Kim
$1,500,000
8
Joe Serock
$1,250,000
9
Malo Latinois
$1,000,000
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