On Day 5 of the 2024 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, two extra gamers joined the roster of bracelet-winners — one for the seventh time and one for the primary.
John Hennigan‘s seventh bracelet got here on the star-studded closing desk of Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative, whereas Darius Samual risked all of it — or half of it — to earn his bracelet within the Occasion #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship.
Elsewhere on the sequence, the primary $10,000 championship of the sequence kicked off and the Thriller Thousands and thousands handed 10,000 entries.
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Darius Samual Performed Heads Up For Half His Roll… And Gained
Typical bankroll administration normally dictates that you do not threat half your bankroll on one single poker match. That is very true when that match has a small discipline that’s densely filled with some greatest gamers on this planet.
Nonetheless, Darius Samual did simply that, placing down 50% of his bankroll to enter Occasion #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship. Do not do that at residence however for Samual, it paid off. He took the entire thing down.
The 64-player occasion had a prize pool of $1,504,000 and one of many hardest fields of the sequence. To get to his win, Samual needed to duel heads-up and win in opposition to James Chen, Ian Matakis, Matthew Wantman, John Smith (fifth – $86,000), Artur Martirosian (4th – $180,000), and Faraz Jaka (2nd – $300,000).
Different notables who did not cross paths with Samual included high-stakes tourney regulars like Cary Katz, Stephen Chidwick, Jeremy Ausmus, and Scott Seiver.
“The match with John Smith I believe was [my favorite],” Samual stated in his post-event interview. “His small ball fashion was quite a lot of enjoyable and it lasted a very long time.”
Samual received $500,000 for his half-bankroll gamble.
Occasion #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship Ultimate Outcomes
Seventh Bracelet For Hennigan In Supplier’s Alternative
The bracelet for Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative joins six others within the trophy cupboard of John Hennigan. Hennigan joins an elite group. Solely eight different gamers on this planet have seven or extra bracelets.
When requested about his achievement Hennigan was fairly sanguine about it, saying, “It is fascinating to know, I assume, identical to every other quantity.”
To earn his win Hennigan needed to beat Robert Wells heads up and outlast a discipline of 530 gamers. Among the many names of these gamers who cashed have been Brandon Shack-Harris (69th – $3,017), Chino Rheem (thirty fourth – $4,122), Benny Glaser (twenty fourth – $4,779), Jeff Madsen (twelfth – $6,998), Shaun Deeb (eighth – $11,422) who bubbled the ultimate desk, and Viktor Blom ($41,237) who made all of it the best way to the ultimate desk and fourth place.
Altogether the prize pool got here to $707,550, of which $138,296 went to Hennigan for first place and $90,339 to Wells for second.
Occasion #7: $1,500 Supplier’s Alternative Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Day 1c Of The Thriller Thousands and thousands Almost Doubles Area Dimension
The Occasion #5: $1,000 Thriller Thousands and thousands discipline has a brand new chip chief as Day 1c noticed Antonio Galiana of Spain bag a 3,230,000 stack. He overtook the earlier chip chief Pete Chen who bagged 3,150,000 on Day 1a.
Day 1c of the Thriller Thousands and thousands noticed one other 5,290 entries be part of the 5,519 gamers who had already entered. This brings the variety of entries as much as 10,809 entries and the prize pool as much as $4,665,460.
Final 12 months’s Thriller Thousands and thousands hit 18,188 entries after getting 8,067 on Day 1d. It’s a shut factor, however this 12 months’s occasion seems on monitor to only about beat 2023’s numbers.
Among the many 268 gamers who survived Day 1c are David “ODB” Baker (1,630,000), Eric Wasserson (1,500,000), Lawrence Brandt (1,500,000), Christopher Vitch (795,000), Mike Leah (670,000), and 2007 WSOP Major Occasion champion Jerry Yang (555,000).
Day 1d begins at 10:00 a.m. native time on June 2. Day 2 begins at 11:00 a.m. native time on June 3, when PokerNews’s conventional live-coverage of this occasion will begin. There are at present 789 gamers (and counting) with a Day 2 stack.
Occasion #5: $1,000 Thriller Thousands and thousands Day 1c Prime 10 Chip Counts
Bryce Yockey Leads Ultimate 11 In $5k PLO Occasion
Eleven gamers stay after Day 2 of Occasion #8: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha (8-Handed). Main the pack is Bryce Yockey (6,530,000) in his stack. Aditya Sadhu (5,825,000) is shut behind in second.
Jose Vieira (870,000) is simply outdoors the highest ten, trailing shortly behind Gabriel Andrade (1,500,000).
The 11 gamers who’ve made it to Day 3 symbolize all that’s left of a discipline of 733 entries. The prize pool of $3,371,000 has generated a first-place prize of $606,654 for first.
Amongst those that have been eradicated throughout Day 2 have been Matt Glantz, Shannon Shorr, David Prociak, Tim Grau, Phil Ivey, and Scott Eskenazi.
Day 3 will begin at 12:00 p.m. native time on June 2. The returning gamers are assured a min-cash of a minimum of $36,526.
Occasion #8: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha (8-Handed) Prime 10 Chip Counts
Six Gamers Stay In Occasion #9: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em
Day 2 of Occasion #9: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em (8-Handed) ended with simply six gamers left.
The occasion attracted 443 gamers and a prize pool of $591,405, of which $121,074 is earmarked for whoever among the many remaining gamers takes first place. For the time being, the almost certainly candidate is chip chief Nick Guagenti (2,800,000) who has a commanding chip lead going into Day 3.
Day 2 noticed 121 gamers return, with 67 making the cash. Amongst those that booked a money on the best way out in the present day have been Ryan Hansen (14th – $5,483), JJ Liu (twenty third – $4,590), and Renan Bruschi (thirty second – $3,484).
Day 3 will play all the way down to a winner beginning at 1 p.m. native time on June 2 within the Horseshoe Occasion Middle. The blinds might be 25,000/50,000.
Occasion #9: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em (8-Handed) Prime 10 Chip Counts
Scott Seiver Leads $10k Omaha H/L Occasion
Just one new occasion began on Day 5 of the 2024 World Sequence of Poker, it was Occasion #10: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship (8-Handed).
There have been 171 entries on Day 1 of which 104 discovered a bag. Consequently, the prize pool at present stands at $1,590,300.
Scott Seiver leads the sphere with 296,500 in chips. He’s intently adopted by Matt Glantz (285,000) in second.
Defending champion Ben Lamb entered the occasion, however was eradicated through the day. Different notables who did make to Day 2 are Phil Hellmuth (85,000), Daniel Negreanu (48,500), Eli Elezra (36,000), Yuri Dzivelevski (39,000), Josh Arieh (82,000), Erik Seidel (138,000), and Chino Rheem (180,000).
The prize and entry numbers are nonetheless provisional as late registration continues till Day 2 begins at 1 p.m. native time on June 2.
Occasion #10: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship (8-Handed) Prime 10 Chip Counts
What Is Taking place on Day 6 of the 2024 WSOP?
June 2 might be Day 6 of the 2024 World Sequence of Poker. You may anticipate one new occasion to kick off and two to complete.
The brand new starter is Occasion #11: $1,500 Badugi — solely the second WSOP badugi occasion ever — which begins at 2 p.m. native time.
Occasion #8: $5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha (8-Handed) and Occasion #9: $1,500 Restrict Maintain’em (8-Handed) are scheduled to play all the way down to a winner on Day 6. These occasions will restart at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. respectively.
The opposite ongoing motion on Day 6 of the sequence might be Day 1d of the Thriller Thousands and thousands and Day 2 of Occasion #10: $10,000 Omaha Hello-Lo 8 or Higher Championship (8-Handed). The Thriller Thousands and thousands specifically is anticipated to be a giant one, taking over a ton of flooring house for its closing Day 1 flight.
As at all times, you’ll be able to observe the day’s motion — and that of the entire WSOP — on PokerNews.
