Guess how many bracelets were won on Day 8 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas? One? Two? What about three? Nope; you’re all wrong. Four is the correct answer!
Australia’s Malcolm Trayner raked in a $1 million top prize and their first WSOP bracelet after coming out on top in Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions. Some 18,409 started but Traynor outlasted them all over the course of three days of poker.
Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship is also done and dusted. This event finished its penultimate day with only four players from a field of 197. Scott Seiver found himself with all 11,820,000 chips in play in his stack, and he exchanged them for $426,744 in cash and their fifth career bracelet. Surely people will start talking about Seiver becoming part of the Poker Hall of Fame?
Bracelet number three of the day was awarded in Event #11: $1,500 Badugi, where David Prociak shone the brightest. Ten players from an original field of 487 returned to the action with four of them already being bracelet winners, Prociak included. Prociak got the job done and bagged his second bracelet, defeating Matt Grapenthein heads-up.
Another bumper crowd turned out for Event #14: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, a one-day super-charged tournament. The 2,594-strong field was reduced to a single player over the course of 37 levels, and that play was none other than Thibault Perissat, who now has a shiny bracelet adorning his wrist along with the $197,308 top prize.
All those bracelets are exciting, but the poker community will explode if the stars align in the $10K Dealer’s Choice Championship and the legendary Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu navigate their way to heads-up. Can you imagine the rail?
Can Mizrachi Get the Job Done in the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship?
You have to feel sorry for Robert Mizrachi. The four-time bracelet winner is the chip leader with only 11 players remaining in Event #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship but finds himself overshadowed by the fact Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey are keeping him company.
Mizrachi has 1,511,000 chips, one of four players with seven-figure stacks; Venkata Tayi (1,112,000), Day 1 chip leader George Alexander (1,090,000), and bracelet winner Ryutaro Suzuki (1,053,000) are the others.
Ten-time bracelet winner Ivey (563,000) has a shot at closing the gap on Phil Hellmuth in the bracelet stakes. The Poker Hall of Famer returns eighth from 11 in chips, but you can never write him off.
Negreanu, another Hall of Famer, one with six WSOP bracelets to his name, is the second-shortest stack (312,000) but is one double away from being able to make a real nuisance of himself. The deep runs for Ivey and Negreanu will please $25K Fantasy Draft players no end, while the poker community has their fingers crossed for what would be an epic one-on-one battle if these superstars made it into the final two.
Return to PokerNews from 2:00 p.m. local time on June 5 to see what happens in this exciting clash of the titans.
Event #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Palau | Spain | 6,790,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Chih Fan | Taiwan | 6,765,000 | 68 |
| 3 | Joseph Brumpacheco | Brazil | 6,295,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Corey Wick | United States | 5,385,000 | 54 |
| 5 | Matthew Dodd | United States | 4,860,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 4,505,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Anthony Marquez | United States | 3,900,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 3,750,000 | 38 |
| 9 | John Gordon | United States | 3,075,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Patrick Truong | United States | 3,060,000 | 31 |
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Daniel Palau Leads as $1,500 NLHE 6-Max Field Whittled to Only 17
Only 17 of the 2,526 entrants in Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em remain in contention for the title, bracelet, and $439,815 top prize, and nobody has more chips than Spain’s Daniel Palau. Palau finished Day 2 with a 6,790,000 stack, putting him ahead of the chasing pack. However, Taiwan’s Chih Fan is less than an ante behind Palau, with 6,765,000 chips.
This is Palau’s fifth WSOP in-the-money finish. In 2023, the Spaniard finished 14th in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event; his deepest run came with a career-best prize worth $32,264. Everything points to him improving both figures.
Three bracelet winners are among the final 17. Anthony Marquez (3,900,000) and Bulgaria’s Simeon Spasov (3,750,000) find themselves in the top ten, but Tommy Nguyen (1,020,000) is the shortest stack going into the third and final day; Nguyen’s stack contains only ten big blinds.
Day 3 commences at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 5, with blinds at 50,000/100,000, and a 100,000 big bind ante. Play continues until only one player has all the chips in their stack. Stay tuned to PokerNews to discover who that player is.
Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Palau | Spain | 6,790,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Chih Fan | Taiwan | 6,765,000 | 68 |
| 3 | Joseph Brumpacheco | Brazil | 6,295,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Corey Wick | United States | 5,385,000 | 54 |
| 5 | Matthew Dodd | United States | 4,860,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 4,505,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Anthony Marquez | United States | 3,900,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 3,750,000 | 38 |
| 9 | John Gordon | United States | 3,075,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Patrick Truong | United States | 3,060,000 | 31 |
Yuval Bronshtein Among the Leaders After Day 1 of the $1,500 PLO8
Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better drew in 1,277 entrants, an increase on the 1,125 in 2023, and only 192 players remain. All 192 are in the money on Day 2 after Hollywood actor James Woods popped the money bubble and brought the curtain down on Day 1’s proceedings.
Daniel Lowery bagged up the most chips at the end of Day 1, but he has some incredible poker talent chasing him down. Israel’s Yuval Bronshtein is a two-time bracelet winner and a $25K Fantasy Draft selection. The Israeli returns to the action sixth in chips with a 505,000 stack.
Bronshtein’s fellow $25K Fantasy Draft players Christian Harder (470,000), Joao Simao (467,000), Maksim Pisarenko (450,000), Tyler Brown (437,000), and Adam Friedman (435,000) are all in the top 13, and will have plenty of input into where this event’s bracelet ultimately calls home.
Cards are back in the air from noon local time on June 5.
Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Top 10 Chip Counts
End of Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Lowery | United States | 775,000 |
| 2 | Narek Avetisyan | United States | 724,000 |
| 3 | Jonathan Hanner | United States | 564,000 |
| 4 | William Stanford | United States | 548,000 |
| 5 | Sean Troha | United States | 519,000 |
| 6 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 505,000 |
| 7 | Rafael Nogueira | Brazil | 503,000 |
| 8 | Christian Harder | United States | 470,000 |
| 9 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 467,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Lewis | United States | 453,000 |
Bin Weng Excels on Day 1 of the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Event
Bin Weng‘s purple patch of form has continued into Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, where he finds himself fourth from 239 surviving players, from the 660-strong field that started.
Weng has more than $8.8 million in live tournament winnings, with more than $6.8 million of that sum coming from 2023 onwards. The Pennsylvania man now has a glorious opportunity to add to his impressive winnings tally; full prize money details will be released on Day 2 as late registration remains open.
Clemen Deng and Daniel Auckland are the two leaders going int the second day’s player. Deng bagged 554,000 with Auckland just behind on 540,000. Jeffrey Farnes (349,000) rounds off the podium.
Plenty of household names are among the Day 1 survivors, as you’d expect from a high buy-in event. Daniyal Gheba, Adam Hendrix, and Barry Hutter each occupy a top ten place. Seth Davies, Sam Soverel, Stephen Chidwick, Erick Lindgren, Koray Aldemir, Patrick Leonard, Espen Jorstad, and Alex Foxen are also in contention.
When play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 5, we will see how many of these elite professionals survive Day 2 unscathed.
Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clemen Deng | United States | 554,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Auckland | United States | 540,000 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Farnes | United States | 349,000 |
| 4 | Bin Weng | United States | 343,500 |
| 5 | Daniyal Gheba | United States | 340,500 |
| 6 | Adam Hendrix | United States | 334,500 |
| 7 | Jianfeng Sun | China | 332,000 |
| 8 | Chongxian Yang | China | 328,000 |
| 9 | Uri Kadosh | United States | 323,000 |
| 10 | Barry Hutter | United States | 317,000 |
What is Happening on Day 9 of the 2024 WSOP?
Day 9 of the 2024 WSOP takes place on June 5, and it is one that is crammed full of action from the 2024 WSOP, including two events concluding.
Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em will crown its champion and hand them an impressive $439,815 payout. The star-studded Event #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship is the second tournament to dish its gold bracelet out on June 5.
Split-pot fans can continue getting hot under the collar with Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed), which has progressed to its second of three scheduled days. It is also Day 2 for Event #16: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em.
Like on Day 7 of the WSOP, Day 8 sees another three events shuffle up and deal. You need to be up bright and early to catch the start of Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack because it kicks off at 10:00 a.m. local time. The early start time is necessary because this tournament should see upwards of 4,500 entrants!
PLO fans have a new tournament to fix their gaze on: Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed). Play gets underway at 12:00 p.m. local time, and should see more than 1,200 players compete, if previous years are anything to go by.
The third fresh event of Day 9 of the 2024 WSOP is Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship (8-Handed). It shuffles up and deals from 2:00 p.m. local time. The past five champions of this specialist tournament are Scott Seiver, Juha Helppi, John Monnette, Jonathan Cohen, and reigning champion Josh Arieh, which show the calibre of player in the field.
