Day four day of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was another two-bracelet day bringing the series total up to four so far.
The first of these bracelets went to Daniel Willis for Event #3: $500 Kickoff No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout and the second to James Chen who won the bracelet for WSOP Event #4: $1,500 Omaha 8 or Better. Willis earned $175,578 for his win while Chen won $209,350. For both players, this was their first bracelet.
Elsewhere at the series, Phil Ivey made his 2024 WSOP debut, Jamie Kerstetter bubbled a final table, and Shaun Deeb and John Hennigan found themselves battling against each other both chasing a seventh bracelet.
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Daniel Willis Wins His First Bracelet In Event #3
Event #3: $500 Kickoff No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout saw British businessman Daniel Willis win his first bracelet ever. Willis defeated Michael Wang — who was in the hunt for his third bracelet — heads up to take down the $175,578 first-place prize.
“Coming off the first event I played and have a huge win, it’s a dream come true moment,” Willis said with a smile.
Despite its small buy-in, the event attracted a field of 3,485 entries which included several other WSOP bracelet winners like Daniel Negreanu, Ryan Riess, Tamas Lendvai, Jason Wheeler, Joseph Altomonte, Qiang Xu, and Marco Johnson.
Despite his win, Willis isn’t planning to extend his stay in Vegas much longer. “I’m definitely going to try and play the Mystery Bounty, probably take a day off and celebrate,” Willis said. “I’ll probably play a few more events, and then I got to get back to work.”
Event #3: $500 WSOP Kickoff No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Willis | United Kingdom | $175,578 |
| 2nd | Michael Wang | United States | $117,056 |
| 3rd | Shawn Smith | United States | $86,820 |
| 4th | Steven Borella | United States | $,64,920 |
| 5th | Yoshinori Funayama | Japan | $48,938 |
| 6th | Daniel Sherer | United States | $37,194 |
| 7th | John Marino | United States | $28,501 |
| 8th | David Niedringhaus | United States | $22,022 |
Jamie Kerstetter Comes Close To Second WSOP Final Table
Poker player and presenter Jamie Kerstetter bubbled the official final table of Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better today, leaving the way clear for James Chen to win the event.
Kerstetter started the final nine with just two big bets and was soon sent on her way by Lewis Brant who went on to take second place.
The event attracted 928 entries and generated a prize pool of $1,238,880 of which $209,350 was pegged for first place.
Brant had a big disadvantage while chasing the top prize as he started heads-up play with less than 10 percent of the chips in play. However, he managed to fight his way down to a ratio of 3:1 before Chen was able to wrestle momentum back from him. Chen then finished Brant off with a full house over flush that sent Brant to the rail.
Brant won $139,563 for second place.
Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Results
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Chen | United States | $209,350 |
| 2 | Lewis Brant | United States | $139,563 |
| 3 | Sovann Pen | United States | $97,445 |
| 4 | Adam Nattress | United States | $69,129 |
| 5 | Curtis Phelps | United States | $49,842 |
| 6 | Pearce Arnold | United States | $36,531 |
| 7 | Curtis Phelps | United States | $27,227 |
| 8 | Todd Dakake | United States | $20,640 |
Mystery Millions Passes 5,000 Entries With Two Flights To Go
Bradley Coultas finished Day 1b of Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions with 2,730,000 in chips. Coultas topped the day’s charts, but leaves Pete Chen — the Day 1a chip leader with 3,150,000 — at the top of the leaderboard overall.
Day 1a saw a field of 3,272 whittled down to 171 players who will return for Day 2. This brought the total number of entries to 5,519 and current prize pool to $1,303,260. That all with two more flights still to go.
Among those who bagged on Day 1b are David Williams (1,080,000), Richard Alsup (880,000), Robert Schulz (550,000), and StakeKings ambassadors Justin Jones (2,500,000) and Francis Anderson (720,000).
Day 1c starts at 10:00 a.m. local time on June 1. PokerNews will continue to have MyStack updates on the live reporting pages, with our traditional coverage commencing on Day 2 at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 3.
Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradley Coultas | United States | 2,730,000 |
| 2 | Liran Betito | United States | 2,720,000 |
| 3 | Nicholas Lee | Canada | 2,580,000 |
| 4 | Justin Jones | United States | 2,500,000 |
| 5 | Benjamin Jacobs | United States | 2,020,000 |
| 6 | Alec Amendolagine | United States | 1,880,000 |
| 7 | Wagner Wysotchanski | United States | 1,870,000 |
| 8 | Dustin Crump | United States | 1,745,000 |
| 9 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 1,730,000 |
| 10 | Ian Steinman | United States | 1,675,000 |
Final Four Confirmed In $25,000 Heads Up Championship
Day four of the WSOP saw another two rounds of Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship play out. In the process, a semi-final brackets have been decided.
From a starting lineup of 64 players, just four will return. All four are guaranteed a prize of at least $180,000 culled from the $1,504,000 prize pool. However, each of them will have their eye on the top prize of $500,000.
The semi-final match ups are Artur Martirosian versus Darius Samual and Nikolai Mamut versus Faraz Jaka. Martirosian has two bracelets and is seeking his third, Jaka is after his second, and for the other two players this bracelet could be their first.
Some of the big names knocked out today were Cary Katz (eliminated by Martirosian in the round of 16), Sam Soverel (eliminated by Jaka in the round of 16), and Patrick Kennedy (eliminated by Martirosian in the round of eight).
The round of four kicks off at noon local time in the Thunderdome. Players will have stacks of 2,400,000 in chips with blinds starting at 6,000/12,000. They will play down to a winner.
Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship Round Semi-Final Matchups
| Player 1 | Player 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Artur Martirosian | vs. | Darius Samual |
| Nikolai Mamut | vs. | Faraz Jaka |
Blom, Hennigan, and Deeb Headline Star-Studded Dealer’s Choice FT
Day 2 of Event #7: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice saw the remaining field of 126 players further shrink to ten. Clint Wolcyn leads the field with 2,770,000 in chips, but there’s plenty to play for with Brayden Gazlay in second place with 2,370,000.
However, most people will be watching John Hennigan and Shaun Deeb both of whom have six WSOP bracelets and a competitive stack to their names. People will also be excited to see online poker legend Viktor Blom bag the fourth biggest stack going into Day 3.
Among those who didn’t bag today were Maxx Coleman, Brian Rast, Main Event winner Daniel Weinman, and Roland Israelashvili, who hit his record-extending 500th cash in a WSOP event.
With $138,296 up top from a prize pool of $707,550, no one will be taking it easy when play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 1.
Event #7: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice (6-Handed) Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Wolcyn | United States | 2,770,000 |
| 2 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 2,370,000 |
| 3 | Robert Wells | United Kingdom | 1,960,000 |
| 4 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 1,650,000 |
| 5 | John Hennigan | United States | 1,520,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Pedigo | United States | 910,000 |
| 7 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 805,000 |
| 8 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 585,000 |
| 9 | Venkata Tayi | United States | 505,000 |
| 10 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | 170,000 |
Phil Ivey Survives Day 1 Of $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Event
Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) saw Phil Ivey make his first appearance at the 2024 WSOP. Along with Ivey, 734 other players entered the event building the prize pool to $3,371,000. Of those players, 130 (including Ivey) bagged stacks for Day 2, led Jered Laurence with a stack of 887,000.
Some big-name players who fell during the day included Daniel Negreanu, Nohad Teliani, Adam Hendrix, and Patrick Leonard.
Meanwhile, the Day 1 survivors include WSOP Bracelet winners Julien Sitbon (542,000), Joao Simao (512,000), Anthony Zinno (486,000), Joao Vieira (466,000), and Chance Kornuth (400,000).
The survivors will return for Day 2 at 12:00 p.m local time on June 1 in the Bronze section of the Horseshoe.
Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jered Laurence | United States | 887,000 |
| 2 | Yang Wang | China | 885,000 |
| 3 | Jason Berilgen | United States | 798,000 |
| 4 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 780,000 |
| 5 | Dylan Smith | United States | 691,000 |
| 6 | Steven Loube | United States | 667,000 |
| 7 | Michael Kuney | United States | 661,000 |
| 8 | Michael Duek | Argentina | 655,000 |
| 9 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 634,000 |
| 10 | Farid Jattin | United States | 588,000 |
Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shuffles Up and Deals
Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) garnered 429 entries on Day 1, generating a prize pool of $591,405.
By the end of the day, the field was down to 118 players, including Joanne “JJ” Liu (156,500), Jeffrey Scheibner (74,000), and Lee Markholt (104,000), a former bull rider.
Plenty of big names entered but failed to bag. These included Daniel Negreanu, Ronnie Bardah, Mark Seif, Jesse Sylvia, David “ODB” Baker, Josh Arieh, and last year’s winner of this event, Vadim Shlez.
Day 2 will start at 1 p.m. on June 1 at Horseshoe and Paris Casino Las Vegas. Blinds start at 2,500/5,000 with limits of 5,000-10,000.
Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdulrahim Amer | United States | 308,500 |
| 2 | Howard Mann | United States | 290,500 |
| 3 | Christopher Bartley | United States | 233,000 |
| 4 | Julian Junker | Germany | 232,500 |
| 5 | Sheldon Gross | United States | 225,500 |
| 6 | Stuart McHenry | United States | 195,500 |
| 7 | Ayman Qutami | United States | 192,500 |
| 8 | Hang Xu | China | 188,000 |
| 9 | Jason Daly | United States | 186,000 |
| 10 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 184,000 |
What Is Happening on Day 5 of the 2024 WSOP?
June 1 will be the fifth day of the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Day 5 will only see one new event shuffle up and deal. Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed) starts at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels.
Event #5 will get another starting flight with Day 1c and Events #8 and #9 will get their Day 2s.
But the main highlights will be the two bracelets that are scheduled to find a wrist at some point tomorrow. The bigger of the two is Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship due to start at noon in the Thunderdome.
The other event scheduled to finish on Day 5 of the series is Event #7: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice. Ten players — including Viktor Blom, John Hennigan, and Shaun Deeb — will return at 1 p.m. local time to play down to a winner.
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