No one won a bracelet on Day #22, including Phil Hellmuth, who finished fourth in Event #43 $1,500 Mixed PLO Hi-Lo 8; Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Big O and will have to look elsewhere for his 18th WSOP bracelet. Luckily, there are dozens of them still to be won this summer.
There were a lot of different poker variants being played around the Horseshoe/Paris Las Vegas on Tuesday, from the Hi-Lo trio in Event #43 (unexpectedly still running with three players remaining) to the limit multi-game of the $10,000 HORSE Championship and the ‘Cadillac of poker’ No-Limit Hold’em, as featured in the $1,500 Monster Stack and the $100,000 High Roller Championship.
The HRC has already built a prize pool of $9 million, with late registration open through the first level of Wednesday’s Day 2. Meanwhile, even taking off a couple of zeros from the buy-in, the $1,000 Seniors Championship is going to generate a hefty prize pool thanks to a bumper field this year, as Day 1A concludes with over 3,500 entries, among them (still) WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer.
Hellmuth fourth in Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo
The $1,500 Mixed PLO Hi-Lo 8; Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Big O gets a surprise Day 4, after the trio of Magnus Edengren, James Juvancic and Tim Seidensticker were all still at the table when the scheduled hours of Day 3 ended. Edengren, with just over 10 million chips, has a near 2:1 lead on both his final opponents. One of the trio will claim the bracelet and $196,970 on Wednesday.
Phil Hellmuth, keenly hunting an eighteenth bracelet, was the last player to bust on Tuesday (fourth for $64,324) and though the money is considerable, he is undoubtedly feeling a little ‘no cigar’ chagrin. Preceding him to the rail on Day 3 were Aleksey Filatov, Nathan Gamble, Shaun Deeb, and Michael Rodrigues.
Stacks in the tens of millions, first prize $1 million
Players really are starting to wield monster stacks in the $1,500 Monster Stack, as the initial chips of 8,703 runners are now in the hands of just 55. Chip leader Martin Kabrhel (24,425,000) narrowly missed out on a place on the final table of the $50K High Roller right before taking on this beast of an event, and is now facing the whopping 150K/300K blinds with more ammunition than anyone else, with a real shot at a third WSOP bracelet.
Finishing just behind Kabrhel were Tim Reilly (24,000,000), Wayne Harmon (20,000,000) and Jose Brito (19,100,000), while among the notable players surviving Day 3 were Arnaud Enselme, the start-of-day leader Vinicius Lima, Joao Simao and ‘father of the EPT’ John Duthie. They are all looking towards the $1,098,220 first prize, and for the first time in this giant event, it’s coming into focus.
High Rollers in action
We’re mid-way through the 2024 WSOP, and the high rollers have had time to warm up with the four and five-figure buy-in events. Now 95 players have ponied up the $100,000 it takes to challenge the top pros and seasoned amateurs that compete at the nosebleed stakes.
Leading after Day 1 is Henrik Hecklen, who ended up with a stack of 3,505,000 – 700,000 ahead of his nearest rivals Ben Tollerene and Nick Petrangelo. Jeremy Ausmus finished the day with just over two million chips, and there were mid-sized bags for Justin Bonomo, Chris Brewer, Isaac Haxton and Sergio Aido; the short stack position is currently Jason Koon’s (130,000).
Last year’s winner Jans Arends busted before the end of the day, along with Stephen Chidwick, Dan Smith, Chance Kornuth, Scott Seiver, and Espen Jorstad, but all of them have the option of one re-entry before 12:40pm on Day 2. Daniel Negreanu has already fired both (see Hand of the day).
$10K HORSE in the money
Before we had 8-game and 9-game, there was 5-game, that pleasingly happened to spell out a memorable word. Testing flop games, stud games, high and high-low, HORSE is the original all-rounder’s choice, and still attracts the top mixed-game players in large numbers. Even at a $10,000 buy-in, 181 players joined the tournament two days ago and now just 17 remain.
In the lead is Christopher Chung, with Patrick Moulder and Benny Glaser not too far off his stack of 1,345,000. Also still in the running are Brandon Shack-Harris (850,000), Maria Ho (420,000), Nacho Barbero (280,000) and Dario Alioto (195,000).
Exiting on Day 2 were Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen (in the money for $20,000), Maxx Coleman (also a min-casher), and Calvin Anderson, as well as most of the 29 late registrants (Glaser and Steve Zolotow notable exceptions). Play resumes at 1pm when the prize money starts at $21,000 for 17th and finishes at $399,988 for the winner.
Short-stacked Shulman survives
Barry Shulman has made the last two tables in Event #44: $2,000 NLH, bagging the short stack after Day 2 dropped the field from 235 players to 17. The double bracelet-winner will return with 685,000 chips, having a good way to go to catch chip leader Javier Gomez (4,870,000).
A payout of at least $18,095 awaits the first to bust on Day 3, with the top prize of $410,359 reserved for the eventual winner.
Photo of the day
There are plenty of young guns at this year's WSOP, but we spotted the OG in the Seniors' event.
Hand of the day
Two bullets into two bullets; Daniel Negreanu busted twice from the $100K High Roller, both times running into pocket aces. The second time involved getting his chips in with the nut flush draw on a 
board against the 
of Sergio Aido. No spade on the river and no more entries allowed.
Tweets of the day
Matthew Salsberg gave a unique series of updates on his progress in the Seniors Event (worth checking out in full):
On the PokerGO stream, meanwhile, Phil Hellmuth gets peckish:
Video of the day
Learn to read your opponents – or just pick up the preflop nuts vs. the second nuts like John Duthie.
The day in numbers
4,993
The number of entries in the $1,000 Seniors Championship. On Day 1A.
$9,000,000
The prize pool in the $100K High Roller already, with late registration still open.
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Number of aces Daniel Negreanu ran into using up two bullets in the High Roller.
Coming up on Day #23
Just 55 players remain from a starting field of 8,703 in the $1,500 Monster Stack, led by two-time bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel. It’s finally railable. So are the last two tables in the $10,000 HORSE Championship (Christopher Chung leading) and those in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em.
The bracelet and $196,970 top prize are still to be awarded in the $1,500 Mixed PLO Hi-Lo 8; Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Big O, with Magnus Edengren, James Juvancic and Tim Seidensticker all returning for an unscheduled Day 4. The $100,000 High Roller NLH is just getting interesting (Henrik Hecklen the current leader), with the star-studded field expected to expand with late registration still open. No one rushes a High Roller.
The $1,000 PLO 8-Handed brings back 126 players (from a field of 2,212 – bigger than last year’s) led by James Chen. The prize pool stands at just shy of $2 million, and will pay the bracelet-claimer $262,734. The $1,000 Seniors Championship starts afresh with Day 1B; with such a huge first flight, the second is expected to be monumental.
New for Day 23 are the old-school $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em and the $10,000 Razz Championship.
WSOP Day #22 gallery
Results
Ongoing events
Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kabrhel | 24,425,000 |
| 2 | Tim Reilly | 24,000,000 |
| 3 | Wayne Harmon | 20,000,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Maher | 15,975,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Alban | 13,550,000 |
| 6 | Samuel Bifarella | 13,200,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 9 | Mathew Frankland | 10,950,000 |
| 12 | Arnaud Enselme | 10,425,000 |
| 21 | John Duthie | 8,000,000 |
| 36 | Gregory Jensen | 4,625,000 |
| 51 | Joao Simao | 2,275,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #43: $1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Big O (7-Handed)
| Place | Player | Chips/Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Edengren | 10,050,000 |
| 2 | James Juvancic | 6,275,000 |
| 3 | Tim Seidensticker | 5,010,000 |
Event #44: $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Gomez | 4,870,000 |
| 2 | Nicholas Massey | 4,055,000 |
| 3 | Yasheel Doddanavar | 3,400,000 |
| 4 | Alexandros Dranovitsas | 3,850,000 |
| 5 | Huihan Wu | 3,450,000 |
| 6 | Damien Le Goff | 3,445,000 |
| 7 | Kavin Shah | 3,350,000 |
| 8 | Javier Zarco | 3,125,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 17 | Barry Shulman | 685,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #45: $10,000 HORSE Championship
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Chung | 1,345,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Moulder | 1,195,000 |
| 3 | Benny Glaser | 1,125,000 |
| 4 | Greg Mascio | 3,345,000 |
| 5 | Robert Wells | 885,000 |
| 6 | Brandon Shack-Harris | 850,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 9 | Lawrence Brandt | 565,000 |
| 10 | Maria Ho | 420,000 |
| 12 | Mike Leah | 335,000 |
| 13 | Steve Zolotow | 315,000 |
| 15 | Nacho Barbero | 280,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Nelms | 525,000 |
| 2 | Carlos Bermudez | 468,000 |
| 3 | Rafael Benami | 438,000 |
| 4 | Brett Richard | 414,000 |
| 5 | Steven Cohen | 400,500 |
| 6 | Lawrence Lazar | 377,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 35 | Julio Belluscio | 256,500 |
| 51 | John Waggoner | 225,500 |
| 91 | James Calderaro | 175,000 |
| 302 | Allyn Shulman | 92,000 |
| 349 | Andres Koen | 820,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Hecklen | 3,505,000 |
| 2 | Ben Tollerene | 2,815,000 |
| 3 | Nick Petrangelo | 2,700,000 |
| 4 | Jared Bleznick | 2,655,000 |
| 5 | Chris Hunichen | 2,215,000 |
| 6 | Santhosh Suvarna | 2,135,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 14 | Justin Bonomo | 1,425,000 |
| 19 | Viktor Blom | 1,270,000 |
| 21 | Ben Heath | 1,215,000 |
| 32 | Adrian Mateos | 775,000 |
| 44 | Jason Koon | 130,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #48: $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha (8-Handed)
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grzegorz Derkowski | 1,177,000 |
| 2 | Kharlin Sued | 1,100,000 |
| 3 | James Chen | 1,017,000 |
| 4 | Michael Rocco | 859,000 |
| 5 | Brian Hastings | 793,000 |
| 6 | Asher Neaman | 693,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 24 | Marco Johnson | 512,000 |
| 34 | Brett Shaffer | 464,000 |
| 37 | Ryan Laplante | 451,000 |
| 39 | Shaun Deeb | 445,000 |
| 121 | Ari Engel | 96,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Bracelet winners
- Event #1: $5,000 Champions Reunion – Asher Conniff (USA)
- Event #2: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em – Jose Garcia (USA)
- Event #3: $500 Kickoff No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout – Daniel Willis (UK)
- Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (8-Handed) – James Chen (USA)
- Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions - Malcolm Trayner (Australia)
- Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship – Darius Samual (UK)
- Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice – John Hennigan (USA)
- Event #8: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha (8-Handed) - Bryce Yockey (USA)
- Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) - Nick Guagenti (USA)
- Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship - Scott Seiver (USA)
- Event #11: $1,500 Badugi - David Prociak (USA)
- Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em - Simeon Spasov (Bulgaria)
- Event #13: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship - Robert Mizrachi (USA)
- Event #14: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em - Thibault Perissat (France)
- Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better - Caleb Furth (USA)
- Event #16: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Brent Hart (USA)
- Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack - TJ Murphy (USA)
- Event #18: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha - Dylan Weisman (USA)
- Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship - John Racener (USA)
- Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em - Stephen Winters (USA)
- Event #21: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (6-Handed) - Brek Schutten (USA)
- Event #22: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (6-Handed) - Aaron Cummings (USA)
- Event #23: Event #23: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold'em - Dan Sepiol (USA)
- Event #24: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship - Sean Troha (USA)
- Event #25: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - Daniel Vampan (USA)
- Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) - Nick Schulman (USA)
- Event #27: $1,500 Big O - Michael Christ (USA)
- Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em - Evan Benton (USA)
- Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship (6-Handed) - Phil Ivey (USA)
- Event #30: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack - Alen Bakovic (Canada)
- Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed - Nicholas Seward (USA)
- Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud - Richard Ashby (UK)
- Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack (8-Handed) - Alex Manzano (Chile)
- Event #34: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout - Antonio Galiana (Spain)
- Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. - Phillip Hui (USA)
- Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (8-Handed) – Timur Margolin (Israel)
- Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship – John Fauver (USA)
- Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) - Sergio Aido (Spain)
- Event #40: $1,500 Razz – Scott Seiver (USA)
- Event #41: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot - Xixiang Luo (China)
- Event #42: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship - James Obst (Australia)
