There was a sweat over potential title retention for Phil Hellmuth on Day #26, as he made it through to 15th place in the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty. That event, like many this Series already, heads to an unscheduled extra day to decide a winner (Oliver Weis is leading the final nine), as does the $5,000 6-Handed.
The $250K Super High Roller gave the railers what they watch for: a day full of excitement and action with a field packed with the game’s superstars, including Phil Ivey, Chris Hunichen, and Jeremy Ausmus, while the more accessible $1,500 Millionaire Maker added a further 3,721 entries to what is going to be another giant field.
Yuri Dzivielevski emerged as the $3,000 9-Game winner after a lengthy back-and-forth heads-up battle with Nicholas Julia, while the huge-field Seniors Event was won by Khang Pham for $677,326. Elsewhere, Patrick Moulder makes another deep run, leading 15 Day 3 players in the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, including Shaun Deeb and Chad Eveslage.
Ivey in contention in the $250K Super High Roller
What a bubble approaches in the $250K SHR! The 14 remaining players are coming back for Day 3 without the assurance of a $506,757 min-cash (the term seems inappropriate, somehow, in this context) from the $18,675,000 total prize pool, as only 12 will be paid. Daniel Negreanu was one of the latest to be eliminated, having fired the maximum two bullets (as did Nick Schulman, Espen Jorstad and Talal Shakerchi).
A wealth of high stakes poker experience makes these last players from a field of 75 all-stars able to cope with the pressure, however. Chip leader Adrian Mateos, with 16,250,000 chips, has been here before and seen it through, winning this event in 2021 for over $3.2 million. Sean Winter, leading the pack at the start of Day 2 is still in amongst the leaders (9,725,000) while Chris Hunichen, lying in ninth, is a newly minted bracelet winner and Jeremy Ausmus already has six WSOP titles to his name.
Phil Ivey brings 5,650,000 chips back for Day 3, making a strong bid for a twelfth bracelet in the highest buy-in event of the 2024 WSOP. His chip count for the start of Day 3 is only just higher than the dollar figure for first prize in this event: an eye-opening $5,415,152.
Jack of all trades and master of nine
Yuri Dzivielevski finally saw off his final opponent in the 379-runner $3,000 Nine Game Mixed event, Nicholas Julia, in the wee hours of Sunday morning to claim the bracelet and $215,982. Dzivielevski has already been racking up cashes at this year’s WSOP both live and online, with a fourth place finish in the $10K PLO8 Championship earlier this month – his best of the Series, until now.
His Day 3 rivals numbered just 15, but there were no easy chips lying around; notably tough to win were those of WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir and multiple bracelet holders Ben Yu, Adam Friedman and Richard Ashby. These most highly-decorated opponents busted before the final table, however, leaving Dzivielevski to face down Tomasz Gluszko, Scott Bohlman, Masafumi Iijima and runner-up Julia to win this multi-disciplinary test of poker skill.
Pham succeeds in super-sized Seniors
The 7,954-entry $1,000 Seniors Championship is done and dusted, with Khang Pham the proudest elder statesman of the WSOP so far (until the Super Seniors next week), having collected the title and $699,520 first prize. The day began with 26 players nursing hopes of glory; when sole bracelet winner Mark Seif fell in 12th, a new entry in the pantheon of WSOP winners was assured.
Start-of-day chip leader Marc Wolpert cemented his dominance early by eliminating two of his opponents, before Mark Bramley fell in 4th leaving Renmei Liu, Pham and Wolpert battling for the title. Liu ran out of steam at this point; he lost a cooler to Pham and had to settle for 3rd place ($339,336).
All day long, it had looked like Wolpert’s name was written on the bracelet, but Pham had other ideas, eventually surviving a crucial hand with top pair versus a straight draw to claim the trophy, leaving Wolpert with a healthy $451,585 for the runner-up spot. Pham was delighted following his victory, humbly acknowledging his good fortune and giving credit to friend and fellow bracelet-winner, Arash Ghaneian, who persuaded him to register for the event.
Hellmuth haunted by Scottish pro
Super Turbo it might be, but the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty NLH wasn’t fast enough to decide a winner on the single day scheduled for it and will bring back nine players on Sunday to play for the bracelet and $612,997 first prize.
Phil Hellmuth’s valiant attempt to retain this event’s title petered out in 15th place ($28,463), but not before he outlasted the likes of Martin Jacobson, Calvin Anderson, Kristen Foxen, Jen Harman and Scott Seiver, all of whom made the money but not the final table.
We also got a mini eruption from Hellmuth, who had seemingly been haunted by Scottish pro Ludovic Geilich, who ended up busting him with a rivered flush.
"The same f*****g guy from Scotland, every time..." Hellmuth said, before adding, "F*****g idiot, 10-high, what the f**k?" Indeed.
Aliaksei Boika holds the chip lead going into Day 2 with 5,360,000 chips, with the trio of Oliver Weis, Antoine Saout and Steve Buell all with similar stacks around a million chips below his. The $3,061,800 prize pool was created by the 486 players who wanted to play a $10K event with all the fun of bounty-grabbing and none of the waiting around.
6-Handed 4-handed
There are, unexpectedly, still cards to be played in Event 52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed, with just four players left in contention for the bracelet and $656,747 winner’s prize, after 37 returned on Saturday.
Triple bracelet winner Georgios Sotiropoulos was amongst those to succumb during Day 3 while another bracelet winner, Max Kruse, had a day of undulating fortune. Starting out with just a few big blinds, he looked set for spin-up glory, winning a slew of hands, before his fortune deserted him when he and two others all flopped a set (his was not the top version). No one-outer and Kruse hit the rail in 7th place for $79,436.
Of those remaining in contention, Australian Mostafa Haidary leads the charge, his 15,375,000 stack putting daylight between him and second placed Bulgarian Krasimir Yankov (12,825,000). Both should be wary of Germany’s Bernd Gleissner (8,575,000), who’s been there, done that and got the T-shirt, having already battled his way to a WSOPE bracelet in 2023.
Brandon Schwartz will no doubt enjoy his evening’s rest, already assured of his largest score. With the 4,300,000 short stack, the pressure’s off the American but a serendipitous run of cards could still pave the way to a sweet, come-from-behind first bracelet.
Can Moulder clinch one?
Patrick Moulder leads the last 15 players in the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (2-7. A-5, Badugi), having left most of the 371-strong field in the dust. That dust tastes better to players who exited Day 2 with the seasoning of a cash prize, and 56 out of the 104 returning players got one. Amongst those exiting with a min-cash ($5,054) were Ari Engel, Ilija Savevski, Julien Martini, and Amnon Filippi, while the most recently eliminated were Jacob Hamed and Mark Roland, both winning $8,861.
At the top, there’s a prize of $177,045 for the lowball specialist who can make the worst hands (of three sorts) of Day 3. Moulder, with a stack of 1,820,000, will face challengers for that prize, including Shaun Deeb (1,270,000), Chad Eveslage (1,030,000) and Shawn Buchanan (195,000). He is likely to have been encouraged by his recent run in mixed-game events (9th in the $10K Omaha Hi-Lo and 8th in the $10K HORSE), however, and now has yet another real shot at a first bracelet.
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Hand of the day
Max Kruse’s exit was a stonker: triple trips and aces holding up, the summary. A three-way all in found Kruse with 
, Matthew McEwan with 
and Krasimir Yankov with 
. This huge pot was to go to Yankov – after all three players flopped their sets! The 
board did not complete with any surprise one-outers, and that was that.
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The day in numbers
25
The number of bracelets owned collectively by the final 16 in the 9-Game Mixed event
$500,000
Max spend in the $250K High Roller, the priciest of WSOP events
8
Nationalities represented in the top ten finishers in Event #52: $5K 6-Handed
Coming up on Day #27
The $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball will crown its champion, as will the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty and $5,000 6-Handed. Likewise the headline-grabbing $250K Super High Roller, which counts Phil Ivey among its last 14 players, only a dozen of whom will leave the tables with prize money – at least $506,757.
The $1,500 Millionaire Maker, with 6,523 entries already after two starting flights, resets once again with Day 1C; it's more than likely that this will have another five-figure field by the time registration closes. Day 1B's survivors included Joe McKeehen, Chris Moorman, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow and Ryan Riess.
Kicking off on Sunday is the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, one of the most prestigious events of the summer that will undoubtedly fill up with players recently seen in the Super High Roller.
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Results
Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khang Pham |
$677,326 |
| 2 | Marc Wolpert |
$451,585 |
| 3 | Renmei Liu |
$339,366 |
| 4 | Mark Bramley |
$256,754 |
| 5 | Luke Graham |
$195,573 |
| 6 | Ray Devita |
$149,989 |
| 7 | Randy Levin |
$115,823 |
| 8 |
Shawn Stuart |
$90,060 |
| 9 |
William Byrnes |
$70,516 |
Full results on WSOP
Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed)
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski |
$215,982 |
| 2 | Nicholas Julia |
$142,182 |
| 3 | Masafumi Iijima |
$95,587 |
| 4 | Scott Bohlman |
$65,654 |
| 5 | Tomasz Gluszko |
$46,094 |
| 6 | Ashish Gupta |
$33,095 |
| 7 | Bradley Jansen |
$24,312 |
Full results on WSOP
Ongoing events
Event #52: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
| Place | Player | Chips/Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostafa Haidary |
15,375,000 |
| 2 | Krasimir Yankov |
12,825,000 |
| 3 | Bernd Gleissner |
8,575,000 |
| 4 | Brandon Schwartz |
4,300,000 |
| 5 | Pedro Madeira |
$148,939 |
| 6 | Matthew McEwan |
$107,770 |
Full results on WSOP
Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker Day 1B
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Yuan |
875,000 |
| 2 | Xiaoyun Li |
660,000 |
| 3 | Kyle Ho |
465,000 |
| 4 | Timur Margolin |
398,000 |
| 5 | Jeremy Surinach |
385,000 |
| 6 | Brett Apter |
373,500 |
| 7 | David McMillan |
370,000 |
| Notables | ||
| 61 |
Max Neugebauer |
227,500 |
| 106 |
Chris Moorman |
189,000 |
| 168 |
Joe McKeehen |
163,000 |
| 232 |
Maria Ho |
140,500 |
| 271 |
Andy Black |
130,000 |
Full chip counts on WSOP
Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Mateos |
16,250,000 |
| 2 | Santhosh Suvarna |
14,950,000 |
| 3 | Taylor von Kriegenbergh |
12,050,000 |
| 4 | Sean Winter |
9,725,000 |
| 5 | Matthias Eibinger |
8,600,000 |
| 6 | Jonathan Jaffe |
8,075,000 |
| 7 | Ben Tollerene |
7,375,000 |
| 8 |
Charles Hook |
7,350,000 |
| 9 |
Chris Hunichen |
6,400,000 |
| 10 |
Phil Ivey |
5,650,000 |
| 11 |
Jeremy Ausmus |
5,300,000 |
| 12 |
Mikita Badziakouski |
4,500,000 |
| 13 |
Brian Kim |
3,325,000 |
| 14 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau |
3,050,000 |
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Moulder |
1,820,000 |
| 2 | Amir Nematinia |
1,560,000 |
| 3 | Yuebin Guo |
1,530,000 |
| 4 | Shaun Deeb |
1,270,000 |
| 5 | Oscar Johansson |
1,125,000 |
| 6 | Ian Chan |
1,090,500 |
| 7 | Chad Eveslage |
1,030,000 |
| 8 |
Ryan Ko |
1,020,000 |
| 9 |
Anthony Hu |
800,000 |
| 10 |
Matthew Smith |
465,000 |
| 11 |
Stephan Nussrallan |
450,000 |
| 12 |
Michael Boik |
340,500 |
| 13 |
Shawn Buchanan |
195,000 |
| 14 |
Alan Myerson |
175,000 |
| 15 |
Russell Clayton |
120,000 |
Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty NLHE (8-Handed)
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aliaksei Boika |
5,360,000 |
| 2 | Oliver Weis |
4,500,000 |
| 3 | Antoine Saout |
4,280,000 |
| 4 | Steve Buell |
4,225,000 |
| 5 | Michael Rocco |
3,140,000 |
| 6 | Frank Funaro |
2,670,000 |
| 7 | Shota Nakanishi |
2,100,000 |
| 8 |
Aaron Johnson |
1,605,000 |
| 9 |
Ludovic Geilich |
1,250,000 |
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)
- Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: PLO Hi-Lo 8; Omaha Hi-Lo 8; Big O - Magnus Edengren (Sweden)
- Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Jared Kingery (USA)
- Event #45: $10,000 HORSE Championship - Maksim Pisarenko (Russia)
- Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship - Khang Pham (USA)
- Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em - Chris Hunichen (USA)
- Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) - Chris Vitch (USA)
- Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em - Erlend Melsom (Norway)
- Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship - George Alexander (USA)
- Event #51: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout - Peter Park (USA)
- Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed - Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil)
