2024 WSOP Day 15: Ivey is in the Mix For His 11th Bracelet
Wow! What a day of poker we just witnessed at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. PokerNews was on the ground to witness three players winning bracelets, one of them banking the fifth of their career, while five other events inched closer to awarding their WSOP hardware.
Phil Ivey has positioned himself to became an 11-time WSOP bracelet winner, while fellow legend Daniel Negreanu has reached another Day 2. What events are those superstars crushing? Keep reading to find out.
Stephen Winters became a WSOP champion for the first time after coming out on top in Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em. An incredible turnout of 20,647 entrants were left in Winters' wake, and he turned his $300 investment into a cool $401,210.
Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em crowned its champion, and Nick Schulman was that man. Schulman had previously won four WSOP bracelet, each in a mixed game discipline, but now he has five and one in Hold'em. What a way to get the Hold'em monkey off his back because Schulman raked in $1,667,842, his largest WSOP cash and his second-largest result ever.
The third bracelet awarded on Day 15 went to Michael Christ, who will forever be known as the champion of Event #27: $1,500 Big O. Christ admitted to pushing his luck throughout the tournament, particularly on the final day, but perhaps he was playing down his impressive result. Christ banked $306,884 for his victory.
All-Star Cast Progress to Final Day of the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
One of the toughest fields ever assembled has been cut down to only 13 players, yet Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship is still stacked from top to bottom. Eight of the players through to the final day's action have bracelets, five have multiple bracelet, seven are $25K Fantasy Draft picks, one is a Poker Hall of Famer, and the reigning champion is still in!
Danny Wong goes into Day 3 with the chip lead hoping to make amends for falling agonisingly close to winning this event in 2021. Wong finished as runner-up to Brian Yoon that time around, but has put himself in a position where he can get some redemption.
Six-time WSOP bracelet winner, the retired Jason Mercier, is second in chips, with reigning champion Benny Glaser looking to secure back-to-back titles and his sixth piece of WSOP hardware.
However, the fact that Phil Ivey is fifth in the chip counts is where everyone's focus lies. Ivey won the last of his ten bracelets in 2014 and has come close to an 11th on numerous occasions. He is currently tied with the late Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, and Johnny Chan, regarding bracelets won, and what better way to leapfrog the Godfather of Poker by taking down his first championship event.
Joining the aforementioned superstars on Day 3 are Philip Sternheimer, Justin Saliba, online superstar Tobias "Senkel92" Leknes, serial casher Allen Kessler, Renan Bruschi, Jonathan Cohen, Brian Tate, veteran Steve Zolotow, and Taylor Wilson.
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 12. If you can get down to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas to watch the final day unfold, do so. If not, return to PokerNews as we put you in the thick of the action with live updates throughout the day.
Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
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1 | Danny Wong | United States | 1,315,000 | 33 |
2 | Jason Mercier | United States | 1,165,000 | 29 |
3 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 1,025,000 | 26 |
4 | Philip Sternheimer | United States | 790,000 | 20 |
5 | Phil Ivey | United States | 755,000 | 19 |
6 | Justin Saliba | United States | 670,000 | 17 |
7 | Tobias Leknes | Norway | 605,000 | 15 |
8 | Allen Kessler | United States | 585,000 | 15 |
9 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 575,000 | 14 |
10 | Jonathan Cohen | United States | 545,000 | 14 |
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Andres Gonzalez Takes a Commanding Lead Into Day 3 of the $1,500 NLHE
Spain's Andres Gonzalez has forged a substantial lead for himself in Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout, where only 22 of the 2,317 starters have navigated their way through to the third and final day. Gonzalez's stack contained 25 big blinds more than his nearest rival, Nicolas Vayssieres, so will fancy his chances of become a WSOP bracelet winner by the time this event concludes.
A victory for Gonzalez is far from guaranteed despite his sizeable chip advantage because the final 22 players have all reached this stage on merit.
Bulgarian Fahredin Mustafov returns in sixth place; he has more than $6 million in live tournament cashes. Nick Maimone is also in the mix, the one-time bracelet winner has enough chips to occupy eighth place at the restart.
Then, there is Ebony Kenney among the Day 2 survivors. Kenney returns in 15th place and is looking for her deepest run in a WSOP event, which was a 15th place finish in the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack in 2022.
Day 3 kicks off at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 12, continuing until one player has all of the chips in their stack. That player will receive a coveted gold bracelet plus $412,484 in prize money.
Event #28 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 7,015,000 | 70 |
2 | Nicolas Vayssieres | France | 4,495,000 | 45 |
3 | Balakrishna Patur | United States | 4,455,000 | 45 |
4 | Evan Benton | United States | 4,285,000 | 43 |
5 | Mukul Pahuja | United States | 3,970,000 | 40 |
6 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 3,600,000 | 36 |
7 | Haiyang Yang | China | 2,790,000 | 28 |
8 | Nick Maimone | United States | 2,665,000 | 27 |
9 | Scott Stewart | United States | 2,455,000 | 25 |
10 | Ruiko Mamiya | Japan | 2,425,000 | 24 |
Daniel Negreanu Navigates His Way to Day 2 of the $600 Mixed NLHE/PLO
Before the 2024 WSOP began, Daniel Negreanu said he planned to play a more limited schedule that allowed for more rest days. However, it appears the six-time bracelet winners cannot help himself because he finds himself in Day 2 of Event #30: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha.
Negreanu finished Day 1 with 960,000 chips, enough for 28th place from the 145 players who punched their Day 2 tickets. A total of 3,351 players bought in before late registration closed, creating a $1,709,010 prize pool, and a $207,064 top prize.
Canada's Stephen Scuderi claimed an early chip lead, finishing the day with 91 big blinds, giving him a 23 big blind advantage over the chasing pack. However, with the likes of Matt Glantz, Kevin Gerhart, Joey Couden, Ryan Leng, Josh Reichard, Ben Yu, Alex Livingston, and Sean Troha still in contention, Scuderi has his work cut out to remain at the top of the tree come the end of Day 2.
That Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 12 with the plan to play down to a winner.
Event #30: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
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1 | Stephen Scuderi | Canada | 2,735,000 | 91 |
2 | Tony Diehl | United States | 2,030,000 | 68 |
3 | Jacob Vaage | United States | 2,020,000 | 67 |
4 | Jared Passanante | United States | 1,755,000 | 59 |
5 | Daniel Goldberg | United States | 1,550,000 | 52 |
6 | Alen Bakovic | Canada | 1,460,000 | 49 |
7 | Brian Keith Etheridge | United States | 1,435,000 | 48 |
8 | Charlie Dawson | United States | 1,415,000 | 47 |
9 | Seth Weinberg | United States | 1,395,000 | 47 |
10 | Jason James | Canada | 1,370,000 | 46 |
Alexandre Reard is in the Top 5 After Day 1 of the $3K NLHE 6-Max
French pro Alexandre Reard finds himself high up the chip counts after Day 1 of Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. The 1,230-strong field was reduced to only 61 after 21 levels, and Reard bagged up enough chips for fifth place.
Reard won his first bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout in 2021, and his second in the $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship last year. Could he complete an impressive hat trick in 2024?
Jake Ripnick goes into Day 2 with a Day 1 chip leader badge next to his name; he was one of only two players to finished the night with more than two million chips
Others returning for Day 2 include Daniel Lazrus, David Coleman, Kenny Hallaert, Jack Sinclair, Maria Ho, and WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen.
Play resumes on Day 2 at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 12, with the plan to whittle the field down to the final table.
Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jake Ripnick | United States | 2,680,000 | 89 |
2 | Daniel Palau | Mexico | 2,250,000 | 75 |
3 | Akinobu Maeda | Japan | 1,920,000 | 64 |
4 | Nikolaos Angelou-Konstas | Greece | 1,675,000 | 56 |
5 | Alexandre Reard | France | 1,430,000 | 48 |
6 | Valentin Oberhauser | United States | 1,400,000 | 47 |
7 | Ryan Wolfson | United States | 1,350,000 | 45 |
8 | Daniel Lazrus | United States | 1,325,000 | 44 |
9 | Chander Jain | United States | 1,275,000 | 43 |
10 | Dmitry Blyumin | Spain | 1,165,000 | 39 |
First Stud Event of the 2024 WSOP Attracts 406 Entrants
Seven Card Stud is not as popular as it once was, yet 406 players turned out for Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud. Only 107 of those starters made it through 11 hours of play, as the field was quartered.
Burke Delange topped the chip counts once the curtain came down on proceedings. A whole host of grinders and poker stars navigated their way through to the second day's play, including Ren Lin, Hal Rotholz, Arthur Morris, Yingui Li, Adam Friedman, Ari Engel, Frankie O'Dell, and David Prociak.
Cards are back in the are from 1:00 p.m. local time on June 12, and each returning players hopes to survive another ten one-hour levels.
Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets |
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1 | Burke Delange | United States | 312,000 | 31 |
2 | Jeffrey Lo | China | 267,000 | 27 |
3 | Chun Yam | United Kingdom | 240,500 | 24 |
4 | John Bunch | United States | 231,500 | 23 |
5 | Ren Lin | United States | 229,000 | 23 |
6 | George Tatalovich | United States | 227,000 | 23 |
7 | Will Berry | United States | 213,500 | 21 |
8 | Christopher Chung | United States | 207,500 | 21 |
9 | Hal Rotholz | United States | 202,000 | 20 |
10 | Joseph Brodsky | United States | 182,000 | 18 |
What to Expect on Day 16 of the 2024 WSOP
Another three players should win WSOP bracelets if everything goes to plan. Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout is likely to be the first bracelet-awarding tournament to finish, followed by the star-studded Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. Although 145 players remain, Event #30: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha is schedule to conclude on June 12, too.
Elsewhere, the plan is to play to the final table of Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, and another ten levels are scheduled in Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud.
Three new events kick off on Day 16. A 10:00 a.m. local time start is on the cards for Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha, with Event #34: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout commencing a couple of hours later. Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. starts at 2:00 p.m. local time.
In this Series
- 1 2024 WSOP Day 1: Qui Nguyen Starts the Series With an Early Chip Lead
- 2 2024 WSOP Day 2: Sammy Farha Among Big Names in $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo
- 3 2024 WSOP Day 3: First Two Bracelets of the Series Awarded
- 4 2024 WSOP Day 4: Two More Bracelets And A Lot More Big Names
- 5 2024 WSOP Day 5: Massive Field in Mystery Millions; Yockey Eyes Second Title
- 6 2024 WSOP Day 6: Seiver Puts Himself in Contention for a Fifth Bracelet
- 7 2024 WSOP Day 7: Ivey and Negreanu Among $10K Dealer's Choice Survivors
- 8 2024 WSOP Day 8: Negreanu and Ivey Reach Final 11 in the $10K Dealer's Choice
- 9 2024 WSOP Day 9: $10K Dealer's Choice Requires an Unscheduled Fourth Day
- 10 2024 WSOP Day 10: Three Bracelets Awarded; Superstars Out in Force
- 11 2024 WSOP Day 11: Two Bracelets Won, Winter Leads $10k PLO H/L Event
- 12 2024 WSOP Day 12: Greenstein Bags In Gladiator, Hellmuth In $3k LHE
- 13 2024 WSOP Day 13: An Epic Comeback and a Legend Goes Deep
- 14 2024 WSOP Day 14: Six $25K Fantasy Draft Picks Progress to the NLHE High Roller Final Day
- 15 2024 WSOP Day 15: Ivey is in the Mix For His 11th Bracelet
- 16 2024 WSOP Day 16: Ivey Misses Flight Because $10K 2-7 Requires an Extra Day
- 17 2024 WSOP Day 17: Ivey's 11th Bracelet Win Dominates the Headlines on an Action-Packed Day
- 18 2024 WSOP Day 18: Ivey and Negreanu Make Day 2 Of $50k High Roller
- 19 2024 WSOP Day 19: UFC Announcer Bruce Buffer in Final 13 of $50k HR
- 20 2024 WSOP Day 20: Lang Leads All-Star Cast to Final Day of the $10K Stud
- 21 2024 WSOP Day 22: $100K High Rollers Beats Last Year's Numbers; Late Reg Still Open
- 22 2024 WSOP Day 23: Viktor "Isildur1" Blom Leads $100K High Roller Final Six
- 23 2024 WSOP Day 24: Four Champions Crowned on a Ridiculously Busy Day
- 24 2024 WSOP Day 25: Adam Friedman Close To Fourth Mixed Game Bracelet
- 25 2024 WSOP Day 26: Phil Ivey Makes The Final Day of Super High Roller
- 26 2024 WSOP Day 27: Obst Claims Early $50K PPC Lead
- 27 2024 WSOP Day 28: Negreanu Reaches Day 3 of the $50K PPC
- 28 2024 WSOP Day 29: PokerNews Deepstack Championship Smashes 2023's Attendance!
- 29 2024 WSOP Day 30: Brewer Leads the Final Five in the $50K PPC
- 30 2024 WSOP Day 31: Branden Shimamoto Leads the Final 5 in the PokerNews Deepstack Championship
- 31 2024 WSOP Day 32: Elezra Chases 6th Bracelet, Benyamine Final Tables
- 32 2024 WSOP Day 33: Gus Hansen Enters and Bags in the PLO High Roller
- 33 2024 WSOP Day 34: Jamie Kerstetter On Course for Her First Bracelet
- 34 2024 WSOP Day 35: Rast Positions Himself For Bracelet No. 7
- 35 2024 WSOP Day 36: Two More Bracelets Won as Foxen Eliminates and Tilts Hellmuth
- 36 2024 WSOP Day 37: $10,000 Main Event Explodes Into Action
- 37 2024 WSOP Day 38: Erik Seidel Soars on Day 1b of the Main Event
- 38 2024 WSOP Day 39: Negreanu and Hellmuth Make Day 2 of Main Event
- 39 2024 WSOP Day 40: Ivey Joins the Field of 2nd Biggest Main Event Ever
- 40 2024 WSOP Day 41: Five Main Event Champions Fall on Day 2abc
- 41 2024 WSOP Day 42: Reigning Champion Weinman Sails Through Record-Breaking Day 2d
- 42 2024 WSOP Day 43: Aldemir Reaches Day 4 of the Main Event as Six Champs Progress
- 43 2024 WSOP Day 44: Song And Mateos Thrive in the Main Event as Past Champions Bow Out
- 44 Poker Gods Punish Mateos on Day 5 of WSOP Main Event as Song Maintains Chip Lead
- 45 2024 WSOP Day 45: Gus Hansen is Deep in the $10K 8-Game
- 46 2024 WSOP Day 46: Joseph Cheong Slow Rolls the High Rollers
- 47 2024 WSOP Day 47: Christoph Vogelsang Leads High Roller Final Table
- 48 2024 WSOP Day 48: Adrian Mateos Could Capture His Fifth WSOP Bracelet
- 49 2024 WSOP Day 49: Scott Ball Bags Up 254 Big Blinds in the $3K PLO
- 50 2024 WSOP Day 50: Stars Turn Out for Day 1b of The Closer