2024 WSOP Day 41: Five Main Event Champions Fall on Day 2abc
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Day 41 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas saw thousands of poker players enter the building with high hopes of becoming a WSOP champion.
However, as is the nature of tournament poker, only a select few progressed in their respective events, with most left bending their friends' ears about bad beats and the like.
India's Aditya Agarwal came out on top in Event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em a minute or so before 3:00 a.m. The grueling day was a direct result of 214 players returning for Day 2, and the plan to play down to a winner.
Six players remained at 2:00 a.m. as the WSOP floor staff considered their options, but a flurry of activity ultimately resulted in five bust-outs in the space of an hour, and Agarwal came away with the victory, $189,661 in prize money, and his first WSOP bracelet.
Anthony Marsico Leads the 2024 WSOP Main Event
Another 206 players bought into Day 2abc of Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship during late registration, meaning 3,349 hopefuls were in their seats at one stage. Those latecomers boosted the total attendance to 9,493, just 550 short of last year's record-breaking 10,043 entrants. With late registration open on Day 2d, there's an outside chance this Main Event could become the biggest ever.
Regardless of what happens on Day 2d, Anthony Marsico will forever be able to brag to his friends that he led the World Championship on Day 2abc. Marsico finished fourth in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship earlier in the 2024 WSOP. He informed PokerNews that he built his massive 797,000 stack when an opponent four-bet all-in for 200,000 with what turned out to be ace-king when Marsico held pocket kings. Big Slick failed to crack those cowboys, and Marsico never looked back.
A bunch of past Main Event champions returned to the felt on Day 2abc, each looking to become a double Main Event winner. Unfortunately, Jamie Gold, Joe Hachem, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, and Qui Nguyen won't be able to achieve this feat until 2025 at the earliest because they busted at various points in the day.
However, a two-time Main Event title is still available for Hossein Ensan (353,000), Koray Aldemir (242,000), and Scott Blumstein (236,000).
Among the 1,549 Day 2abc survivors are such stars as Diogo Veiga (615,500), John Hennigan (461,500), John Duthie (419,500), Parker Talbot (416,500), Nacho Barbero (375,500), Bin Weng (350,500), Adrian Mateos (330,000), Erik Seidel (319,000), David "Bakes" Baker (258,000), and Daniel Negreanu (95,000).
Day 2d starts at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 8, with Day 3 scheduled for 12:00 p.m. local time on July 9.
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 2abc Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Day 3 Big Blinds |
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1 | Anthony Marsico | United States | 797,000 | 319 |
2 | Christopher Vincent | United States | 772,000 | 309 |
3 | Manuel Machado | United States | 680,500 | 272 |
4 | Jangkyu Lee | South Korea | 665,500 | 266 |
5 | Karo Nuri | Switzerland | 646,500 | 259 |
6 | Diogo Veiga | Portugal | 615,500 | 246 |
7 | Damarjai Davenport | United States | 615,000 | 246 |
8 | Valentin Oberhauser | France | 613,500 | 245 |
9 | Assaf Zeharia | Israel | 601,000 | 240 |
10 | Mehrdad Vahabi | United States | 595,000 | 238 |
Marco Johnson Claims $1,500 8-Game Chip Lead; Viktor Blom Second
Mixed game specialist Marco Johnson has got off to a flying start in Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed, bagging up a tournament-leading stack of 325,300 after 15 40-minute levels. Some 494 players bought in, 103 survived, and Johnson out-chips them all.
Johnson won the second of his two bracelets in 2016 but has come agonizingly close to adding a third since then. There's still plenty of poker to be played in this event, but Johnson will now fancy his chances of completing a bracelet hat trick.
Viktor Blom, affectionately known as "Isildur1," is a player hunting for his first piece of WSOP hardware. The hyper-aggressive Swede had bagged up big Day 1 big stacks in several events this summer before going on to cash seven times, including three final table appearances. Blom finished Day 1 of this event with 296,600 chips, trailing only Johnson in the counts.
Scott Seiver (253,700) returns to the fray in fifth place on Day 2. Seiver has won three bracelets at this series alone and would become the first player in history to win four at the same series if he manages to get the job done here. It would take a brave person to bet against the future Hall of Famer despite a bunch of talented opponents standing in his way.
Those opponents include Qiang Xu (251,800), Calen McNeil (221,000), Jared Bleznick (168,300), John Cernuto (145,200), Dylan Weisman (118,300), John Racener (103,100), Josh Arieh (93,500), Maxx Coleman (57,100), and short-stack Yuri Dzivielvski (17,600).
Day 2 begins at 12:00 p.m. local time on July 8, with ten hour-long levels scheduled.
Event #83: $1,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | Marco Johnson | United States | 325,300 |
2 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 296,600 |
3 | Paul Clotar | United States | 293,200 |
4 | Joshua Musson | United Kingdom | 260,000 |
5 | Scott Seiver | United States | 253,700 |
6 | Qiang Xu | China | 251,800 |
7 | Robert Oconnell | United States | 235,600 |
8 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 231,100 |
9 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 221,000 |
10 | Kyle Loman | United States | 215,400 |
Michael Bell Leads the $600 Ultra Stack After Day 1a; Shannon Elizabeth Crashes Out
Actress Shannon Elizabeth added some star quality to the field of Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em on Day 1a, but she won't be present and correct on Day 2 after bowing out before the day's end. Elizabeth graced the 2024 WSOP with her presence, hoping to add to her list of poker cashes. She last cashed at the WSOP in 2010, finishing second for $79,776 in the $5,000 Ante Up For Africa Charity Event, but she couldn't get going in this tournament.
Where Elizabeth faltered, Michael Bell shone brightly, bagging up a massive stack of 2,365,000 chips at the close of play. Lee Clark (1,620,000) finished almost 750,000 chips behind, with Yijie Zhang (1,590,000) taking up the third podium spot.
Although the exact number of Day 1a entrants is still being calculated, we do know 284 players made it through 20 30-minute levels. Bhavin Khatri (1,555,000) and Felix Weis (1,485,000) bagged up the top five stacks, while Steve Wilkie (1,340,000) finished in 11th, having updated his chips the MyStack throughout the day.
Elsewhere, Yucel Eminoglu (755,000), Kenny Hallaert (665,000), boxer Audley Harrison (595,000), Daniel Smiljkovic (595,000), and Mike Leah (220,000) punched their Day 2 tickets.
Day 1b starts at 2:00 p.m. local time on July 8, with those entrants playing 20 levels, each lasting 30-minutes.
Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Bell | United States | 2,365,000 | 95 |
2 | Lee Clark | Canada | 1,620,000 | 65 |
3 | Yijie Zhang | United States | 1,590,000 | 64 |
4 | Bhavin Khatri | United Kingdom | 1,555,000 | 62 |
5 | Felix Weis | Luxembourg | 1,485,000 | 59 |
6 | Eric Hall | United States | 1,485,000 | 59 |
7 | John Fagg | United States | 1,455,000 | 58 |
8 | Berman Hillman | Bolivia | 1,435,000 | 57 |
9 | Fuat Temiz | United States | 1,400,000 | 56 |
10 | Paul Kiem | United States | 1,395,000 | 56 |
What to Expect on Day 42 of the 2024 WSOP
Unsurprisingly, Day 42 of the 2024 WSOP is dominated by the massive Main Event, with Day 2d of Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship taking up more than its fair share of tables at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. At least 3,823 players will take their seat, at least because late registration remains open until the end of the second level. Cards are in the air from 12:00 p.m. local time.
Day 2 of Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed also shuffles up and deal at noon local time on July 8, with 103 players returning to their seats.
The fast-paced Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em plays out its second starting flight, with play commencing at 2:00 p.m. local time. Players sit down with 60,000 chips and blinds of only 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante, but levels increase every 30 minutes, and 20 such levels are scheduled.
Only one new event kicks off on July 8, Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em presented by GGPoker. The "flip" part of the tournament starts at 10:00 a.m. local time, with Day 2, the "go" part, running from 11:00 a.m. on July 9. Dong Meng is the reigning champion having won $160,490 in 2023. You may recall Scott Seiver lost an unlikely 43 flips in a row in 2022, failing to progress to Day 2 despite spending $43,000 to enter a $1,000 tournament! Here's to him and everyone else having better luck in 2024!
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