WSOP Bracelet Winners Looking for More Gold in Event #27: $1,500 Big O
Sunday saw another record field at the 2024 World Series Of Poker, as a total of 1,555 entries were registered in Event #27: $1,500 Big O. The chips were flying late into the night at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, where Sammy Farha bagged the chip lead for Day 2.
The three-time WSOP bracelet winner set the pace on the opening day with 590,000 chips, good for 98 big blinds when play resumes at 1 p.m. local time. Hot on his tail is another bracelet winner in Scott Bohlman, who will sit down with 579,000 chips.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Farha | United States | 590,000 | 98 |
| 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 579,000 | 97 |
| 3 | Mehmet Cetinkaya | United States | 574,000 | 96 |
| 4 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 520,000 | 87 |
| 5 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 499,000 | 83 |
| 6 | Artem Bilous | United States | 494,000 | 82 |
| 7 | Frederic Normand | Canada | 487,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Philip Tanner | United States | 485,000 | 81 |
| 9 | Filippos Stavrakis | United States | 475,000 | 79 |
| 10 | Charles Witherspoon | United States | 469,000 | 78 |
The massive Day 1 field created a prize pool of $2,075,925, with all returning players already in the money. Play concluded during hand-for-hand play late on Sunday night, as the top 234 players were set to make the money. On the very first hand, four players were eliminated leaving them to share two minimum cashes of $3,002 while 232 bagged up for the second day.
Everyone is chasing the top prize worth $306,884, with several notable names still in contention. Among the players with big stacks are Adam Friedman (215,000), Michael Mizrachi (301,000) and Jake Schwartz (449,000).
That group also includes defending champion Scott Abrams, who fired a second bullet before collecting a stack of 239,000 before wrapping up play on Day 1. Other notables with some work to do today will be Mike Matusow (111,000), John Racener (31,000) and Allen Kessler (57,000).
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $306,884 | 24-31 | $10,452 |
| 2 | $204,601 | 32-39 | $8,633 |
| 3 | $146,595 | 40-47 | $7,232 |
| 4 | $106,315 | 48-55 | $6,145 |
| 5 | $78,056 | 56-63 | $5,297 |
| 6 | $58,025 | 64-71 | $4,633 |
| 7 | $43,681 | 72-79 | $4,113 |
| 8 | $33,035 | 80-99 | $3,706 |
| 9 | $25,723 | 100-126 | $3,392 |
| 10-11 | $20,129 | 127-153 | $3,152 |
| 12-15 | $15,962 | 154-232 | $3,002 |
| 16-23 | $12,828 |
Play will resume at 1 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe Event Center, where the clock will continue on Level 16 for 58 more minutes with blinds of 3,000/6,000. The schedule calls for 15-minute breaks after every two hours of play, with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 21. Players who make it through another ten levels of 60 minutes in duration will bag up for the final day on Tuesday, where the latest WSOP bracelet winner will be determined.
You can count on the PokerNews live reporting team to bring you all of the Big O action throughout the day, and be sure to check out our full coverage of all 2024 World Series of Poker bracelet events here in Las Vegas.