Korn Progresses to Day 2 of the $600 Ultra Stack; Hukami Bags Colossal Stack
A bumper crowd of 4,038 entrants turned out for Day 1b of Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), but only 504 those managed to make it through the 20 half-hour levels and progress to Day 2. The Day 1b survivors will join up with the 284 who made it through Day 1a on July 9 for Day 2.
The player at the top of the Day 1b chip counts is Rohit Hukmani, who, according to the WSOP overnight report, managed to bag 4,125,000 chips at the close of play. Such a massive sum, more than double anyone else in the field, seems unlikely, so PokerNews will verify Hukami's stack at the start of Day 2.
Everyone who finished in the top ten bagged up more than 1.4 million chips, including Casey Glick, who is putting his Jaka Coaching to good practice; Glick finished fifth on the Day 1b leaderboard.
End of Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Hukmani | United States | 4,125,000 | 165 |
| 2 | Vinay Gautam | United States | 1,910,000 | 76 |
| 3 | Micah Trexler | United States | 1,800,000 | 72 |
| 4 | Paul Bausch | United States | 1,690,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Casey Glick | United States | 1,645,000 | 66 |
| 6 | Joseph Larson | United States | 1,630,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Leonardo Drago | Singapore | 1,605,000 | 64 |
| 8 | Sungwoo Tae | United States | 1,565,000 | 63 |
| 9 | Oleksii Haievskyi | Ukraine | 1,500,000 | 60 |
| 10 | Howard Smith | United Kingdom | 1,445,000 | 58 |
Fourteen bracelet winners navigated their way through the Day 1b waters and will head into Day 2 with high hopes of adding to their WSOP hardware collections.
Anthony Denove (685,000) has the biggest stack of that select 14, with Bradley Jansen (520,000), and Argentina's Andres Korn (520,000) following behind. Korn has more than $3.3 million in live poker tournament cashes, including a $618,285 score, which was his reward for winning a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2017.
Others to look out for on Day 2 include Patrick Moulder (445,000), Ori Hasson (375,000), Harrison Gimbel (355,000), Dejuante Alexander (300,000), and Dan Heimiller (270,000).
Day 2 commences right here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. local time on July 9, with the aim to play another 17 levels or until only five players remain, whichever comes first. PokerNews will see you then.