Brock Wilson and Jeff Madsen in Day 1b Top Ten of Mid-Stakes Championship
The inaugural $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) proved popular with 1,161 entrants turning out for Day 1a of the event. We are still awaiting an official count for Day 1b, but with 593 players making it through Day 1b (for a total Day 2 field of 917) expectations are high.
Jonathan Newman (573,500) headed up the Day 1a chip counts, and holds his position after the Day 1b bags have been counted up. The Day 1b chip leader was Dusti Smith with a stack of 492,000, falling a fair bit short of Newman's stack.
Zachary Zaret (465,000) of Canada and Boris Kolev (417,000) of Bulgaria round out the Day 1b podium positions.
Top Ten Day 1b Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dusti Smith | United States | 492,000 | 197 |
| 2 | Zachary Zaret | Canada | 465,000 | 186 |
| 3 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 417,000 | 167 |
| 4 | Brock Wilson | United States | 381,500 | 153 |
| 5 | Dmitry Blyumin | Spain | 368,000 | 147 |
| 6 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 362,500 | 145 |
| 7 | Shashi Ramakrishna | United States | 359,000 | 144 |
| 8 | Lance Garcia | United States | 353,500 | 141 |
| 9 | David Brehme | United Kingdom | 344,500 | 138 |
| 10 | Mohammed Nuwwarah | United States | 340,500 | 136 |
The top ten for Day 1b included some big names, including Brock Wilson (381,500), Jeff Madsen (362,500), Lance Garcia (353,500), and Mohammed Nuwwarah (340,500).
Other notables like Chance Kornuth, Ryan Leng, Chris Hunichen, Patrick Leonard, Jim Collopy, Stoyan Madanzhiev, Jamie Gold, Kane Kalas, and Ryan Riess also found bags.
Day 2 will start at 11 a.m. local time on July 13, and is expected to last for ten 60-minute blind levels. Blinds will start at 1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante.
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