2024 WSOP Day 15: Ivey is in the Mix For His 11th Bracelet

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Jun 12, 2024 7 min read

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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