2024 WSOP Day 16: Ivey Misses Flight Because $10K 2-7 Requires an Extra Day

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Jun 13, 2024 6 min read

Day 16 of the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was meant to see three players head to their hotel rooms with shiny bracelets on their wrists. However, only two events crowned their champion, with the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship progressing to an unscheduled fourth day.

The first of the bracelets awarded in Day 16 went to Evan Benton, who won Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout. Andres Gonzalez went into the final day with a substantial chip lead over his 21 opponents but he ultimately fell in third for $201,518. Benton emerged as a worthy winner, and won his first bracelet and a career-best score worth $412,484.

Day 2 of Event #30: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha saw 145 players return to their seats, but the tournament still managed to crown its champion. Alen Bakovic emerged victoriously with a bracelet and $207,064 in tow after an action-packed day full of thrills and spills.

$10K 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Fails to Crown a Champion

Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship was scheduled to play down to a winner today, but time was called with three players remaining, much to the annoyance of Phil Ivey, who stated he had a flight to catch.

Ivey returns to the fray as the shortest stack, with 11 big bets at his disposal, but it would be silly to write off the Poker Hall of Famer's chances of winning his 11th WSOP bracelet.

Six-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier returns second in chips, with 15 big bets, while Danny Wong sits down behind 19 big bets in his quest to become a two-time WSOP champion and to cause a massive upset.

The talented trio will resume butting heads from 4:00 p.m. local time on June 13 for an unscheduled Day 4, and continue fighting it out until only one of them remains.

Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship Chip Counts

Coleman in a Dominant Position at the Final Table of the $3,000 NLHE 6-Max

David Coleman finds himself in the enviable position of being the overwhelming chip leader going into the final table of Event #31: $3,000 6-handed No-Limit Hold'em. Coleman returns to the action armed with more than three-times as many chips as his five opponents, and has one hand on the bracelet and the $516,135 top prize.

Sixty-one players returned to the tables for the penultimate day, but a steady stream of eliminations left only the final table of six. Coleman's colossal stack makes him the odds-on favorite to capture his first WSOP bracelet, but the five other grinders who have reached the final table will have something to say about that.

Ukraine's Konstantyn Holsky is the player closest to Coleman in the chip counts, with Nicholas Seward a single big blind behind him.

Nikolaos Angelou sits down behind a ten big blind stack, while Stephen Buell and Akinobu Maeda find themselves in push-or-fold territory from the moment play resumes.

The final table kicks off at 3:00 p.m. local time on June 13, although our overage begins at 4:00 p.m. local time. This is because PokerGO is streaming the action.

Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Final Day Chip Counts

$1,500 Stud Event Reaches Final Nine With Noori Leading

Team Lucky looks set for a points boost in the $25K Fantasy Draft because one of their picks is the chip leader in Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud, where only nine players remain. Michael Noori leads an all-star cast going into Day 3.

Noori bagged up the chip lead, but his lead over Adam Owen is a slender one big bet. Owen's fellow countryman Richard "Chufty" Ashby returns in third place, with bracelet winners Brandon Shack-Harris and Chris Tryba also returning.

Hal Rotholz, a selection for Team Noori, is also through to the final day, as is Aaron Kupin of Team Chingas, although Kupin is the player bringing up the rear.

Mengqi Chen and Jaycin Cross are the other two finalists looking to stop Noori's party.

Day 3 starts at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 13, continuing until a winner is crowned.

Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Top 10 Chip Counts

Frantic Day Sees 2,402 Strong PLO Field Cut to Only 95

The eliminations came in thick and fast in Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack, where the 2,402 players who started the event with high hopes were reduced to only 95 after the completion of 22 levels. Natalio Pereira emerged from the madness with the chip lead in two, although he only has two more big blinds than second-placed Jose Ferro.

Maxx Coleman is looking to add a second bracelet to his wrist while earning valuable leaderboard points for Team AJ's Eagles in the $25K Fantasy Draft. Coleman bagged up enough chips to return to the battlefield in third place.

Other bracelet winners who remain in contention for the $161,846 top prize include Todd Estes, Nipun Java, and Michael Wang; Java already has three bracelets to his name.

Day 2 shuffles up and deals at 11:00 a.m. local time on June 13, with the plan to play down to a champion.

Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack Top 10 Chip Counts

Foxen Puts Her One $2,500 NLHE Freezeout Bullet to Good Use

Kristen Foxen has put her one and only bullet to good use in Event #34: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout, turning her 35,000 starting stack into 739,000 chips, enough for fourth place in the overnight chip counts.

Only Joshua Wang, who somehow finished with almost 1.1 million chips, bracelet winner Pei Li, and Bulgarian star Boris Angelov have more betting tokens that four-time champion Foxen.

The field was littered with stars, although many of them bowed out before Matt Glantz popped the money bubble when he fell in 192nd place. Glantz' untimely demise was the last action of the night, with players instructed to bag and tag as he headed out into the Vegas heat.

Some of the players to look out for on Day 2 include six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh, Christian Pham, Josh Reichard, Adrian Mateos, Jeremy Ausmus, Chad Eveslage, Erik Seidel, and Koray Aldemir.

Play resumes at 12:00 p.m. local time and continues for another ten hour-long levels.

Event #34: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Top 10 Chip Counts

Mayoh Gallops Into an Early $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Lead; Dzivielevski Progresses

Daniel Mayoh claimed the overnight chip lead after Day 1 of Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. where the 835 entrants were whittled to 210. Mayoh is joined in the top ten by three-time bracelet winner David Bach, four-time winner Calvin Anderson, and one-time bracelet owner Scott Clements.

Look outside the top ten and you find Yuri Dzivelevski, this event's reigning champion. The Brazilian, like the aforementioned Anderson, was selected in the $25K Fantasy Draft.

Other big names and familiar faces who navigated their way through shark-infested waters included Shaun Deeb, Wing Liu, Todd Brunson, Michael Moncek, Marco Johnson, Ari Engel, poker's First Lady Linda Johnson, and John Hennigan.

What should be a thrilling Day commences at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 13, with another ten hour-long levels planned.

Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 17 of the 2024 WSOP

The bracelets keep on coming as the 2024 WSOP reaches its 17th day. Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship will finally uncover its winner. Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em will crown its champion, as will Event #32: $1,500 Seven Card Stud, and Event #33: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack.

While that trio of events is handing out their poker jewelry, Event #34: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezout will play out its Day 2, and Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. will edge towards its final table.

Another two tournaments kick off on June 13. The first is Event #36: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack, which runs over two days. Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship is scheduled to run over three days, and is bound to attract another stellar crowd.

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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