At this point, with just three days remaining in the 2024 WSOP and the Main Event final table set, it is safe to say that the top two spots are settled, and the only real race now is for the last two money spots for third and fourth place.
Chad HollowayJohn Racener is seeking his 2nd bracelet of the summer!
Day 48 of the 2024 WSOP, the $10,000 Main Event will see 18 players from a record 10,112-player field return for Day 8 action and to play down to the final table of nine. Just one player from the $25K Fantasy League, and that is four-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen, who is looking to make history by becoming just the second woman to make the final table of the WSOP Main Event (Barbara Enright did it back in 1995).
Foxen is primed to get some big points for Team NGNF, but it likely won’t make a difference as they currently sit in 13th place with 494 points, far out of the 758-point mark that currently delineates making the money.
Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. is down to the final two players from a 357-entry field and one of them is John Racener, who will get even more points for the league-leading Team The Dinkers.
Day 3 of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship will see 147 players from a 3,972-entry field return to action and that six $25K Fantasy players including Patrick Leonard (Team Lucky), Jim Collopy (Team Girl Dads), Alex Livingston (Team Lang), Taylor Paur (Team Noori), Dong Chen (Team Lady Gaga), and John Riordan (Team Girl Dads).
Event #92: $50,000 High Roller is down to the final five from a 178-entry field including Jesse Lonis (Team Girl Dads), Nacho Barbero (Team Negreanu), and Justin Saliba (Team Livingston).
Jesse Lonis is in the final five of Event #92: $50,000 High Roller.
In Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed NLH Championship, Day 1 attracted 418 runners and 151 players found a bag. Of those, 13 are $25K Fantasy players including James Chen (Team AJ’s Eagles), Scott Ball (Team Lucky), Adrian Mateos (Team Lucky), Aram Zobian (Team Wilson), Andrew Lichtenberger (Team Negreanu), Toby Lewis (Team Chingas), Joao Simao (Team Sternheimer), Adam Hendrix (Team Wilson), Sam Laskowitz (Team Baker), Renan Bruschi (Team Sternheimer), Wing Po Liu (Team Lady Gaga), Stephen Song (Team DPMC), and Brian Yoon (Team Chingas).
Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 12th episode, Connor speaks with actress and conservationist Shannon Elizabeth on the 25th anniversary of American Pie, in which she played the iconic role of Nadia. Elizabeth talked about her roles in films like Scary Movie and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, playing poker with the cast of That '70s Show, finishing third in the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and taking part in Phil Hellmuth's 2024 WSOP Main Event entrance.
Elizabeth also spoke about her conservation efforts in South Africa through the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, including caring for and providing a sanctuary for a blind black rhino named Munu.
Chad HollowayKristen Foxen is still in the 2024 WSOP Main Event!
Day 47 of the 2024 WSOP, the $10,000 Main Event will see 59 players from a record 10,112-player field return for Day 7 action including four players from the $25K Fantasy League.
They include Kristen Foxen (Team NGNF – 14,500,000 in chips), Brian Rast (Team The Dinkers – 12,675,000 in chips), Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles – 5,925,000 in chips), and Stephen Song (Team DPMC – 2,175,000 in chips).
Event #88: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship needs an extra day to finish, and just two players remaining including Team Sepiol’s Calvin Anderson, who holds a chip lead over Japan’s 3,905,000. Anderson is primed to win some big points for his team either way, but only time will tell if he can close it out and capture his fifth gold bracelet.
Will Calvin Anderson (Team Sepiol) win his 5th gold bracelet today?
Day 2 of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship will see 917 players from a 3,972-entry field return to action and that includes a couple of dozen $25K Fantasy players including but not limited to Brock Wilson (Team Livingstron), Jeff Madsen (Team AJ’s Eagles), Scott Ball (Team Lucky), Chance Kornuth (Team Livingston), and Ryan Leng (Team Sepiol).
Event #90: $1,500 6-Handed PLO is down to the final six from a 1,306-entry field but none of them are $25K Fantasy players.
Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. will see 17 players from a 357-entry field return for Day 2 including John Racener (Team The Dinkers), David “ODB” Baker (Team TheCoffeeBreakers), and Jeremy Ausmus (Team Noori).
Finally, Event #92: $50,000 High Roller attracted 150 entries on Day 1, but that number will go up thanks to late registration being open into Day 2. Last night, 56 players found a bag including 16 $25K Fantasy players such as Erik Seidel (Team Lucky), David Peters (Team AJ’s Eagles), and Seth Davies (Team Noori), just to name a few.
Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
In the 846th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Kyna England are joined at Level 9 Studio by PokerNews Pennsylvania Ambassador Keith Becker, who served as special co-host to talk about the latest happenings at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
That included a controversial hand from Day 3 that some viewed as an angle and/or scummy, as well as the wild seven-bet bubble hand on Day 4. What two hands could inspire two big stacks to get 120 big blinds all in preflop on the money bubble? Find out here. The trio also take a look at the WSOP Main Event payouts and how they compare to past years, which former Main Event champs lasted the longest, and how both Mo Nuwwarah and Josh Reichard took pre-tournament misfortune and used it as motivation to make a deep run into Day 5.
Chad also shares why he was inspired to turn extra links from his WSOP gold bracelet into a pair of gold earrings, while Keith talks about his life in the Keystone State, which includes a successful Twitch stream. As a matter of fact, he even streamed from the recently completed Global Poker x PokerNews Cup, which crowned a pair of Freeroll Finale Champions.
Finally, hear about recent WSOP gold bracelet winners including Garth Yettick, Carsten Heidemann, Matthew Alsante, and Chance Kornuth, who took down Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go for his fourth gold bracelet. Hear from Kornuth himself in our winner's interview. Oh, and don't forget your regular $25K Fantasy update.
A new PokerNews Podcast will drop twice weekly during the 2024 WSOP every Tuesday and Friday at 8a PT / 11a ET / 4p UK time. Remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you do not miss an episode!
The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is nearing its conclusion, but there is still plenty of poker action before the doors close on the Las Vegas series. That includes crowning a winner in the $10,000 Main Event, which attracted a record field of 10,112 players. However, just 160 players will return for Friday’s Day 6, and of those six are draftees in the popular $25K Fantasy Draft.
Each of these players is guaranteed a modest three fantasy points, but if they can outlast 52 players and make the top 108 they will trigger the massive 100-point field bonus, which could have big implications in the current standings.
The Main Event money bubble burst back on Day 4, and since then 27 players from the $25K Fantasy league have hit the rail, each earning three points in the process. They include Day 5 casualties in Adrian Mateos (Team Lucky), Ryan Hoenig (Team Chingas), Josh Reichard (Team Oz), Jesse Lonis (Team Girl Dads), Alex Livingston (Team Lang), Nacho Barbero (Team Negreanu), David “Bakes” Baker (Team Lang), Bin Weng (Team Chingas), Phil Ivey (Team Sepiol), Anson Tsang (Team Lady Gaga), Maria Ho (Team Noori), and Adam Friedman (Team Sepiol).
Day 46 of the 2024 WSOP, the $10,000 Main Event will see 160 players from a record 10,112-player field return for Day 6 action including six players from the $25K Fantasy League.
They include chip leader Stephen Song (Team DPMC), Brian Rast (Team The Dinkers), Ren Lin (Team NGNF), Kristen Foxen (Team NGNF), Danny Tang (Team Sternheimer), and Arthur Morris (Team AJ’s Eagles).
Day 3 of Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty PLO will see the final 10 players from a 4,280-entry field return to play down to a winner, and just a single $25K Fantasy player remains in Bryce Yockey (Team The Dinkers).
In Event #88: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship, 22 players from a 189-player field return for Day 3 action including eight $25K Fantasy players in Adam Friedman (Team Sepiol), Maxx Coleman (Team AJ’s Eagles), Yuri Dzivielevski (Team Lady Gaga), Maksim Pisarenko (Team Baker), Calvin Anderson (Team Sepiol), Chris Brewer (Team The Dinkers), Andres Korn (Team DPMC), and Cary Katz (Team Sternheimer).
Brad Ruben returns for Day 2 of Event #90: $1,500 6-Handed PLO.
Event #90: $1,500 6-Handed PLO has 89 players from a 1,306-entry field returning for Day 2 including five $25K Fantasy players – Brad Ruben (Team Oz), Chris Hunichen (Team Kalas), Renji Mao (Team Lady Gaga), John Racener (Team The Dinkers), and John Riordan (Team Girl Dads).
Finally, Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. will see 141 players from a 357-entry field return for Day 2 including chip leader David “ODB” Baker (Team TheCoffeeBreakers) and well as 14 other $25K Fantasy draftees such as Dario Alioto (Team DPMC), David Williams (Team Negreanu), Jeremy Ausmus (Team Noori), Phil Ivey (Team Sepiol), and Scott Seiver (Team AJ’s Eagles), among others.
Remember, PokerNews has been tracking $25K Fantasy players in our live updates and have even made it simple to follow the action by tagging all players with a $25K Fantasy badge. That allows you to utilize our chip count filter option to follow only those players (just tick the $25K Fantasy badge); what’s more, each blog will have a “$25K Fantasy” tab that if you click all you will see are hands played by $25K Fantasy players.
