2024 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj93
Prize
$265,361
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,704,795
Entries
1,277
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,277
Players Left
192

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

McNeil Spikes the Turn to Double Through Ho

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With two players seeing a flop of A59 and about 20,000 in the middle, Calen McNeil found himself all in for about 25,000 and was up against Maria Ho who had a covering stack.

Calen McNeil: 7532 All in
Maria Ho: AJ103

Ho was ahead with top pair until the 4 turn gave McNeil both the nut-low and a wheel straight leaving Ho drawing virtually dead. After the K river was dealt McNeil collected a full double up at Ho's expense.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
98,000
13,000
13,000
$25K Fantasy
Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
75,500
75,500
75,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Calen McNeilMaria Ho

"PokerNews Curse" Causes Kessler's Exit

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

The under-the-gun player made it 3,000, picking up calls from Eric Cloutier and Allen Kessler from the next seats over. The cutoff also called and Brian Ivy defended his big blind.

Action checked to Cloutier on the KJ7 flop, and he bet 16,000.

Kessler started mulling over his options while mentioning his PokerNews curse.

"I can't fold this hand," he said as he jammed for 27,500. The cutoff shoved for around the same size. Action folded back to Cloutier, who called.

Cutoff: Q10XxXx All in
Allen Kessler: AJ42 All in
Eric Cloutier: KKQ9

The A turn and J river saw Kessler make a full house, but Cloutier's king-full was superior, and he scored the double knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Ivy us
Brian Ivy
216,000
Eric Cloutier ca
Eric Cloutier
130,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Allen KesslerBrian IvyEric Cloutier

Hochman Jams on Zerjav

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Corey Hochman limped in from under the gun and called when Blaz Zerjav made it 7,000 from the hijack.

On the A65 flop, Hochman check-jammed as the bigger stack after Zerjav continued for 12,000. Zerjav had around 27,000 more behind, and he opted to fight another day as he returned his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Hochman us
Corey Hochman
85,000
Blaz Zerjav si
Blaz Zerjav
27,000

Tags: Blaz ZerjavCorey Hochman

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Prize Pool Confirmed

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Paris Ballroom
Paris Ballroom

The 1,277 entries have created a $1,704,795 prize pool, where the top 192 players will make the money.

The min-cash stands at a buy-in doubling of $3,007, while $265,361 will be awarded to the eventual winner.

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1$265,36116-23$10,780
2$176,89124-31$8,824
3$125,66532-39$7,335
4$90,46840-47$6,193
5$66,01448-55$5,312
6$48,83356-63$4,631
7$36,62864-71$4,103
8$27,86272-79$3,697
9$21,49880-99$3,387
10-11$16,829100-126$3,157
12-15$13,369127-192$3,007

Troha Downs One

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Sean Troha
Sean Troha

Sean Troha opened to 4,500 from the hijack and called when the button jammed for 10,000.

Button: A1043 All in
Sean Troha: AK102

Troha scored the elimination after he made aces and kings on the A55K9 runout.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Troha us
Sean Troha
116,500
68,500
68,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Sean Troha