Star-Studded Field Sees Dylan Weisman Bag Big on Day 1
After ten levels of play at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, the 2024 World Series of Poker Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship has wrapped up for the night with 120 players finding a bag.
With 300 entries on Day 1, the prize pool currently stands at $2,790,000. This figure is expected to grow, as late registration is open until the end of the second level of Day 2, which kicks off at 1 p.m. local time on Friday, June 14.
Some of the biggest names in poker were in the field today, hoping to bag a big stack to bring into tomorrow. However, Hong Kong's Wing Po Liu managed to top the counts with 583,000 chips.
Finishing second on the leaderboard was Dylan Weisman with 447,000 chips. Weisman dropped below the starting stack in the early levels of play, but after that minor blip in the early levels, he seemed to soar up the chip counts and never look back.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wing Po Liu | Hong Kong | 583,500 | 195 |
| 2 | Dylan Weisman | United States | 447,000 | 149 |
| 3 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 419,500 | 140 |
| 4 | Farid Jattin | Colombia | 417,500 | 139 |
| 5 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 406,000 | 135 |
| 6 | Shiva Dudani | United States | 360,500 | 120 |
| 7 | David Williams | United States | 358,000 | 119 |
| 8 | Tim Seidensticker | United States | 349,000 | 116 |
| 9 | Christian Harder | United States | 323,500 | 108 |
| 10 | Cary Aronson | United States | 309,500 | 103 |
David Williams bagged up a top ten stack with 358,000 in chips. Williams won a crucial pot late in level eight after he rivered a full house and got a big bet paid off by his opponent. He will be hoping to use his big stack tomorrow to navigate his way through this tough field.
Some other notables who made it through include Joao Vieira (303,000), Jared Bleznick (280,000), Matt Glantz (277,500), Mike Matusow (197,000), Adam Friedman (193,000), Thomas Koral (180,500), Sean Winter (164,500), Joao Simao (114,500), Ren Lin (113,000), and Nick Schulman (103,500)
A few notables who didn’t manage to bag up a stack were Jen Harman, Jeff Madsen, Todd Brunson, Shaun Deeb, Josh Arieh, Ben Lamb, Nacho Barbero, and 11-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey.
Day 2 gets underway at 1 p.m. at the Horseshoe Event Center, with blinds starting at 1,500/3,000. There will be ten 60-minute levels of play, with late registration remaining open during the first two levels of play.
Stay tuned for all the excitement as the PokerNews live reporting team covers Day 2, along with our comprehensive summer-long coverage of the 2024 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.