Aliaksei Boika Leads Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty Final Nine into Day 2
In a surprise change, Day 1 of Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) has come to a close as the nine finalists have bagged up to return tomorrow, June 23, at 2 p.m. to be live-streamed on PokerGO.
Leading the way is Aliaksei Boika with 5,360,000 followed by Oliver Weis who bagged 4,500,000, and rounding out the top three is Antoine Saout with 4,280,000.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shota Nakanishi | Japan | 2,100,000 | 13 |
| 2 | Aaron Johnson | United States | 1,605,000 | 10 |
| 3 | Antoine Saout | France | 4,280,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 5,360,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Ludovic Geilich | Scotland | 1,250,000 | 8 |
| 6 | Steve Buell | United States | 4,225,000 | 26 |
| 7 | Frank Funaro | United States | 2,670,000 | 17 |
| 8 | Oliver Weis | Austria | 4,500,000 | 28 |
| 9 | Michael Rocco | United States | 3,140,000 | 20 |
As can be expected with a 20-minute turbo blind structure, the action was hot and heavy all day, as players fell to the wayside one after another. Names like David Peters, Josh Arieh, JC Tran, Mike Matusow, Christoph Vogelsang, and Cary Katz all took their shots today but sadly could not make a deep run.
On the other hand, players who did manage to get far were Calvin Anderson (24th- $19,407), Martin Jacobson (19th-$23,266), and Ian Matakis (11th-$35,519). For a while, it looked like defending champ Phil Hellmuth (15th-$28,463) was poising himself for back-to-back titles, but alas, he fell to Scotland’s Ludovic Geilich when Geilich’s rivered flush crushed Hellmuth’s flopped pair.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $612,997 |
| 2 | $408,658 |
| 3 | $282,983 |
| 4 | $199,342 |
| 5 | $142,892 |
| 6 | $104,261 |
| 7 | $77,460 |
| 8 | $58,616 |
| 9 | $45,195 |
Players will return tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. on the Horseshoe Feature Table to be live-streamed, which is scheduled to go live on PokerGO at 3:00 p.m. on a one-hour delay. They will return at the same level with blinds at 80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 big blind ante and blinds will remain 20 minutes in length.
Keep a tab open on PokerNews for all the action for this tournament and all others here at the 2024 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas!