2024 World Series of Poker

Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$1,018,933
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$8,974,500
Entries
965
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
236
Players Left
9

Tauan Naves Leads Final Nine of Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Tauan Naves
Tauan Naves

From 965 entrants, 236 players came back today to the Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas on Day 2 of Event #76 of the World Series of Poker, the $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed).

After a long day during which a few players discovered the joys of opening big mystery bounties, only nine players remain and have successfully qualified for Day 3. Among these players is Tauan Naves, who bagged the chip lead. He was still second in chips until the penultimate hand of the night, but he managed to hero-call with two pair after Damarjai Davenport moved all in on the river.

Thanks to this hand, Naves reached 16,300,000 chips, while Davenport ended the day with 10,000,000. Matthew Lambrecht takes third place with 9,900,000 chips.

Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) Final Table

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Damarjai DavenportUnited States10,000,00040
2Tauan NavesBrazil16,300,00065
3William JiaAustralia2,125,0009
4Simas KaraliunasLithuania6,875,00028
5Matthew LambrechtUnited States9,900,00040
6Vladimir MinkoRussian Federation7,475,00030
7Robert HeidornGermany1,975,0008
8Andrei KonopelkoBelarus1,775,0007
9Eshaan BhallaUnited States1,675,0007

Behind Vladimir Minko (7,475,000), Simas Karaliunas (6,875,000), and William Jia (2,125,000), Robert Heidorn has one of the shortest stack of the final table with 1,975,000, closely followed by Andrei Konopelko (1,775,000) and Eshaan Bhalla (1,675,000).

However, Heidorn was also the luckiest player of the day, as he opened more than 12 chests today, including a $100,000 and a $75,000 mystery bounty. Earlier in the day, Christopher Puetz then Bruno Lopes moments before the bubble also found $100,000 in a chest. The biggest prize belongs to Brazil's Felipe Ketzer, who opened the single gold chest worth $250,000.

Once he has secured this massive prize, Ketzer was eliminated outside of the money places.

Leon Sturm, Niall Farrell, Espen Jorstad, Stephen Song, Daniel Negreanu or Jennifer Harman also didn't make the money either.

Felipe Ketzer
Felipe Ketzer

Giuseppe Iadisernia was eventually eliminated on the bubble after his kings were cracked by Viktor Ustimov's sevens. Then players like Johnny Chan (133rd), Kristen Foxen (127th), Joey Weissman (124th), Isaac Haxton (120th), Maria Ho (102nd) and Chris Hunichen (99th) secured a minimum cash prize of $13,605, while Stephen Chidwick earned slightly more (75th, $15,265) as well as Dan Smith, who ran into aces in a three-way all-in and call situation (66th, $16,626).

After Nick Schulman (48th - $20,859), Justin Saliba (47th - $24,010), and Roberto Romanello (46th - $24,010) were eliminated, Erik Seidel (33rd - $28,132) missed the three-table redraw, where Shaun Deeb ran into Davenport's runner-runner flush to finish in 20th place for $40,684.

Matthew Lambrecht then scored a double elimination to reach the final two tables. But Julien Sitbon, on his birthday (14th - $50,186), and his Winamax teammate Adrian Mateos (11th - $62,942) didn't go further, as well as Christopher Brewer (12th - $50,186).

While Brewer lost to Minko's straight, Mateos ran his queens into Naves' kings and lost almost all his chips. He was sent to the rail moments later. Finally, Dan Shak lost a flip against Naves to finish the tournament in tenth place and left the nine remaining players to gather on the final table.

Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Action is set to resume at 1:00 p.m. local time on July 3 and will end when a winner is crowned. The players will resume play at Level 31 in the 125,000/250,000/250,000 blind level. They will play 40-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every three levels.

Remaining Payouts and Mystery Bounties

PlacePrize
1$1,018,933
2$678,707
3$478,247
4$341,963
5$248,174
6$182,846
7$136,792
8$103,942
9$80,238
Bounty PrizeRemainingRemaining Total
$25,0001$25,000
$15,0001$15,000
$10,0001$10,000
$5,0006$30,000
Total9$80,000

Stay tuned into PokerNews for live coverage and updates throughout the day until we crown a champion. Also, don't miss the beginning of the much-awaited $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship, which starts tomorrow at noon local time with Day 1a!

Tags: Andrei KonopelkoChris HunichenChristopher PuetzDamarjai DavenportDan SmithDaniel NegreanuEshaan BhallaEspen JorstadFelipe KetzerGiuseppe IadiserniaIsaac HaxtonJennifer HarmanJoey WeissmanJohnny ChanKristen FoxenLeon SturmMaria HoMatthew LambrechtNiall FarrellRobert HeidornSimas KaraliunasStephen ChidwickStephen SongTauan NavesViktor UstimovVladimir MinkoWilliam Jia