Day 1 of Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2024 World Series of Poker held at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas attracted 734 runners, and created a prize pool of $3,371,000.
After 15 levels of play, 130 players bagged their chips to advance to Day 2. Of them,110 players will reach the min-cash of $10,000, however, all eyes are on the grand prize of $606,654 along with a WSOP gold bracelet.
Phil Ivey made his first appearance of the 2024 WSOP, joining the field at the last moment, and managed spin up his stack to 159,000 to advance to Day 2 as he looks to capture his 11th WSOP bracelet.
Players beginning Day 2 as the largest stacks include Jered Laurence (887,000), and Yang Wang (885,000), who both began their massive upswing nearing the end of the night.
Farid Jattin
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jered Laurence
United States
887,000
111
2
Yang Wang
China
885,000
111
3
Jason Berilgen
United States
798,000
100
4
Sampo Ryynanen
Finland
780,000
98
5
Dylan Smith
Canada
691,000
86
6
Steven Loube
United States
667,000
83
7
Michael Kuney
United States
661,000
83
8
Michael Duek
United States
655,000
82
9
Anson Tsang
Hong Kong
634,000
79
10
Farid Jattin
Colombia
588,000
74
There was no shortage of notables at this inaugural event, with many of them finding a bag at the end of the night including, Farid Jattin (588,000), WSOP bracelet winners Julien Sitbon (542,000), Joao Simao (512,000), Anthony Zinno (486,000), Joao Vieira (466,000), Chance Kornuth (400,000), and Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast (68,000).
Not everyone was as fortunate as those mentioned above though, as many had fallen short as they busted on Day 1, including Daniel Negreanu, Nohad Teliani, Adam Hendrix, and Patrick Leonard who had his aces cracked late in the night by Eshaan “Brown Balla” Bhalla.
Day 2 restart will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time on June 1 in the Bronze section of Horseshoe, while Day 3 will take place at the same time on June 2. Play will continue for ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 at about 6:30 p.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor of Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha as we find out who the next WSOP bracelet winner will be.
