2024 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
915
Players Left
620

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Nguyen Fires at Four-Way Pot

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen

At Qui Nguyen's and Greg Merson's table, four players saw a flop of 5KJ as action checked to Nguyen who bet 700 from early position.

Only Diego Cassano called in the small blind. The turn was the 6 and Nguyen bet another 1,500. Cassano again called to see the A river.

Nguyen then bet 3,000 and Cassano folded.

Player Chips Progress
Qui Nguyen us
Qui Nguyen
58,000
10,200
10,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
45,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Diego Cassano it
Diego Cassano
40,000

Tags: Qui NguyenDiego Cassano

Choffardet Gets It Done on the River

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mathieu Choffardet raised to 1,100 from early position and the big blind defended.

The 672 flop checked through to the A on the turn. The big blind check-called a bet of 1,800 from Choffardet.

The 8 river saw the big blind check and then fold to a bet of 5,000 from Choffardet.

Player Chips Progress
Mathieu Choffardet fr
Mathieu Choffardet
71,000

Tags: Mathieu Choffardet

Gaines Sends Affleck Into the Tank

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The pot had 5,000 in it on the river with it reading 3K310J. Matt Affleck placed a 5,000 chip forward from middle position. Tyler Gaines was in the hijack and raised to 11,000.

Affleck went deep in the tank and thought for a good three minutes before releasing his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
82,500
-7,500
-7,500
Tyler Gaines us
Tyler Gaines
63,000

Tags: Matt AffleckTyler Gaines

Bach Gets the Best of Young

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Justin Young raised to 1,100 from under the gun and was three-bet to 3,500 by David Bach in middle position. Action folded back around to Young, who called.

Young checked to Bach on the 672 flop and he continued for 2,500. Young folded without much thought and offered a, "Nice hand," to Bach as Bach collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Bach us
David Bach
70,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Justin Young us
Justin Young
42,000
-17,000
-17,000

Tags: David BachJustin Young

Added Insult to Injury for England

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kyna England us
Kyna England
Busted

Tags: Kyna England

Lunn Turns the Nuts, Stacks Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was picked up on a 953 flop with 6,600 in the middle.

Phillip Hayes moved all in from the button for his final 6,000 chips. Cameron Paradiso called from early position and Tyler Lunn called in the hijack.

The 7 turn rolled off and Lunn fired 7,000. Paradiso mucked and Lunn had Hayes drawing dead.

Phillip Hayes: 32 All in
Tyler Lunn: A9

The meaningless A river hit the felt and Hayes was eliminated while Lunn chipped up to over 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tyler Lunn us
Tyler Lunn
73,400
Cameron Paradiso us
Cameron Paradiso
54,100
Phillip Hayes us
Phillip Hayes
Busted

Tags: Cameron ParadisoPhillip HayesTyler Lunn

Lee Turns Broadway and Gets Paid

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Richard Robles limped in from middle position and Sarah Lee raised to 1,200 from the cutoff. Robles made the call.

The flop came A106 and Robles check-called a 1,000 continuation bet from Lee.

Robles led out with a bet of 2,000 on the K turn. Lee raised to 6,500 and Robles called.

On the 2 river Robles check-called a 15,500 bet from Lee. Robles had aces up with A10 but Lee had turned a Broadway straight with QJ to take down a sizable early pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sarah Lee us
Sarah Lee
132,000
132,000
132,000
Andy Tsai us
Andy Tsai
66,000
-2,000
-2,000
Richard Robles us
Richard Robles
18,700
18,700
18,700

Tags: Richard RoblesSarah Lee

Updated Chip Counts in Horseshoe Red

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Justin Harvell us
Justin Harvell
101,000
4,000
4,000
Bruce Knee us
Bruce Knee
96,000
16,000
16,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
95,500
-24,500
-24,500
Brent Rambo us
Brent Rambo
79,500
-7,200
-7,200
Josh Pridgen us
Josh Pridgen
78,000
11,000
11,000
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
75,000
34,500
34,500
Phillip Kuechenhofen de
Phillip Kuechenhofen
70,000
-1,000
-1,000
Andy Tsai us
Andy Tsai
66,000
Brent Barby us
Brent Barby
61,000
30,000
30,000
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
54,500
15,700
15,700
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeff Sluzinski us
Jeff Sluzinski
54,000
-6,000
-6,000
Raise Your Edge
David Patent us
David Patent
48,500
-2,000
-2,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
29,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jerry Ciullo us
Jerry Ciullo
27,000
-31,900
-31,900
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
Busted
Matt Gillingham us
Matt Gillingham
Busted