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 4
Entries
1,529
Players Left
464

Kirsch Does His Best Weinman Impression by Spiking a Jack

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A player in early position moved all in for around 400,000, another opponent reshoved for 650,000, and Daniel Kirsch had them both covered and at risk.

Early-Position: QQ All in
Middle-Position: AK All in
Daniel Kirsch: JJ

With most of his stack in the middle, Kirsch found himself dominated until the flop brought J86, giving him top set. The rest of the board ran out 52 and Kirsch scooped the entire pot to eliminate both players.

"Jacks have sunrun this table. They haven't lost once," tablemate Jayphong Nguyen said.

"I don't know if it's a good omen, but last year's champion had the same hand against queens and ace-king," Nguyen added.

"Actually it was kings," another tablemate replied.

"Kings? That makes it worse," Nguyen said.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Kirsch ca
Daniel Kirsch
2,500,000
1,240,000
1,240,000

Tags: Daniel Kirsch

Lu Wins Multi-Way Pot

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Martin Finger raised to 40,000 and earned three callers including table chip leader Lingkun Lu, the button and the big blind. They all checked through the Q85 flop and the 6 turn was checked to Lu. His bet of 85,000 forced three folds and he won the pot without resistance to recover some previous losses.

Player Chips Progress
Lingkun Lu us
Lingkun Lu
2,400,000
-675,000
-675,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
585,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Lingkun LuMartin Finger

Lonis Regaining

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised from early position and was called by the player in the big blind. The 8Q7 flop was then checked through before Lonis bet 65,000 on the 3 turn.

The big blind check-called and the K came on the river. The big blind checked again, Lonis fired a big bet of 270,000 chips, and the big blind folded after some thinking time.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
2,735,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jesse Lonis

Last Remaining Main Event Champion Ousted

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

The remnants of a hand were being sorted and the details were told afterwards. Joe McKeehen jammed for about 400,000 over an early position raise. Jeffrey Copeland called.

McKeehen had 9x9x and was up against the AxKx of Copeland who would hit a king on the runout to eliminate the last Main Event champion remaining in the field

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Copeland us
Jeffrey Copeland
1,020,000
273,000
273,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Jeffrey CopelandJoe McKeehen

Latest Batch of Chip Counts

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

It appears that a new World Champion will be crowned as Joe McKeehen as the last remaining WSOP Main Event winner has been spotted on the payout desk. He fell short of making Day 5 by around half an hour as the final stages of the night have been reached.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
4,150,000
430,000
430,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Kevin Theodore us
Kevin Theodore
3,400,000
200,000
200,000
StakeKings
Ren Lin cn
Ren Lin
2,900,000
625,000
625,000
Yong Han us
Yong Han
1,900,000
225,000
225,000
Nitesh Rawtani us
Nitesh Rawtani
1,700,000
860,000
860,000
Nikola Minkov bg
Nikola Minkov
1,675,000
-135,000
-135,000
Aliaksandr Shylko by
Aliaksandr Shylko
1,600,000
150,000
150,000
Kevin Killeen ie
Kevin Killeen
1,500,000
880,000
880,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
1,400,000
-500,000
-500,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Abdullah Al-Shanti gb
Abdullah Al-Shanti
1,325,000
725,000
725,000
Brian Winter us
Brian Winter
1,000,000
-775,000
-775,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
750,000
Fabiano Kovalski br
Fabiano Kovalski
650,000
-350,000
-350,000
Ian Bradley gb
Ian Bradley
350,000
40,000
40,000
James Reid ca
James Reid
350,000
-375,000
-375,000
Ting-Yi Tsai tw
Ting-Yi Tsai
Busted
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Eiji Suzuki jp
Eiji Suzuki
Busted

Tags: Joe McKeehen

Assorted Chip Counts in the Horseshoe

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
4,375,000
225,000
225,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
2,150,000
-50,000
-50,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
2,100,000
230,000
230,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Rene Nezhoda us
Rene Nezhoda
1,875,000
390,000
390,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
1,625,000
-75,000
-75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
1,600,000
760,000
760,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kristen Foxen ca
Kristen Foxen
1,290,000
515,000
515,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Shawn Rice us
Shawn Rice
1,000,000
370,000
370,000
Elia Ahmadian us
Elia Ahmadian
900,000
-15,000
-15,000
Jimmy Gorham us
Jimmy Gorham
890,000
240,000
240,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
740,000
-160,000
-160,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Kohl Takes One Out But Doesn't Get Ding's Chips

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Three-handed on a board of 10874, Biao Ding bet 250,000 from the cutoff before James Kohl moved all in for 640,000 in the big blind. An early-position player called for his last 540,000 and Ding tanked for a few minutes before folding.

The all-in player showed K10 for top pair and a flush draw, while Kohl had 65 for a straight. The river was the K and Kohl took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.

"I wanted his chips. If you folded a set, that's a hell of a fold," Kohl told Ding after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Biao Ding cn
Biao Ding
4,200,000
-400,000
-400,000
James Kohl us
James Kohl
1,650,000
908,000
908,000

Tags: Biao DingJames Kohl

Kolev On the Up and Up

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, Boris Kolev in late position was involved in a hand with Christopher Vitch in the big blind.

With the board reading 68Q6 Vitch bet 80,000. Kolev made the call to see a river.

Vitch checked following the 9 river, prompting Kolev to bet 250,000. After some consideration, Vitch laid down his hand to take a hit to his stack while sending Kolev north of the three million mark.

Player Chips Progress
Boris Kolev bg
Boris Kolev
3,250,000
450,000
450,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Christopher Vitch us
Christopher Vitch
605,000
-195,000
-195,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Boris KolevChristopher Vitch

Sherwood Eliminated by Tkatschew

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Robert Sherwood moved all-in for 245,000 in the hijack and Alexander Tkatschew asked for a count one seat over before he called, all players behind folded.

Robert Sherwood: A10 All in
Alexander Tkatschew: 99

The J42 flop kept Sherwood with some hope, but that all vanished when the 9 turn improved Tkatschew to a set of nines and left the Brit drawing dead. That made the K river a formality and Sherwood headed to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
4,500,000
125,000
125,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
Alexander Tkatschew at
Alexander Tkatschew
2,450,000
450,000
450,000
Steven Ayoub us
Steven Ayoub
975,000
100,000
100,000
Cedric Schwaederle fr
Cedric Schwaederle
725,000
205,000
205,000
Robert Sherwood gb
Robert Sherwood
Busted

Tags: Alexander TkatschewRobert Sherwood

Cantu Calls With Ace-High

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Parker Talbot opened to 40,000 from the hijack and got called by Brandon Cantu in the cutoff.

A flop of 733 was spread across the table and Talbot continued for 30,000, which Cantu called.

Both players checked the 7 turn to see the 6 fall on the river. Talbot fired 35,000, and Cantu made a quick call.

Talbot was quick to let Cantu know that he had nothing, which prompted Cantu to show AQ for the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
1,900,000
600,000
600,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
1,300,000
-300,000
-300,000

Tags: Parker TalbotBrandon Cantu