From a field of 10,112, just nine players remain in with a chance of being crowned the winner of the largest WSOP Main Event in history.
When play resumes at 2 p.m. PDT under the lights in the Horseshoe Event Center, each player knows they are just eight eliminations away from poker immortality.
2024 WSOP Main Event Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 52,900,000 | 33 |
| 2 | Malo Latinois | France | 25,500,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Brian Kim | United States | 94,600,000 | 59 |
| 4 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 94,200,000 | 59 |
| 5 | Joe Serock | United States | 83,600,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Jordan Griff | United States | 143,700,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 26,700,000 | 17 |
| 8 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 18,300,000 | 11 |
| 9 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 67,300,000 | 42 |
Since the turn of the century, eight players have gone wire-to-wire at the Main Event final table. That will be the aim of chip leader Jordan Griff, who told PokerNews it was a dream come true even to make it to the final table.
"Everyone who watches poker growing up in the Moneymaker era or watching the TV programs, you want to be at the final table," he said. "And to do it this year with the largest field — it's just it's a dream come true."
Griff will be under pressure from the chasing pack of Brian Kim, Niklas Astedt and Joe Serock who are all experienced enough competitors to use their 50+ big blind stacks to full effect.
Kim finished 23rd in the Main Event two years ago, with tournament cashes in the last year in London, Montenegro, Jeju and Monte Carlo on the prestigious Triton High Roller Poker Series. Serock is an equally capable competitor. A former WPT Player of the Year, he and Kim are the only players at the final table who have previously won WSOP bracelets.
Meanwhile, Astedt needs no introduction — the online grinder has over $48 million in online earnings according to PokerStake (formerly PocketFives) — and his pivot to the live felt has already garnered him plaudits and an added $3 million.
Behind them comes Jason Sagle, a self-admitted "feel" player whose return to the felt has paid dividends, with Boris Angelov hoping to add WSOP glory to the success he's achieved on the European Poker Tour.
Short stacks can spring surprises at the Main Event final table and despite starting the day with fewer than 20 big blinds, Jonathan Tamayo told PokerNews upon making the final table that he'd work with the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen, a close friend, to devise a final table strategy.
Malo Latinois is only the sixth French player to make the Main Event final table and the first since Antoine Labat in 2018. Could he surpass the third-place finishes recorded by both Antoine Saout in 2009 and Benjamin Pollak in 2017?
Bringing up the rear is Spaniard Andres Gonzalez. No player has ever gone from last to winning the WSOP Main Event — Jerry Yang and Martin Jacobson both did it from eighth in chips — but could Gonzalez rewrite the history books?
Action will pick back up with 51:20 left in Level 39 with blinds of 800,000/1,600,000/1,600,000. The plan for Day 9 is to play down to four players with TV breaks throughout play and no extended breaks.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 |
| 5 | $2,500,000 |
| 6 | $2,000,000 |
| 7 | $1,500,000 |
| 8 | $1,250,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 |
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team provide continued coverage of the record-breaking 2024 WSOP Main Event. Be sure to check out the live reporting hub in the meantime.
