Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day 9 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Day: 9
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 9
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Left
3
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.
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On a positive note, Patrik Antonius became the 2024 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame. The online and cash game legend became just the fifth European to be inducted, and he was on-site at the WSOP to accept the honor. See pictures and a video of the Finnish pro accepting his Poker Hall of Fame trophy.
Finally, hear about recent WSOP gold bracelet winners including Jared Bleznick, Gary Bolden, Joseph Sanders, and Calvin Anderson; Jeremy Ausmus tying Phil Hellmuth's WSOP final table record; and other winners from Venetian and Wynn. Oh, and learn about recent WSOP Online bracelet winners such as Mike Watson, David Prociak, and Mo Nuwwarah.
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The final nine players are back in their seats and the final table action is officially underway.
Updates, however, will be posted in sync with the stream on PokerGO, delayed by approximately one hour.
Hand #1: Jason Sagle limped in the cutoff with K♣4♣. Brian Kim checked his big blind with the 9♠4♦. The flop came A♣8♦2♣ and Kim check-folded to a continuation bet of 3,000,000 from Sagle.
Hand #2: Joe Serock raised to 3,200,000 holding the 9♦9♣ from under the gun and took down the pot.
Hand #3: Niklas Astedt limped in the small blind with the J♠4♠. Joe Serock checked his big blind with 7♦5♠ and the flop came Q♦10♠3♦. Astedt bet 1,600,000 and Serock folded.
Hand #4: Brian Kim raised to 3,500,000 from the cutoff with 5♥5♦ and took down the pot.
Hand #5: Niklas Astedt raised to 3,200,000 from the cutoff with A♣5♣ and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000,000
-3,700,000
|
-3,700,000 |
|
||
|
98,000,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
|
||
|
95,000,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
|
86,000,000
2,400,000
|
2,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
71,000,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
|
53,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
25,000,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
||
|
24,000,000
-2,700,000
|
-2,700,000 |
|
||
|
18,000,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Hand #6: Boris Angelov raised to 3,200,000 from an early position with Q♠Q♦ to claim the blinds and big blind ante.
Hand #7: Brian Kim made it 3,300,000 to go in the next hand with the A♦Q♣ and earned the pot without resistance.
Hand #8: Jordan Griff raised to 3,200,000 in the hijack. Andres Gonzalez pushed all-in for 14,300,000 on the button and Griff asked for an exact count once the action had folded to him.
Andres Gonzalez: 8♠8♦ 
Jordan Griff: 3♠3♦
The 8♥5♥4♣ flop gave Gonzalez top set and the 5♦ turn locked up his double through the chip leader to make the 9♠ river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000,000
-15,000,000
|
-15,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
99,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
98,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
86,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
67,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
54,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
33,000,000
15,000,000
|
15,000,000 |
|
|
25,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
23,000,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
|
||
Hand #9: Joe Serock raised to 3,200,000 from middle position with 5♠5♦. Andres Gonzalez three-bet all in for 32,600,000 from the cutoff with J♠J♣ and Serock folded.
Hand #10: Joe Serock raised to 3,200,000 from early position with the A♦J♦. Boris Angelov called on the button with K♦10♦. The flop came K♣7♠5♦ and both players checked.
The turn was the 3♣ Serock checked and Angelov bet 5,200,000. Serock folded.
Hand #11: Jason Sagle raised to 3,200,000 with A♠10♠ from the hijack and took down the pot.
Hand #12: Niklas Astedt raised blind on blind with A♥7♠ to 6,500,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #13: Brian Kim raised to 3,500,000 with K♠4♠ and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
122,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
99,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
98,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
76,000,000
-10,000,000
|
-10,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
71,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
60,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
40,000,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
23,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
21,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
||
Hand #14: Andres Gonzalez opened to 3,200,000 with A♥K♥ from under the gun and the Spaniard took down the pot.
Hand #15: Brian Kim raised to 3,400,000 with A♠10♦ and Niklas Astedt came along from the next seat in the hijack with 5♠5♣. All players behind folded and a duo headed to the Q♣9♣7♠ flop. Kim opted to check and Astedt bet 3,000,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Hand #16: Astedt raised to 3,200,000 in the next hand with the J♦9♦ and Andres Gonzalez in the small blind three-bet to 9,600,000 with K♥Q♠ to force out Astedt.
Hand #17: Jonathan Tamayo raised to 12,000,000 in the cutoff with the 4♣4♠ and won the pot.
Hand #18: Joe Serock opened the action with a raise to 3,200,000 with A♣6♣ and Jordan Griff three-bet to 8,000,000 holding the J♣10♣. It folded back to Serock and he sent the cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
129,000,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
102,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
73,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
67,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
56,000,000
-4,000,000
|
-4,000,000 |
|
|
47,000,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
23,000,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
|
|
||