2024 World Series of Poker

Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$1,041,989
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$8,482,590
Entries
3,177
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
2,016
Players Left
593

Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship

Day 1b Started

Bumper Crowd Expected For Day 1b of the $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship

Florian Duta
Florian Duta

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees Day 1b of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, a brand new event at the WSOP.

Day 1b, the second and final starting flight of this four-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time, with late registration open for 11 levels. This event allows for one reentry per flight and Day 2 registration for the first level. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 (~7 p.m.).

The starting stack is 40,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten 60-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, where another ten levels will play out. Day 3 follows the same structure as Day 2, with Day 4 playing down to a winner.

Day 1a saw 1,161 entrants add $3,099,870 to the prize pool. Only 324 of those starters made it through to Day 2. Jonathan Newman (573,500) claimed the chip lead, so anyone wishing to claim the overall lead must surpass his impressive total.

Romania's Florian Duta, who resides in the United Kingdom, finished his day with 389,000 chips, enough for fifth place overnight. Duta came close to winning a bracelet in 2022, finishing third in the online equivalent of the Big $500 for $57,143. He also has an eighth place finish in an online event this summer

End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1Jonathan NewmanCanada573,500229
2Herve GouzilFrance505,000202
3Mantas UngulaitisLithuania451,500181
4Maher AchourUnited States433,000173
5Florian DutaRomania389,000156
6Bahar MusaBulgaria381,500153
7Rytis PranarauskasLithuania360,000144
8Edgaras KausinisLithuania360,000144
9Michael MoncekUnited States357,000143
10Ananth GanesanUnited States349,000140

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Tags: Bahar MusaEdgaras KausinisFlorian DutaHerve GouzilJonathan NewmanMaher AchourMantas UngulaitisMichael MoncekRytis Pranarauskas

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