Victor Dermendjian Bags the Biggest Day 1b Stack; Jason Wheeler Fifth in Chips
Day 1b of Event #93: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em here at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is done and dusted, with the 1,559 entrants who headed to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today reduced to a much more manageable 77. Brazilian Victor Dermendjian (2,820,000) kept his chip count updated throughout the day with the PokerNews MyStack feature, and his name was at the top of the official overnight counts.
Dermendjian cashed in the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 8-Handed event earlier in the series and looks to be ending the campaign on a high note.
Dominick Sarle (2,150,000) was the only other Day 1b player to finish with over two million chips, although Brandon Hamlet (1,975,000) came close.
End of Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Dermendjian | Brazil | 2,820,000 | 71 |
| 2 | Dominick Sarle | United States | 2,150,000 | 54 |
| 3 | Brandon Hamlet | United States | 1,975,000 | 49 |
| 4 | Jason Daly | United States | 1,770,000 | 44 |
| 5 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 1,725,000 | 43 |
| 6 | Shawn Daniels | United States | 1,600,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Anastasia Knapp | United States | 1,455,000 | 36 |
| 8 | Anthony Ruttler | United States | 1,450,000 | 36 |
| 9 | Seth Fischer | United States | 1,425,000 | 36 |
| 10 | Dan Heimiller | United States | 1,420,000 | 36 |
Five bracelet winners bagged up top ten chip stacks on Day 1b. Jason Daly (1,770,000) is the best-placed of them, closely followed by Jason Wheeler (1,725,000). Wheeler has racked up an astonishing 20 cashes, including online events, at the 2024 WSOP, including a sixth-place finish in the Tag Team event and an 18th-place finish in the Millionaire Maker.
Shawn Daniels (1,600,000) and Dan Heimiller (1,420,000) and the previously mentioned Sarle are the other bracelet winners in the overnight top ten.
Further down the counts, but still through to Day 2, are players like Maurice Hawkins (1,390,000), Avi Cohen (945,000), and Dejaunte Alexander (245,000), although the latter is one of the shortest stacks.
Day 1c shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on July 15, with those entrants playing 22 levels, each lasting 30 minutes. A 20-minute break is scheduled every four levels, with an extended 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 17 (≈ 7 p.m.).
PokerNews traditional coverage of this event starts on Day 2, so why not use MyStack to update your chip count if you are playing the third and final flight of the $777 Lucky 7's?