Thursday, July 4, 2024 1:17 AM Local Time
Joshua Feiger, Assaf Zeharia Enjoy a Dream Start on Day 1a of the 2024 WSOP Main Event
Shortly after noon local time, Daniel Weinman stepped up to the microphone inside the Horseshoe Las Vegas Event Center and delivered the words every poker player had waited a year to hear: "Shuffle Up and Deal."
That meant that the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event had officially begun, with thousands of pros and home game heroes dreaming of following in Weinman's footsteps and capturing the bracelet that forever makes you a world champion.
A total of 915 players showed up for Day 1a, the first of four opening flights. They included two past champions, Qui Nguyen and Greg Merson, who happened to share the same table throughout the day and both bagged, Nguyen with 39,000 and Merson with 36,800.
End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Joshua Feiger | United States | 311,900 | 390 |
| 2 | Assaf Zeharia | Israel | 276,600 | 346 |
| 3 | Frank Funaro | United States | 265,000 | 331 |
| 4 | Mark Stockton | United States | 260,700 | 326 |
| 5 | Jie Wu | China | 252,300 | 315 |
| 6 | Nan Li | United States | 247,500 | 309 |
| 7 | Vid Zagar | Slovenia | 241,300 | 302 |
| 8 | Jonathan Wong (NY) | United States | 239,800 | 300 |
| 9 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 228,300 | 285 |
| 10 | Pedro Bromfman | Brazil | 224,600 | 281 |
Joshua Feiger is the player to catch after the opening flight as he was the only one to finish above 300,000. Feiger busted a player who was all in for 50,700 with queen-jack on a queen-high board, but Feiger had ace-queen to win the pot as he ended the day with 311,900. The Boulder, Colorado native has just over $110,000 in live earnings, his best result being a deep run in The Colossus at the 2018 WSOP.
Assaf Zeharia was on the right side of a number of big pots as he built up a massive stack. Zeharia busted poker content creator Abby Merk in a straight-over-straight cooler in the second level of the day, then eliminated David Williamson in a more than 100,000-chip pot with top set of queens. The Israeli also made a royal flush against Kahle Burns, capping off his dream day on the felt on his way to bagging up 276,600.
Assaf Zeharia
Approximately 620 players punched their tickets for Day 2 after five two-hour levels. Other players advancing include Frank Funaro (265,000), Rayan Chamas (162,000), Matt Affleck (161,700), Bin Weng (152,000), Kevin Gerhart (150,700), Rob Kuhn (130,700), Parker Talbot (106,700), Barny Boatman (70,000), and PokerNews' Chad Holloway (16,900). Jeff Platt was pulling double duty today, serving both as a player and host as he walked around the room conducting interviews when not in a hand. He managed not to put a curse on himself as he had 96,100 to end the day.
Then there's Jon Pardy, the Canadian reality TV star, poker vlogger, and Twitch streamer. Pardy was at the same table as Zeharia all day, and in between taking videos, being interviewed by Platt, a few drinks, and plenty of laughs, he managed to bag up 161,700.
"Oh man, we had an absolute blast. The atmosphere was electric all day. You definitely know it's Main Event day," Pardy said. "We had an amazing table. The table was talkative the entire time. We had an absolute blast. It was almost like a home game. You would never know it was a 10K buy-in."
Jon Pardy
The Main Event is the day poker players circle on their calendars. It's a dream for many just being in this room, and it's something Pardy isn't taking for granted as he advances to Day 2.
"The Main Event is the pinnacle. The Main Event is what every single poker player dreams of. They dream of being in these seats. They dream of playing for eight or nine days straight. And to be able to sit here, I'm very grateful. There was a time in my life when I never would've thought I would get this opportunity, let alone be able to do it year after year. So I'm thrilled to be here, and I know from the atmosphere in this room, everybody else is as well," he said.
The Main Event is usually poker's ultimate grind, a test of endurance over days of action. But this year, it started off with a bang. Travis Darroch and Craig Issod were both eliminated on the first hand, Darroch in a full house versus quads massive cooler against Williamson. Pardy had a front-row seat for the carnage.
"I was here for the first hand when my buddy TJ busted the boat versus the quads. That set the tone for the entire day at our table. We had guys sending it, bluffing with underpairs for like 400 big blinds. Other guys just calling with ace-high. It was absolute madness out here today."
The Main Event dream also ended for the likes of Brad Owen, Kahle Burns, Kyle Julius, Upeshka De Silva, Freddy Deeb, and several hundred others on Day 1a.
Those who were fortunate to survive the day will return for Day 2abc on Sunday, July 7, at noon local time. Three starting flights remain, and late registration remains open for the first two levels of Day 2. Judging by the massive turnout on Day 1a and the atmosphere in the room, last year's total of 10,043 players stands a good chance of being matched.
PokerNews will return for Day 1b tomorrow at noon local time as a new crop of players start their journies that, they hope, eventually end with their face on a banner alongside Weinman's.
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:27 AM Local Time
Official End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts
| Joshua Feiger | 311,900 | -52,100  |
| Assaf Zeharia | 276,600 | 31,600  |
| Frank Funaro | 265,000 | 95,000 |
| Mark Stockton | 260,700 | 260,700 |
| Jie Wu | 252,300 | 252,300 |
| Nan Li | 247,500 | 247,500 |
| Vid Zagar | 241,300 | 241,300 |
| Jonathan Wong (NY) | 239,800 | -2,200 |
| Naoya Kihara | 228,300 | 22,300 |
| Pedro Bromfman | 224,600 | -6,500 |
| Britton Barclay | 220,400 | 220,400 |
| Adrian Goveaquvedo | 215,400 | 215,400 |
| Haoran Cai | 215,300 | 215,300 |
| Richard Sciuto | 212,900 | 212,900 |
| Charlie Reed | 209,200 | -18,300 |
| Michael Belov | 205,600 | 205,600 |
| DID NOT REPORT 2 | 203,400 | 203,400 |
| Loc Nguyen | 200,900 | 200,900 |
| Wai Ngai | 200,800 | 65,300 |
| Gerardo Hernandez | 197,300 | 197,300 |
| Talon White | 196,400 | 9,400 |
| Adrian Lopez | 196,000 | 196,000 |
| Dien Le | 193,800 | 193,800 |
| Clayton Maguire | 193,600 | -21,400 |
| Troy Sprungl | 192,200 | 0 |
| Connor Drinan | 192,000 | 42,000 |
| Denis Pisarev | 190,800 | 15,800 |
| Michael Brinkenhoff | 188,900 | 188,900 |
| Kilian Kramer | 187,400 | 187,400 |
| Lee Haikal | 187,200 | 187,200 |
| Khoa Ngo | 185,600 | 185,600 |
| David Tovar | 185,000 | 185,000 |
| Abdulrahim Amer | 184,900 | 184,900 |
| Ayaz Mahmood | 184,500 | -20,500 |
| Titas Gančierius | 183,200 | -28,800 |
| Phil Galfond | 182,700 | 98,700 |
| Pakinai Lisawad | 181,700 | 181,700 |
| Nir Cohen | 181,300 | 181,300 |
| Brent Rambo | 181,200 | 41,200 |
| Travis Pearson | 181,100 | 181,100 |
| Sergio Coutinho | 181,000 | 181,000 |
| Paulius Vaitiekunas | 180,800 | 180,800 |
| Assaf Hirsch | 180,200 | 180,200 |
| Rachid Amamou | 180,000 | 62,000 |
| Jonas Witdoek | 176,600 | -91,400 |
| Ty Reiman | 176,500 | 176,500 |
| Tomi Brouk | 176,000 | 176,000 |
| William Ross | 174,400 | 174,400 |
| Dillon Najor | 173,300 | 13,300 |
| Eduards Rakuss | 173,200 | 15,200 |
| Guillermo Sanchez Otero | 171,700 | 171,700 |
| Michael Higginson | 171,400 | 171,400 |
| Parker Talbot | 170,000 | 56,000 |
| Albert Gil | 169,800 | 169,800 |
| Pavels Spirins | 168,900 | 168,900 |
| Brent Barby | 168,700 | 107,700 |
| Adam Arslan | 168,000 | 128,000 |
| Michael Brown | 165,100 | 45,100 |
| Pedro Madeira | 162,500 | 162,500 |
| Rayan Chamas | 162,000 | 32,000 |
| Jon Pardy | 161,700 | 33,700 |
| Matt Affleck | 161,700 | 1,700 |
| David Gerassi | 161,200 | 161,200 |
| Daniel Tordjman | 160,900 | 160,900 |
| Bojan Gledovic | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Nicholas Howard | 159,900 | 159,900 |
| Michael Haberman | 159,800 | 159,800 |
| Javier Fernandez | 157,000 | 157,000 |
| Justin Young | 157,000 | 74,000 |
| Steven Kelly | 156,800 | 156,800 |
| Michael Walsh | 156,500 | 156,500 |
| Simon Lofberg | 156,100 | 1,100 |
| Peter Nigh | 155,200 | 28,200 |
| Ilia Drobin | 154,800 | 154,800 |
| Travis Miller | 154,700 | 11,500 |
| Justin Harvell | 153,900 | 23,900 |
| Joseph Mcmahon | 153,000 | 153,000 |
| Scott Mayfield | 152,700 | 152,700 |
| Oded Hachimi | 152,500 | 152,500 |
| Bin Weng | 152,000 | 22,000 |
| Hayden Toole | 151,900 | -900 |
| Denys Chufarin | 151,700 | -8,300 |
| Javier Gomez | 151,500 | 151,500 |
| Andrew Esposito | 151,100 | 151,100 |
| Kevin Gerhart | 150,700 | 32,700 |
| Georgios Karakousis | 149,900 | 149,900 |
| Scott Bohlman | 149,700 | 149,700 |
| Gregory Brodnik | 149,300 | 149,300 |
| David Martin | 149,000 | 149,000 |
| Bryce Yockey | 149,000 | 54,000 |
| Carlos Alvarado | 149,000 | 149,000 |
| Yizhak Yerushalmi | 148,400 | 93,400 |
| Nicholas Peterson | 146,000 | 146,000 |
| Angelina Rich | 145,500 | 145,500 |
| David Dowdy | 145,300 | 4,300 |
| Bariscan Betil | 144,500 | 51,500 |
| Kyung Lee | 143,700 | 143,700 |
| Linglin Zeng | 143,300 | 143,300 |
| Puan Tong | 142,900 | 142,900 |
| Marc Emond | 142,600 | 0 |
| Tyler Gaston | 142,400 | 46,000 |
| Raul Manzanares | 142,100 | 142,100 |
| Thomas Brown | 141,800 | 141,800 |
| Alexander Tkatschew | 141,000 | 21,000 |
| Yinjie Mei | 141,000 | 141,000 |
| Neil Han | 139,800 | 76,000 |
| Robbie Schiffbauer | 139,600 | 19,600 |
| Brian Gates | 138,500 | 138,500 |
| Maksym Sheingart | 137,900 | 137,900 |
| Jimmy Williams | 137,600 | 137,600 |
| Joel Micka | 136,600 | 136,600 |
| Achille Samaran | 136,500 | 136,500 |
| Brent Braithwaite | 135,200 | -19,800 |
| Douglas Pappan | 134,700 | -300 |
| Marco Poccia | 134,000 | 69,000 |
| Sargis Hakobyan | 133,600 | 133,600 |
| Saar Wilf | 133,200 | 0 |
| Scott Modetz | 133,000 | 8,000 |
| Austin Hanna | 132,400 | 132,400 |
| Bob Velthuis | 132,000 | 0 |
| Dallas Wilson | 131,800 | -1,800 |
| Alejandro Queijeiro | 131,000 | 131,000 |
| Angela Jordison | 130,900 | 15,900 |
| Rob Kuhn | 130,700 | 5,700 |
| Jiri Kocab | 129,600 | 34,600 |
| Jace Reiken | 129,600 | 129,600 |
| Clinton Branchen | 129,400 | 97,400 |
| Louis Bailey | 127,000 | 22,000 |
| Jordyn Miller | 126,700 | 126,700 |
| David Welch | 126,700 | 46,700 |
| Benson Tang | 126,500 | 126,500 |
| Alessandro Predaroli | 126,100 | 126,100 |
| Alexander Prokudin | 125,700 | 19,200 |
| Jorge Alberdi | 125,500 | 125,500 |
| Bryan Dickens | 123,400 | 0 |
| Kazuhiko Yotsushika | 122,800 | 122,800 |
| Parker Rodriguez | 122,600 | 122,600 |
| Kevin Chan | 122,100 | 122,100 |
| Leonard Maue | 122,100 | 122,100 |
| Guy Cicconi | 121,900 | 121,900 |
| Joseph Yun | 121,300 | 121,300 |
| Timothy Barany | 121,300 | 121,300 |
| James Dempsey | 120,900 | 900 |
| Fernando Romano | 120,000 | 66,000 |
| Rodrigo Daher | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 119,700 | 6,700 |
| Douglas Weymeersch | 119,300 | 13,300 |
| Chase Reagan | 119,200 | 119,200 |
| Emile Schiff | 118,900 | 11,900 |
| Jerry Yang | 118,800 | 118,800 |
| Anthony Uhlir | 118,800 | 118,800 |
| David McGowan | 118,700 | 40,700 |
| Joe Tehan | 117,800 | 117,800 |
| Anthony Moretina | 117,400 | 117,400 |
| Bradley Nessar | 117,200 | 20,200 |
| Bradley Rogoff | 117,200 | 117,200 |
| Pavel Ignatov | 116,900 | 116,900 |
| Gabriel Moura | 116,400 | 116,400 |
| Noel Rodriguez | 115,500 | 4,000 |
| Lander Lijo | 115,500 | 5,500 |
| David Cabrera Polop | 115,400 | 115,400 |
| Paulina Loeliger | 115,300 | -24,700 |
| John Ripnick | 114,900 | 4,900 |
| Kevin Caird | 114,000 | -4,100 |
| Natalie Hof Ramos | 113,900 | -9,100 |
| Mike Krescanko | 113,700 | 113,700 |
| David Margi | 113,400 | 113,400 |
| Cassio Kienen | 113,100 | -46,900 |
| Christopher Huang Junli | 112,900 | 112,900 |
| James Tays | 112,800 | 36,800 |
| Sachin Joshi | 112,500 | 17,500 |
| Pomah Emelyanov | 112,400 | 112,400 |
| Haim Gabay | 112,400 | 6,400 |
| Charles Davis | 112,400 | 112,400 |
| Thiago Macedo | 111,700 | 111,700 |
| Aleksejs Ponakovs | 111,600 | 41,600 |
| John Sul | 111,400 | 0 |
| Troy Quenneville | 110,700 | 110,700 |
| AP Garza | 110,700 | 110,700 |
| Guilherme Navascues | 110,200 | 110,200 |
| Yuchung Chang | 110,100 | 110,100 |
| Karim Lehoussine | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Joe Nalbandyan | 109,000 | 109,000 |
| Kyle Shigano | 108,600 | 108,600 |
| Alessandro Siena | 108,200 | 108,200 |
| Casey Brown | 108,000 | 108,000 |
| Ross Dove | 108,000 | 108,000 |
| Scott Mahin | 107,400 | -27,600 |
| Jeffrey Stellwagon | 107,100 | 16,100 |
| Karo Nuri | 106,900 | 106,900 |
| Adam Bishop | 106,800 | -13,200 |
| Xavier Kyablue | 106,700 | 0 |
| Renat Bohdanov | 106,600 | 106,600 |
| Christopher Cella | 106,400 | 106,400 |
| Nicholas Frost | 106,400 | 106,400 |
| Ryan Mcclintock | 106,400 | 106,400 |
| Man Pham | 106,200 | 106,200 |
| Yanfeng Wang | 106,200 | 106,200 |
| Daniel Hachem | 105,800 | 26,800 |
| Chad Loube | 105,500 | 105,500 |
| Victor Dai | 105,200 | 105,200 |
| Guilherme De Souza Pessoa | 104,700 | 104,700 |
| Giuseppe Liantonio | 104,300 | 104,300 |
| Steven Flores | 104,200 | 23,700 |
| Corey Stern | 104,200 | 104,200 |
| Michael Cribb | 103,800 | 103,800 |
| Rudy Cervantes | 103,700 | 3,700 |
| MengQi Chen | 103,300 | 0 |
| Andreas Wagner | 103,100 | 3,100 |
| Andrea Dato | 103,000 | 66,000 |
| Yunsheng Sun | 102,800 | -27,200 |
| Mounir Tajiou | 102,500 | 102,500 |
| Todd DiMartino | 102,400 | 0 |
| Vincent Dong | 101,600 | 0 |
| Neville Costa | 100,800 | 100,800 |
| Sherisse Korfel | 100,700 | 100,700 |
| Francisco Perez Moreno | 100,400 | 100,400 |
| Nathan Ghodoushim | 100,400 | 100,400 |
| Brock Parker | 99,800 | 41,800 |
| Genaro Favela | 99,400 | 99,400 |
| Shaun Colquhoun | 99,300 | 100 |
| Andres Gonzalez | 98,800 | 98,800 |
| Matas Cikinas | 98,700 | 98,700 |
| Peter Columbia | 98,500 | 98,500 |
| Graham Mathews | 98,200 | 98,200 |
| Conor Tate | 97,800 | 97,800 |
| Rui Milhomens | 97,600 | 28,100 |
| Aaron Kumove | 97,400 | 97,400 |
| Eoghan O'Dea | 97,300 | 97,300 |
| Victor Shih | 97,000 | 97,000 |
| George Gorman | 96,800 | 0 |
| Filipe Da Fonseca | 96,500 | 96,500 |
| Kristofer Kneale | 96,500 | 96,500 |
| Daniel Wendorf | 96,400 | 96,400 |
| Jeff Platt | 96,100 | 16,100 |
| Jamie Robbins | 96,000 | 22,600 |
| Allan Kwong | 95,700 | 95,700 |
| Dragana Mackelprang | 95,600 | -34,400 |
| Jean Guillette | 95,400 | 95,400 |
| Anatoly Zlotnikov | 95,200 | 95,200 |
| Colin Mchugh | 95,100 | 95,100 |
| Yair Mergi | 94,300 | 94,300 |
| Bruce Knee | 94,000 | -18,000 |
| David Algarra | 93,900 | 93,900 |
| David Ivers | 93,600 | 93,600 |
| Jonathan Depa | 93,100 | 93,100 |
| Bingjian Ren | 93,100 | 93,100 |
| Myles Mullaly | 92,900 | 92,900 |
| Thomas Scholberg | 92,800 | 92,800 |
| Rinat Dinmukhametov | 92,600 | 92,600 |
| Donald Fulton | 92,200 | 92,200 |
| Kunal Patel | 92,000 | 92,000 |
| Arthur Voskanyan | 91,700 | 91,700 |
| Jordan Westmorland | 91,500 | 91,500 |
| Ben Sarnoff | 91,500 | 91,500 |
| Nicholas Funaro | 91,300 | 91,300 |
| Hieu Le | 91,000 | 91,000 |
| Matthew McEwan | 90,500 | 90,500 |
| Mats Karlsson | 90,500 | 90,500 |
| Jason Wong | 90,400 | 90,400 |
| Fares Santana | 90,400 | 90,400 |
| DID NOT REPORT 1 | 90,200 | 90,200 |
| Tyler Lunn | 90,200 | -14,300 |
| Euan Mclaren | 90,000 | 0 |
| Venkata Yerva | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Diogo Veiga | 89,900 | 89,900 |
| Kimitaka Mori | 89,500 | 89,500 |
| Ahmed Nimer | 89,400 | 89,400 |
| Ivan Starostin | 89,200 | 89,200 |
| David Ledden | 89,100 | 89,100 |
| Wooseok Kim | 88,700 | 88,700 |
| Dao Minh Phu | 88,600 | 88,600 |
| Dennis Ng | 88,000 | 88,000 |
| Justin Boyle | 88,000 | 88,000 |
| Thuy Ho | 87,100 | 87,100 |
| Sherman Tsao | 86,800 | 86,800 |
| Nuno Capucho | 85,900 | 25,900 |
| Ryan Knoll | 85,800 | 85,800 |
| Vayna Jerabek | 85,800 | 85,800 |
| Benjamin Miner | 85,400 | 85,400 |
| Houston White | 85,400 | 85,400 |
| Mark Burford | 84,700 | 84,700 |
| Joshua Eisenberg | 84,500 | 0 |
| David Bach | 84,200 | 20,200 |
| Casey Stewart | 83,800 | 23,800 |
| Zachary Henning | 83,700 | 83,700 |
| Adam Ross (TX) | 83,600 | 83,600 |
| Andrea Quadros | 83,500 | 83,500 |
| Gregoire Auzoux | 82,700 | 12,700 |
| Katie Lindsay | 82,600 | 82,600 |
| Mark Dickstein | 82,500 | 14,500 |
| Kyle Montgomery | 82,500 | 82,500 |
| Harvey Selnik | 82,400 | 82,400 |
| Andre Dohner | 82,200 | 82,200 |
| Ruben Correia | 82,200 | 82,200 |
| Damian Gibbs | 82,200 | 82,200 |
| Metin Esen | 82,200 | 82,200 |
| Max Pinnola | 82,100 | 82,100 |
| Luis Rocha Da Silva | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| Shiv Narayanan | 81,900 | -47,300 |
| Curtis Nare | 81,900 | -1,100 |
| Nicholas Dagnillo | 81,500 | 0 |
| Sarah Lee | 81,400 | 4,400 |
| Jonathan Little | 81,400 | -6,100 |
| Radek Janto | 81,000 | 81,000 |
| Enrique Rodriguez | 81,000 | 81,000 |
| Jacob Sachs | 80,900 | -19,100 |
| Henry Strudwick | 80,900 | 80,900 |
| Massimo De Mario | 79,900 | 4,900 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 79,900 | 66,900 |
| Yuan Li | 79,700 | 79,700 |
| Andy Tsai | 79,500 | -500 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 79,300 | -13,400 |
| Jimmy Rizo | 79,300 | -31,900 |
| Shai Arbel | 79,200 | 79,200 |
| Perry Zhao | 78,800 | 78,800 |
| Benjamin Ane | 78,700 | 78,700 |
| Jerome Zerbib | 78,600 | 78,600 |
| Isaac Baron | 78,500 | 78,500 |
| Laurie Tournier | 78,100 | 78,100 |
| Joe McGowan | 77,800 | 77,800 |
| Matthew McParland | 77,700 | 77,700 |
| Cameron Paradiso | 77,500 | 4,200 |
| Allen Hagopian | 76,600 | 76,600 |
| Jesse Rockowitz | 76,000 | 76,000 |
| Robert Garcia | 75,900 | 12,900 |
| Krysta Delima | 75,800 | 75,800 |
| Kale Houser | 75,500 | 75,500 |
| Gerald Morrell | 75,300 | 75,300 |
| Victor Wan | 75,100 | 75,100 |
| Jack O'Neill | 74,900 | 74,900 |
| Samuel Wilkinson | 74,700 | 74,700 |
| Anthony Paletta | 74,700 | 74,700 |
| David Manikos | 74,600 | -10,400 |
| Nicholas Schuler | 74,500 | 74,500 |
| Hugo Alfaro | 74,500 | 74,500 |
| Nathaniel Wiesner | 74,200 | 74,200 |
| Jolene Le | 74,200 | 28,700 |
| Anton Beno | 74,100 | 74,100 |
| Michael Mizrachi | 74,000 | -3,000 |
| Benjamin Fisher | 73,700 | 73,700 |
| Bryan Buonocore | 73,700 | 73,700 |
| Nicholas Verderamo | 73,600 | 73,600 |
| Romain Lotti | 73,400 | 11,600 |
| Maxwell Franklin | 73,300 | 73,300 |
| Gregory Roberts | 73,000 | 73,000 |
| Maximilian Silz | 73,000 | -17,000 |
| Milan Dobrilovic | 72,900 | 72,900 |
| Dian Shi | 72,800 | 72,800 |
| Ian Simpson | 72,300 | 8,300 |
| Renato Spahiu | 72,300 | 72,300 |
| Jordan Siegel | 71,900 | -14,500 |
| Ivan Uzunov | 71,600 | 71,600 |
| Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | 71,500 | 23,500 |
| Jeffrey Johnson | 71,500 | 71,500 |
| Michael Hernandez | 71,100 | 71,100 |
| Kevin Meifert | 71,100 | 71,100 |
| Frank Bonacci | 70,900 | 70,900 |
| Ketan Shah | 70,900 | 70,900 |
| Jamil Wakil | 70,800 | 70,800 |
| Charles Cunha | 70,500 | 70,500 |
| Maxim Panyak | 70,400 | -75,800 |
| Tom Wheaton | 70,300 | 10,300 |
| Schneur Borenstein | 70,300 | 70,300 |
| Tinoush Golchin | 70,200 | 70,200 |
| Robert Holben | 70,200 | 70,200 |
| Parker Drew | 70,000 | 70,000 |
| Anton Morgenstern | 70,000 | 35,000 |
| Barny Boatman | 70,000 | -20,000 |
| Hannes Van Wauwe | 69,600 | 69,600 |
| Andres Campero | 69,200 | 4,200 |
| Donald Marshall | 69,100 | 69,100 |
| Todd Belsick | 68,900 | 68,900 |
| Rohit Mariwalla | 68,300 | 68,300 |
| Steve Rassi | 68,100 | 68,100 |
| Randall Altman | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| Christopher Monette | 67,500 | 67,500 |
| Patrick Mahoney | 67,200 | 67,200 |
| Kuenwai Lo | 67,000 | 67,000 |
| Fabiano Kovalski | 66,700 | -8,300 |
| Fernando Gonzalez | 66,500 | 500 |
| Andrew Finlay | 66,200 | 66,200 |
| Elvir Krako | 65,900 | 65,900 |
| Eduardo Santos | 65,700 | -2,300 |
| Guifang Liu | 65,700 | 65,700 |
| Max Kingstone | 65,600 | -6,800 |
| Remi Derossi | 65,400 | 65,400 |
| Julien Martini | 65,200 | 42,200 |
| Stefan Haqq | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Marko Grujic | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Franz Jung | 64,500 | 64,500 |
| Benjamin Souriau | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Nitis Udornpim | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Scott Anthony Roberts | 63,700 | 0 |
| Joseph Wagganer | 63,300 | 63,300 |
| Warwick Mirzikinian | 63,000 | 63,000 |
| Calogero Morreale | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Duarte Vieira | 62,400 | 62,400 |
| Dimitri Joubert | 62,300 | 62,300 |
| Eric Fields | 61,900 | 61,900 |
| George Niedzwicki | 61,900 | -13,100 |
| Steve Chen | 61,500 | 61,500 |
| Gregory Ravise | 61,300 | 61,300 |
| Edward Harris | 61,300 | 61,300 |
| William Klevitz | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Joseph Hertzog | 61,100 | 61,100 |
| Todd Ivens | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| John Lombardo | 60,900 | 60,900 |
| Michael Weber | 60,200 | 60,200 |
| Richard Harroch | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Temur Abbosov | 59,900 | 59,900 |
| Darrell Ingram | 59,800 | 59,800 |
| Joseph Tauber | 59,800 | 59,800 |
| Kevin Gammon | 59,600 | 59,600 |
| Roy Bar Lev | 58,700 | -107,300 |
| Janelle Jacobson | 58,400 | 58,400 |
| Thomas Drivas | 58,200 | 58,200 |
| Jacob Haskett | 58,100 | 58,100 |
| Ted Gonzalez | 57,900 | 57,900 |
| James Tilton | 57,700 | 57,700 |
| Jon Shoreman | 57,500 | 57,500 |
| Peter Petev | 57,100 | 57,100 |
| John Dwecha | 57,100 | 57,100 |
| Igor Dursel | 56,300 | 56,300 |
| Carrie Paterson | 56,200 | 12,800 |
| Wesley Haymond | 55,500 | 55,500 |
| Robert Georato | 55,400 | 23,000 |
| Andrew Shack | 55,100 | 55,100 |
| Jeremy Maher | 54,500 | -8,500 |
| Shane Hicks | 54,500 | 54,500 |
| Julian Melancon | 54,300 | 54,300 |
| Jason Brauda | 54,200 | 54,200 |
| Mark Zajdner | 54,200 | 54,200 |
| Valentin Jungbluth | 53,900 | 53,900 |
| Hyon Pak | 53,900 | 53,900 |
| Danny Yan | 53,800 | 53,800 |
| Gil Levy | 53,600 | 53,600 |
| Dizhe Su | 53,500 | 53,500 |
| Jamin Thomas | 53,200 | 53,200 |
| Jumpei Shimada | 53,100 | -6,900 |
| Ryan Coon | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Shawn Daniels | 52,700 | 52,700 |
| Christine Do | 52,600 | 52,600 |
| Stephen Woodhead | 52,500 | 52,500 |
| Roger Gauthier | 52,500 | 52,500 |
| Albert Zarhi | 52,400 | 52,400 |
| Albert Shih | 52,300 | 52,300 |
| Raul Torres | 52,300 | 7,300 |
| Rafael Moraes | 52,000 | 17,000 |
| Francisco Caballo | 51,600 | 51,600 |
| Roei Siman | 51,300 | 51,300 |
| Jeremy Surinach | 51,200 | 51,200 |
| Russell Dohan | 51,100 | 0 |
| Tom Dobrilovic | 50,800 | 50,800 |
| Ronald Minnis | 50,800 | 10,800 |
| Chad Eveslage | 50,800 | -4,200 |
| Andy Finkelberg | 50,700 | 50,700 |
| Paul Gunness | 50,300 | 6,300 |
| Jeffrey Borris | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Henok Tekle Mariam | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Nicholas Seward | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Markus Gonsalves | 50,000 | -20,500 |
| Jason Murai | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Stefan Cvetkovski | 49,800 | 3,700 |
| Lloyd Yamada | 49,700 | -9,500 |
| Alan Mulleady | 49,400 | 49,400 |
| Christopher Quackenbush | 49,100 | 49,100 |
| Jiayu Ruan | 49,000 | 49,000 |
| Srikanth Yadlapati | 48,700 | 48,700 |
| Charles Kersey | 48,700 | -40,300 |
| Thijs Pen | 48,200 | 48,200 |
| Yizhak Moshkowitz | 47,900 | 47,900 |
| Brian Altman | 47,900 | 14,900 |
| Scott Hirsch | 47,700 | 47,700 |
| Oshri Azran | 47,300 | 47,300 |
| Rene Acosta | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| Yahor Dambrouski | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| John Shepherd | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| Jeff Sluzinski | 46,200 | -18,800 |
| Punal Patel | 45,800 | 45,800 |
| David Bourgoyne | 45,700 | 45,700 |
| Max Amini | 45,700 | 45,700 |
| Robert Fechser | 45,300 | 45,300 |
| Navid Saberin | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Huabao Chen | 44,600 | 44,600 |
| Chaayanath Mysore | 44,400 | 44,400 |
| Connor Stuewe | 44,400 | 44,400 |
| Samuel Gagnon | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Dario Marinelli | 43,900 | 43,900 |
| David Patent | 43,400 | 11,900 |
| Archil Kakhidze | 43,100 | 43,100 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 43,100 | 16,100 |
| George Peckham | 42,800 | 42,800 |
| Joshua Terebelo | 42,800 | -8,200 |
| Dylan James | 42,700 | -19,100 |
| Esther Riordan | 42,600 | 42,600 |
| Wenrong Wang | 42,500 | 42,500 |
| Michal Poprawa | 42,300 | 42,300 |
| John Schmitz | 42,000 | 42,000 |
| Timothy Morgan | 42,000 | -4,500 |
| Conor Kelly | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Paul Potter | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Corentin Briglia | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Ohad Geiger | 41,200 | 41,200 |
| Duane Blanchard | 40,900 | 40,900 |
| Adrien Digrande | 40,700 | 40,700 |
| Mark Dees | 40,600 | 40,600 |
| Timothy Chang | 40,500 | 40,500 |
| Akil Hollis | 40,200 | -4,800 |
| Ken Bidinger | 40,000 | -60,000 |
| Tigran Manukyan | 39,800 | 0 |
| Vikrant Shah | 39,600 | 39,600 |
| John Riordan | 39,200 | -17,800 |
| Heng Tong | 39,100 | 39,100 |
| Qui Nguyen | 39,000 | -1,000 |
| Daniel DiPasquale | 38,800 | 38,800 |
| Oleksii Hura | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Felipe Ramos | 38,400 | -23,600 |
| Daniel Mizrachi | 38,200 | 38,200 |
| Pedro Cavalieri | 38,200 | 38,200 |
| Dee Rasmussen | 38,100 | 0 |
| Qi Chi | 38,000 | -12,000 |
| Veerab Zakarian | 37,800 | -25,200 |
| Francisco Espinoza | 37,500 | 37,500 |
| Lucas Dasilva | 37,300 | 37,300 |
| Brian Ganon | 37,100 | 37,100 |
| Greg Merson | 36,800 | -3,200 |
| Robert Young | 36,700 | 1,700 |
| Brian Ullmann | 36,500 | 36,500 |
| Thai Yong Wong | 35,800 | 2,200 |
| David Brehme | 35,600 | 35,600 |
| Cedric Schumacher | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Eric Tarr | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Steven Merwin | 35,400 | 35,400 |
| Ram Venkatachalam | 35,300 | 35,300 |
| Danielle McCauley | 35,200 | 35,200 |
| Matias Gabrenja | 35,200 | 35,200 |
| Jeremiah Plager | 35,100 | 35,100 |
| Lala Domenico | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Adam Adler | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Alexandre Vuilleumier | 35,000 | -10,000 |
| Sungjin Han | 34,900 | 34,900 |
| John Woods | 34,900 | -36,100 |
| Royce Butler | 34,700 | 34,700 |
| James Naisbit | 34,600 | 34,600 |
| Nikita Kalinin | 34,500 | -70,500 |
| Wayne Nicholsen | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| Lowell Kim | 34,400 | 34,400 |
| Luis Dorneles | 34,200 | 34,200 |
| Clement Richez | 34,000 | 9,000 |
| Garth Thompson | 33,900 | 33,900 |
| Dong Pei | 33,700 | 33,700 |
| Florian Roski | 33,600 | 33,600 |
| Adekunle Olonoh | 33,600 | 33,600 |
| Asako Kitamura | 33,000 | 33,000 |
| Cesar Sanchez Dspinoza | 32,800 | 32,800 |
| Michael Everts | 32,800 | -35,300 |
| Mathieu Choffardet | 32,000 | -2,000 |
| Jim Bechtel | 31,300 | 10,300 |
| Joseph Dante Reyes | 31,200 | 31,200 |
| Nicholas Bond | 31,000 | 31,000 |
| Alessandro Pichierri | 30,500 | 5,500 |
| Norman Murray | 30,400 | 30,400 |
| Cliff Maloney | 30,200 | 30,200 |
| John Junker | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Brandon King | 29,900 | 900 |
| Benjamin Rude | 29,700 | 29,700 |
| Albert Dietz | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| Vlastimil Pustina | 29,300 | 29,300 |
| Michael Marsh | 29,200 | 29,200 |
| Cleveland Richards | 28,600 | 28,600 |
| Robert Brobyn | 28,300 | 28,300 |
| David Brashier | 28,200 | 28,200 |
| Facundo Trigueiro | 28,100 | 28,100 |
| Michael Lang | 28,100 | 28,100 |
| Todd Klein | 27,600 | 0 |
| Ryan Ostrove | 27,200 | 27,200 |
| Yosef Kamil | 27,200 | -28,800 |
| Fernando Ribeiro | 26,300 | -21,700 |
| Jeffery Esterling | 25,200 | 25,200 |
| Junhao Wu | 23,800 | 23,800 |
| Huawei Sun | 23,500 | 23,500 |
| Besmir Hodaj | 23,000 | 23,000 |
| George Tatalovich | 22,800 | 22,800 |
| Eric Cloutier | 22,500 | -2,600 |
| Ronald McGinnity | 22,300 | 22,300 |
| Roger McDow | 22,200 | 22,200 |
| James James | 21,000 | 21,000 |
| Joseph Gallagher | 20,300 | 20,300 |
| Straton Wilhelm | 20,200 | 20,200 |
| Christopher MacFarland | 20,100 | -19,900 |
| Francisco Neto | 19,800 | 19,800 |
| Alexander Ziskin | 19,300 | 19,300 |
| Linh Le | 18,800 | 18,800 |
| Diego Cassano | 18,600 | -21,400 |
| Ronald Rother | 18,100 | 18,100 |
| Troy Gabaldon | 17,300 | -19,700 |
| Carl Nielsen | 17,000 | 17,000 |
| Alvaro Vasquez | 16,900 | -72,100 |
| Chad Holloway | 16,900 | -9,300 |
| Dustin An | 16,700 | 16,700 |
| Jean Moussa | 16,500 | 16,500 |
| Christopher Herrin | 15,900 | 15,900 |
| Todd Lewis | 15,800 | 15,800 |
| Meir Avigal | 15,700 | -58,300 |
| Faraz Jaka | 15,500 | -44,500 |
| Vasile Gavrilov | 14,800 | -55,200 |
| William Anderson | 14,500 | -45,500 |
| Bryce Hutchings | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| Mirfarhang Fazeli | 13,800 | -1,200 |
| Amin Hosein | 13,700 | 13,700 |
| Michel Karim | 13,300 | 13,300 |
| Jae Lim | 11,800 | -166,200 |
| Farah Galfond | 11,000 | -9,000 |
| Adrian Boonc Chua | 9,400 | 9,400 |
| Richard Robles | 9,400 | -4,600 |
| Tyler Gaines | 7,400 | -41,600 |
| Beqir Salihu | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Jae Song | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Generoso Barbieri | 1 | 1 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:25 AM Local Time
Play Done For the Day
Players in the field are now bagging and tagging for the evening.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1.
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:22 AM Local Time
Najor Ends the Night With a Big Shove
Heads-up on a board of , Dillon Najor bet 18,000 from the small blind and an opponent under the gun called.
The river was the and Najor moved all in, having his opponent's last 50,000 covered. "Kings are good," the under-the-gun player said as he mucked.
"That's not a one pair kind of move," a tablemate said as Najor took down one of the last pots of the night.
| Dillon Najor | 160,000 | 160,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:13 AM Local Time
Mahmood Flops Top Two
Action went four-ways to a flop of with 7,000 in the middle. It checked around to Ayaz Mahmood in the cutoff, who bet 3,500 and only the player in the big blind called.
The turn landed the and the big blind check-called a bet of 8,500 from Mahmood.
The river brought the and the big blind check-called once more, this time for 19,800.
Mahmood tabled for the winner, dragging in a sizable pot.
| Ayaz Mahmood | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:10 AM Local Time
Chang Chips up
Nevan Chang opened to 1,400 from the hijack and was called by Angela Jordison in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
Action checked through on the flop and Jordison checked again on the turn. The big blind bet 3,000 and only Chang called.
The completed the board and the big blind checked to Chang, who fired 7,500 into the middle.
Chang's opponent wanted no part of it and quickly folded — conceding the pot to Chang.
| Angela Jordison | 115,000 | 14,800 |
| Nevan Chang | 110,000 | -14,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:09 AM Local Time
Paniak Bets Gabay at Showdown
Haim Gabay raised from the hijack, Jonathan Jaffe called on the button, as did Maksim Paniak, in the big blind.
The flop checked through to the on the turn. Paniak checked again and Gabay bet 2,000. Jaffe folded and Paniak made the call.
The river checked to a showdown. Paniak tabled having gone runner-runner to make the nut flush, while Gabay mucked face up.
| Haim Gabay | 106,000 | 11,000 |
| Maksim Paniak | 55,000 | -120,000 |
| Jonathan Jaffe | 27,000 | -55,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:08 AM Local Time
Guillette Folds Out Bromfman
With two players seeing a board of and about 10,000 in the middle Pedro Bromfman checked in middle position and Jean-Kristophe Guillette bet 3,000. Bromfman made the call.
Guillette bet again for 6,500 when checked to on the turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from Bromfman.
| Pedro Bromfman | 231,100 | 600 |
| Jean-Kristophe Guillette | 103,000 | 103,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:02 AM Local Time
Wong's Aces Send Opponent Packing
Jonathan Wong limped in from the small blind before the big blind raised to 3,500. Wong three-bet to 10,800 and his opponent called.
Wong continued for 7,000 on before the big blind moved all in for 35,000. Wong quickly called and had his opponent in rough shape.
Big Blind:
Jonathan Wong:
The turn rolled off before the river hit the felt, securing the knockout for Wong.
| Jonathan Wong (NY) | 242,000 | 66,600 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:56 PM Local Time
Clock Expires on Terebelo
The board read . Joshua Terebelo was deep in the tank. The pot had about 8,500 in it. From the button, Ian Simpson had placed a 25,000 chip out for a bet that was making for some serious consternation for Terebelo.
He encouraged the table to call the clock on him, and when a tablemate finally did he protested the amount of time he said he had been given but the floor came over to count it down and when the countdown hit zero the hand was dead and Simpson took the pot.
| Ian Simpson | 64,000 | -4,000 |
| Joshua Terebelo | 51,000 | -14,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:53 PM Local Time
Velthuis Gets More Value
Mathieu Choffardet raised to 1,400 from under the gun, Bob Velthuis three-bet to 5,000 from the hijack and Choffardet called.
The flop saw Choffardet check-call a bet of 3,000 from Velthuis.
The turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Velthuis sized up to 4,000.
The river prompted a check from Choffardet. Velthuis bet again for 4,000 and Choffardet eventually made the call. Velthuis tabled for a full house, winning him another pot.
| Bob Velthuis | 132,000 | -23,000 |
| Mathieu Choffardet | 34,000 | -24,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:53 PM Local Time
Tsai Knocks Out Bitton
Roy Bitton opened to 1,200 from the button and Andy Tsai three-bet to 4,000 from the big blind. Bitton made the call.
The flop came . Tsai bet 5,200, Bitton shoved for 35,100 and Tsai, who had Bitton slightly covered, made the call.
Roy Bitton:
Andy Tsai:
Bitton had a flush draw and a gutshot but was in bad shape against Tsai who had the nut-flush draw. Tsai made second pair on the turn leaving Bitton drawing only to a non-diamond five. The river was a brick and Bitton was sent to the rail while Tsai collected nearly a full double up.
Elsewhere in the tournament area Upeshka De Silva was recently eliminated.
| Andy Tsai | 80,000 | 10,000 |
| Roy Bitton | 0 | -32,500 |
| Upeshka De Silva | 0 | -13,100 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:51 PM Local Time
Dimartino's River Bet Gets Through
Todd Dimartino opened the action with a raise to 1,500 from under the gun. Early position called before the hijack three-bet to 7,500. Both Dimartino and early position called.
Action checked through on before Dimartino led for 5,000 on the turn. Only the hijack called.
Dimartino bet 5,000 once more on the river but the hijack mucked his cards.
| Todd DiMartino | 94,500 | -11,700 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:50 PM Local Time
Cervantes Scores a Late-Night Bustout
A player in middle position three-bet to 3,500 as action folded back to Rudy Cervantes, who moved all in from early position. "Alright, let's do this," the middle-position player said as he called for around 20,000.
All-In Player:
Rudy Cervantes:
Cervantes had his opponent dominated as the flop came . The rest of the board ran out and Cervantes took the pot with his king-kicker to send his opponent to the rail.
| Rudy Cervantes | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:50 PM Local Time
Howard Gets Paid
Nick Howard was heads-up from middle position against a lone opponent in the small blind on a completed board of with a sizable pot already brewing.
The small blind checked and Howard fired 20,000 into the middle, sending his opponent deep into the tank.
He eventually decided to look Howard up with a call and Howard tabled for top two pair. Howard's opponent couldn't beat it and mucked — awarding the pot to Howard.
| Nick Howard | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:45 PM Local Time
Chufarin Raises Mizrachi
On a flop of , Michael Mizrachi bet 3,000 from the button into a pot of about 8,000. From the hijack, Denys Chufarin raised it up to 8,000. Mizrachi folded after just a few moments.
| Denys Chufarin | 160,000 | 22,000 |
| Michael Mizrachi | 77,000 | -18,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:41 PM Local Time
Lofberg Six-Bets Preflop
A player in early position raised to 1,200, Qi Chi three-bet to 4,000 from the cutoff and Simon Lofberg cold four-bet to 12,500, from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Chi put in a five-bet to 23,200.
Lofberg thought for some time before six-betting to 37,500. Chi tanked for a considerable amount of time before making the call.
The flop saw Lofberg move all in for approximately 74,000. Chi was forced to fold.
| Simon Lofberg | 155,000 | 50,800 |
| Qi Chi | 50,000 | -42,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:40 PM Local Time
Mizrachi Shoves the River
Michael Mizrachi was heads-up from the small blind against a lone opponent under the gun on a completed board of with several thousand already in the middle.
Mizrachi's opponent already had a bet of 8,000 in front of him, and Mizrachi shoved for approximately 80,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in.
"You bluff me, I bluff you," Mizrachi said.
Mizrachi's opponent tanked for several minutes before laying his hand down. Mizrachi said he could pick one card to see. His opponent selected a card, but Mizrachi showed the other card, which was a , as he collected the pot.
| Michael Mizrachi | 95,000 | 47,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:40 PM Local Time
Miller Flops Two Pair
Jeff Borris limped under the gun, the player in the hijack raised to 1,500, the big blind called and Borris came along for the ride.
The flop rolled out , Miller and Borris both checked, and the hijack bet 3,500. Miller raised to 7,500, Borris got out of the way, and the hijack called.
On the turn, Miller led out for 6,400 and the hijack made the call. The river brought the and Miller bet once more, this time for 10,000.
The hijack flicked in the call and showed for a pair of tens, falling to the of Miller, who had two pair, sixes and eights.
| Travis Miller | 143,200 | 143,200 |
| Jeff Borris | 65,700 | -1,500 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:33 PM Local Time
Maguire Rivers Yu
There was a lot of preflop action unfolding as Clayton Maguire had placed 15,000 for what appeared to be a four-bet from under the gun. Lei Yu then five-bet jammed for 59,400 from early positon, to make Maguire think it out. Eventually he called.
Lei Yu:
Clayton Maguire:
It was a big flip for a pot of over 100,000. The flop came . The turn was a clean , but the river was not so clean as the came off to bust Yu and give Maguire a stack of over 200,000
| Clayton Maguire | 215,000 | 142,000 |
| Lei Yu | 0 | -70,000 |