Friday, July 5, 2024 1:32 AM Local Time
George Dolofan Bags Biggest,
Erik Seidel Off to Great Start on Day 1b of Main Event
Play on Day 1b of the 2024 World Series of Poker Main Event at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has drawn to a close after five two-hour long levels. From the time 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer did the honors by announcing the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal!" to the last hand of the day shortly after midnight, roughly 830 hopefuls ponied up a cool $10,000 to begin a journey they all hope will end with victory and a place in the annals of poker history.
By the end of the night, 616 had kept that dream alive with a bag of chips and a seat to return to on Day 2abc. Of those who entered the fray, Poker Hall of Famer and 1988 Main Event runner-up Erik Seidel put himself in a strong position heading into the second day by accumulating 183,600 in chips. Seidel benefited from a late surge that saw him crack his opponent's aces with a flopped set of kings to score a knockout and a large pot.
Erik Seidel
"This was a very good Day 1 for me. To triple up is great," said Seidel as he bagged his chips, adding that it is "very easy to go bust, so it's nice to be alive and have some chips." Although he admitted making one mistake, Seidel noted that his "tables were very good" and that he was still "fairly happy" with his level of play.
Seidel is already one of the all-time greats, and perhaps his indisputable level of success has allowed him to approach the tournament with some levity. "You buy a lottery ticket, you hope to beat some ridiculous odds. I don't take this tournament too seriously. If you get on a nice run, great!"
Although fellow Hall of Famer Phil Ivey won his eleventh bracelet a couple of weeks ago to move clear of Seidel on the all-time leaderboard, that fact seems to be of little concern to "Seiborg."
"I just love to play. I'm not really that focused on bracelets. They're nice when they come, but it's not my prime motivation. I'm just trying to do well."
George Dolofan was likely the entrant most pleased with their work today after he spun his starting stack up to a mammoth 314,000. Matthew Sabia was another player with a bag stack at the end of the night, having amassed 297,400. Neither of those two have cracked seven figures in live earnings, but a deep run in this event could very well change that.
End of Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | George Dolofan | United States | 314,000 | 393 |
| 2 | Matthew Sabia | United States | 297,400 | 372 |
| 3 | Patrick Hagenlocher | United States | 270,300 | 338 |
| 4 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 268,300 | 335 |
| 5 | Aaron Werner | United States | 246,900 | 309 |
| 6 | Junfeng Wang | Australia | 223,300 | 279 |
| 7 | Frode Alfredsen | Norway | 221,200 | 277 |
| 8 | Nicolaas Thielman | United States | 217,300 | 272 |
| 9 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 215,400 | 269 |
| 10 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 214,900 | 269 |
Other players who managed to navigate their way through the day to end with an above-average stack include Patrick Hagenlocher (270,300), Vladas Tamasauskas (268,300) and Aaron Werner (246,900). Werner took down a large pot during the last level with a raise on the river to propel his stack over the 200,000 mark.
As one would expect, many notables were present in the field. Some found a bag, including high stakes crusher Artur Martirosian (166,300), 2019 Main Event champion Hossein Ensan (166,000) and four-time bracelet winner Ben Yu (125,600). British online phenom Patrick Leonard also survived, but will have his work cut out for him on Day 2 as he returns with just 18,800.
Josh Arieh
Others were less fortunate, falling at the first hurdle to see their hopes dashed far earlier than they would have liked. The 2021 WSOP Player of the Year, Josh Arieh, was one such individual after he dwindled down to bust before the dinner break. The aforementioned Raymer, who knocked out Arieh in third place en route to his main event victory twenty years ago, lasted a little longer, but all in vain as he ran his jacks into aces late in the day to hit the rail.
What neither of these players suffered, however, is the fate that befell Tony Guglietti, namely busting on the very first hand of play. Guglietti ran his straight into the nut flush of John Gutierrez to send him packing mere minutes after taking his seat. While one could reasonably debate the level of misfortune involved compared to the merits of his play, what is certain is that Guglietti will have been left with a bitter taste in his mouth as he joined two others from Day 1a in a club no one wants to be a member of.
Anyone fortunate enough to have survived the day will return Sunday, July 7, at noon local time, when they will be joined by the survivors of days 1a and 1c to play another five levels. Late registration remains open for two more levels on Day 2, so while initial numbers are down from 2023, there is still hope of getting close to or even surpassing that record-breaking field.
Coverage of the 2024 Main Event continues tomorrow at 12 p.m. PDT with the PokerNews live reporting team on hand to catch the action from Day 1c. Stay tuned for all the excitement, as the poker event of the year has only just begun!
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:40 AM Local Time
Official End of Day 1b Chip Counts
| George Dolofan | 314,000 | 64,000  |
| Matthew Sabia | 297,400 | 297,400 |
| Patrick Hagenlocher | 270,300 | 154,500 |
| Vladas Tamasauskas | 268,300 | 95,900 |
| Aaron Werner | 246,900 | 46,900 |
| Junfeng Wang | 223,300 | 96,900 |
| Frode Alfredsen | 221,200 | 131,000 |
| Nicolaas Thielman | 217,300 | 217,300 |
| Florian Ribouchon | 215,400 | -4,600  |
| Daniel Neilson | 214,900 | 62,400 |
| BJ McBrayer | 204,100 | 204,100 |
| Adrian Garcia Glipienso | 199,000 | 199,000 |
| Russel Tash | 198,000 | 198,000 |
| James McCarty | 198,000 | 198,000 |
| Christopher Anderson | 197,100 | 197,100 |
| Joris Ruijs | 196,800 | -23,200 |
| Mauro Ferreira | 192,700 | -9,700 |
| Scott Drobes | 191,800 | -13,200 |
| Mario Hudson | 190,700 | 190,700 |
| Niko Koop | 190,300 | 190,300 |
| Curtis Kowalk | 189,300 | 77,300 |
| Aaron Speer | 188,001 | 20,701 |
| Ulises Roman | 186,400 | 186,400 |
| Erik Seidel | 183,600 | -27,800 |
| Philip Wiszowaty | 181,700 | 0 |
| Nicholas Marchington | 181,600 | 51,600 |
| Lawrence Whyte | 175,100 | 175,100 |
| Gabi Livshitz | 175,000 | 44,000 |
| Aleksei Donets | 174,300 | 174,300 |
| Ramon Kropmanns | 173,600 | 15,600 |
| Jose Rodriguez | 171,400 | 6,400 |
| Aliaksei Boika | 171,200 | 171,200 |
| Mathieu Di Meglio | 170,000 | 170,000 |
| Aaron Johnson (MN) | 168,800 | 51,800 |
| Johan Belhassen | 168,500 | 168,500 |
| Eric Bunch | 168,100 | 36,100 |
| Sergio De Lisboa | 167,500 | 167,500 |
| Yiannis Liperis | 166,800 | 166,800 |
| Artur Martirosian | 166,300 | 11,300 |
| Hossein Ensan | 166,000 | -36,500 |
| Amit Benyacov | 164,900 | 8,900 |
| Katsuki Yamshita | 163,800 | 163,800 |
| Ami Nisim | 161,000 | 161,000 |
| Joshua Palmer | 159,300 | 159,300 |
| Chris Grossi | 157,400 | 157,400 |
| Daniel Lakerveld | 155,000 | 155,000 |
| Monica Vaka | 154,900 | 59,900 |
| Dan Shak | 153,500 | 16,500 |
| Brian Frasca | 153,100 | 153,100 |
| Iwan Jones | 151,500 | 151,500 |
| Tara Dunn | 150,300 | 31,900 |
| Mauricio Salazar | 150,300 | 150,300 |
| Max Broens | 150,000 | -7,000 |
| Christopher Vanpelt | 149,400 | 149,400 |
| Chunkuen Lam | 146,400 | 63,900 |
| Asaf Ben Shushan | 146,000 | 146,000 |
| Michael Pettinella | 145,400 | 0 |
| Derek Nold | 145,200 | 145,200 |
| Or Nezer | 145,200 | 145,200 |
| David "Bakes" Baker | 145,200 | 30,200 |
| Susan Faber | 145,000 | 38,700 |
| Viktor Jensen | 144,100 | 144,100 |
| Dicky Tsang | 143,700 | 23,700 |
| Tyler Cornell | 143,000 | 143,000 |
| Ryoh Hasegawa | 142,400 | 142,400 |
| Elan Schlesinger | 141,500 | 141,500 |
| Tristan Bain | 141,400 | 141,400 |
| Xiaoqiang Yuan | 141,200 | 141,200 |
| Robert Samuels | 140,000 | -17,300 |
| Dean Murphy | 140,000 | 140,000 |
| Ryan Speak | 139,500 | 139,500 |
| Chun Li | 139,200 | 139,200 |
| Manny Olszynko | 139,000 | 139,000 |
| John Reading | 138,800 | 138,800 |
| Eric Welch | 138,100 | 6,300 |
| Amir Abtahi | 137,600 | 137,600 |
| Stefan Dimitrov | 137,000 | 137,000 |
| Michael Stembera | 136,400 | 136,400 |
| Xixiang Luo | 135,500 | -13,800 |
| Tomer Daniel | 135,200 | 135,200 |
| Carlos Sanchez Diaz | 134,200 | 134,200 |
| Jiumiao Qian | 132,900 | 132,900 |
| Aloisio Dourado | 132,000 | 132,000 |
| Christopher Parker | 131,900 | 131,900 |
| Arnaud Mattern | 131,900 | 66,900 |
| Chuanshu Chen | 130,800 | 38,300 |
| Johannes Lehner | 130,300 | 130,300 |
| Florian Pesce | 130,200 | 130,200 |
| Brett Richey | 129,000 | 129,000 |
| Jon Swift | 128,900 | 128,900 |
| David Sheinin | 128,700 | 30,700 |
| Yulian Bogdanov | 127,700 | -7,300 |
| Victor Li | 127,500 | 127,500 |
| Stanislav Urodlivchenko | 127,000 | 127,000 |
| Kurtis Tinfow | 126,900 | 126,900 |
| Christopher Putz | 126,600 | 126,600 |
| Fu Wong | 126,000 | 126,000 |
| Denzel Spekman | 125,900 | 125,900 |
| Ben Yu | 125,600 | -4,400 |
| Marc Wolpert | 125,300 | 16,300 |
| Jorge Rios | 125,100 | 125,100 |
| Samuel Bifarella | 125,000 | -5,400 |
| Juan Navarro | 124,200 | -73,800 |
| Nam Le | 124,100 | 124,100 |
| Enrique Leigue | 123,800 | 123,800 |
| Jose Ancochea | 123,500 | 123,500 |
| Urs Blunier | 123,500 | 83,500 |
| Luke Martinelli | 123,100 | -77,400 |
| Serhii Popovych | 123,100 | 123,100 |
| Shalev Halfa | 122,800 | 122,800 |
| Jose Nadal | 122,400 | 15,400 |
| Brian Kim | 122,200 | 200 |
| Andra Zachow | 122,000 | 0 |
| Manuel Machado | 122,000 | 122,000 |
| Christian Baldock | 121,300 | 121,300 |
| Colten Yamagishi | 120,400 | -25,100 |
| Toby Price | 119,300 | 59,500 |
| John Duthie | 119,300 | 49,300 |
| David Watson | 119,200 | 119,200 |
| David Carvell | 119,200 | 119,200 |
| Chong Cheng | 119,100 | 119,100 |
| Borislav Bershadskiy | 119,100 | 119,100 |
| Damien Labaune | 119,000 | 119,000 |
| Eduard Burd | 118,800 | -13,200 |
| Gil Dezertzov | 117,200 | 117,200 |
| Iaron Lightbourne | 117,000 | -19,700 |
| Hiroyuki Noda | 116,900 | 116,900 |
| Christopher Payne | 116,900 | 116,900 |
| Jerry Huff | 116,800 | 11,700 |
| Jay Helfert | 116,700 | 116,700 |
| Kristopher Duren | 116,200 | 116,200 |
| Mario Navarro | 115,300 | 115,300 |
| Ilan Cohen | 114,400 | 114,400 |
| Niklas Astedt | 114,000 | 11,000 |
| Tomoki Matsuda | 113,900 | 18,900 |
| Lukas Pazma | 113,700 | 113,700 |
| Neal Liptak | 113,500 | 113,500 |
| Steven Nichols | 112,300 | 112,300 |
| Scott Castelluccio | 112,300 | 112,300 |
| Kevin Andriamahefa | 112,100 | 112,100 |
| Robert Elliott | 112,000 | 112,000 |
| Marc Fischer | 111,600 | 111,600 |
| Roman Maltsev | 111,400 | 111,400 |
| Samuel Gorelik | 111,200 | 111,200 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | 111,000 | 111,000 |
| Kevin Theodore | 110,800 | 110,800 |
| David Fhima | 110,300 | 110,300 |
| Justin Chalfant | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Adam Wessley | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Ramiro Petrone | 110,000 | 43,800 |
| Fabio Colonese | 109,900 | 109,900 |
| Gabriel Penescu | 109,800 | 19,800 |
| Joe Fujitsuka | 108,200 | 108,200 |
| Dennis Kraus | 107,700 | 23,300 |
| Andre Berlanda | 107,200 | 2,200 |
| Roger Campbell | 107,200 | 68,400 |
| Nir Levy | 107,000 | 107,000 |
| Koveh Waysei | 107,000 | -9,000 |
| Alejandro Guerrero | 106,500 | 8,300 |
| Michael Wilklow | 106,400 | 106,400 |
| Chunhui Ji | 106,300 | 106,300 |
| Robin Jofre | 106,200 | 16,200 |
| Ricardo Ferreira | 106,000 | 106,000 |
| Toby Lewis | 106,000 | 44,000 |
| Mitchell Scholefield | 105,600 | 105,600 |
| Erling Gresv Olsen | 105,100 | 105,100 |
| Kevin Waldie | 104,500 | 104,500 |
| Yossi Eluz | 104,300 | 104,300 |
| Valeriano Toledano Moreno | 104,100 | 24,100 |
| Francis Cruz | 104,000 | 104,000 |
| Conor Caughey | 103,800 | 103,800 |
| Ralph Wong | 103,500 | 103,500 |
| Griffin Casey | 103,380 | 103,380 |
| Timothy Capretta | 103,200 | 103,200 |
| Sean Marshall | 103,000 | 37,000 |
| Zachary Smiley | 102,800 | 102,800 |
| Harold Evans | 102,700 | 102,700 |
| Nick Grippo | 102,400 | 48,000 |
| Alan Carr | 102,000 | 102,000 |
| Hiroki Nawa | 102,000 | 102,000 |
| Robert Patterson | 101,900 | 101,900 |
| Ran Koller | 101,800 | 16,800 |
| Parrish Paoner | 101,300 | 101,300 |
| Deniz Dogan | 101,200 | 101,200 |
| Kenneth Lee | 100,900 | 100,900 |
| Manuel Drmic | 100,800 | -9,200 |
| Wesley Cannon | 99,800 | 99,800 |
| Avraham Azulay | 99,700 | 99,700 |
| Vitaliy Kim | 99,300 | 99,300 |
| Joshua Adcock | 98,700 | 9,300 |
| DID NOT REPORT 8 | 98,500 | 98,500 |
| Aaron Barone | 97,900 | 17,900 |
| Alexander Stone | 97,700 | 97,700 |
| Victoria Livschitz | 97,300 | 5,700 |
| Max Pescatori | 97,300 | 0 |
| Isaac Settle | 96,800 | 96,800 |
| Glenn Difurio | 96,600 | 9,600 |
| Jeffrey Mahoney | 96,400 | 96,400 |
| Jeffrey Muncy | 95,900 | 65,900 |
| Andy Black | 95,300 | -20,200 |
| Alan Percal | 95,200 | 95,200 |
| Abraham Tannous | 94,900 | 32,900 |
| Bastian Strickling | 94,800 | 43,800 |
| Alexander Ravich | 94,600 | 19,600 |
| Timo Trems | 94,500 | 94,500 |
| Koray Aldemir | 94,300 | 18,300 |
| Gabriel Cansino | 94,300 | 94,300 |
| Hongru Zhang | 94,300 | 94,300 |
| Bruno Lopes | 94,200 | -15,800 |
| Aaron Valencia | 93,300 | 93,300 |
| Michael Wasserman | 92,700 | 92,700 |
| Masafumi Fukata | 92,500 | 47,500 |
| Ronald West | 92,500 | 92,500 |
| Edouard Mignot | 92,400 | 92,400 |
| Eric O'Connell | 92,100 | |
| Daniele Primerano | 92,100 | 92,100 |
| Chengtzu Lai | 91,700 | 91,700 |
| Ehud Ben Zvi | 91,200 | 91,200 |
| Leonardo Pfeiff | 91,000 | 91,000 |
| Justin Anderson | 90,500 | 90,500 |
| Maximilian Bracht | 90,400 | 12,400 |
| Pascal Pflock | 90,400 | 90,400 |
| Thien Nguyen | 90,200 | 90,200 |
| Hen Rosilio | 89,800 | 89,800 |
| Joseph Rushton | 89,500 | 89,500 |
| Kyle Ho | 89,500 | 89,500 |
| Daniel Ferketa | 89,500 | 89,500 |
| Andre Akkari | 89,100 | -1,200 |
| Stuart Rutter | 88,900 | 38,900 |
| Harry Lodge | 88,800 | 20,800 |
| David Ritter | 88,500 | 20,500 |
| Yi Klassen | 88,400 | 31,400 |
| Aditya Prasetyo | 88,400 | 88,400 |
| Glyn Griffis | 88,100 | 88,100 |
| Natalie Younan | 88,100 | 88,100 |
| Rod Roe | 88,100 | 88,100 |
| Jane Hitchcock | 88,000 | 63,000 |
| Snjezana Milisa | 87,900 | 2,900 |
| Chao Li | 87,500 | 87,500 |
| Alex Fitzgerald | 87,200 | 87,200 |
| Naor Cohen | 87,100 | 87,100 |
| Vivian Saliba | 87,100 | 3,800 |
| Kinesh Pather | 87,000 | 33,800 |
| Michel Leibgorin | 86,800 | -7,600 |
| Stephen Ma | 86,500 | 86,500 |
| Bryan Allen | 86,100 | 86,100 |
| Danny Hamill | 86,100 | 86,100 |
| David Cover | 85,900 | 85,900 |
| My Nguyen | 85,900 | 4,400 |
| Edward Dowland | 85,500 | 85,500 |
| John Jolly | 85,500 | 9,000 |
| Cesar Garcia | 84,800 | 84,800 |
| Timo Kamphues | 84,200 | 84,200 |
| Sean Ragozzini | 84,200 | 84,200 |
| Jeremey Grayson | 84,000 | 84,000 |
| Jimmy D'Ambrosio | 83,500 | -32,700 |
| Ori Hasson | 83,400 | 2,400 |
| Dan Spear | 83,400 | 0 |
| Robert Cameron | 82,900 | 16,100 |
| Karol Masarovic | 82,900 | 82,900 |
| Teddy Tuil | 82,800 | 49,800 |
| Wade Wutke | 82,000 | 82,000 |
| Michael Reardon | 81,600 | 81,600 |
| Chen Guangcheng | 81,200 | -13,800 |
| DID NOT REPORT 7 | 81,200 | 81,200 |
| Tsz Shing | 81,000 | 81,000 |
| Rolands Norietis | 80,900 | 6,200 |
| Eliran Argelazi | 80,900 | -4,100 |
| Hendrik Tabak | 80,700 | 80,700 |
| Michael Hanelin | 80,600 | -7,400 |
| Jean Ruche | 80,400 | 32,400 |
| Gregory Fournier | 80,300 | -700 |
| Diane Cooley | 80,200 | 29,200 |
| Fudong Li | 80,200 | 34,700 |
| Thomas Lippard | 80,100 | 80,100 |
| Roland Schweinstetter | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Jonathan Schwartz | 79,800 | -200 |
| Hugues Girard | 79,400 | 79,400 |
| Brian Tougias | 79,400 | 79,400 |
| Feizal Satchu | 79,200 | 79,200 |
| Thomas Sheehan | 79,000 | 79,000 |
| Fravy Collazo | 78,500 | 78,500 |
| Laura Hoppe | 78,500 | 78,500 |
| Matt Vengrin | 78,400 | 41,400 |
| Adi Abugazal | 78,000 | 78,000 |
| Candice Schultz | 78,000 | -47,400 |
| Sho Katsura | 77,800 | -2,700 |
| Joel Mack | 77,500 | 77,500 |
| Ezra Abugazal | 77,000 | 77,000 |
| Anthony Marsico | 76,900 | 76,900 |
| Rainer Kempe | 76,200 | 76,200 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 76,200 | 10,700 |
| Raffael Brum | 75,900 | 75,900 |
| Ryan Brown | 75,700 | 75,700 |
| Peter Mastrocinque | 75,600 | 75,600 |
| Charles Combes | 75,600 | 75,600 |
| Daniel Hameiri | 75,600 | 75,600 |
| Yaniv Shushan | 75,500 | -12,500 |
| Michael Kjaerulff | 75,400 | 75,400 |
| Ryuta Ichinose | 75,300 | 75,300 |
| Lucas Blanco | 75,300 | 75,300 |
| Roberto Perez | 74,900 | 19,900 |
| Mauro Scala | 74,400 | 10,900 |
| Luis Faria | 74,300 | 74,300 |
| Seth Davies | 73,900 | 10,900 |
| Joseph Casella | 73,600 | 73,600 |
| Illia Korobkin | 72,900 | 72,900 |
| Michael Cano | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| William Clifford | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| John Quinlan | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| Matt Livingston | 72,700 | 72,700 |
| Frederick Kennedy | 72,600 | 72,600 |
| Alan Dworetsky | 72,600 | 72,600 |
| Samuel Gillis | 72,000 | 72,000 |
| Arthur Souza De Campos | 71,500 | 71,500 |
| Satoshi Isomae | 71,300 | 71,300 |
| Patrick Curran | 71,300 | 1,200 |
| Takehiko Nakajima | 71,100 | -10,300 |
| Davide Pedretti | 70,600 | 70,600 |
| Thiago Camilo | 70,600 | 70,600 |
| Godson Wright | 70,300 | 70,300 |
| Mark Sandness | 70,300 | 70,300 |
| Gaetan Balleur | 70,100 | 70,100 |
| Michael Dwyer | 69,500 | -8,900 |
| Conor Bergin | 69,500 | 69,500 |
| Sam Yue | 69,300 | 69,300 |
| Qinghai Pan | 69,300 | 69,300 |
| Radoslav Stoyanov | 69,000 | -7,200 |
| Michael Marder | 69,000 | 10,500 |
| Edward Ludwig | 69,000 | 69,000 |
| Hossien Taki | 68,900 | -100 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 68,900 | 10,400 |
| Malcolm Cheek | 68,700 | 68,700 |
| Casey Reed | 68,700 | 68,700 |
| David Feichter | 68,400 | -59,300 |
| Justin Ouimette | 68,300 | 68,300 |
| Michael Perrone | 68,200 | 68,200 |
| James Jeffrey | 68,100 | 68,100 |
| Tony Cousineau | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| Dana Prasatik | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| Shigeho Yoshioka | 67,900 | 67,900 |
| Evan Paushter | 67,500 | 67,500 |
| Katherine Moshman | 67,100 | 67,100 |
| Lymor Nahshon Davidson | 66,800 | 66,800 |
| Romain Lewis | 66,600 | -11,400 |
| Thomas Kiene | 66,300 | 22,000 |
| Carlos Gomez | 66,200 | 66,200 |
| Nariman Yaghmai | 66,000 | 66,000 |
| Shahar Levi | 65,900 | -11,100 |
| Michael Faterkowski | 65,800 | 65,800 |
| Femi Fashakin | 65,800 | 65,800 |
| Aristide Carozza | 65,800 | 10,500 |
| Tai Du | 65,300 | 65,300 |
| Kamal Bittar | 65,200 | 65,200 |
| Paul Serratecortes | 65,100 | 65,100 |
| DID NOT REPORT 5 | 65,100 | 65,100 |
| Adam Green | 64,700 | -30,300 |
| Peter Sanneblad | 64,300 | -21,200 |
| Clément Michaud | 64,200 | 14,000 |
| Troy Mclean | 64,000 | 64,000 |
| Jordan Glazer | 63,900 | 63,900 |
| Dieferson Angeli Montrezol | 63,800 | 63,800 |
| Terje Alvseike | 63,500 | 63,500 |
| Thomas Bell | 63,000 | 63,000 |
| Nathan Proctor | 62,900 | 62,900 |
| Ati Khatri | 62,600 | 62,600 |
| Gerald Cohen | 62,500 | 62,500 |
| Linn Shoesmith | 61,800 | 61,800 |
| Mike Gao | 61,800 | 61,800 |
| Damien Cluzel | 61,600 | 61,600 |
| Vlastimil Stastny | 61,300 | 61,300 |
| Tauan Naves | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Baruch Adams | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Masaki Nakamura | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Jason Hill | 61,200 | 61,200 |
| Tom Kunze | 61,000 | 61,000 |
| Joseph Hartman | 60,900 | 60,900 |
| Corey Harrison | 60,700 | 60,700 |
| Wenguo Lin | 60,600 | 60,600 |
| Carlos Alvarado | 60,500 | -88,500 |
| Renan Bruschi | 60,300 | 60,300 |
| Gianfranco Pallaoro | 59,700 | 59,700 |
| David Touchton | 59,100 | 59,100 |
| Predrag Crnogorac | 58,800 | 58,800 |
| Dylan Cechowski | 58,700 | -31,300 |
| Daniel Heller | 58,500 | 58,500 |
| Jimmy Channell | 58,200 | 58,200 |
| Rittie Chuaprasert | 57,900 | -22,100 |
| Kim Schinco | 57,800 | 57,800 |
| Tomonari Miyazaki | 57,800 | -22,200 |
| John Gutierrez | 57,300 | -2,000 |
| Dmitrii Babanov | 57,200 | 57,200 |
| Kurtis Ruhl | 57,200 | 57,200 |
| Alexander Kristoff | 57,100 | 0 |
| Leonardo Lisi | 57,000 | 57,000 |
| Luigi Esposito | 56,900 | 56,900 |
| Simon Higgins | 56,800 | 56,800 |
| Ruoxiao Shi | 56,800 | 2,300 |
| Sarah Carl | 56,300 | 56,300 |
| Griffin Benger | 56,300 | 26,300 |
| Casey Diener | 56,200 | -79,400 |
| Michael Fryett | 56,000 | 56,000 |
| Steven Begleiter | 55,600 | 25,600 |
| Irvin Garcia Ramirez | 55,600 | -44,400 |
| Paul Jenkins | 55,500 | 55,500 |
| Jason Gigliotti | 55,500 | 55,500 |
| Dean Ruan | 55,200 | 9,700 |
| Robert Foos | 55,000 | -10,000 |
| Nenad Dukic | 55,000 | -4,000 |
| Timur Margolin | 54,400 | -12,100 |
| Thierry van den Berg | 54,200 | -300 |
| Stephen Pirri | 54,000 | 54,000 |
| Richard Foydl | 54,000 | 54,000 |
| Gary Gelman | 54,000 | 54,000 |
| Erdal Gulseven | 54,000 | -11,000 |
| Lunan Li | 53,700 | 53,700 |
| Everett Carlton | 53,300 | 53,300 |
| Starr Valdez | 53,000 | 53,000 |
| Xu Wei | 52,900 | 52,900 |
| Ofir Mor | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Nick Tsoukalas | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Sanat Mehrotra | 52,800 | 52,800 |
| Matthew Brice | 52,600 | 52,600 |
| Erick Vasconcelos | 52,100 | 52,100 |
| William Compton | 52,000 | 22,000 |
| Keshu Peng | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| Xuejian Sun | 51,900 | 51,900 |
| Jerry Custodio | 51,900 | 51,900 |
| Romain Bailleul | 51,700 | 1,700 |
| David Labrosse | 51,500 | 51,500 |
| Brandon Taff | 51,300 | 16,300 |
| Adam Travis | 51,300 | 0 |
| Veeraswamy Malireddy | 51,160 | 51,160 |
| Adam Shriki | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Anthony Perez | 50,900 | 50,900 |
| Aaron Steury | 50,400 | 50,400 |
| Mauro Avila | 50,100 | 50,100 |
| Pablo Harfouche | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Jason Pritchard | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Jerod Smith | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Mary Dvorkin | 49,800 | 49,800 |
| Marty Williams | 49,800 | 49,800 |
| Shawn Stroke | 49,700 | 49,700 |
| Mattingly Siegel | 49,600 | -18,000 |
| Junqiang Lyu | 49,500 | 49,500 |
| Carlos Hey De Lima | 49,400 | 49,400 |
| Ernest Koury | 49,300 | 49,300 |
| Giovani Torre | 49,300 | -15,900 |
| Gan Siong | 49,100 | 49,100 |
| Frank Bongiorno | 49,000 | 49,000 |
| Jason Lockhart | 48,500 | -12,900 |
| Benjamin Herman | 48,500 | 48,500 |
| Denis Strebkov | 48,300 | -56,700 |
| Weiran Pu | 48,000 | -5,800 |
| Jamie Brown | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Joel Shulruf | 47,800 | 47,800 |
| Khari Hutchings | 47,800 | 47,800 |
| Chris Solomon | 47,500 | 47,500 |
| Yukako Hiroi | 47,400 | 12,400 |
| Michael Schachter | 47,300 | 47,300 |
| Lexy Gavin-Mather | 47,000 | -23,000 |
| Kyungtae Min | 46,500 | 46,500 |
| Ricky Bronstein | 46,200 | 46,200 |
| Cristinel Sandu | 46,100 | 46,100 |
| Kenneth Der | 46,100 | 46,100 |
| Stefan Lehner | 46,000 | -11,000 |
| Anthony Zinno | 45,700 | -41,300 |
| Bawoo Yun | 45,500 | 45,500 |
| Akitoshi Matsumoto | 45,100 | 45,100 |
| Michael Kamran | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Michael Simpson | 44,600 | 44,600 |
| Yan Yan | 44,400 | 44,400 |
| Shawn Salemnia | 44,100 | 44,100 |
| Homan Mohammadi | 43,800 | 43,800 |
| Bau Pham | 43,700 | 43,700 |
| Zachary Walker | 43,200 | 43,200 |
| Gal Bar | 43,000 | -26,000 |
| Chanracy Khun | 42,600 | 8,300 |
| Masoud Jafari | 42,400 | 42,400 |
| Smith Collins | 42,300 | 42,300 |
| Kevin Schaffel | 41,600 | 41,600 |
| Fabio Chaves | 41,500 | 41,500 |
| Thomas Ross | 41,500 | -17,900 |
| Michael Blomstrand | 41,400 | 41,400 |
| Amy Devaudreuil | 41,000 | 41,000 |
| Miguel Riera | 41,000 | -79,000 |
| Dimitri Vorbe | 40,800 | 40,800 |
| Damien Le Goff | 40,600 | 40,600 |
| Erik Perez | 40,500 | 8,800 |
| Shardad Sanjideh | 40,400 | 40,400 |
| Yuzhu Wang | 40,200 | 40,200 |
| Jeremy Platt | 40,100 | -7,300 |
| Moshe Refaelowitz | 40,000 | -16,000 |
| James Inkpen | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Michael Bahena | 39,300 | -32,700 |
| Sebastian Hofmann | 38,700 | 38,700 |
| Sebastien Naus | 38,600 | 38,600 |
| Brendan Mcmanus | 37,700 | 37,700 |
| Xiaotong Yu | 37,600 | 37,600 |
| Mitchell Hanson | 37,200 | 37,200 |
| Ignacio Moron | 37,000 | 37,000 |
| George Chen | 36,800 | 36,800 |
| Michael Ginn | 36,700 | 36,700 |
| Kris Morrison | 36,600 | 4,600 |
| Benoit Coulombe | 36,600 | 36,600 |
| Sebastian Crane | 36,400 | 36,400 |
| Troy Smothermon | 35,900 | 35,900 |
| John Snow | 35,500 | 35,500 |
| Christopher Lastiwka | 34,900 | 34,900 |
| Zarko Budisavljevic | 34,800 | 34,800 |
| Takumi Matsumoto | 34,700 | 34,700 |
| Yann Del Rey | 34,600 | 34,600 |
| Barrett Threadgill | 34,600 | -33,400 |
| Henrik Brockmann | 33,700 | 33,700 |
| Shane Martin | 33,600 | 33,600 |
| Nicola Bracchi | 33,200 | 33,200 |
| Kenneth Eide | 33,000 | 33,000 |
| Robert Mather | 32,900 | 32,900 |
| Dan Bines | 32,900 | 32,900 |
| Eric Senrud | 32,800 | 32,800 |
| Leandro Prinz | 32,500 | 32,500 |
| Gilberto Amaral | 32,500 | 32,500 |
| Bret Maynard | 32,500 | 32,500 |
| Walter Mickey | 32,400 | 32,400 |
| Zichuan Huang | 32,400 | 32,400 |
| James Frayne | 32,300 | 32,300 |
| David Haas | 32,100 | -22,900 |
| Jake Cody | 32,100 | 3,800 |
| Raymond Leone | 32,100 | -16,100 |
| Barkatul Mohammed | 31,800 | 31,800 |
| Jeffrey Burke | 31,700 | 31,700 |
| Jesus Martinez | 31,500 | 31,500 |
| Eran Zered | 31,000 | -24,000 |
| Kelvin Crawford | 30,900 | -37,200 |
| Denis Ethier | 30,700 | -35,700 |
| Anthony Diotte | 30,600 | 30,600 |
| Kevin Kernan | 30,600 | -47,400 |
| Matthew Su | 30,200 | 30,200 |
| Blaise Ingoglia | 29,900 | 29,900 |
| Philip Clarke | 29,800 | 29,800 |
| Rhett Wiseman | 29,600 | 29,600 |
| Rene Raymundo Camargo Arce | 29,500 | 29,500 |
| William Bondurant | 29,500 | 29,500 |
| Romain Arki | 29,300 | 29,300 |
| Jonathan Stern | 29,200 | 29,200 |
| Stephen Decker | 28,900 | 28,900 |
| Hector Berry | 28,900 | -3,100 |
| Ying Zhao | 28,700 | 28,700 |
| Hal Marcus | 28,700 | -21,400 |
| Roongsak Griffeth | 28,600 | 28,600 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 28,500 | -24,000 |
| John Mcneil | 28,000 | -29,000 |
| Benjamin Bergman | 27,800 | 27,800 |
| Toshiya Tamaru | 27,600 | 27,600 |
| Jiyang Gan | 27,400 | 27,400 |
| Yukari Shimodan | 27,300 | -41,700 |
| David Feldman | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| Frederick Pratt | 27,100 | 27,100 |
| Darrell Kerr | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Manelic Minaya | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Nhat Nguyen Duc | 26,700 | 26,700 |
| George Saca | 26,500 | 26,500 |
| Sergio Barrios | 26,000 | 26,000 |
| Glen Chadwick | 26,000 | -8,100 |
| David-Alexander Jimenez-Murcia | 25,900 | 25,900 |
| Victor Paredes | 25,600 | -29,400 |
| Steffen Kylevik | 25,500 | 25,500 |
| Chris Goodrow | 24,500 | 24,500 |
| Douglas Blankenship | 24,500 | 24,500 |
| Nahiro Arita | 24,400 | 24,400 |
| Nan Zhang | 24,100 | -50,900 |
| DID NOT REPORT 3 | 23,900 | 23,900 |
| Alex Lynskey | 23,800 | -6,600 |
| Joao Valli | 23,700 | -11,900 |
| Mark Winchell | 23,300 | 23,300 |
| Glen Keogh | 23,300 | 23,300 |
| Keith Helgevold | 22,900 | 22,900 |
| Timothy Little | 21,300 | -35,700 |
| Christoffer Janlow | 21,200 | 21,200 |
| Simeon Spasov | 21,000 | -49,000 |
| Robert Weir | 20,300 | 20,300 |
| Gabriel Schroeder | 20,100 | -14,900 |
| Deborah Bondurant | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Harrison Gimbel | 19,300 | -700 |
| Saber Salum | 19,200 | 19,200 |
| Robert Zeidman | 18,900 | 18,900 |
| Patrick Leonard | 18,800 | -4,200 |
| Sameer Desai | 18,500 | 18,500 |
| Patrik Ciklamini | 18,300 | 18,300 |
| Jordan Clifford | 18,200 | 18,200 |
| Alejandro Herrera | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Stephan Kalhamer | 17,800 | 17,800 |
| Fabian Quoss | 17,600 | -9,600 |
| Michael Jagroo | 17,000 | 17,000 |
| Jared Bleznick | 16,400 | -15,100 |
| Teun Mulder | 16,000 | -79,000 |
| Laszlo Nagy | 16,000 | -38,000 |
| Todd Stipetich | 15,900 | 15,900 |
| Andrew Tran | 15,600 | 15,600 |
| Armin Rezaei | 15,300 | 15,300 |
| Brandon Hollis | 14,800 | 14,800 |
| Pedro Neves | 14,100 | -13,900 |
| Timothy Cable | 14,100 | 14,100 |
| Gabriel Nastasa | 14,000 | 1,000 |
| Matt Salsberg | 12,400 | -13,600 |
| Mark Wagner | 12,200 | 12,200 |
| Artur Palaj | 12,000 | 0 |
| Bart Maes | 11,200 | 11,200 |
| Damien Pilkington Lewis | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Konstantin Puchkov | 6,800 | 6,800 |
| Joshua Hardman | 639 | 639 |
| Pierre Mourier | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Cassel | 1 | 1 |
| Justin Guilliam | 1 | -30,599 |
| DID NOT REPORT 4 | 1 | 1 |
| DID NOT REPORT 6 | 1 | 1 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:29 AM Local Time
End-of-Day
Play has drawn to a close on Day 1b. Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day's play to follow.
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:23 AM Local Time
Jofre Picks Up Queens on the Last Hand
Tournament officials had just made an announcement congratulating players on making it to Day 2, but that proved to be a jinx for one player at Robin Jofre's table.
He moved all in for his last 13,000 from under the gun and Jofre called in middle position to put him at risk.
All-In Player:
Robin Jofre:
The at-risk player was looking for help to stay alive, but the board ran out and they improved no further than their flopped pair of nines as Jofre sent him to the rail on the last hand of the night.
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:23 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
Tournament officials announced that players will see three more hands before bagging up for the night.
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:12 AM Local Time
Martirosian Correctly Gives Up
When arriving at the table the board showed with roughly 20,000 in the middle. A player in early position had checked to Artur Martirosian, who fired out a bet of 18,000. Martirosian's opponent called and they headed to the river.
The fell on the river and the early position checked. Martirosian took a few moments before checking back. The early position player took down the pot with for a set of queens.
| Artur Martirosian | 155,000 | 5,100 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:09 AM Local Time
Rosenthal Gets his Kings Cracked
Harold Rosenthal jammed for 26,000 from middle position and he was called by the cutoff.
Harold Rosenthal:
Cutoff:
Rosenthal's hopes of success in the Main Event came to an end when an ace appeared on the board, ending his tournament in the last minutes of Day 1b.
| Harold Rosenthal | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:09 AM Local Time
Astedt Check-Raise Gets Both to Fold
On a board of , Gabriel Nastasa and Niklas Astedt checked to Eliran Argelazi in late position. He bet 5,000 and Nastasa called. Astedt then check-raised to 15,000 and got two quick folds from his opponents.
| Niklas Astedt | 103,000 | 0 |
| Eliran Argelazi | 85,000 | 16,000 |
| Carloz Gomez | 71,000 | -30,000 |
| Gabriel Nastasa | 13,000 | -26,000 |
| Christopher George | 0 | -47,400 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:09 AM Local Time
Guerrero Takes from Leonard
Early position opened the action with a raise to 1,400. Alejandro Guerrero called in the hijack before Patrick Leonard three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind. Only Guerrero called.
Action went check-check on the flop before Guerrero fired 10,000 on the turn. Leonard called.
Guerrero down-bet to 5,000 on the river and Leonard went into the tank. He eventually found the call but was shown the bad news. Guerrero tabled and it was good enough to drag in the pot, leaving Leonard short.
| Alejandro Guerrero | 98,200 | |
| Patrick Leonard | 23,000 | -32,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:06 AM Local Time
Welch Holds On For a Bustout
Heads-up on a board of , Eric Welch bet 12,500 from early position before the small blind moved all in for 41,000. Welch took several minutes before calling to put his opponent at risk.
Welch had for a flush, while his opponent showed for top two pair and the nut flush draw. The river was the and the small blind missed all of his outs as he headed to the rail with just a few minutes left in the day.
| Eric Welch | 115,000 | 37,500 |
Friday, July 5, 2024 12:04 AM Local Time
Shushan Slow Plays a Monster
Action was caught after the flop of and Yaniv Shushan checked from middle position. Late position fired for 5,500 and received a call from Shushan.
The turn was the and Shushan checked to his opponent. They continued for 15,000 and received a call from Shushan.
While the river peeled the both players were quick to check. Shushan revealed to take the pot.
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:58 PM Local Time
Werner Raises the River
Aaron Werner three-bet to 4,000 in the cutoff and an opponent in the hijack called.
The flop came and the hijack led out for 3,500. Werner called and the fell on the turn.
His opponent then bet another 8,200 and Werner again called. The river was the and the hijack fired out 15,000.
Werner took more than a minute before emerging with a raise to 40,000. His opponent also took a few minutes and eventually folded.
"Sixes or queens?" tablemate Matt Salsberg asked, but Werner simply shrugged and took in the pot.
| Aaron Werner | 200,000 | 40,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:56 PM Local Time
Sanneblad Flops a Set
Action was picked up on the turn with the board showing and 20,500 in the pot.
A player in the big blind checked to Peter Sanneblad in the hijack, and he bet 10,000. The big blind made the call to see a river.
The river brought the and both players checked to show down.
The big blind tabled but Sanneblad had the winner with for a flopped set.
| Peter Sanneblad | 85,500 | 8,700 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:56 PM Local Time
Khun Doubles Through Broens
Max Broens raised to 1,500 from late position and action folded to Chanracy Khun in the cutoff who three-bet to 4,400. Action folded back to Broens who moved all in for 16,400 effective and Khun called to put himself at risk.
Chanracy Khun:
Max Broens:
The board ran out for the ace-king to hold up for Khun to hold up and double through Broens.
| Max Broens | 157,000 | 10,000 |
| Chanracy Khun | 34,300 | 16,300 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:52 PM Local Time
Travis Could Have Gone Broke This Hand
There was a raise to 1,100 from early position. Adam Travis called from the hijack and they went to the flop heads-up.
The flop came . The early position player check-called a bet of 1,500 from Travis.
The on the turn and the on the river checked through and the early position played flipped over for a turned pair of kings. This was good as Travis showed for a pair of queens.
| Adam Travis | 42,500 | -4,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:49 PM Local Time
Broens Puts Berry to the Test
Max Broens opened to 1,500 from middle position and Hector Berry three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. Broens made the call.
The flop came . Broens checked, Berry bet 3,100, Broens check-raised to 11,000 and Berry called.
On the turn Broens bet 12,000 and was once again called by Berry.
The river was the . Broens bet 31,000 and Berry, who had just a little more than that behind, went deep into the tank.
After a few minutes a player called the clock and about 15 seconds afterwards Berry finally decided to fold, telling his opponent after the hand that he had folded two pair.
| Max Broens | 147,000 | 25,000 |
| Hector Berry | 32,000 | -28,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:48 PM Local Time
Seidel Stacks Stonoff
Action was picked up on a board with 69,200 in the middle.
Erik Seidel fired 40,000 into the middle from under the gun and action was on Brian Stonoff in middle position who had 38,000 behind. Stonoff was in the tank and eventually put his stack in the middle for a call. Seidel flipped over and it was good against Stonoff's .
Seidel dragged in the pot and chipped up to over 200,000.
| Erik Seidel | 211,400 | 99,000 |
| Brian Stonoff | 0 | -98,200 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:40 PM Local Time
Burd Drills a Set
Max Broens opened to 1,600 from middle position and Eduard Burd three-bet to 4,000 from the hijack. Broens made the call.
The flop came and Broens check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Burd.
Both players checked the turn leading to the river. Broens bet 7,500 and Burd called.
Broens only had ace-high with while Burd had rivered a set with to take the pot.
| Eduard Burd | 132,000 | 20,000 |
| Max Broens | 122,000 | 14,000 |
| Koveh Waysei | 116,000 | 17,000 |
| Victoria Livschitz | 91,600 | 3,400 |
| Glen Chadwick | 34,100 | 100 |
| Chanracy Khun | 18,000 | 7,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:38 PM Local Time
Lewis Runs Into Kings
Heads-up on a flop of with already 17,000 in the pot, Romain Lewis on the button bet 5,500, and his opponent in middle position check-called.
On the turn, the middle-position player checked, and Lewis decided to check back.
There was no more action on the and the player in middle position revealed for trips.
Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:37 PM Local Time
Four is Good For Koller
Ran Koller and Rittie Chuaprasert went heads-up to a flop of where Koller bet 4,500 from middle position. Chuaprasert called in early position.
The turn was the and Koller bet 12,300. Chuaprasert again called and checked to Koller on the river. Koller slowed down and checked back.
"I missed," Chuaprasert said, revealing for a missed flush draw. Koller turned over for a pair of fours as he took the pot.
| Ran Koller | 85,000 | 30,400 |
| Rittie Chuaprasert | 80,000 | -40,000 |