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A dozen WSOP bracelet events took place on Day 31 of the 2024 World Series of Poker, with six bracelet winners celebrating capturing a fabled gold bracelet. A dramatic day saw Daniel Negreanu win the Poker Players Championship, while Franco Spitale and Sean Jazayeri won their first bracelets in Las Vegas.
Daniel Negreanu ended his long wait for a seventh WSOP bracelet as he beat Bryce Yockey heads-up to win the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. At a thriling final table, Negreanu took charge early after picking off a bluff from the overnight chip leader, Chris Brewer, then beat Bryce Yockey to the bracelet and $1,178,703 top prize.
You can read all about how Kid Poker finally won his seventh WSOP title in our full recap right here.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | $1,178,703 |
2nd | Bryce Yockey | United States | $768,467 |
3rd | Chris Brewer | United States | $519,158 |
4th | Dylan Smith | United States | $363,914 |
5th | David Benyamine | France | $265,054 |
6th | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $200,896 |
7th | Phil Ivey | United States | $158,719 |
Argentina's Franco Spitale won his first gold bracelet and $1,250,125 as he beat American Justin Carey heads-up battle for the Millionaire Maker title and his first-ever WSOP bracelet. In a record-breaking field of 10,939 entrants, Spitale's victory came after a final table where former bracelet winner Jason Hickey missed out on the really late stages of the final table, as six potential new winners went to the latter stages.
Heads-up, Carey's pocket deuces couldn't hold against Spitale's ace-ten, and an ace on the turn did for Carey's stack, Spitale getting the win and as both men celebrated seven-figure scores, only one held the gold bracelet aloft.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Franco Spitale | Argentina | $1,250,125 |
2nd | Justin Carey | United States | $1,001,169 |
3rd | Stephen Dauphinais | United States | $651,039 |
4th | Paul Saso | United States | $500,109 |
5th | Harvey Jackson | United States | $376,469 |
6th | Charles Kersey | United States | $289,630 |
7th | Jason Hickey | United States | $224,270 |
8th | Alex Kim | United States | $174,800 |
9th | Owen Savir | United States | $137,150 |
10th | Adam Croffut | United States | $108,320 |
Sean Jazayeri won Event #59, the $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em end, taking home $368,025 after beating the overnight chip leader Yucel Eminoglu. An entertaining final table saw both men who made the heads-up battle control the majority of eliminations, as the final two were on a collision course to decide who would win their first-ever WSOP bracelet.
After Eminoglu eliminated Paul Runge in third place, he went into the heads-up battle with a better than 2:1 chip lead, as Sean Jazayeri began his ultimately successful uphill climb to the top of the mountain. Jazayeri got ace-four to double through Eminoglu's queen-ten and thereafter, used his lead to seal victory, winning with ace-ten against his Turkish opponent's ace-eight to win.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Sean Jazayeri | Argentina | $368,025 |
2nd | Yucel Eminoglu | Turkey | $238,748 |
3rd | Paul Runge | United States | $178,250 |
4th | Manelic Minaya | United States | $134,075 |
5th | Gary Fisher | United Kingdom | $101,606 |
6th | Felix Barriga | Chile | $77,584 |
7th | Michael Minetti | United States | $59,693 |
8th | Kevin Song | United States | $46,281 |
9th | Buck Bucceri | United States | $36,161 |
Event #60 concluded on Thursday night as the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em event saw Italian player Paolo Boi victorius, topping the field of 1,773 for a top prize of $676,900. With just 13 players there on the final day, Noel Rodriguez was the man who was beaten heads-up after players such as Chris Klodnicki (12th for $37,580) and Vanessa Kade (8th for $77,378) fell short.
Boi went into the final duel with a 6:1 chip lead and while Rodriguez doubled once, an ill-timed bluff soon after saw Boi make the tournament-winning call, relegating the American to second place as the Argentinian fans went crazy on the rail.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Paolo Boi | Italy | $676,900 |
2nd | Noel Rodriguez | United States | $451,299 |
3rd | Juan Vecino | Spain | $326,883 |
4th | Brandon Mitchell | United States | $239,451 |
5th | Justin Belforti | United States | $177,416 |
6th | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | $132,978 |
7th | Victor Paredes | United States | $100,840 |
8th | Vanessa Kade | Canada | $77,378 |
9th | Benjamin Gold | United States | $60,088 |
David Funkhouser went three places better than his earlier fourth-place finish in the WSOP $1,500 Double Board Bomb Pot Mix event this series as he won Event #63, the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw title for $123,314. Taking home his first WSOP bracelet, overcoming the overnight leader, French player Michel Leibgorin, on the day.
After Tzu Peng Wang was eliminated in sixth place, two players remained who had previously won WSOP bracelets, but when first Ali Eslami in fifth then Owais Ahmed in fourth busted, three potential newcomers to the WSOP Winners circle battled for glory.
Charles Tucker busted in third place for $54,868 and that left the chip leader through much of the past two days up against David Funkhouser. The latter made a pat nine and that was good enough for his first-ever WSOP bracelet.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | David Funkhouser | Argentina | $123,314 |
2nd | Michel Leibgorin | France | $81,412 |
3rd | Charles Tucker | United States | $54,868 |
4th | Owais Ahmed | United States | $37,764 |
5th | Ali Eslami | United States | $26,555 |
6th | Tzu Peng Wang | Taiwan | $19,087 |
7th | David 'ODB' Baker | United States | $14,030 |
In Event #64, Christopher Moen won the top prize of $289,323, as he conquered the $600-entry No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack event. With 238 players coming back to play down to a winner, Moen had just ten big blinds at the start of play on the last day, but he managed to outlast bigger names such as 2024 WSOP bracelet winner Nick Guagenti, female poker professional Lexy Gavin-Mather, and former the 2021 WSOP Main Event winner Koray Aldemir along the way.
Heading into the final duel with a 2:1 chip lead, Moen beat Thomas Kuess heads-up when he flopped two-pair on the final board. Kuess couldn't hit a miracle straight and lost to Moen for the bracelet and $289,323.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Christopher Moen | United States | $289,323 |
2nd | Thomas Kuess | Austria | $192,809 |
3rd | Cody Chung | United States | $143,258 |
4th | August Smrek | United States | $107,289 |
5th | John Ricksen | United States | $80,996 |
6th | Cal Nailn | United States | $61,642 |
7th | Daniel Hirose | United States | $47,295 |
8th | Guilherme de Castro | Brazil | $36,586 |
9th | Vance Isono | United States | $28,536 |
Just 48 players reamin from 811 entrants in Event #66, the $10,000 PLO Championship, with British hopeful Jonathan Bowers (3,300,000) holding the chip lead. French player Elie Nakache (2,795,000), Israel's Uri Reichenstein (2,630,000), Sweden's Niklas Astedt (2,300,000), Dutch player Nino Pansier (2,020,000) and Finnish pro Eelis Parssinen (1,965,000) all sit in the top 10, on a day when Jim Collopy (53rd for $27,471), Kahle Burns (60th for $24,646), John Hennigan (67th for $22,569) and Benny Glaser (99th for $20,099) all cashed but crashed.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Jonathan Bowers | United Kingdom | 3,300,000 |
2nd | Elie Nakache | France | 2,795,000 |
3rd | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 2,630,000 |
4th | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 2,300,000 |
5th | Nino Pansier | Netherlands | 2,020,000 |
6th | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | 1,965,000 |
7th | James Carroll | United States | 1,890,000 |
8th | Sonny Franco | France | 1,885,000 |
9th | Joshua Adkins | United States | 1,555,000 |
10th | Amit Ben Yacov | Israel | 1,500,000 |
A total of 60 Day 3 players were reduced to just five finalists in the $600-entry PokerNews Deepstack Championship, otherwise known as Event #62. With Shimamoto havig a massive stack of 56,400,000 chips, he is ahead of Luke Varrasso (42,000,000), Harrison Ashdown (30,900,000) and Hector Berry (23,800,000), Darryl Fish (5,200,000) hoping for a miracle.
Chip leader Kenny Huynh busted in 9th for $28,064 as he fell just short of the final day, where someone will win their first-ever WSOP bracelet.
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
1st | Branden Shimamoto | United States | 56,400,000 |
2nd | Luke Varrasso | Canada | 42,000,000 |
3rd | Harrison Ashdown | United States | 30,900,000 |
4th | Hector Berry | United Kingdom | 23,800,000 |
5th | Darryl Fish | United States | 5,200,000 |
With 161 players returning to the action in Event #65, the $5,000-entry Seniors High Roller, only 10 players reamin in the draw for seats on the third and final day of the event. Kevin Nathan has the chip lead with 7,300,000 in chips, with Bruno Lopes (6,535,000) the only other player over 5 million chips.
Angela Jordison (1,890,000) has a little catching up to do but ultimately has a shot at her first-ever WSOP bracelet and the first female bracelet outside of the LAdies Event. With Farzad Bonyadi (18th for $22,202) and Keith Lehr (32nd for $15,682) both crashing out long before the final table, another female player, Judith Bielan (980,000) will be short stack when play begins.
Three other events began on Day 31 of the 2024 WSOP, with Event #67, the $500-entry Salute to Warriors event featuring an incredible 4,517 players. Just 678 survived, with Bob Bobberts (1,401,000) in the lead and David Gallimore (1,324,000) close behind him. the 2006 WSOP Main Event winner Jamie Gold (482,000), Will Berry (430,000), and Stanley Lee (228,000) all durvived to Day 2.
In Event #68, $2,500-entry No-Limit Hold'em event, 2,229 total entries were boiled down to 335, with Andrew Chang in the lead with 1,020,000 chips. Phil Ivey (719,000) ended play in the top ten, with other stars such as Andre Akkari (553,000) and Brian Yoon (512,000) also surviving with over the average.
Finally, Event #69, the $1,500-entry Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event saw 611 players battle down to 157 survivors on its Day 1, with Jon Turner in the lead on 329,000, with Denis Strebkov (327,500) and Christian Roberts (321,500) not far behind. The 17-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (161,000) remains in contention.
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