The WSOP 2024 Main Event has played down to the final 1,524 players with only seven more eliminations until the money bubble bursts.
At the end of yesterday’s session, 3,617 players were still in contention and more than half fell by the wayside today.
Amongst those who survived were no less than six past champions.
Today also saw two more bracelets awarded. Garth Yettick won his first bracelet in the $1,500 8-Game Mix. And Chance Kornuth won his fourth in the GGPoker style $1,000 Flip & Go NL event.
Francisco Perez Moreno Leads the WSOP 2024 Main Event
With the money bubble almost upon us, the Main Event is getting down to the sharp end where hopes and dreams are both made and crushed.
Currently, Spain’s Francisco Perez Moreno heads the field with a whopping 273 big blinds in front of a top eight who all have more than 200.
Ren Lin, a fan favourite who is often seen in the Triton Super High Roller Series, is on a hot run and ended Day 3 with 196 big blinds in ninth place.
Of the six past champions returning for Day 4, Koray Aldemir has the biggest stack with 55 big blinds and Joe McKeehen narrowly trailing with 53.
Scott Blumstein, Robert Varkonyi, Espen Jorstad, and Daniel Weinman are all still in the mix but have to start making moves soon before it’s too late.
Phil Ivey bagged up 75 big blinds and, as always, will be a man who nobody wants to see at their table.
Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Francisco Perez Moreno | Spain | 2,187,000 | 273 |
| 2 | Justin Datloff | United States | 1,819,000 | 227 |
| 3 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 1,808,000 | 226 |
| 4 | Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior | Brazil | 1,697,000 | 212 |
| 5 | Matt Stout | United States | 1,670,000 | 209 |
| 6 | Francis Anderson | United States | 1,655,000 | 207 |
| 7 | Diogo Coelho | Portugal | 1,631,000 | 204 |
| 8 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 1,631,000 | 204 |
| 9 | Ren Lin | United States | 1,570,000 | 196 |
| 10 | Clement Van Driessche | France | 1,552,000 | 194 |
$600 Ultra Stack Close to Final Table
Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold’em had 788 returning players at the start of the day but only 19 of them survived.
No bracelet winners remain in the field and a $343,010 prize awaits the player who breaks their duck.
Daniel Rezaei, a player with $3.2 million in online MTT winnings and $3.3 million from the live arena, is the man who many tip to make a run for glory.
American Axel Orellana leads the way with 58 big blinds in front of his compatriot Juan Garibaldi who holds 40.
$1,000 Mystery Bounty Attracts 1,071 on Debut
Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha is another debut event for the WSOP 2024 and a healthy number of 1,071 entrants turned up to play.
With PLO being a variance heavy form of poker, it didn’t take long to see players leaving the playing hall while cursing their luck.
Only 193 contenders will return tomorrow with the event expected to play to a close.
Heavy-Hitters Turn Out for $5K NL
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em also saw an impressive field of 1,041 players sit down to play this morning.
Out of the 88 who will return in the morning, three hot shot Brazilians sit at the head of the field: Felipe Boianovsky, a SCOOP winner from 2023, Felipe Ketzer, and Yuri Dzivielevski.
British online MTT star Patrick Leonard is close behind in fourth.
Other notable names expected to challenge hard are Russia’s Artur Martirosian, Alex Foxen and David Peters.
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Felipe Boianovsky | Brazil | 1,795,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Felipe Ketzer | Brazil | 1,380,000 | 55 |
| 3 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 1,375,000 | 55 |
| 4 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 1,370,000 | 55 |
| 5 | Xue Song | China | 1,350,000 | 54 |
| 6 | Arie Kliper | Israel | 1,325,000 | 53 |
| 7 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,300,000 | 52 |
| 8 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 1,230,000 | 49 |
| 9 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 1,190,000 | 48 |
| 10 | Robert Capote | United States | 1,190,000 | 48 |
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