The Tag Team event at the WSOP is always a fun affair but it was also a short one for Phil Hellmuth and his sidekick from the world of science, Allan Mishra.
Playing @WSOP Tag Team w @bloodcure—my amazing friend Allan Mishra—who discovered PRP (platelet rich plasma) and patented its use in the USA. Great guy! Allan plays NLH at a high level #POSITIVITY pic.twitter.com/uIRZvARfh2
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) July 1, 2024
Event #75: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em
An incredible 1,437 teams of two ponied up the $1k entry fee, including the likes of Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Josh Arieh and his better half, with fancy dress an optional extra.
Maria Ho and Kami Hudson were another couple who joined Hellmuth and Matusow on the rails, but the Arieh’s advanced, as did English online crusher Chris Moorman and Dan Charlton, who bagged a top ten stack.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Team | Chip Count |
| 1 | Derek Stark | 485,000 |
| 2 | Ivan Rezzonico/Alejandro Lococo | 331,500 |
| 3 | Charlton Zhu/Nick Bond | 319,500 |
| 4 | Scott Stewart/Kyle Cartwright | 302,500 |
| 5 | Steve Foutty/Chanchal Sharma | 298,000 |
| 6 | Sheraton Hall | 288,000 |
| 7 | Haoran Cai | 272,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Javier/Duff Charette | 271,000 |
| 9 | Chris Moorman/Dan Charlton | 260,000 |
| 10 | Min Ji | 250,000 |
Yesterday saw one bracelet celebration, Japanese architect Shiina Okamoto winning Event #71: the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, having finished runner-up last year.
Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em
Twenty-thousand entries have already been shorn down to just 92 players, led by Joel Vanetten, with 2004 Main Event champ Greg Raymer among the chasing pack.
German soccer star Max Kruse was involved in one of the most incredible hands of the series, Daniele Nestola at least having a wonderful bad beat story as consolation…
Max Kruse: A♥ J♥
Daniele Nestola: K♠ K♦
The pre-flop all-in looked good for Nestola, but the flop was a hammerblow…
Flop: Q♥ K♥ :10:
Turn: 3♦
…and the river was a slap in the face…
River: K♣
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | County | Chip Count |
| 1 | Joel Vanetten | USA | 20,650,000 |
| 2 | Andrew Dubuque | USA | 18,575,000 |
| 3 | Justin Fawcett | USA | 17,500,000 |
| 4 | Ali Razzaq | Canada | 17,400,025 |
| 5 | Alan Servoss | USA | 16,875,000 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Deegan | USA | 16,675,000 |
| 7 | Andy Chen | USA | 16,125,000 |
| 8 | Ricardo Andino | USA | 15,625,000 |
| 9 | Donald Foran | USA | 15,500,000 |
| 10 | Trevor Brown | USA | 14,325,000 |
Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha
Only five players remain in the hunt for the $25k PLO crown from a field of 476, all chasing the top prize of $2,246,728 and with 6-time bracelet winner Brian Rast the pick of the bunch.
One of the earliest casualties of day 3 was Tom Dwan, falling in 33rd spot for $60,672, joined on the rail later by Viktor Blom (22nd for $85,519), Joni Jouhkimainen (12th for $104,659) and Anuj Agarwal (8th for $215, 563).
Final table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | David Eldridge | USA | 23,400,000 |
| 2 | Ethan Cahn | USA | 17,550,000 |
| 3 | Yang Wang | China | 12,250,000 |
| 4 | Brian Rast | USA | 9,450,000 |
| 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 8,775,000 |
Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Sukel Patel was the unfortunate bubbleboy on day 3 as the players went from late reg to in the money in a marathon 14-hour session and saw Todd Ivens turn his max-late reg into top of the chip counts.
Todd Brunson and Norman Chad are still in the mix, but Allen Kessler and Anthony Zinno were among the casualties. The survivors will play to a winner today, with $376,476 and WSOP gold waiting up top.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Todd Ivens | USA | 1,190,000 |
| 2 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 983,000 |
| 3 | Jared Talarico | USA | 963,000 |
| 4 | Todd Brunson | USA | 859,000 |
| 5 | Brad Ruben | USA | 738,000 |
| 6 | Jake Schwartz | USA | 735,000 |
| 7 | Arash Ghaneian | USA | 704,000 |
| 8 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 688,000 |
| 9 | Richard Sklar | USA | 613,000 |
| 10 | Eric Wasserson | USA | 535,000 |
Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed)
A quarter of the 965 entry field survived yesterday to the day 2 Mystery Bounty stage today, with English Duo Roberto Romanello and Stephen Chidwick currently occupying podium spots.
Ike Haxton is another with a big stack, while a star-studded list is still in with a shout, including Kristen Foxen, Jennnifer Harman, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel, and former Main Event champs Johnny Chan and Espen Jorstad.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Matthew Beinner | USA | 1,090,000 |
| 2 | Roberto Romanello | UK | 868,000 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 825,000 |
| 4 | Or Suliman | Israel | 695,000 |
| 5 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 669,000 |
| 6 | Young Eum | USA | 607,000 |
| 7 | Justin Liberto | USA | 596,000 |
| 8 | David Mzareulov | Azerbaijan | 593,000 |
| 9 | Rob Hollink | Netherlands | 567,000 |
| 10 | Damarjai Davenport | USA | 540,000 |
Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet
Day 1 drew in 388 entries and ended with 122 progressing, Patrick Moulder leading the way and mixed results for Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow.
Hellmuth survived alongside 2013 Main Event champion Ryan Riess, but “Mike the Mouth” bowed out, as did defending champion Julio Belluscio.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Patrick Moulder | USA | 388,500 |
| 2 | Anthony Ribeiro | Canada | 315,000 |
| 3 | Joshua Adcock | USA | 312,500 |
| 4 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 295,000 |
| 5 | Allan Le | USA | 290,000 |
| 6 | David “ODB” Baker | USA | 264,000 |
| 7 | Anonymous | USA | 251,000 |
| 8 | Barbara Zhan | USA | 249,000 |
| 9 | Scott Bohlman | USA | 246,000 |
| 10 | Mark Liedtke | USA | 239,000 |
Today sees Event #78: $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold’em and Event #79: $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) both join the ongoing action at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos. We’ll be back tomorrow with a roundup of the biggest news, so be sure to check in.
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