The WSOP 2024 Main Event has played through the first seven days, eliminating the field from 10,112 down to the last 18. Kristen Foxen sits in fifth place with a great chance of making history.
There’s no doubt now who the majority of fans will be rooting for. A female winner of the most prestigious poker tournament on the calendar would be a marketing dream.
A long 30 years ago, Barbara Enright made the final table and no woman has achieved that feat since.
Foxen and Vanessa Selbst have both won three bracelets each.
It’s not all been plain sailing for Foxen, though, because her dream nearly ended when she was down to her last five big blinds.
All-in with ace-five against pocket queens and still behind on the turn looked a disaster, but a miracle ace river flipped the script and set her back on the way to 59 big blinds.
Along with Kristen Foxen, Swedish online crusher Niklas Astedt is tipped as one of the favourites. Back in 2021, he was voted the best online poker player of all time and he currently sits in fourth place.
Brian Kim is another high-stakes regular in the top 10. With $7.3 million in live winnings he will be a force to be reckoned with.
WSOP 2024 Main Event Day 7 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Malo Latinois | France | 61,300,000 | 77 |
| 2 | Diogo Coelho | Portugal | 51,500,000 | 64 |
| 3 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 51,400,000 | 64 |
| 4 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 50,000,000 | 63 |
| 5 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 47,400,000 | 59 |
| 6 | Joe Serock | United States | 46,300,000 | 58 |
| 7 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 45,900,000 | 57 |
| 8 | Jason James | Canada | 45,800,000 | 57 |
| 9 | Brian Kim | United States | 42,400,000 | 53 |
| 10 | Jessie Bryant | United States | 27,600,000 | 35 |
$50K High Roller Down to Final Five
Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em played down to the final five players out of a field of 178 entries.
Currently, Christoph Vogelsang sits atop the field with a healthy lead over Jared Bleznick.
Tomorrow’s winner will bank a whopping $2,037,947 from a prize pool of $8,499,500.
Event #92: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 19,250,000 | 48 |
| 2 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 12,800,000 | 32 |
| 3 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 7,500,000 | 19 |
| 4 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 6,950,000 | 17 |
| 5 | Justin Saliba | United States | 6,900,000 | 17 |
James Chen Leads $10K 6-Max NL
An impressive 418 entrants sat down to play on Day 1 of Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship with room for more before late registration closes tomorrow.
By the end of the day, only 151 players were left with chips.
James Chen is leading the way but Adrian Mateos sits in sixth place fresh out of the Main Event where his tournament ended in the most brutal fashion.
John Racener Favourite to Win $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
John Racener is currently taking on Gary Bolden for the winner’s prize and a bracelet in Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E..
Just like yesterday, a heads-up battle was taking too long to complete so the organisers told the players to come back tomorrow.
Racener is the favourite, holding 10 big bets to Bolden’s 4. We expect an early result on this one.
The event also came to note when Jeremy Ausmus made the final table to equal Phil Hellmuth’s record for the most in one series.
Ausmus has now made seven final tables this summer and is now leading the Player of the Year race.
Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Final Table Results/Chip Stacks
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Bets (Prize (USD)) |
| 1 | John Racener | United States | 10,050,000 | 10 |
| 2 | Gary Bolden | United States | 4,275,000 | 4 |
| 3 | Travis Trail | United States | – | ($91,547) |
| 4 | David Tarbet | United Kingdom | – | ($63,134) |
| 5 | Luis Velador | Mexico | – | ($44,591) |
| 6 | David “ODB” Baker | United States | – | ($32,274) |
| 7 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | – | ($23,952) |
| 8 | Wooram Cho | South Korea | – | ($18,238) |
Takao Shimizu Leads $3,000 Mid-Stakes Champions
Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship played down to the remaining 147 players from a monster field of 3,177 after both groups of Day 1 survivors arrived to play Day 2.
Takao Shimizu, from Japan, heads the field with plenty of big stacks right behind him.
Past Main Event winner Scott Blumstein is also still in with a shout wielding an above average stack.
Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Champions Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 3,155,000 | 126 |
| 2 | Lucas Reeves | United Kingdom | 2,320,000 | 93 |
| 3 | Asi Moshe | Israel | 2,155,000 | 86 |
| 4 | Travis Egbert | United States | 1,975,000 | 79 |
| 5 | Hannes Jeschka | Austria | 1,900,000 | 76 |
| 6 | Oleksii Kravchuk | Ukraine | 1,855,000 | 74 |
| 7 | Mikhail Zavoloka | Russian Federation | 1,800,000 | 72 |
| 8 | Nikola Gunchev | Bulgaria | 1,750,000 | 70 |
| 9 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 1,660,000 | 66 |
| 10 | Tjan Tepeh | Slovenia | 1,650,000 | 66 |
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