The money bubble burst in the Seniors Championship and Frankenstein was among those to cash – Jennifer Frankenstein that is, who joined her husband, Brian Harris, in the money, with 2004 Main Event winner Greg “Fossilman” Raymer also in the mix.
Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Frankenstein Seeking Golden Oldie Bracelet
Nathan Henry leads the way, but not in age, that impressive win going to 94-years-young Sam Kobrinsky, who claims Jack Daniels is the secret to his longevity!
Just before the bubble burst in Event 46: $1,000 Seniors NLH Championship, Charlie walked the floor asking everyone to sit down when their age was called.
Sam Kobrinsky was the last man standing at 94!
When asked how he stays so clear minded, he replied, “Jack Daniels.”… pic.twitter.com/jQgzFSUhNs
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 20, 2024
Some 208 players will be back for day 3 from the initial 7954 entries, including 2004 Main Event champ Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, but Sammy Farha (564th for $2,474) and Mike Matusow (894th for $2,000) both fell.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
1 | Nathan Henry | Canada | 2,900,000 |
2 | Marc Wolpert | USA | 2,350,000 |
3 | Mark Seif | USA | 2,300,000 |
4 | Danny Panagatos | USA | 2,205,000 |
5 | Thomas Ferguson | USA | 2,185,000 |
6 | Mikey Wangh | USA | 2,130,000 |
7 | Sean Downs | USA | 2,015,000 |
8 | Federico Sturzenegger | USA | 1,870,000 |
9 | Rafael Benami | Israel | 1,825,000 |
10 | Ken Harbaugh | USA | 1,825,000 |
Day 24 at the 55th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas saw Chris Hunichen take down an incredible win in Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em. Also, Christopher Vitch scooped bracelet number three in the Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed), while Pedro Neves bagged gold in Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em.
And we can get the late news out of the way early, too…
Event #51: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
It took only 16 hours to slash 2110 entries down to a winner in the $1500 Super Turbo Bounty and it was Peter Park who emerged triumphant for his first WSOP gold and $240,724.
Park gave up full-time poker a while back but still plays online and the occasional live tournament. He’ll be glad he came to Vegas after picking up his best-ever cash and a piece of history.
Final table payouts
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Peter Park | USA | $240,724 |
| 2 | Mark Dube | USA | $160,474 |
| 3 | Adria Diaz | Spain | $117,451 |
| 4 | Qing Liu | USA | $86,821 |
| 5 | Jungyang Lin | China | $64,828 |
| 6 | Jose Rodriguez | USA | $48,899 |
| 7 | Zhigang Yang | Canada | $37,264 |
| 8 | Julio Novo | USA | $28,693 |
| 9 | Joe Kuether | USA | $22,326 |
Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (8-Handed)
A fifth day will be required to sort out the destination of the $10k H.O.R.S.E. title, with Mike Leah and Maksim Pisarenko now heads-up. Benny Glaser, Steve Zolotow and Lawrence Barndt all bowed out on day 4.
Remaining chip counts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Maksim Pisarenko | Russia | 5,720,000 |
| 2 | Mike Leah | Canada | 5,145,000 |
Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em
Maxx Coleman is the only previous bracelet winner left in the $3k Freezeout after 188 players were reduced to just 13 last night, ben Hoy leading the chip counts.
A long day ended when Coleman ousted David Kauffman in 14th place…
David Kaufmann: A♥ 8♦
Maxx Coleman: Q♦ Q♥
Flop: 2♠ K♦ 3♦
Turn: J♦
River: 6♥
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | |
| 1 | Ben Hoy | USA | 7,300,000 | |
| 2 | Joseph Carden | USA | 6,300,000 | |
| 3 | Erlend Melson | Norway | 4,980,000 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 4,635,000 | |
| 5 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 4,480,000 | |
| 6 | David Stamm | USA | 4,300,000 | |
| 7 | Maxx Coleman | USA | 4,105,000 | |
| 8 | Ivan Ruban | Russia | 3,445,000 | |
| 9 | Clemen Deng | USA | 3,260,000 | |
| 10 | Morgan Petro | USA | 2,560,000 |
Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship
Negreanu and Ivey Short Stacked
The $10k Razz Championship may not have huge prizemoney on offer, a mere $282k up top, but bragging rights saw some of the world’s best battle for supremacy.
Brandon Shack-Harris leads the final 12 but he is being chased by a host of big names, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey among them, though both are short-satcked.
Remaining Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | |
| 1 | Brandon Shack-Harris | USA | 1,554,000 | |
| 2 | George Alexander | USA | 1,178,000 | |
| 3 | Ren Lin | USA | 945,000 | |
| 4 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 815,000 | |
| 5 | Hal Rotholz | USA | 705,000 | |
| 6 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 457,000 | |
| 7 | John Racener | USA | 381,000 | |
| 8 | Denis Strebkov | Russia | 337,000 | |
| 9 | Phil Ivey | USA | 215,000 | |
| 10 | Brian Yoon | USA | 181,000 | |
| 11 | Daniel Negreanu | USA | 161,000 | |
| 12 | Jared Bleznick | USA | 147,000 |
Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed)
Some 700 entries appeared on day 1 of the $5k 6-handed NLH bracelet event, with Joao Viera, Shannon Shorr, 2015 WSOP Main Event champ Joe McKeehen and Jeremy Ausmus among those to advance.
There was no such luck for Bill Klein, Chance Kornuth, Maria Konnikova, Erik Seidel or Freddy Deeb, however, all falling at the first hurdle. Frenchman Julien Sitbon holds the chip lead with late reg and reentries still open.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | |
| 1 | Julien Sitbon | France | 520,500 | |
| 2 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | 500,000 | |
| 3 | Filipp Khavin | USA | 443,500 | |
| 4 | Maksym Sheingart | Israel | 421,000 | |
| 5 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 393,500 | |
| 6 | Joseph Roh | USA | 392,000 | |
| 7 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 387,500 | |
| 8 | Boris Berthomet | France | 377,500 | |
| 9 | Matthew Hunt | UK | 372,500 | |
| 10 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 369,500 |
Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed)
The prizepool topped $1million as 379 entries came in for the 9-Game Mix, Brian Micon and Brian Rast to the fore in the chase for the $215,982 first prize.
230k in the bag
— Bryan Micon (@BryanMicon) June 21, 2024
$3k 9 game
Day 2 tomorrow 1pm pic.twitter.com/n1KuqDrYG7
137 players remain, including 2021 WSOP main Event champ, Koray Aldemir, Tom Schneider, Jeff Madsen and Maria Ho, while those who fell include Josh Arieh and Scotty Nguyen.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Richard Ashby | UK | 465,000 |
| 2 | Antonio Seremet | Australia | 433,500 |
| 3 | Kuenwai Lo | China | 278,500 |
| 4 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | 251,000 |
| 5 | Bryan Micon | Antigua & Barbuda | 230,000 |
| 6 | Travis Erdman | USA | 210,000 |
| 7 | Koray Aldemir | Austria | 200,000 |
| 8 | Ashish Gupta | Australia | 196,000 |
| 9 | Patrick Moulder | USA | 195,500 |
| 10 | Brian Rast | USA | 195,000 |
Today sees the start of Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em, Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em and Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball.
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