Dennis Benavides was all in and at risk against Dylan Lindsey on his immediate left.
Dennis Benavides: A♠9♦5♥5♦3♠
Dylan Lindsey: A♣A♦J♦J♠6♣
Benavides could not make a low on the K♦7♦4♣7♥9♥ runout, with Lindsey's aces holding to take the high. That sent Benavides to the rail, ending his run in 19th place.
James McWhorter opened to 180,000 from under the gun and was called by Zeph Pages in the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the J♣Q♦2♠ flop, where Pages checked. McWhorter continued for 180,000 and the call was made.
The 5♥ turn brought another check from Pages before McWhorter announced pot, enough to put Pages all in. After some consideration, Pages made the fold.
When action folded to Khoa Luong on the button, he raised to 120,000 and was called by Michael Christ in the big blind.
The flop came 2♣4♥Q♣ and Christ check called the bet of 225,000 from Luong.
On the turn was the 10♦ and Christ once again check called after Luong bet the pot for 780,000.
The river was the 3♥ and Christ lead into Luong to put him all in for 625,000, and Luong called.
Christ announced "Wheel" and showed A♦K♣9♠8♥5♣ and Luong said "Thats good" as he tabled A♣K♦Q♥Q♦3♦ and has officially been eliminated by Christ's wheel.
After a record-setting field of 1,555 entrants took their shot at the 2024 World Series of Poker Event #27: $1,500 Big O, the last 20 players standing are back to battle it out. The bright lights of the feature tables await when play resumes today at 1 p.m. local time at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Leading the way after Day 2 is Tomoki Matsuda, who bagged up 4,285,000 chips and will return to action with 71 big blinds. John Bunch (4,005,000) held the chip lead through much of the second day, but settled for second place on the leaderboard after 25 levels of play. Michael Christ (3,335,000) rounds out the top three contenders, with action expected to be fast and furious to begin the final day.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Tomoki Matsuda
Japan
4,285,000
71
2
John Bunch
United States
4,005,000
67
3
Michael Christ
United States
3,335,000
56
4
Paul Fehlig
United States
3,310,000
55
5
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht
Germany
3,075,000
51
6
Seth Frederici
United States
2,700,000
45
7
James McWhorter
United States
2,460,000
41
8
Matthew Bretzfield
United States
2,400,000
40
9
Damjan Radanov
United States
1,875,000
31
10
Sam Farha
United States
1,420,000
24
Nathan Gamble
Among the notable names still in contention is three-time WSOP bracelet winner Sam Farha, who was the Day 1 chip leader and saw his stack fall and rise multiple times on Monday. Farha returns with 24 big blinds, good for tenth spot as he chases another piece of WSOP hardware.
Right ahead of Farha is Damjan Radanov, who bagged 1,875,000 chips and sits ninth overall. Two-time bracelet winner Nathan Gamble (455,000) is one of the short stacks to begin Day 3.
All remaining players have locked up at least $12,828, but the final 20 will have their eyes on the first-place prize of $306,884.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$306,884
7
$43,681
2
$204,601
8
$33,035
3
$146,595
9
$25,723
4
$106,315
10-11
$20,129
5
$78,056
12-15
$15,962
6
$58,025
16-20
$12,828
Action will resume at 1 p.m. local time at the feature tables in the Horseshoe Event Center. Play will resume on Level 26, with blinds at 30,000/60,000. Breaks are scheduled after every two 60-minute levels and players will continue to battle until the WSOP bracelet has been awarded.
Follow along with the Pokernews live reporting team all day for full coverage of this event, plus every bracelet event at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
