Alexandre Barbarabelli opened 80,000 in early position and Adam Rothschild jammed for 610,000 on the button. The blinds quickly folded and Barbarabelli made the call.
Adam Rothschild: 3♠3♣
Alexandre Barbarabelli: Q♦Q♣
Rothschild couldn't find a trey to stay in the game as the dealer ran out the K♠8♠6♠2♦8♣ board.
All of the chips went in the middle before the flop and James Frisk was at risk for about 500,000 against James Carroll.
James Frisk: Q♦Q♠
James Carroll: A♥Q♥
The A♦7♥2♦ flop gave Carroll a pair of aces to take the lead and Frisk couldn't find the last queen in the deck to stay alive as the board completed with the 7♠ turn and 5♣ river.
Day 1 saw a total of 6,076 players take their seats at the 2024 World Series of Poker, all looking to make a big run in Event #78: $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em. After 22 levels of play, just 486 found a bag for Day 2 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, where another full day of action is on tap in this exciting event.
India's Paawan Bansal set the pace on the opening day, stacking up 2,825,000 chips to lead the way. Four other contenders joined Bansal above the 2,500,000 mark, including Jamie Dwan (2,700,000), James Carroll (2,700,000) and Connor Rash (2,505,000) as they return for the second of three days at 11 a.m. local time.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Paawan Bansal
India
2,825,000
71
2
Jamie Dwan
United Kingdom
2,700,000
68
3
James Carroll
United States
2,700,000
68
4
Connor Rash
United States
2,505,000
63
5
Gustavo Kamei
Brazil
2,300,000
58
6
Shay Rozenbaum
Israel
2,300,000
58
7
Remi Derossi
France
2,250,000
56
8
Maher Al Mouselly
Canada
2,202,500
55
9
Marcello Del Grosso
Canada
2,200,000
55
10
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United Kingdom
2,155,000
54
The massive registration number far surpassed the total from last year and generated a prize pool of $5,346,880. Each returning player is guaranteed at least $2,257, with all eyes on the top prize of $555,075 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Some of the notable names still in contention heading into Day 2 include David Kaye (1,945,000), Landon Tice (965,000), Ryan Hughes (915,000) and Chanracy Khun (370,000).
Landon Tice
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$555,075
54-62
$10,490
2
$370,176
63-71
$8,809
3
$276,831
72-80
$7,459
4
$208,547
81-89
$6,368
5
$158,269
90-98
$5,483
6
$121,009
99-152
$4,760
7
$93,217
153-190
$4,168
8
$72,351
191-206
$4,168
9
$56,585
207-260
$3,682
10-11
$44,595
261-314
$3,280
12-13
$35,418
315-368
$2,948
14-17
$28,349
369-422
$2,673
18-26
$22,870
423-461
$2,445
27-35
$18,596
462-485
$2,445
36-44
$15,242
486
$2,257
45-53
$12,593
Action is set to resume at 11 a.m. local time on Level 23, where players will see blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante. Levels will continue to be 30 minutes in length, with 15-minute breaks after every four levels and a dinner break after Level 34. Play is scheduled to continue until just five players remain in contention for the $1,000 Mini Main Event title.
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