Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship Jour 1a | 2024 World Series of Poker

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Today sees the start of Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, a brand new event at the WSOP.

Day 1a of this four-day event, which features two starting flights, gets underway at 10 a.m. local time, with late registration open for 11 levels. This event allows for one reentry per flight and Day 2 registration. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 (~7:00 p.m.). Day 1b will duplicate Day 1a, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12.

The starting stack is 40,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play ten 60-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, where another ten levels will play out. Day 3 follows the same structure as Day 2, with Day 4 playing down to a winner.

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Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jonathan Newman	573,500 573,500	573,500

Herve Gouzil	505,000 505,000	505,000
Mantas Ungulaitis	451,500 451,500	451,500
Maher Achour	433,000 433,000	433,000
Florian Duta	389,000
Bahar Musa	381,500 381,500	381,500
Rytis Pranarauskas	360,000 360,000	360,000
Edgaras Kausinis	360,000 360,000	360,000
Michael Moncek	357,000 357,000	357,000

Ananth Ganesan	349,000 349,000	349,000
Shachar Haran	348,500 348,500	348,500
Paulo Joanello	347,500 347,500	347,500

Or Nezer	327,000 327,000	327,000

Pavels Spirins	320,500 320,500	320,500
Matheus Lima	318,500 318,500	318,500
Asi Moshe	317,500 317,500	317,500

Illia Korobkin	291,500 291,500	291,500
Ryan Wolfson	286,000 286,000	286,000
Matthew Osorio	285,000 285,000	285,000
Cody Jones	284,000 284,000	284,000
Frank Funaro	283,000 283,000	283,000
Christopher Park	279,500 279,500	279,500
Timur Khamidullin	275,000 275,000	275,000
Zinan Xu	268,000 268,000	268,000
Takao Shimizu	264,000 264,000	264,000

Joueur

Jetons

Progression

Jonathan Newman

573,500

505,000

451,500

433,000

389,000

381,500

360,000

360,000

357,000

349,000

348,500

347,500

327,000

320,500

318,500

317,500

291,500

286,000

285,000

284,000

Frank Funaro

283,000

279,500

275,000

268,000

264,000

The $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship is a brand-new event of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and it has proven popular, with 1,161 entrants descending on the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 1a. Only 324 players made it through ten 60-minute levels, each now has a shot to become a WSOP champion late into the 2024 series.

Jonathan Newman (573,500) soared to the top of the Day 1a chip counts. The Canadian is looking for his first WSOP cash of the series, but came into this event in good form, having finished fifth in a $1,600 event elsewhere in Vegas for $69,511.

Herve Gouzil of France (505,000), and Mantas Ungulaitis from Lithuania (451,500) finished Day 1a in the top three.

End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jonathan Newman	Canada	573,500	229
2	Herve Gouzil	France	505,000	202
3	Mantas Ungulaitis	Lithuania	451,500	181
4	Maher Achour	United States	433,000	173
5	Florian Dimitrie Duta	Romania	389,000	156
6	Bahar Musa	Bulgaria	381,500	153
7	Rytis Pranarauskas	Lithuania	360,000	144
8	Edgaras Kausinis	Lithuania	360,000	144
9	Michael Moncek	United States	357,000	143
10	Ananth Ganesan	United States	349,000	140

$25K Fantasy Draft pick Michael Moncek (357,000) finished the first of two flights in ninth place. Moncek, a two-time WSOP champion, is on course for his 11th in-the-money finish of the 2024 WSOP.

Several other fantasy drafters also punched their Day 2 tickets. They include Adam Hendrix (166,500), Taylor Paur (161,500), Samuel Laskowitz (156,000), Jake Schwartz (134,000), Qiang Xu (102,500), Dong Chen (72,000), and three-time bracelet winner Chad Eveslage (34,000).

Day 1a also saw Hall of Famer Billy Baxter (86,500) roll back the years and reach Day 2, while Main Event winner Scott Blumstein (43,000) progressed, albeit with one of the shorter stacks.

Those tuning into PokerNews traditional coverage from Day 2 should also look out for Frank Funaro (283,000), James Dempsey (148,500), Kathy Liebert (117,500), Faraz Jaka (112,000), and Ryan Laplante (53,500).

Day 1b commences at 10 a.m. local time on July 12, with ten 60-minute levels scheduled. Get involved with our MyStack feature if you want to keep the folks back home updated with your progress on Day 1b of this new tournament.

Tags: Adam Hendrix Billy Baxter Chad Eveslage Dong Chen Faraz Jaka Frank Funaro Herve Gouzil Jake Schwartz James Dempsey Jonathan Newman Kathy Liebert Mantas Ungulaitis Michael Moncek Paris Las Vegas Qiang Xu Ryan Laplante Samuel Laskowitz Scott Blumstein Taylor Paur

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