Vanessa Kade Ends Day 1a in Top Ten Chip Counts

Day 1a of Event #93: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em (7-Handed) at the 2024 World Series of Poker attracted 1,498 entries here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for a prize pool of $1,024,272 and counting. With two more Day 1 flights to go, this is shaping up to be a big one!

Just 69 players remain at the end of Day 1a. Michael McNeil (3,225,000) leads this field. He is followed by bracelet winner David Funkhouser (3,190,000) in second place and Yoon Choi (2,315,000).

Vanessa Kade (1,490,000) is the biggest name in the top ten, having found a bag for Day 2 along with other notables like two-time bracelet winner Jeff Sluzinski (355,000) and poker coaches Kenny Hsiung (835,000) and Ognyan Dimov (1,350,000).

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Stacks	Big Blinds
1	Michael McNeil	United States	3,225,000	81
2	David Funkhouser	United States	3,190,000	80
3	Yoon Choi	United States	2,315,000	58
4	Michael Cravatt	United States	2,305,000	58
5	Gerard Coyle	United States	2,260,000	57
6	Joe Kuether	United States	1,800,000	45
7	Nozomu Shimizu	Japan	1,650,000	41
8	Marc Bougaret	France	1,525,000	38
9	Vanessa Kade	Canada	1,490,000	37
10	Kenny Huynh	United States	1,375,000	34

This was the first of three Day 1 flights for this event.

Each Day 1 flight begins at 10 a.m. local time, with Day 1b starting July 14. There will be 12 levels of early registration. There are 22 levels in each Day 1 flight, with a 20-minute break every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break after level 16 (around 7 p.m. local time).

The fields will combine for Day 2 at 10 a.m. on July 16, with play ending on Day 3 which will play out on July 17.