There have been an additional 56 entries during the first level of the day, with 41 one of those being new players.
The final entry tally stands at 272, a big increase on the 207 that hopped in to play last summer.
The payouts have yet to be announced but $6,392,000 has been collected.
Ethan Yau opened to 20,000 in the cutoff and Robert Beall defended in the big blind.
Beall checked on the flop of 7♦4♦5♦ and Yau continued for 12,000. Beall called. Beall checked again on the 7♥ turn and Yau checked back.
The 6♦ river completed the board and Beall bet 40,000. Yau sat still before moving all in for around 168,000. Beall called.
Yau showed A♥8♦ for a rivered straight flush to beat out the nine-high flush of his opponent with 9♦6♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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450,000
161,000
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161,000 |
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400,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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Dario Sammartino open-jammed a short stack in the cutoff and Nick Maimone called on the button with his opponent covered.
Dario Sammartino: Q♦10♥ 
Nick Maimone: 2♦2♠
Sammartino couldn't win the flip as the board ran out 8♣6♥7♥2♣K♠ to improve Maimone to a set and mark the Italian Main Event final tablist's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
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Daniel Negreanu open-jammed in the small blind for 86,000 and Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind didn't have much of a decision when he looked down at his cards.
Daniel Negreanu: J♠3♠
Stoyan Madanzhiev: A♥A♠
Negreanu had picked the wrong time to jam and couldn't pull ahead of aces as the board ran out 4♥Q♣10♠A♦3♦ to mark the Poker Hall of Famer's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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580,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted | |
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Shaun Deeb entered the $25,000 High Roller at the start of the day, and had already chipped up through Ben Heath.
Then, on a 10♣4♣2♠J♣ board, he moved all in and Daniel Negreanu pulled out his vlogging camera before calling for his last 82,000.
Daniel Negreanu: J♥5♥
Shaun Deeb: A♦J♦
Both players had turned top pair, but Negreanu was outkicked and couldn't catch up on the 4♠ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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665,000
95,000
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95,000 |
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385,000
235,000
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235,000 |
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75,000
170,000
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170,000 |
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Busted | |
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The action continues at the 2024 World Series of Poker today, with Day 2 of Event #21: $25,000 NLH 6-Max. The first eight levels are in the books at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, where Brandon Wilson led the pack after Day 1.
A total of 216 entries were recorded on Day 1, surpassing last year’s total of 207. Late registration remains open for the first level of the day. New entries will join the 76 surviving players at 12 p.m. local time to resume battle in this prestigious event.
Wilson worked his way to the top of the chip counts bagging 1,388,000 on the opening day, but has plenty of company giving chase. Among the notable names inside the top ten are Artur Martirosian (988,000), Rainer Kempe (858,000), Brek Schutten (767,000), and Kevin Rabichow (724,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Wilson | United States | 1,388,000 | 174 |
| 2 | Michael Jozoff | United States | 1,127,000 | 141 |
| 3 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 988,000 | 124 |
| 4 | Paul Jager | United States | 934,000 | 117 |
| 5 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 858,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Brek Schutten | United States | 813,000 | 102 |
| 7 | Michael Rocco | United States | 790,000 | 99 |
| 8 | Chongxian Yang | United States | 769,000 | 96 |
| 9 | Justin Saliba | United States | 767,000 | 96 |
| 10 | Kevin Rabichow | United States | 724,000 | 91 |
Along with late entries, there will be lots of other players to keep track of on Day 2, including Phil Ivey (411,000), who will be looking to capture his 11th WSOP bracelet and first in almost ten years.
Nick Petrangelo (675,000), Masashi Oya (499,000), Alex Foxen (388,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (267,000), and Daniel Negreanu (126,0000) are also in the mix heading into play today.
Play will resume in the Horseshoe Silver section at 12 p.m. local time, where players will return to blinds of 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. The schedule for today is to play through ten more 60-minute levels.
Be sure to keep track of PokerNews live reporting through an exciting Day 2 on the road to revealing the next WSOP bracelet winner.
