The player on the button opened to 50,000 and Kristen Foxen called out of the big blind.
Foxen checked the 3♣10♠2♥ flop and the button player bet 35,000. Foxen responded to this by check-raising to 200,000. The button player folded his cards and Foxen was kind enough to let her opponent turn over one of her cards. He flipped over the the 2♣ from Foxen's hand, much to the amusement of the table
In a 900,000 chip-pot, Michel Leibgorin on the button shoved for 1,200,000 on a board of 10♠9♠6♣J♣.
Shahrokh Behdjou in the hijack went deep into the tank, and he eventually made the call, being at risk for 825,000.
Shahrokh Behdjou: K♠J♠
Michel Leibgorin: Q♣Q♥
The J♦ river landed on the felt, allowing Behdjou to take this massive pot with trips. Leibgorin, fuming, slammed his cards and left the table before coming back to take a picture of the board.
It was an eventful day at the 2024 World Series of Poker held at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, as Day 2 of Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em dominated the tournament areas from the outset.
After play wrapped up, 416 players remained out of the 2,831 who began Day 2. The tournament saw a total of 8,706 entries across the three starting flights, surpassing last year’s count by nearly 400 entries.
The massive field created a prize pool of $11,619,840, with the winner taking home a seven-figure payout of $1,098,220 and the prestigious WSOP bracelet. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum of $4,880.
Topping the counts with 3,700,000 in chips was Vinicius Lima. According to The Hendon Mob, Lima has over $1,100,000 in live tournament earnings, most of which came from his biggest tournament score to date of $728,430. Lima could potentially top that with a win in this event come Thursday.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Vinicius Lima
United States
3,700,000
123
2
Catalin Pop
United States
3,510,000
117
3
Bart Crego
United States
3,400,000
113
4
Alexandros Dranovitsas
Greece
3,345,000
112
5
Long Ma
United States
3,265,000
109
6
Michael Murphy
United States
2,900,000
97
7
Lukas Guenzel
Germany
2,825,000
94
8
Joshua Payne
United States
2,790,000
93
9
Tony Huang
United States
2,730,000
91
10
Gregory Jensen
United States
2,670,000
89
Joao Simoa
Bagging one of the largest stacks in the room was Joao Simao with 1,810,000 in chips. Simao already boasts two WSOP bracelets, the first from an online event in 2021 and the second from a $5,000 Mixed NLH/PLO event in 2022. In this series, he has already reached two final tables, finishing seventh and third. With the chips he acquired today and the skills in his arsenal, Simao will surely be aiming for another bracelet from this event.
The big focus of the day for many players was when the money bubble burst and all of the remaining 1,306 players were guaranteed a min-cash of $3,001. Earning the unwanted title of bubble boy for this event was John Allen after he called off his remaining chips on the river with a set of queens, only to be shown the nuts by Ardit Kurshumi.
Several big names who missed out on the money today included Danny Wong, two-time bracelet winner Bertrand Grospellier, and 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer, who was eliminated after he hero-called the river against bracelet winner Malcolm Trayner.
Greg Raymer
Notable players who cashed but did not advance to Day 3 include Ren Lin, Maria Ho, Danny Wong, Ebony Kenney, JC Tran, James Dempsey, Ryan Depaulo, Brek Schutten, and six-time WSOP bracelet winner Jeremy Ausmus.
Many big names did manage to bag up a stack for tomorrow’s play though, such as Alex Foxen, Kristen Foxen, Martin Kabrhel, Xuan Liu, Timur Margolin, Jake Schwartz, and Kevin Martin, after getting his opponent to put all of their chips in on the turn drawing dead.
Kevin Martin
Day 3 starts at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, in the Grand Ballroom of the Horseshoe. Players will play ten 60-minute levels before the remaining players bag up for the night and prepare for the fourth day of play.
Make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates on Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack and all other events at the 2024 WSOP at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas!
