Welcome to Day 4 of Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas where just 13 players remain as they look to capture a World Series of Poker bracelet and the $676,900 first-place prize.
Among the remaining players, Noel Rodriguez (15,425,000) and Justin Belforti (15,050,000) lead the way, together holding more than 40 percent of the total chips in play. Brandon Mitchell is a distant third, starting the day with 6,050,000.
Day 4 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Noel Rodriguez
United States
15,425,000
77
2
Justin Belforti
United States
15,050,000
75
3
Brandon Mitchell
United States
6,050,000
30
4
Vanessa Kade
Canada
5,625,000
28
5
Victor Paredes
United States
4,550,000
23
6
Marc Foggin
United Kingdom
4,375,000
22
7
Benjamin Gold
United States
3,875,000
19
8
Paolo Boi
Italy
3,700,000
19
9
Juan Vecino
Spain
3,700,000
19
10
Huihan Wu
United States
2,520,000
13
11
Jiang Pu
United Kingdom
2,375,000
12
12
Ravi Shankar
United States
2,025,000
10
13
Chris Klodnicki
United States
1,475,000
7
Chris Klodnicki
Chris Klodnicki is the only bracelet winner remaining, winning his first bracelet in 2017 in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event and his second at the 2023 WSOP in the $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold'em. He has his work cut out for him if he's going to secure a third bracelet, as he's starting the day with just seven big blinds.
All 13 players have locked up a payout of $37,580, but all eyes are on the $676,900 first-place prize and the coveted WSOP bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$676,900
2
$451,299
3
$326,883
4
$239,451
5
$177,416
6
$132,978
7
$100,840
8
$77,378
9
$60,088
10-11
$47,229
12-13
$37,580
Day 4 gets underway at 12 p.m. local time on June 27, with blinds starting at 100,000/200,000 and a big blind ante of 200,000. Play will continue until a champion has been crowned.
Stay tuned for all the excitement as the PokerNews live reporting team covers Day 4, along with our comprehensive summer-long coverage of the 2024 WSOP at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
On the first hand of the day, Justin Belforti in the small blind limped so Brandon Mitchell in the big blind only had to check his option to find a flop of 3♦6♦4♣. Belforti continued for 200,000 and he made Mitchell fold.
On the next hand, Belforti on the button announced 225,000, but the dealer eventually realized that it wasn't enough to raise. "You almost got me!" Belforti's friends in the rail said, making the players around the table laugh.
Marc Foggin in the big blind checked and checked the 10♥Q♥7♣ flop. Belforti bet 200,000, enough to make Foggin fold.
Paolo Boi opened 400,000 under the gun and Huihan Wu defended the big blind.
When the K♥K♣3♠ flop hit the felt, Wu checked to Boi who continued with a bet of 300,000. That was enough for Wu to surrender the pot as his cards hit the muck.
Paolo Boi limped the button as did Ravi Shankar from the small blind before Juan Vecino raised to 650,000 from the big blind. Both players made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of A♥10♣8♠, and Shankar check-folded to a bet of 325,000 from Vecino while Boi made the call.
When the J♦ hit the turn, Vecino continued for 800,000. Boi thought about it for about 30 seconds before letting his hand go.
Chris Klodnicki was starting to build a stack as he got a couple of shoves through to take the blinds, and shoved again for about 1,950,000 from the cutoff and Ravi Shankar called off his 1,275,000 from the big blind.
Ravi Shankar: Q♠4♠
Chris Klodnicki: 10♠10♥
The K♣6♠3♠ flop gave Shankar a flush draw and the J♠ turn completed the flush, leaving Klodnicki drawing dead as the 7♥ landed on the river.
