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Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Players are on a 20-minute break and 948 players will return to finish the night.
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #78: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$5,361,840
Total Entries
6,076
Level
45
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Entries
6,076
Players Left
486
Players Left 1 / 6,076
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Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The player seated under the gun moved all in for roughly 120,000. John Ferguson asked the dealer for a count before making the call from the button. After the rest of the table folded, the cards were revealed.
Under the gun: A♦Q♦ 
John Ferguson: A♠5♠
The 7♦8♥9♠ flop and K♠ turn offered up a lot more outs for Ferguson, and when the 5♣ came on the river, Ferguson had eliminated his opponent with a pair of fives
Level 19
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There was a shove all in from early position for 110,000 with James Casen making the call from the button.
Early position: A♦8♣
James Casen: J♠J♥
The board ran out clean for the pocket jack of Casen as it came K♥3♦5♣4♠4♦., cementing the elimination of his opponent
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
As told by the players at the table:
Brian Wardrup was in the hijack and raised to 24,000 and Kenna James was on the button and made the call. The flop came out with Q♠6♣5♥ and Wardrup bet out 25,000 and James three-bet to 50,000 and received the call.
On the turn 6♠ Wardrup checked and James bet 65,000 and Wardrup jammed for about 225,000 effective and James made the call with his top pair and flush draw.
Kenna James: Q♠8♠
Brian Wardrup: K♣Q♣
Wardrup was holding the best hand with top pair of queens with the better kicker and the river was the 6♣ which created a chopped pot as both players held a full house.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The player in early position moved all in for 114,000 and Adrian Thorne made the call from the cutoff.
Adrian Thorne: A♠A♥
Early position: J♦J♥
The board ran out with 5♣9♦6♥8♣10♥ and the early position player was left with 13,000 and Thorne's aces were the winner.
On the very next hand the player from the hand above limped under the gun in an attempt to get everyone to call so he could win a decent stack if he won but Ryan Simmonds raised to 50,000 and everyone else folded and the player under the gun called for his last few chips.
Under the gun: A♥10♠
Ryan Simmonds: K♠K♥
Although the player under the gun begged the dealer for some help he did not receive it when the board ran out with A♠K♣10♦10♣8♠ and Simmonds full house sealed the deal for the win.
Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Here is a look at the final table payouts. There will be 912 players paid, with the min-cash being $2,002.
The eventual champion will take home $555,075 and the coveted WSOP bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $555,075 | 63-71 | $8,809 |
| 2 | $370,176 | 72-80 | $7,459 |
| 3 | $276,831 | 81-89 | $6,368 |
| 4 | $208,547 | 90-98 | $5,483 |
| 5 | $158,269 | 99-152 | $4,760 |
| 6 | $121,009 | 153-190 | $4,168 |
| 7 | $93,217 | 191-206 | $4,168 |
| 8 | $72,351 | 207-260 | $3,682 |
| 9 | $56,585 | 261-314 | $3,280 |
| 10-11 | $44,595 | 315-368 | $2,948 |
| 12-13 | $35,418 | 369-422 | $2,673 |
| 14-17 | $28,349 | 423-461 | $2,445 |
| 18-26 | $22,870 | 462-485 | $2,445 |
| 27-35 | $18,596 | 486-548 | $2,257 |
| 36-44 | $15,242 | 548-611 | $2,102 |
| 45-53 | $12,593 | 612-912 | $2,002 |
| 54-62 | $10,490 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 17
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action was caught on the turn with the board reading 2♠9♠3♦7♦. Brandon Sheils had bet 77,000 into a pot of around 100,000 from early position and his opponent in the big blind, Gaurav Makkar, went all in for over 320,000, which was enough to cover Sheils’s remaining stack of 230,000 chips.
For a few minutes, Sheils struggled with the decision and tried to get Makkar to talk to him. He said he really needed help, but Makkar gave no reaction. Sheils apologized to the table, but after more time passed, did not seem to be closer to a decision. After a few minutes altogether, the clock was called. It ran all the way down and his hand was declared dead.
Sheils asked Makkar if he wanted to show his hand, and turned over his dead hand, KxKx. Makkar did not show, but instead asked him why he is folding kings. Sheils answered he did not know why he folded, that he might have called, he just ran out of time.
After some more probing Makkar said it was a good fold and that he had a set of deuces.
