Today marks the conclusion of Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em at the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Day 2 of this two-day event will see the remaining 88 finalists race towards the first-place prize of $785,486.
The eventual winner will have bested the sizable field size of 1,042 entrants as they lay claim to the lion's share of the $4,793,200 prize pool as well as a gold WSOP bracelet.
Brazilian dominated proceedings last night as all three podium positions among the chip counts were occupied by the South American natives. Claiming the top spot was Felipe Boianovsky who amassed a stack of 1,795,000 for the restart this afternoon. Boianovsky is comfortably 400,000 chips over his nearest competitors Felipe Ketzer and Yuri Dzivielevski with 1,380,000 and 1,375,000 respectively.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Felipe Boianovsky
United States
1,795,000
72
2
Felipe Ketzer
Brazil
1,380,000
55
3
Yuri Dzivielevski
Brazil
1,375,000
55
4
Patrick Leonard
United Kingdom
1,370,000
55
5
Xue Song
China
1,350,000
54
6
Arie Kliper
Israel
1,325,000
53
7
Fahredin Mustafov
Bulgaria
1,300,000
52
8
Ramin Hajiyev
Azerbaijan
1,230,000
49
9
Artur Martirosian
Russia
1,190,000
48
10
Robert Capote
United States
1,190,000
48
Brazil has one of the strongest reputations in the game and one player who remains at the forefront of this campaign is Dzivielevski. No stranger to WSOP success, Dzivielevski has already amassed a total of five gold bracelets and will be looking to add a sixth to his impressive World Series track record.
Not far behind Dzivielevski, with 1,370,000 in chips, is Patrick Leonard who solidified himself as one of the toughest competitors in the live and online settings. Leonard has a tremendous amount of titles under his belt already, but a win today would be the second bracelet of his career.
Patrick Leonard
The remaining players will return at 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday, June 10, and play until a winner is crowned. The tournament will resume in Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. Levels will still be 30 minutes long, with a 15-minute break every four levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em and all other events at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
Ueberton De Aquino in the cutoff found himself at risk for 390,000 against Arie Kliper in the big blind.
Ueberton De Aquino: J♠J♣
Arie Kliper: K♥K♠
De Aquino was on the edge of elimination after the flop of 6♦7♦10♣ and the 8♦ turn. But the J♥ river landed on the felt to save De Aquino and make him double up.
Alex Foxen raised from middle position and Harrison Gimbel three-bet jammed for 250,000 from the hijack. Yuzhu Wang, in the big blind, went deep into the tank before making the call for a considerable portion of his own stack. Foxen moved Wang all in for the rest and Wang called.
Harrison Gimbel: K♣K♠
Yuzhu Wang: A♦J♠
Alex Foxen: A♣K♦
Gimbel was all in for a potential triple-up with the best hand. The five-card runout came 4♥9♥3♣2♣6♠ seeing Gimbel best his opponents and sending the pot his way. Foxen covered Wang for the side pot and sent him to the rail in the process.
