Event #98: $1,500 The Closer
Day 1b Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #98: $1,500 The Closer
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,292,025
Entries
3,215
Level
42
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
2,401
Players Left
277
Players Left 1 / 3,215
Filter
(1)
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of the second and final flight of Event #98: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Day 1b gets underway at 12 p.m. local time on July 16.
The starting stack is 50,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 20 30-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. local time on July 17 and plays down to a winner.
Yesterday, 814 entrants turned out for Day 1a, with 84 progressing. Daniel Rezaei (1,830,000) bagged up the overnight chip lead with a whole host of stars, including six-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings (630,000), joining the Austrian.
End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 1,830,000 | 92 |
| 2 | Robert Nemeskerikiss | United States | 1,435,000 | 72 |
| 3 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | 1,335,000 | 67 |
| 4 | Valentino Konakchev | Bulgaria | 1,295,000 | 65 |
| 5 | Gianluca Cedolia | Canada | 1,280,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Mauricio Ramirez | Costa Rica | 1,240,000 | 62 |
| 7 | Rohit Kwatra | United States | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 8 | Bradley King | United States | 1,085,000 | 54 |
| 9 | Jacob Powers | United States | 1,060,000 | 53 |
| 10 | Miguel Lopes | Portugal | 950,000 | 48 |
Last year’s event attracted a field of 3,531 entries, generating a prize pool of $4,713,885. The winner was Pierre Shum who defeated Peter Nigh heads up to win $606,810 and his first WSOP bracelet.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,531 | Pierre Shum | United States | $606,810 |
| 2022 | 2,039 | Minh Nguyen | United States | $536,280 |
| 2021 | 1,903 | Leo Margets | Spain | $376,850 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 2,800 | Abhinav Iyer | India | $565,346 |
| 2018 | 3,120 | Joe Cada | United States | $612,886 |
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Translated from Spanish by Google:
We have day 2 with 625k of the initial 50k in the $1,500 Closer of
@WSOP
We are already in prizes ✅
We have 10% of the field left and tomorrow is 1B.
We return on Wednesday to fight to score FT and bracelet ✨🏆
58,800
Table 472Seat 8
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 |
48,100
1,300
Table 405Seat 3
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46,000
2,100
Table 405Seat 3
50,000
One more to “Close” it out.