The penultimate day of the 2024 WSOPE will see yet another bracelet being awarded. Jacob Amsellem has topped a field of 58 players and is looking to notch a first bracelet win of his career. He will be looking to kick on and use his big stack to his advantage when play resumes at 2 p.m. local time at Kings Resort in Rozvadov. The 473 entrants generated a prizepool of €222,310.
He is the only player in the field to have bagged a seven figure stack, totalling 1,000,000. He leads De Han Kim who sits in second place with 669,500. Kim will be looking to add another deep run of this series, having finished 4th in the €1,000 NLH Turbo Freezeout and 9th in the €1,100 NLH Turbo Bounty Hunter. Kim will be looking to go one step further and secure the victory.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Place
Country
Prize
Big Blinds
1
Jacob Amsellem
France
1,000,000
125
2
De Han Kim
South Korea
669,500
84
3
Ib Poulsen
Denmark
398,000
50
4
Martin Kabrhel
Czechia
378,500
47
5
Ran Shahar
Israel
340,500
43
6
Michele Tocci
Italy
337,000
42
7
Tiberiu Tirca
Romania
334,000
42
8
Nolan Curatolo
Italy
328,500
41
9
Musa Jusaj
Kosovo
328,000
41
10
Bogdan Roman
Romania
316,000
40
Martin Kabrhel
Ib Poulsen sits in 3rd place with 398,000 and is looking for his best ever career cash as well as a coveted gold bracelet. Martin Kabrhel is behind him in 4th. He will be looking to add another bracelet to his collection having won the €50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller during this series. All three of his previous bracelet wins have come at this venue.
WSOPE Closer Payouts
Place
Prize (EUR)
1
€44,000
2
€28,800
3
€19,300
4
€13,300
5
€9,400
6
€6,750
7
€5,030
8
€3,825
9
€2,990
10-11
€2,400
12-15
€1,985
16-23
€1,690
24-31
€1,481
32-39
€1,340
40-58
€1,275
Action will resume in Level 19 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Levels are 30 minutes each and the tournament will be played to its conclusion today. The field is guaranteed a min cash of €1,275 for their efforts.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the final days of coverage from here in Rozvadov.
With 473 total entries, the event generated a prize pool of €222,310. All 58 returning players are in the money, with the champion earning €44,000 and the WSOP bracelet.
