This year's $10,000 WSOP Main Event produced a new record of 10,112 players, which also created a record $94,041,600 prizepool. A handsome $10 million, worldwide fame and a special diamond bracelet await the winner.
What did Day 7 bring?
Yesterday marked the seventh day of play at the WSOP Main Event, with 59 players, including Niklas Astedt, Kristen Foxen, Alex Keating, Aliaksandr Shylko, Stephen Song and Brian Rast.
However, most of these names will not be playing on Day 8. Among the first to bust out was Stephen Song, who finished in 57th place ($160,000). Alex Keating (55th - $160,000), Aliaksandr Shylko (36th - $250,000) and Brian Rast (24th - $350,000) also left for the cash.
Level 35 was supposed to end the day, but after it was played, there were still 20 players left in the game, and the plan was for 18 players to advance, so the organizers decided to add a 20-minute break and continue play until 18 players were in the game.
So it resumed with Level 36 (400k/800k/800k), of which only a few minutes were played, and we got to know the top 18 players of the WSOP Main Event. They are led by French player Malo Latinois with a stack of 61,300,000. Niklas Astedt (50,000,000) and Kristen Foxen (47,400,000), who has a chance to sit at the Main Event final table as only the second woman in history, will not be absent on Day 8. The first was Barbara Enright in 1995, who finished fifth then. No woman has ever won the WSOP Main Event and so Kristen Foxen has a unique chance to rewrite history.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Stack | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 50,000,000 | 63 |
| 1 | 2 | Diogo Coelho | Portugal | 51,500,000 | 64 |
| 1 | 3 | Gerardo Hernandez | Mexico | 13,400,000 | 17 |
| 1 | 4 | Yegor Moroz | United States | 24,500,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 5 | Brian Kim | United States | 42,400,000 | 53 |
| 1 | 6 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 14,900,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 7 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | 47,400,000 | 59 |
| 1 | 8 | Joe Serock | United States | 46,300,000 | 58 |
| 1 | 9 | Jason James | Canada | 45,800,000 | 57 |
| 2 | 1 | Jessie Bryant | United States | 27,600,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 2 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 8,300,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 45,900,000 | 57 |
| 2 | 4 | Little Latinois | France | 61,300,000 | 77 |
| 2 | 5 | Jason Sagle | United States | 51,400,000 | 64 |
| 2 | 6 | Guillermo Sanchez Otero | Spain | 24,500,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 7 | Gabriel Moura | Brazil | 24,600,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 8 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 18,400,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 9 | Jordan Griff | United States | 8,300,000 | 10 |
Royal Flush in the WSOP Main Event
In addition, the seventh day of Main Event play also brought a Royal Flush, which we were able to watch live on the TV table. Daniel Kyosev took care of this treat, and opted to go all in for 950,000. This was called by Garret Bok, who was holding a stack of around 15 million at the time, and found sevens under his hand. After unloading a full board Kyosev hit a Royal Flush to playfully multiply his stack.
🚨ROYAL FLUSH IN THE MAIN EVENT 🚨
- PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 13, 2024
One of the rarest sights in poker - the royal flush secures Kyosev a crucial double on Day 7 of the @WSOP Main Event!
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Jeremy Ausmus matched Hellmuth's record
No, Jeremy Ausmus doesn't have 17 bracelets like Hellmuth, but he still managed to match another record of his. Phil Hellmuth holds several records, and one of them is the number of final tables during a single WSOP. Phil took care of that record in 2021 and he sat at 7 final tables in total back then. Not a single one was in the NLH format and in one case Phil took home a bracelet.
That record has now been matched by Jeremy Ausmus, who also sat at 7 WSOP final tables this summer. However, he has yet to win a single bracelet. Jeremy has sat at 4 final tables in NLH format, two in mixed games and one in no-limit 2-7 lowball draw format. Jeremy has played buy-ins ranging from $1,500 to $250,000, and was not absent from the final table in the challenging $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
On this night, Jeremy Ausmus appeared at the final table of the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) tournament, where he cashed for $23,952 for seventh place. Ausmus is also in a direct battle with Scott Seiver for the Player of the Year title, and it's possible that Jeremy will be in first place after the final points are added. That may not be for long, however, as Scott Seiver will be battling for another bracelet at the final table of the online tournament on Sunday, for which he will add more points.
Christoph Vogelsang can get his first bracelet
Tonight we will already know the champion of Event #92, which is the $50,000 NLH High Roller with 178 entries and a prizepool of $8,499,500. There is a prize of $2,037,947 awaiting the winner and the top 5 players will be battling it out tonight.
And they are led by German player Christoph Vogelsang, who has a number of successes to his credit, but still lacks a WSOP bracelet. He can change that in this very tournament, where he will enter with a stack of up to 19,250,000. He won't have it easy, however, as names like Jared Bleznick, Jesse Lonis, Nacho Barbero and Justin Saliba stand in his way.
Vogelsang still managed to knock two poker legends out of the final table before the end of the day. First, he eliminated 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and WSOP Hall of Fame member Erik Seidel, who took home $213,624 for his 8th place finish, and right after that he eliminated Pokerstars founder and possible new HOF member Isaiah Scheinberg. He finished in 7th place with a prize of $278,552.
| Place | Player | Country | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 19,250,000 |
| 2 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 12,800,000 |
| 3 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 7,500,000 |
| 4 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 6,950,000 |
| 5 | Justin Saliba | United States | 6,900,000 |
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