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17.07.2024

Astedt, Tamayo or Griff - one of them will be the WSOP Main Event champion tonight

The final day of the record-breaking WSOP Main Event is here, and tonight, one of the final three will be crowned champion. Niklas Astedt is the closest yet to the $10 million prize, but there are only a few blinds between the players. In addition to the Main Event, we'll take a look at one more tournament where Phil Ivey is fighting for his 12th bracelet, and we'll also give you an update on the race for Player of the Year.

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At the beginning there were a record 10.112, yesterday there were 9 and today there are only three. That's the sequence of the WSOP's record-breaking $10,000 Main Event, where the winner is looking for a straight $10 million, world fame and a diamond bracelet worth more than 400 grams.

WPT Player of the Year, online legend or qualifier - these are the WSOP Main Event finalists!WPT Player of the Year, online legend or qualifier - these are the WSOP Main Event finalists!

There were 9 of them

The top 9 players of the 2024 WSOP Main Event sat at the final table, and they were led by Jordan Griff, a player who until recently had cashes of just a few tens of thousands. At the other end was Spanish player Andres Gonzalez, who had the smallest stack. However, there was also no shortage of Triton stops from Brian Kim and online poker legend Niklas Astedt.

Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
1 Boris Angelov Bulgaria 52,900,000 33
2 Malo Latinois France 25,500,000 16
3 Brian Kim United States 94,600,000 59
4 Niklas Astedt Sweden 94,200,000 59
5 Joe Serock United States 83,600,000 52
6 Jordan Griff United States 143,700,000 90
7 Jonathan Tamayo United States 26,700,000 17
8 Andres Gonzalez Spain 18,300,000 11
9 Jason Sagle Canada 67,300,000 42

Everyone was guaranteed at least $1,000,000, and in the end it went to French player Malo Latinois. In his last hand, Malo bet his entire stack of 13,700,000 with A-K, which was matched by chipleader Griff with pocket threes on his hand. Despite having two aces on the board, the turn brought a three of a kind, allowing Griff to hit a full house that sent Latinois to the cashier for his ninth-place reward.

In 8th place was Joe Serock, who was eliminated by Niklas Astedt. Joe moved all in for 39,700,000 with A-J on his last hand, but Niklas found queens and so willingly called. Niklas hit a straight on the board and Joe Serock took home $1,250,000. Astedt shot up to chipleader after this hand.

Seventh place went to Brian Kim, who took care of the hype surrounding his last hand. In it, he found K-6 and after Astedt raised to 18 million, Kim opted to 5-bet all in for nearly 54 million. Astedt, after some deliberation, eventually called with his tens. Another ten appeared on the board and that sent Kim for a $1,500,000 reward. In a post-elimination interview, he admitted that he wasn't happy that Niklas had called his all-in and thought that Niklas would fold his cards after his all-in.

Niklas Astedt is also behind the elimination of Andres Gonzalez in sixth place. Gonzalez found himself under a hand of jacks and opted to go all in for 61,500,000. Niklas found A-Q and so again all-in willingly called. An ace appeared on the board and no help for Gonzalez. He thus had to settle for a $2,000,000 reward.

Jonathan Tamayo had a hand in the next elimination, sending Boris Angelov to the rail. Boris was down to his last 18 million, which amounted to just 6 blinds, and with his pocket sixes he opted to go all-in. He was called by Tamayo with K-6, who saw two more kings on the board, which sent Angelov to the rail for a $2,500,000 reward for fifth place.


Niklas Astedt once again took care of the last elimination of the night, and he closed out the entire ninth day of play. The final elimination was Jason Sagle, who moved all in for 28,000,000 with J-J on the hand. Niklas called again with A-3 and hit a straight on the board to end the ninth day of play at the WSOP Main Event. This left Jason Sagle in fourth place for a $3,000,000 prize.

What stacks do the finalists have?

That leaves Niklas Astedt as the chipleader heading into today's final table, followed by Jonathan Tamayo and Jordan Griff. They all already have at least $4,000,000 in the bank. None of this trio of players has a WSOP bracelet yet. However, there is a $10,000,000 bounty awaiting one of them in addition to that, and the runner-up will receive $6,000,000. Who do you think will be the champion?

Player Country Stack BB
Niklas Astedt Sweden 223,000,000 74
Jonathan Tamayo USA 197,000,000 66
Jordan Griff USA 187,000,000 62

Phil Ivey battles for 12th bracelet

Finally, we have the legendary Phil Ivey, who sat at the final table of the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller (8-Handed). The number of entries here reached 120, bringing the prizepool to $2,820,000. There was $725,796 waiting for the winner.

Names like Scott Seiver, Michael Moncek, and Phil Ivey sat at the final table here. However, none of them managed to even make it to the final heads-up. Scott finished in 6th place for $131,719, Phil Ivey finished in 4th place for $239,850, and Moncek finished third for $336,442. The winner in the end was Xixiang Luo, who thus won his second bracelet during the current WSOP.

Place Player Country Prize
1 Xixiang Luo China $725,796
2 Albert Daher Lebanon $483,866
3 Michael Moncek United States $336,442
4 Phil Ivey United States $239,850
5 Ryan Miller United States $175,423
6 Scott Seiver United States $131,719
7 David Benyamine France $101,608
8 Adam Friedman United States $80,585
9 Yueqi Zhu China $65,761

What does the WSOP POY Rankings look like?

We're slowly coming to the end of the WSOP festival, so it's time to update you on the WSOP Player of the Year rankings. Still at the top of the leaderboard is Scott Seiver, who has won 3 bracelets during this WSOP and currently has 4,064 points. He is followed in second place by Jeremy Ausmus (3,686) who has had a great summer. Although he hasn't won any bracelets, he has sat at seven final tables.

PLACE NAME PTS
1 Scott Seiver 4,064.42
2 Jeremy Ausmus 3,686.60
3 Chance Kornuth 3,374.00
4 John Racener 3,137.59
5 Chris Hunichen 3,083.57
6 Yuri Dzivielevski 2,922.98
7 David Prociak 2,921.93
8 Viktor Blom 2,882.58
9 Calvin Anderson 2,780.37
10 Bryce Yockey 2,704.48


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