On the first hand of the day, Luteng Li was automatically all in from the big blind, and he was up against Phillip Hui on the button.
Luteng Li: Q♥Q♦8♣7♣
Phillip Hui: K♦Q♣J♠3♦
Li had found a decent hand, but Hui flopped trips on 7♦3♥3♠ to leave Li drawing thin. The 10♣ turn and 8♥ river were no help to Li, who became one of the first eliminations of the day.
Ryan Leng was forced all in from the big blind on the first hand of the day, and Ali Eslami raised to 7,000 on the button to chase away the rest of the table.
Ryan Leng: Q♣10♥J♥3♦
Ali Eslami: Q♥Q♦8♥4♥
Leng ended up making a straight on the K♠A♥2♥2♦Q♠ board, but the river gave Eslami a full house to send Leng to the rail.
The money bubble is within reach for the 147 players who return for Day 2 of Event #74: $1,500 8-Game Mix at 1 p.m. local time.
The surviving players come back just 32 spots away from the money and will look to secure a piece of the $1,016,865 prize pool. Dean Joe doesn't have to worry too much about the bubble, as he takes the chip lead into the event's penultimate day with 399,000. Daniel Negreanu sits right behind him in second place with 378,000.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
Big Bets
1
Dean Joe
United States
399,000
133
33
2
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
378,500
126
32
3
Ali Eslami
United States
373,000
124
31
4
Tobias Hausen
Germany
365,500
122
30
5
Jorge Ufano
Spain
340,500
113
28
6
Richard Freitas
Brazil
285,000
95
24
7
Felix Truelle
United States
273,500
91
23
8
Charles Tucker
United States
264,500
88
22
9
Scott Seiver
United States
261,000
87
22
10
Jason Stockfish
United States
254,000
85
21
A host of bracelet winners and some of the top games in poker are further down the leaderboard. Scott Seiver begins the day inside the top ten with 261,500, while John Racener (222,000), Benny Glaser (221,000), Christopher Vitch (215,500), and Phil Hui (202,000) are also big stacks. Other returning players include Chris Brewer (190,500), Calvin Anderson (149,000), Eric Baldwin (146,000), Viktor Blom (125,000), Justin Liberto (111,500), Mike Matusow (110,000), and Allen Kessler (108,000). Shaun Deeb, who won this event in 2023, is one of the short stacks with 90,500.
A total of 766 players took their shot at mixed-game gold on Day 1. Just 115 will make the money and guarantee themselves at least a min-cash of $3,010. The eventual champion takes home $181,625 and the WSOP bracelet.
Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$181,625
18-23
$7,500
2
$120,570
24-29
$6,150
3
$81,530
30-35
$5,170
4
$56,230
36-41
$4,450
5
$39,570
42-47
$3,930
6
$28,420
48-53
$3,560
7
$20,840
54-65
$3,310
8-9
$15,620
66-77
$3,170
10-11
$11,960
78-115
$3,010
12-17
$9,370
The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 16 with No-Limit/Pot-Limit blinds of 1,500/3,000 and limits of 6,000/12,000. Levels will be extended to 60 minutes today, with a break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21. The plan is to play ten levels today.
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