2024 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:2024 World Series of Poker
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Dates:May 28-July 17
Champion: Jonathan Tamayo
Prev:2023

The 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 55th edition of the World Series of Poker, an annual series of poker tournaments. It was held from May 28-July 17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3, with the champion being determined on July 17.[1]

The series featured 99 bracelet events. New tournament formats included a Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty event, two Seniors events including a $5,000 Seniors High Roller event, and a Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Double Bomb Pot event.[2]

Schedule

Source: [3]

Key: (bracelets won in 2024/bracelets won in career)

High stakes event ($10,000+ buy-in).
No points awarded towards Player of the Year.
Online event.
Online event, with in-person final table.
EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$5,000 Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout493 Asher Conniff (1/1)$408,468 Halil TasyurekResults
2$500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em1,189 Jose Garcia (1/1)$79,134 Richard RothmeierResults
3$500 WSOP Kickoff No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout3,485 Daniel Willis (1/1)$175,578 Michael Wang (0/2)Results
4$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better928 James Chen (1/1)$209,350 Lewis BrandtResults
5$1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em18,409 Malcolm Trayner (1/1)$1,000,000 Carson RichardsResults
6$25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship64 Darius Samual (1/1)$500,000 Faraz Jaka (0/1)Results
7$1,500 Dealers Choice530 John Hennigan (1/7)$138,296 Robert WellsResults
8$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha733 Bryce Yockey (1/2)$606,654 Farid JattinResults
9$1,500 Limit Hold'em443 Nick Guagenti (1/2)$121,074 Joseph BrodskyResults
10$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship171 Scott Seiver (1/5)$426,744 Jonathan Cohen (0/1)Results
o1$555 No-Limit Hold'em 55th Annual Kick-off1,544 Miguel Use (1/1)$106,613 Stephen Hemsworth
11$1,500 Badugi487 David Prociak (1/2)$129,676 Matt Grapenthien (0/1)Results
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em PKO1,962 Stanton Tentnowski (1/1)$39,732+bounties Corbin White
12$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed2,526 Simeon Spasov (1/2)$439,815 John GordonResults
13$10,000 Dealers Choice Championship124 Robert Mizrachi (1/5)$333,045 Michael MartinelliResults
14$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,639 Thibault Perissat (1/1)$197,308 Ron SchindelheimResults
15$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better1,277 Caleb Furth (1/1)$265,361 Gan JiangResults
16$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em660 Brent Hart (1/1)$660,284 Edward OchanaResults
o3$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em809 Evan Sandberg (1/2)$124,831 Uri Reichenstein
17$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack4,732 Timothy Murphy (1/1)$368,977 Raymond ManciniResults
18$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha1,469 Dylan Weisman (1/2)$294,311 Chino RheemResults
19$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship104 John Racener (1/2)$308,930 Chad Eveslage (0/3)Results
20$300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em20,647 Stephen Winters (1/1)$401,210 Simon BrittonResults
21$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em272 Brek Schutten (1/1)$1,405,641 Tyler StafmanResults
22$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw574 Aaron Cummings (1/1)$146,516 Yuichi KanaiResults
23$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout1,534 Daniel Sepiol (1/1)$305,849 Robert NatividadResults
24$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship259 Sean Troha (1/3)$536,713 Tyler Brown (0/1)Results
25$3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed248 Daniel Vampan (1/1)$148,635 Robert WellsResults
o4$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack1,565 Robert Strunk (1/1)$116,708 Michael Acevedo
26$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em318 Nick Schulman (1/5)$1,667,842 Noel RodriguezResults
27$1,500 Big O1,555 Michael Christ (1/1)$306,884 Matthew BeinnerResults
o5$333 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Treys2,714 Roman Hrabec (1/1)$100,228 Derek Scott
28$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout2,317 Evan Benton (1/1)$412,484 Balakrishna PaturResults
29$10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship149 Phil Ivey (1/11)$347,440 Danny Wong (0/1)Results
30$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack3,351 Alen Bakovic (1/1)$207,064 Brian EtheridgeResults
31$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed1,230 Nicholas Seward (1/1)$516,135 Konstantyn HolskyiResults
32$1,500 Seven Card Stud406 Richard Ashby (1/2)$113,725 Adam OwenResults
o6$400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack2,238 Russell Brooks (1/1)$99,181 Erik Eshima
33$600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack2,402 Alex Manzano (1/1)$161,846 Robert GillResults
34$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout1,267 Antonio Galiana (1/1)$439,395 Johan GuilbertResults
35$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.835 Phil Hui (1/4)$193,545 Daniel MayohResults
36$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack4,278 Timur Margolin (1/3)$342,551 Agharazi BabayevResults
37$10,000 Big O Championship332 John Fauver (1/1)$681,998 Calvin Anderson (0/4)Results
38$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em8,703 Pedro Neves (1/1)$1,098,220 Aaron JohnsonResults
39$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em177 Sergio Aido (1/1)$2,026,506 Chance Kornuth (0/3)Results
40$1,500 Razz547 Scott Seiver (2/6)$141,374 Brandon Shack-Harris (0/2)Results
41$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot1,312 Xixiang Luo (1/1)$270,820 Daniel HachemResults
42$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship107 James Obst (1/2)$260,658 Paul Volpe (0/3)Results
o7$500 No-Limit Hold'em PKO1,603 Ilija Savevski (1/2)$40,577+bounties Jonah LaBranche
43$1,500 Mixed Omaha853 Magnus Edengren (1/1)$196,970 Tim SeidenstickerResults
o8$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max1,233 Sungbin Ma (1/1)$153,250 Michael Bosco
44$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,561 Jared Kingery (1/1)$410,359 Javier GomezResults
45$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship181 Maksim Pisarenko (1/1)$399,988 Mike Leah (0/1)Results
46$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship7,954 Khang Pham (1/1)$677,326 Marc WolpertResults
47$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em112 Chris Hunichen (1/1)$2,838,389 Jeremy Ausmus (0/6)Results
48$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha2,212 Christopher Vitch (1/3)$262,734 Thomas TaylorResults
o9$3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller401 Georgios Sotiropoulos (1/4)$224,418 Dario Marinelli
49$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout1,252 Erlend Melsom (1/1)$523,195 Nikolay YosifovResults
50$10,000 Razz Championship118 George Alexander (1/1)$282,443 Dzmitry UrbanovichResults
51$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,110 Peter Park (1/1)$240,724 Mark DubeResults
52$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed817 Mostafa Haidary (1/1)$656,747 Bernd Gleissner (0/1)Results
53$3,000 Nine Game Mix379 Yuri Dzivielevski (1/5)$215,982 Nicholas Julia (0/1)Results
54$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em10,939 Franco Spitale (1/1)$1,250,125 Justin CareyResults
55$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em75 Santhosh Suvarna (1/2)$5,415,152 Ben TollereneResults
56$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball371 Patrick Moulder (1/1)$177,045 Ian ChanResults
57$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em486 Frank Funaro (1/2)$612,997 Shota Nakanishi (0/1)Results
o10$600 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack1,781 Joshua Remitio (1/1)$125,412 Josh Arieh (0/6)
58$50,000 Poker Players Championship89 Daniel Negreanu (1/7)$1,178,703 Bryce Yockey (1/2)Results
o11$500 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty3,462 Simas Karaliunas (1/1)$122,716 Luis Noboa
o12$888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8s1,366 Ryan Otto (1/1)$150,916 Nithin Eapen
59$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em3,362 Sean Jazayeri (1/1)$358,025 Yucel EminogluResults
60$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,773 Paolo Boi (1/1)$676,990 Pedro RodriguezResults
61$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo507 Dario Sammartino (1/1)$222,703 Jon KyteResults
62$600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em5,110 Hector Berry (1/1)$282,876 Luke VarrassoResults
63$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw453 David Funkhouser (1/1)$123,314 Michel LeibgorinResults
o13$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout824 Charlie Dawson (1/1)$114,800 Zachary Vankeuren
64$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack5,263 Christopher Moen (1/1)$289,323 Thomas KuessResults
65$5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em680 Mark Checkwicz (1/1)$573,876 Arie KliperResults
66$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship811 Elie Nakache (1/1)$1,320,945 Joshua AdkinsResults
67$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em4,517 Ben Collins (1/1)$207,486 Stavros PetychakisResults
68$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em2,229 Colin Robinson (1/1)$667,963 Carl Shaw (0/1)Results
69$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better611 Nikolay Fal (1/1)$153,730 Christian Roberts (0/1)Results
70$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em10,143 Martin Alcaide (1/1)$501,240 Yujian Eugen ZhouResults
71$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship1,245 Shiina Okamoto (1/1)$171,732 Jamie KerstetterResults
72$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship186 Scott Seiver (3/7)$411,041 Jonathan KrelaResults
73$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha476 David Eldridge (1/2)$2,246,728 Brian Rast (0/6)Results
o14$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max267 Roland Rokita (1/1)$278,713 Jed Hoffman (0/1)
74$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship167 Arash Ghaneian (1/2)$376,476 Richard SklarResults
o15$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack2,435 Tony Dunst (1/3)$134,888 Leo Lombardozzi
75$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em1,437 Jason James (1/1)
Jimmy Setna (1/1)
$190,910 Burcu Dagli
Aaron Thomas
Results
76$10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em965 Matthew Lambrecht (1/1)$1,018,933 Damarjai DavenportResults
77$2,500 Mixed Big Bet468 Wing Po Liu (1/2)$209,942 Hye ParkResults
78$1,000 Mini Main Event6,076 Georgios Skarparis (1/1)$554,925 Alexandre BarbarabelliResults
79 $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha131 Daniel Perkusic (1/1)$2,100,325 Danny Tang (0/1)Results
o16$777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s1,694 Millard Hale (1/1)$207,515 Jeffery Hoop (0/1)
80$800 Independence Day Celebration No-Limit Hold'em6,792 Francis Anderson (1/1)$501,040 Brent LeeResults
81$10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em World Championship10,112 Jonathan Tamayo (1/1)$10,000,000 Jordan GriffResults
o17$555 Pot Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty 6-Max1,970 Jared Hyman (1/1)$95,844 Stephen Sola
o18$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship1,448 David Prociak (2/3)$107,984 Thai Yong Wong
82$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,424 Aditya Agarwal (1/1)$189,661 Augusto HagenResults
83$1,500 Eight Game Mix494 Garth Yettick (1/1)$131,061 Josh Arieh (0/6)Results
84$600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em6,628 Carsten Heidemann (1/1)$343,010 Ramana EpparlaResults
o19$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty Championship1,963 Daniel Chan (1/3)$165,178 Jesse Yaginuma (0/2)
o20$400 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus1,544 Johan Schultz-Pedersen (1/1)$149,745 Jonathan Dokler (0/1)
85$1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em1,088 Chance Kornuth (1/4)$155,446 Kannapong ThanarattrakulResults
o21$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship1,052 Mike Watson (1/1)$138,327 Michael McNeill
86$1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha4,280 Sascha Wilhelm (1/1)$282,290 James CavanaughResults
87$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,042 Matthew Alsante (1/1)$785,486 Punnat PunsriResults
o22$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship1,059 Christopher Moon (1/1)$139,248 Joe Kuether
88$10,000 Eight Game Mix189 Calvin Anderson (1/5)$413,446 Dai IshibashiResults
o23$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship Brandon Wittmeyer (1/2)$258,375 Jacob Snider
89$3,000 Mid-Stakes No-Limit Hold'em Championship3,177 Clement Richez (1/1)$1,041,989 Adam OwenResults
90$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed1,304 Joseph Sanders (1/1)$269,530 Anatoliy ZlotnikovResults
91$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.357 Gary Bolden (1/1)$206,321 John Racener (1/2)Results
o24$10,000 WSOP Online Championship Event134 Daniel Maor (1/1)$330,263 Wayne Harmon
92$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em150 Jared Bleznick (1/1)$2,037,947 Jesse Lonis (0/2)Results
o25$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max Championship923 Mohammed Nuwwarah (1/1)$135,172 Maximilian Schindler
93$777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em6,292 Michael Liang (1/1)$777,777 Duc NguyenResults
94$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship418 Michael Rocco (1/1)$924,922 Alexandre Reard (0/2)Results
o26$3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller345 Zachary Vankeuren (1/1)$219,450 Daniel Sepiol (1/1)
95$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em1,119 Jamie Walden (1/1)$313,370 Naseem SalemResults
96$25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.120 Xixiang Luo (2/2)$725,796 Albert DaherResults
o27$400 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty 6-Max2,778 Daniel Triana (1/1)$92,336 Brian Wood (0/1)
97$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed844 Alex Livingston (1/2)$390,621 Francisco BenitezResults
98$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em The Closer3,215 Ching Da Wu (1/1)$525,500 Mario ColavitaResults
o28$500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver1,699 Michael Mosley (1/1)$99,698 Brandon Zuidema
99$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em1,544 Aneris Adomkevicius (1/1)$201,355 Mark NewhouseResults
o29$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em PKO Fight Night717 Júlio Fantin (1/1)$45,558 Andy Bloch (0/1)
o30$888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8s Encore931 Michael Mizrachi (1/6)$108,815 Mitch Garshofsky

Pennsylvania Online

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
o1$500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder217 Frank Bonacci (1/1)$20,731 Justus Marsico
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em PKO267 Zachary Gruneberg (1/1)$8,392+bounties Ryan McCusker
o3$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo170 Kyle Miller (1/1)$17,151 Jacob Smith
o4$500 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty Troy Laypo (1/1)$11,454 Thomas Lobbe
o5$600 No-Limit Hold'em Monsterstack202 Kyle Wallace (1/1)$23,158 David Evans
o6$333 No-Limit Hold'em234 William Nunley (1/1)$14,903 Gregory Soroka
o7$500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver219 Kyle Lorenz (1/2)$20,922 Alex Schwint (0/1)

Player of the Year

Current standings as of July 19:

A new rule introduced in 2024 restricts the total points that any player is able to accumulate to those won from their 10 best events across the series, including a maximum of 1 online event.

Standings[4]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Scott Seiver4,403.853
2 Michael Rocco3,803.671
3 Jeremy Ausmus3,686.600
4 John Racener3,557.101
5 Xixiang Luo3,480.932
6 Chance Kornuth3,379.991
7 David Prociak3,274.872
8 Chris Hunichen3,094.851
9 Yuri Dzivielevski3,033.641
10 Phil Ivey3,004.041

Main Event

The $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting flights. The event attracted 10,112 entries, making it the largest Main Event field in WSOP history. The top 1,517 players earned a part of the $94,041,600 prize pool, with the champion earning $10,000,000.

The final table was reached on July 14 and played out over two days from July 16-17.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Johnny Chan1987, 19882ABC
Phil Hellmuth19892ABC
Jim Bechtel19932ABC
Huck Seed19962D
Scotty Nguyen19983
Robert Varkonyi2002data-sort-value="7"4 (852nd)*
Chris Moneymaker20032ABC
Greg Raymer20041B
Joe Hachem20052ABC
Jamie Gold20062ABC
Jerry Yang20072ABC
Joe Cada20092D
Greg Merson20123
Ryan Riess20133
Martin Jacobson20143
Joe McKeehen2015data-sort-value="9"4 (499th)*
Qui Nguyen20162ABC
Scott Blumstein2017data-sort-value="6"4 (1137th)*
Hossein Ensan20193
Damian Salas20202ABC
Koray Aldemir2021data-sort-value="8"4 (598th)*
Espen Jorstad2022data-sort-value="4"4 (1393rd)*
Daniel Weinman2023data-sort-value="5"4 (1357th)*

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
13thKristen Foxen$600,000
24thBrian Rast$350,000
39thBrandon Cantu$250,000
55thAlex Keating$160,000

Final Table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Jordan Griff 143,700,000 (23.7%) 0 3 $11,181
Brian Kim 94,600,000 (15.6%) 1 10 $522,048
94,200,000 (15.5%) 0 58 $1,126,050
Joe Serock 83,600,000 (13.8%) 1 111 $2,044,860
Jason Sagle 67,300,000 (11.1%) 0 25 $330,039
Boris Angelov 52,900,000 (8.7%) 0 40 $269,708
26,700,000 (4.4%) 0 63 $1,069,333
Malo Latinois 25,500,000 (4.2%) 0 0 0
Andres Gonzalez 18,300,000 (3.0%) 0 31 $367,123

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st$10,000,000
2nd$6,000,000
3rd$4,000,000
4th Jason Sagle $3,000,000
5th Boris Angelov $2,500,000
6th Andres Gonzalez$2,000,000
7th Brian Kim $1,500,000
8th $1,250,000
9th $1,000,000

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holloway. Chad. 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Dates Confirmed; Main Event to Run July 3-17. PokerNews.com. December 15, 2023. December 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: Sofen. Jon. The 2024 WSOP Official Tournament Schedule. PokerNews.com. February 16, 2024. March 1, 2024.
  3. Web site: 2024 WSOP schedule. WSOP.com. March 1, 2024.
  4. Web site: WSOP Player of the Year standings. WSOP.com.