WSOP 2024 Day 23 – Viktor “Isildur1” Blom Closing in on SHR Bracelet

Once the most-feared opponent at the nosebleed stakes online, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is having a renaissance of sorts at the live tables in Vegas. The Swedish phenom is leading the final six in the $100k and looking to finally add a bracelet to his list of achievements.

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Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (courtesy of WSOP)

 Yesterday saw Magnus Edengren take down Event #43: $1,500 Mixed (7-Handed) and Jared Kingery scoop gold in Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Meanwhile, the mighty Isildur was making waves of his own.

Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em

Viktor “Isildur” Blom Just as Scary in the Flesh

Blom has already shown his form this summer, taking 3rd place and a $ 951,727 cash in the $50k SHR just last week. Yesterday he finished top of the remaining six players from a field of 112 entries, with $2,838,389 up top for today’s victor.

A busy day saw Danny Tang bubble the paid spots, Alex Foxen last precisely one hand on his late reg. and Ike Haxton fall to Blom at the final table after a pre-flop shove was called by the Swede.

Isaac Haxton: K♠ Q♦

Viktor Blom: K♥ K♦

Flop: J♦ 8♠ 3♣

Turn: 10♦

River: 6♥

Final table Chip Counts

SeatPlayerCountryChip Count 
1Viktor BlomSweden27,675,000 
2Chris HunichenUSA16,475,000 
3Chance KornuthUSA8,900,000 
4Aleksejs PonakovsLatvia6,475,000 
5Jeremy AusmusUSA6,100,000 
6Justin SalibaUSA1,575,000 

Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em

Pedro Neves Bags Monster ‘Monster Stack’ Stack

The Monster Stack has also been whittled down from a field of 8704 to a final table, led by Portugal’s Pedro Neves who fought his way back from just 6BBs to hold a commanding chip lead.

Neves’ comeback was helped by a double elimination along the way after a three-way pre-flop all-in…

Alex Abariotes: 6♣ 6♥

Fausto Valdez: A♥ A♦

Pedro Neves: Q♣ Q♦

Flop: 7♦ 3♥ Q♠

Turn: 5♣

River: 9♦

Also in the mix for the $1,098,220 first-place prize is his compatriot Jose Carlos Brito and Tim Reilly.

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Final table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips 
1Pedro NevesPortugal172,200,000 
2Aaron JohnsonUSA101,000,000 
3Brian RoffUSA50,800,000 
4Jerry MaherUSA29,800,000 
5Tim ReillyUSA28,900,000 
6Jose Carlos BritoPortugal27,000,000 
7Guangming LiUSA25,500,000 

Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (8-Handed)

Benny Glaser Chases H.O.R.S.E. Trophy

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Benny Glaser (courtesy of WSOP)

England’s Benny Glaser is looking to stake his claim to all-round poker mastery G.O.A.T status, yesterday seeing him top the chip counts as the $10k H.O.R.S.E. Championship battled down to a final five.

Play ended for the night after Maria Ho, all-in UTG, fell in 6th spot at the hands of Glaser, who was also called down each street by Zolotow…

Maria Ho: A♦ Q♥ 9♦ 3♦

Benny Glaser: A♥ J♣ 4♣ 2♣

Steve Zolotow: 8♥ 7♠ 5♥ 4♠

Flop: 5♣ 6♥ 8♣

Turn: 6♣

River: 7♥

Final table Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChips 
1Benny GlaserUK3,675,000 
2Maksim PisarenkoRussia3,375,000 
3Lawrence BrandtUSA1,955,000 
4Steve ZolotowUSA1,500,000 
5Mike LeahCanada340,000 

Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship

Sammy Farha Hoping for Senior Moment

Day 1b of the over-50s NLH Championship saw WSOP legend Sammy Farha well to the fore, bagging a 4th place stack as Mike Matusow also made it through to day two. Farha’s stack is good enough for 13th overall.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips 
1William ElliottCanada530,000 
2Brent NelmsUSA525,000 
3Carlos BermudezUSA468,000 
4Rafael BenamiIsrael438,500 
5Brett ReichardCanada414,500 
6Stephen ShawUSA407,000 
7Steven CohenFrance400,500 
8Lawrence LazarUSA377,000 
9Derek IchilcikAustralia373,000 
10Kirk StowellUSA372,000 
 
      

Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)

Prociak Looking for Bracelet number 2

The $1k PLO 8-handed is another that battled its way down to a final, table last night, just 8 players remaining and led by David Prociak.

Prociak’s $1500 Badugi bracelet win was somewhat overshadowed by Scott Seiver’s 6th WSOP gold celebrations but a second win in as many weeks would doubtless get the respect and headlines it deserves.

Final Table Chip Counts

PlacePlayerChipsCountry 
1David ProciakUSA14,615,000 
2Christopher VitchUSA13,530,000 
3Thomas TaylorCanada6,100,000 
4Joe FirovaUSA2,935,000 
5Christopher FrankGermany2,460,000 
6Kharlin SuedUSA1,360,000 
7Jay HarwoodIreland1,325,000 
8Ioannis Angelou KonstasGreece1,310,000 

Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Martin Jacobson in the Hunt

The opening day saw 1,252 entries and a prizepool of $3,342,840, with the remaining 187 players already in the money and chasing $523,195 up top.

Ivan Ruban leads the way but there are a number of big names still in this one, including 2014 WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson, as well as highroller specialists Chris Brewer and Punnat Punsri.

Those who fell short of the money include Alex Foxen, Martin Kabrhel, Maria Konnikova and Scott Seiver.

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChips 
1Ivan RubanRussia1,476,000 
2David StammUSA1,165,000 
3John KennerUSA1,089,000 
4Sami BechahedUSA927,000 
5Andjelko AndrejevicUSA856,000 
6Marko GrujicUSA836,000 
7Simas KaraliunasLithuania822,000 
8Maximiliano GallardoArgentina671,000 
9David KaufmannGermany664,000 
10Erfan GeulaUSA651,000 

Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship

Daniel Negreanu Makes Day 2

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Daniel Negreanu (courtesy of WSOP)

The opening day of the $10k Razz saw 98 entries shorn down to 54, with Shaun Deeb, Brian Hastings, and James Obst among the day’s fallen.

There was better news for defending cham Jerry Wong, Brain Rast, and Daniel Negreanu, all making it through today two. Eric Rodawig leads with Ren Lin breathing down his neck.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count 
1Eric RodawigUSA276,500 
2Ren LinChina250,500 
3Arthur MorrisUSA225,000 
4Brian YoonUSA218,500 
5Carlos ChadhaUSA207,500 
6Sean AkhaviUSA190,500 
7Andrey ZhigalovRussia189,500 
8Robert MassmanUSA172,500 
9David FunkhouserUSA164,000 
10Denis StrebkovRussia159,000 

Day 24 will see Event #51: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) and Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed) all start out.

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