WSOP 2024 Day 26 – Negreanu Out, Ivey In as $250k SHR Nears Money Bubble

Two bullets at $250k apiece wasn’t enough get Daniel Negreanu into a share of the money as poker’s big boys battled it out in Vegas last night. Phil Ivey, however, comes back today with a shot at the $5million+ first prize.

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Daniel Negreanu (courtesy of WSOP)

Event #55: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em

It’s been a lean 2024 at the World Series so far for DNegs and yesterday was no exception as he bust in 18th spot on his second bullet, short of the 12 paid spots…

Daniel Negreanu: J♥ J♠

Seth Gottlieb: A♥ 10♥

Flop: 8♥ Q♠ 3♥

Turn: 5♥

River: 3♦

Phil Ivey did rather better, sitting in 10th out of the 14 remaining players, but it will be a nervous bubble with more than $500,000 on the line for a min. cash. Up top, the number is more than 10x that sum, $5,415,152 going to the winner.

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Phil Ivey (courtesy of WSOP)

Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Adrian MateosSpain16,250,000
2Santhosh SuvarnaIndia14,950,000
3Taylor von KriegenberghUSA12,050,000
4Sean WinterUSA9,725,000
5Matthias EibingerAustria8,600,000
6Jonathan JaffeUSA8,075,000
7Ben TollereneUSA7,375,000
8Charles HookUSA7,350,000
9Chris HunichenUSA6,400,000
10Phil IveyUSA5,650,000

Day 26 at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos also witnessed Khang Pham scoop Event #46: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship, while Yuri Dzivielevski took down Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed).

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Event #52: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed)

There was plenty of drama at the final table of the $5k NLH 6-handed event, Germany’s Max Kruse and Matthew McEwan suffering in a three-way all-in reminiscent of yesterday’s big SHR showdown.

Max Kruse: 4♦ 4♥

Krasimir Yankov: A♠ A♥

Matthew McEwan: Q♦ Q♥

The flop was the ridiculous…

Flop: A♦ 4♣ Q♠

Turn: K♥

River: J♦

Former pro footballer turned poker pro Kruse was out in 7th and McEwan on fumes following him in 6th spot. Australia’s Mostafa Haidary leads the way for the surviving quartet returning today to play for gold.

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Max Kruse (courtesy of WSOP)

Final table chip counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Mostafa HaidaryAustralia15,375,000
2Krasimir YankovBulgaria12,825,000
3Bernd GleissnerGermany8,575,000
4Brandon SchwartzUSA4,300,000

Event #54: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em

The second starting flight of the $1500 Milly Maker saw a number of big names enter, 2015 champ Joe Mckeehen and 2013 winner Ryan Riess joining yesterday’s Main Event victors Joe Cada (2009) and Martin Jacobson (2014).

Some 3721 entries brought the total to 6523, with day 1c still to come, and the chip leader is China’s Ye Yuan, ahead of day 1a chip leader, Austria’s Ori Elul. Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Maria Ho, Kathy Liebert and Chris Moorman all bagged stacks for day 2.

Top 10 Chip Counts

PositionPlayerCountryChip Count
1Ye YuanChina875,000
2Ori ElulAustria673,500
3Xiaoyun LiChina660,000
4Muaaz GaniUSA615,000
5Philip VerelUSA573,000
6Kyle HoCanada465,000
7Justin BelfortiUSA453,500
8Timur MargolinIsrael398,000
9Jeremy SurinachFrance385,000
10Brett ApterUSA373,500

Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball

A record-breaking 371 entries has been whittled down to 15 players over two days of play, with Shaun Deeb well in the mix as he seeks his 7th WSOP gold bracelet.

With 56 places paid, it was Dennis Kim who bubbled, joining the likes of Allen Kessler, Patrick Leonard and Maxx Coleman on the rail without a payday.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Patrick MoulderUSA1,820,000
2Amir NematiniaUSA1,560,000
3Yuebin GuoUSA1,530,000
4Shaun DeebUSA1,270,000
5Oscar JohanssonSweden1,125,000
6Ian ChanCanada1,090,000
7Chad EveslageUSA1,030,000
8Ryan KoUSA1,020,000
9Anthony HuUSA800,000
10Matthew SmithUSA465,000

Event #57: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed)

Scotland’s Ludovic Geilich has a tough hill to climb today when he returns as the shortest stack for the final table, but he did have the added satisfaction of ending defending champion Phil Hellmuth’s hunt for a 19th bracelet yesterday.

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Ludovic Geilich (courtesy of WSOP)

Rodriguez was all-in preflop…

Noel Rodriguez: J♦ 10♥

Phil Hellmuth: Q♣ 5♣
Ludovic Geilich: 8♦ 10♦

…and Hellmuth and Geilich’s chips were added on the flop….

Flop: 6♦ Q♦ A♣

Turn: 7♣

River: 2♦

That rivered flush sent Hellmuth crashing, his “Poker Brat” persona appearing once again with a typical rant: “The same f*****g guy from Scotland every time. F*****g idiot… 10-high, what the f**k?”

Final table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Aliaksei BoikaSlovenia5,360,000
2Oliver WeisAustria4,500,000
3Antoine SaoutFrance4,280,000
4Steve BuellUSA4,225,000
5Michael RoccoUSA3,140,000
6Frank FunaroUSA2,670,000
7Shota NakanishiJapan2,100,000
8Aaron JohnsonUSA1,605,000
9Ludovic GeilichScotland1,250,000

That’s for day 26 at the 55th Annual World Series of Poker but we’ll be back again tomorrow with all the bracelet news and the best of the rest of the action, so be sure to check in!

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