WSOP 2024 Day 34 – Shiina Okamoto has Designs on Ladies Crown

They say nobody remembers who came second and maybe that’s why Shiina Okamoto is making a second consecutive deep run at the Ladies Championship title, having come so close last year.

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Shiina Okamoto (courtesy of WSOP)

The Japanese architect/poker fanatic trails only Jamie Kerstetter after day 3, the final half dozen set to return today to decide the destination of the gold bracelet and $171,732 first prize.

Event #71: the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship 

Playing down from 36 to the final 5 saw several well-known names fall by the wayside, including poker/chess combo maestro Jennifer Shahade, who fell to Kerstetter.

Jen Shahade: J♥ J♠

Jamie Kerstetter: A♦ Q♥

Flop: Q♦ 3♣ 8♣

Shahade’s last remaining chips went in on the flop, but Kerstetter had an easy call.

Turn: 3♠

River: 9♠

That meant 29th and $4,958 for Shahade, while Monika Zukowitz (22nd for $5,939), Nadya Magnus (19th for $5,939), and Nancy Nguyen (14th for $7,225) all fell short of the final table.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Jamie KerstetterUSA9,330,000
2Shiina OkamotoJapan8,640,000
3Linda DurdenUSA3,110,500
4Mor KamberIsrael1,755,000
5Cecile TicherfatineFrance1,100,000
6Ceci LiaoUSA970,000

The biggest news of the day was Scott Seiver and his third gold bracelet of the month, winning Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed). That gives him seven WSOP golds overall and a share of 7th spot in the all-time list alongside Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan, Men Nguyen and Billy Baxter.

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Scott Seiver – Photo Credit: PokerGO

Event #70: $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em

The total entry reached 19,337 by the time late reg closed on day 1c of the $400 Colossus, creating a monster prize pool of $2,834,370. By the end of day’s play, only 2358 remain, still led by day 1b leader Lisa Tan, yesterday’s best showing by Vincent Lee placing him in overall 4th spot.

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Among the other survivors are German soccer star Max Kruse, Czech highstakes pro Martin Kabrhel, and the controversial seven-times WSOP champion Men “The Master” Nguyen.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Lisa TangUSA1,680,000
2Dohang NaKorea1,659,000
3Dustin DenzikUSA1,608,000
4Vincent LeeUSA1,470,000
5Kfir NahumIsrael1,395,000
6William WilkinsonUSA1,390,000
7Austin AlcalaUSA1,287,000
8Drew DingmanUSA1,283,000
9Oliver SaidMalta1,263,000
10William SmithUSA1,209,000

Event #73: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha

Last year’s numbers were easily exceeded with a late charge yesterday, 476 entries total bringing the prizepool to $11,186,000 and Brian Rast leading the way.

Bubble time was first and foremost in the minds of the elite highrollers and those wealthy enough to take a punt and it was fan favourite Tom Dwan who brought us down to 72 paid spots…

Gabriel Andrade: A♣ A♠ K♥ Q♠

Tom Dwan: A♦ J♥ 10♠ 2♣

Flop: 9♥ 9♠ J♦

Andrade, all-in and at risk after the flop, watched his tournament hopes go up in flames when the turn card appeared…

Turn: J♠

River: 6♣

…and the river brick sent him spinning out.

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Tom Dwan (courtesy of WSOP)

Dwan, Erick Lindgren and Viktor Blom are still in the mix for day 3, but Phil Ivey (38th for $60,672), Stephen Chidwick (41st for $52,722) and Gus Hansen (71st for $50,211) all fell short.

There are 34 players left in and three $million+ payouts gracing the podium prizes, with top spot worth $2,246,728.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Brian RastUSA4,785,000
2Maxi LehmanskiGermany4,500,000
3Billy TarangoUSA4,400,000
4Eelis ParssinenFinland3,795,000
5David EldridgeUSA3,700,000
6Michael MoncekUSA3,670,000
7Tyler StafmanUSA3,635,000
8Joni JouhkimainenFinland3,255,000
9Erick LindgrenUSA3,235,000
10Matthew KolibasUSA3,080,000

Event #74: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Event 74 saw exactly that number progress to day 2, with two men who could start an argument in an empty cardroom – Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler and Mike “The Mouth” Matusow – among them. Kessler for one is hoping to “save his summer” with a deep run.

Newly-crowned Poker Players Champion Daniel Negreanu, along with Shaun Deeb and Jennifer Harman, all fell, but may be back today to fire a second bullet before late registration ends.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Ali EslamiUSA395,000
2Andrey ZhigalovRussia276,500
3Allen KesslerUSA273,000
4Brandon Shack-HarrisUSA244,500
5Hisashi YamanouchiJapan236,000
6Nacho BarberoArgentina215,500
7Brad RubenUSA205,500
8Maximilian SchindlerUSA203,500
9Xixiang LuoChina203,500
10Rob HollinkNetherlands190,000

Three more events get underway today at the Horseshoe and Paris casinos, with Event #75: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em, Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) and Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet all joining the fun and  games.

We’ll be back again tomorrow with all the best of the action, so be sure to tune in for your WSOP updates!

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