WSOP Day 22 – Phil Hellmuth Falls Short in WSOP Bracelet Hunt

It was close but no celebratory cigar for Phil Hellmuth in Las Vegas last night, the 17-time bracelet winner falling just short of number 18 with a 4th-place finish in the Mixed Omaha event.

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Phil Hellmuth (courtesy of WSOP)

Event #43: $1,500 Mixed Omaha (7-Handed)

Having watched Phil Ivey move into clear second last week in the all-time gold bracelet winner’s list with an 11th WSOP victory, Hellmuth found himself on a deep run as he chased his own 18th piece of WSOP jewellery.

Big Phil was among 23 players to return for day 2 of a tournament that involves rounds of Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, and Big O.

Sixth in chips at the start of play, and on his mother’s birthday, the WSOP legend saw rivals such as Shaun Deeb (16th) and day 1 chip leader Dylan Lambe (6th) fall.

But there was to be no gold bracelet celebration after Hellmuth got it all-in on the flop, with the nut flush draw against Magnus Edengren’s aces…

Magnus Edengren: A♥ A♣ K♣ 10♣

Phil Hellmuth: A♠ 9♦ 2♠ 2♦

Flop: J♥ J♠ 8♠

Adding a low draw on the turn…

Turn: 5♦

…unfortunately for Hellmuth the river bricked…

River: 8♥

…and it was 4th place and no gold bracelet.

Phil’s obvious disappointment was smoothed over by a  visit from his great friend Steve Aoki and, of course, some more poker…

The final three players return today to decide who takes down the win and the $196,970 top prize.

Top 3 Chip Counts

1Magnus EdengrenSweden10,500,000
2James JuvancicUSA6,275,000
3Tim SeidenstickerUSA5,010,000

With nine events in play at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas casinos, surprisingly there were no bracelets awarded yesterday at all, but as we’ve just seen that doesn’t mean there was a drop in the action.

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

Perhaps better known as a highstakes player, divisive Czech pro Martiin Kabrhel found himself topping the chip counts as the Monster Stack was whittled down yet again.

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Martin Kabrhel (courtesy of WSOP)

Only 55 players remain in the hunt for the $1,098,220 top prize, with EPT founder John Duthie, Brazilian star Joao Simao and former GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus all still in the hunt.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Martin KabrhelCzech Rep.24,425,000
2Tim ReillyUSA24,000,000
3Wayne HarmonUSA20,000,000
4Jeremy MaherUSA15,975,000
5Joseph AlbanUSA13,550,000
6Samuel BifarellaFrance13,200,000
7Justin ZakiUSA12,575,000
8Ryan SullivanUSA12,350,000
9Mathew FranklandUK10,950,000
10Manuel EstolArgentina10,700,000

Event #44: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em

The 1561 entries have been whittled down to just 17 contenders for the $2k NLH crown, Spain’s Javier Gomez leading the way.

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Barry Shulman (courtesy of WSOP)

A host of bracelet winners busted towards the end of day’s play, England’s Jack Sinclair among them, but Barry Shulman is still in with a chance of gold #3 and the $410,359 top prize.

Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Javier GomezSpain4,870,000
2Nicholas MasseyUSA4,055,000
3Yasheel DoddanavarIndia3,850,000
4Michael BerkUSA3,465,000
5Huihan WuUSA3,450,000
6Damien Le GoffUK3,445,000
7Kavin ShahUSA3,350,000
8Javier ZarcoSpain3,125,000
9Yunkyu SongUSA2,800,000
10Narcis NedelcuRomania2,700,000

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

The $10k HORSE title is also down to its final 17 players, with Benny Glaser and Maria Ho among those chasing chip leader Christopher Chung for the bracelet and $399,988 first prize.

Ho has already had an interesting first three weeks at this year’s 55th Annual World Series of Poker…

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Christopher ChungUSA1,345,000
2Patrick MoulderUSA1,195,000
3Benny GlaserUK1,125,000
4Greg MascioUSA1,035,000
5Robert WellsUK885,000
6Brandon Shack-HarrisUSA850,000
7Dave StannUSA810,000
8Maksim PisarenkoRussia645,000
9Lawrence BrandtUSA565,000
10Maria HoUSA420,000

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

Day 1a of the Seniors’ event saw almost 5000 players at the tables, with another starting flight scheduled for today. A prizepool of over $10million is a realistic possibility, and nobody under the age of 50 is eligible to win a cent of it!

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Andy Black (courtesy of WSOP)

Andy Black and Robert Campbell are amongst the big names who bagged a stack, but so far it is Brent Nelms out in front, with Mark Rubin on a top 10 stack.

 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Brent NelmsUSA525,000
2Carlos BermudezUSA468,000
3Rafael BenamiIsrael438,500
4Brett ReichardUSA414,500
5Steven CohenCanada400,500
6Lawrence LazarUSA377,000
7Derek IchilcikAustralia373,000
8Kirk StowellUSA372,000
9Bryan MontgomeryUSA368,500
10Mark RubinUSA343,000

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

The big boys and girls (well, girl, Kathy Lehne the only female entrant so far) took to the felt with the biggest buy-in of the 2024 Series so far, otherwise SHR persona non grata Jake Schindler among the $100k buy-in crowd.

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Kathy Lehne (courtesy of WSOP)

Day 1 numbers already exceeded last year’s total entry, and Daniel Negreanu was responsible for two bullets, though painfully both times ran into aces! However, it was a different problem that had him taking to X/Twitter to complain…

Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Henrik HecklenDenmark3,505,000
2Ben TollereneUSA2,815,000
3Nick PetrangeloUSA2,700,000
4Jared BleznickUSA2,655,000
5Chris HunichenUSA2,215,000
6Santhosh SuvarnaIndia2,135,000
7Jeremy AusmusUSA2,090,000
8Brian KimUSA2,015,000
9Johannes StraverNetherlands1,965,000
10Justin SalibaUSA1,860,000

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

James Chen and Brian Hastings were both to the fore on day 1 of yet another record-breaking event, 2212 entries producing a $1,946,560 prizepool for this $1k buy-in, 4-card tournament.

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Phil Laak (courtesy of WSOP)

Germany’s Grzegorz Derkowski leads the way in the hunt for the $262,734 top prize, with Phil Laak among a number of bracelet winners looking to add to their collection.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Grzegorz DerkowskiGermany1,177,000
2Kharlin SuedUSA1,100,000
3James ChenUSA1,017,000
4Michael RoccoUSA859,000
5Brian HastingsUSA793,000
6Asher NeamanIsrael693,000
7Jose FerreiraBrazil668,000
8Vincas TamasauskasLithuania664,000
9Tolga DemirelTurkey655,000
10Steven SarmientoUSA634,000

Event #49: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em and Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship both kick off today to add to the mass of poker being played out in Vegas. Of course, we’ll bring you all the very best of the action every day, so be sure to tune in!

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