The first single-day dwell occasion of the 2024 World Series of Poker is within the books. The $1,000 tremendous turbo bounty no-limit maintain’em freezeout drew 2,639 entries. The occasion kicked off at 10:00 AM and continued till simply quick of 3:00 AM the next morning. When the mud settled after the roughly 17-hour dash, it was France’s Thibault Perissat who hoisted the bracelet and picked up the highest prize of $197,308. This marked the forty first WSOP bracelet received by a French participant.
Perissat’s first WSOP money got here within the $1,500 no-limit maintain’em six-max occasion, which remains to be ongoing. He positioned 264th for $3,006.
In addition to the {hardware} and the cash, Perissat additionally earned 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year factors, which have been sufficient to catapult him into 166th place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.
The prime 396 finishers earned a share of the $2,322,320 prize pool, with large names that ran deep together with four-time bracelet winner and 2009 WSOP most important occasion champion Joe Cada (54th), six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh (14th), and two-time bracelet winner Jesse Yaginuma (4th).
Nevan Chang took out Yaginuma in fourth place, however then unable to win his subsequent preflop showdown. His 10-9 suited was flipping in opposition to the pocket threes of Ron Schindelheim. Neither participant linked with a king-high runout and Chang was eradicated in third place ($96,965).
Heads-up play started with Schindelheim holding practically a 3:2 lead over Perissat. The tables turned when Perissat’s Q-10 received an all-in in opposition to A-10, with a queen on the river giving Perissat greater than a 3:1 lead of his personal. The last hand noticed Schindelheim shove from the button with J10. Perissat referred to as the all-in of roughly 15 large blinds with Q5. The board got here down AOkay899, and queen excessive was sufficient to earn the pot and the bracelet for Perissat. Schindelheim cashed for $131,571 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Thibault Perissat | $197,308 | 1200 |
2 | Ron Schindelheim | $131,571 | 1000 |
3 | Nevan Chang | $96,965 | 800 |
4 | Jesse Yaginuma | $72,115 | 600 |
5 | Gary Leibovitz | $54,129 | 500 |
6 | Cole Griffith | $41,007 | 400 |
7 | Dinesh Alt | $31,358 | 300 |
8 | Hrair Yapoudjian | $24,207 | 200 |
9 | Anthony Monin | $18,866 | 100 |
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Photo credit: WSOP / Hayley Hochstetler.