Following four days of intense showdowns, Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed) of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2024 found a winner Magnus Edengren, who overcame a field of 853 entries and defeated James Juvancic in heads-up, becoming the first player from Sweden posed at the ongoing series to win a bracelet and $196,970 and his maiden WSOP bracelet.
All eyes in this event were on all-time WSOP bracelet leader Phil Hellmuth who made it down to the final four players but fell a few spots of securing his record-extending 18th victory at the series, exiting in fourth place. The player who ended Hellmuth’s run in this event was none other than the eventual champion Magnus Edengren.
The final three returned for an unscheduled Day 4 with Edengren leading the trio. Juvancic was the first to fall. He got it in with the nut straight facing the same straight for Edengren in a hand of Big O. Although both Juvancic and Edengren held backdoor flush possibilities, Edengren picked up a fully-fledged flush draw on the turn, and made his clubs on the river to eliminate Juvancic in third place ($91,132), storming into heads-up with more than a 5:1 chip lead against Tim Seidensticker.
It didn’t take long for Edengren to convert that massive advantage into the title. Following a flop of 10s 7h 3s in Big O, Edengren bet the pot with Ac 10d 9s 9d. Seidensticker re-potted with Qs Qh 7c 3h 2s. Edengren moved all-in and Seidensticker called. The turn Kd improved Edengren to kings and tens to give him the best high hand. The river brought the 2c, which won the pot for Edengren. Seidensticker earned $131,308 as the runner-up finisher – his largest career tournament score.
WSOP 2024 Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed)
| 1 | Magnus Edengren | $196,970 |
| 2 | Tim Seidensticker | $131,308 |
| 3 | James Juvancic | $91,132 |
| 4 | Phil Hellmuth | $64,324 |
| 5 | Joshua Adcock | $46,187 |
| 6 | Dylan Lambe | $33,748 |
| 7 | Ying Chu | $25,100 |
Paawan Bansal Headlines Team India’s Scorecard in Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack NLHE
After the conclusion of Day 4, Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2024 is down to just seven players out of the starting 8,704-entry field (across three flights). Leading the final seven into Day 5 is Portugal’s Pedro Neves holding 172,200,000 (86 big blinds). Each of the last seven players is assured at least $188,660 but they will be competing for the $1,098,220 first-place prize, along with the coveted World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet.
A total of 55 players returned for Day 4 and among them was India’s veteran poker pro Paawan Bansal, the sole Indian contender who started the day with 6.725 Million chips (22 BBs), ranking 25th. Despite his valiant efforts, Bansal could not survive the day’s onslaught and exited in 25th place, earning an impressive $46,448 – his third and largest score at the ongoing WSOP 2024.
Other Indians who cashed were Sanat Mehrotra (131st for $9,210), WSOP Circuit ring winner Ashish Ahuja (146th for $9,210), the 2020 online WSOP bracelet winner Kartik Ved (371st for $5,455), WSOP bracelet winner Aditya Sushant (376th for $5,455s) & Ankit Wadhawan (379th for $5,455).
Final Seven Players – Chip Counts
| 1 | Pedro Neves | 172,200,000 |
| 2 | Aaron Johnson (MN) | 101,000,000 |
| 3 | Brian Roff | 50,800,000 |
| 4 | Jerry Maher | 29,800,000 |
| 5 | Tim Reilly | 28,900,000 |
| 6 | Jose Carlos Brito | 27,000,000 |
| 7 | Guangming Li | 25,500,000 |
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