The 55th annual World Series of Poker has already awarded half of the 99 bracelets to winners, with only 50 bracelets now on to grab in the series. In this report, we will recap the 2024 WSOP Event 34, 35, and Event 36.
Event #34: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Recap and Final Table Standings
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Antonio Galiana | $439,395 |
| 2nd | Johan Guilbert | $292,927 |
| 3rd | Jeremy Ausmus | $202,358 |
| 4th | Juha Helppi | $151,592 |
| 5th | Romain Lewis | $111,222 |
| 6th | Joshua Reichard | $82,702 |
| 7th | Patrick Leonard | $62,334 |
| 8th | David Goodman | $47,632 |
| 9th | Eoghan O’Dea | $36,908 |
2024 WSOP Event #34 draws a field of 1,267 entries. surpassing the previous year’s participants of 1,139 and generated a substantial prize pool of $2,819,075. Spain’s Antonio Galiana triumphed over a field of 1,267 to win his first WSOP gold bracelet.
The top 191 players shared the $2.8 million prize pool, with the top 5 players achieving six-figure scores. People will always remember the event for its historical hand.
The event attracted many WSOP Main Event Champions, including Espen Jorstad, Joe McKeehen, Qui Nguyen, Joe Cada, and Koray Aldemir These players made a deep run but failed to last until the final table.
Only 13 players lasted until Day 3. Antonio Galiana entered the day as chip lead and kept until the final hand. The final table of this event was filled with players from around the world, such as France, Spain, Finland, England, and Ireland, showing the popularity of poker.
Five bracelet winners eying to win their next bracelet made it into the final table: Eoghan O’Dea (9th place – $36,908), Patrick Leonard (7th place – $62,334), Romain Lewis (5th place – $111,222), and Jeremy Ausmus (3rd place – $202,358). The event also attracted several Indian poker players, including Sriharsha Doddaoaneni (42nd – $10,826) and Sanat Mehrotra (119th – $5,250).
In the heads-up play, Galiana pulled a historic bluff against Johan Guillbert, aka ‘Yoh Viral.’ This bluff cost Guilbert half of his chips, giving Galiana an edge over him. Galiana eventually wins the tournament after the big pot win, taking his first-ever six-figure income as well as his career-best live cash winnings of $439,395. Johan Guilbert finishes as the runner-up for $292,927.
Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E Recap and Final Table Standings
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Phillip Hui | $193,545 |
| 2nd | Daniel Mayoh | $129,052 |
| 3rd | David Avina | $89,485 |
| 4th | Christian Gonzalez | $63,114 |
| 5th | Kevin Cote | $45,291 |
| 6th | Xixiang Luo | $33,078 |
| 7th | Daniel Strelitz | $24,595 |
| 8th | Bryan Jolly | $18,625 |
| 9th | Thanhlong Nguyen | $14,368 |
Poker pro-Phillip Hui has won his fourth WSOP gold bracelet by defeating Daniel Mayoh in the heads-up battle. Event #35: $1.5k attracted a total of 835 entries, creating a prize pool of $1,114,725. Phillip Hui marked his name as the 72nd player to have won four or more bracelets in the prestigious World Series of Poker.
The top 126 players took a share of the $1,114,725 prize pool. By day 3, 835 entries were narrowed down to 23 players. Like many other events, this also attracted several bracelet winners, including four-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (19th – $7,401), three-time bracelet winner ‘Miami’ John Cernuto (12th – $9,054), and two-time bracelet winner Daniel Strelitz (7th – $24,595).
Phillip Hui was very short on chips, but he was able to make a comeback and eventually win the fourth bracelet. The final hand of the tournament was in a round of stud eight-or-better, where Daniel Mayoh’s hand couldn’t beat the hand of Hui. Daniel Mayoh ended up as the runner-up, taking $129,052 for his impressive performance.
Event #36: $800 8-Handed NLH DeepStack
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Timur Margolin | $342,551 |
| 2nd | Agharazi Babayev | $228,321 |
| 3rd | Michael Allen | $168,276 |
| 4th | Adam Hendrix | $125,074 |
| 5th | Joseph Couden | $93,758 |
| 6th | Francisco Riosvallejo | $70,890 |
| 7th | Cole Uvila | $54,066 |
| 8th | Vaughan Machado | $41,597 |
| 8th | Jeremy Chen | $32,288 |
The Israeli poker pro-Timur Margolin outlasted a field of 4,278 to win his third WSOP bracelet and his second-largest winnings of $342,551. The 4,278 turnouts generated a prize pool of $3,011,712. The prize pool was distributed among the top 642 players, with the top 4 players receiving a bigger payout.
Several Indian poker players made deep runs in the event but fell short of reaching the final table including Ashish Munot (28th – $12,821), Anil Adiani (104th – $3,166), and Santa Mehrotra (235th – $2,203).
Timur Margolin entered the final day as the Chip leader. But due to his aggressive play, he lost some chips in the first 45 minutes. In the final hand, Agharazi Babayev went all-in with his pocket pairs of eight, with Margolin holding J-6. The board gave 6-5-J-2-Q, giving Margolin higher pairs of J-6. Agharazi Babyaev was eliminated in 2nd place, earning his biggest ever payout of $228,321.
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