The 55th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is bigger and better than ever. The series features 99 live bracelet events, with 21 bracelets already given to the winners. Until now, over $54 million in prize money has been distributed across the first 21 events. In this report, we will specifically discuss Event #15 and Event #17 winners Caleb Furth and TJ Murphy, who won their first WSOP bracelet, taking substantial prize money.
Event #15: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Final Table Recap & Standings
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Caleb Furth | $265,361 |
| 2nd | Jiyang Gan | $176,891 |
| 3rd | Walter Chambers | $125,665 |
| 4th | Andreas Frohli | $90,468 |
| 5th | Michael Machugh | $66,014 |
| 6th | Andrew Paterson | $48,833 |
| 7th | Tom Koral | $36,628 |
| 8th | Mathias Bayer | $27,862 |
| 9th | Jason Daly | $21,498 |
Event #15 attracted a staggering field of 1,277, increasing the guaranteed prize pool to $1,704,795, which was distributed among the 192 players.
After three days of intense grind, Caleb Furth emerged victorious, scooping the final pot to claim the top prize of $265,361 and his first gold WSOP bracelet. This win marked Furth’s first WSOP bracelet and his largest live winnings. The American player previously claimed the prize money of $80,000 and finished in third place at this year’s Wynn Millions Festival’s $10,500 PLO Event.
Several poker pros were able to run deep in this event, like Mike Holtz (14th), Christian Harder (13th), and Sean Troha (15th). With two poker pros getting into the final table, including bracelet winner Jason Daily (9th – $21,498), and two-time bracelet winner Tom Koral (7th – $36,628).
The final day 3 started with only 14 players in the field, with the first 5 players eliminated in the first two hours into the game, narrowing the field to only 9 players. Caleb Furth entered the final table as the cheap lead with more than 10 million big blinds, while his opponent had chips under 5 million.
The three-handed play in this event was the most intense, and it lasted for more than 3 hours. Jiyang Gan and Walter Chambers gave tough competition to Caleb Furth, with their short stack. Walter Chambers, with his 300,000 big blinds, went all-in with 9-9-5-3 against Furth’s Q-J-J-6. The board gave K-J-5-10-9, giving Furth triple jacks. Walter Chambers was eliminated in 3rd place, earning $125,665 for his impressive run.
The heads-up play was intense and interesting due to the fourth and back between Jiyang Gan and Furth. In the final hand of the tournament, Gan raised on the button, and Furth 3-bet shoved putting Gan in an all-in position. Gan called and went all-in with A-10-9-7 against Furth’s A-J-9-3. The board came out K-J-10-K-K, giving Furth a full house. Jiyang Gan finishes as the runner-up, taking $176,891 for his deep run.
Event #17: $800 NLH DeepStack Final Table Recap & Standings
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | TJ Murphy | $368,977 |
| 2nd | Raymond Mancini | $246,031 |
| 3rd | Tao Chu | $183,237 |
| 4th | Vernon Barruga | $137,551 |
| 5th | Hai Nguyen | $104,079 |
| 6th | Dimitre Dimitrov | $79,385 |
| 7th | Yuvaraj Rai | $61,042 |
| 8th | Michael Wills | $47,320 |
| 9th | Harry Lodge | $36,986 |
TJ Murphy, a poker player from Spencer, Iowa, achieved his 20-year dream of becoming a WSOP bracelet winner in the Event #17: 800 NLH DeepStack at the 2024 WSOP. The event attracted a total of 4,732 entries, expanding the prize pool to over $3 million. With only the top 710 players getting their hand on the prize pool.
The event was concluded in just two days, with TJ Murphy emerging as the winner taking the top prize of $368,977 and his first gold bracelet.
Day 2 kicked off with only 310 out of 4,632 remaining at the table. Several bracelet winners made deep runs in this DeepStack event, including James Calderado (63rd), James Gilbert (51st), James Anderson (49th), Sean Yu (50th), and Satoshi Tanaka (18th)
Murphy entered the final table as the chip leader with 49,950,000 chips and held it until the final hand. Murphy showed his dominating performance by eliminating 6 players from the nine-handed final table. Harry Lodge, eyeing to win his second bracelet, was short-stacked and eliminated quickly at the final table (9th – $36,986), followed by another short-stack player Michael Wills (8th – $47,320).
That’s when Murphy started his domination by sending out the remaining 6 players. Murphy eliminated Yuvaraj Rai (7th – $61,042), Dimitre Dimitrov (6th – $79,385), Hai Nguyen (5th pl- $104,079), Vernon Barruga (4th – $137,551), Tao Chu (3rd – $183,237), and Raymond Mancini (2nd – $246,031).
Raymond Mancini was the second chip lead and gave some tough competition to the eventual winner Murphy. In the heads-up play, Mancini had 94,280,000 while Murphy had 189,280,000 chips.
In the final hand, Murphy raised on the button with A-J, and Mancini called from the big blind with 10-6. The board came down 8-Q-9-10-7 giving Murphy a strong straight. Murphy went all-in on the river card, and Mancini called the bet, ending his deep run in the tournament. Mancini finished as the runner-up, earning $246,031.
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