Just a few days away from its culmination, the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) continues to crown champions and award hefty cash prizes. Chance Kornuth, Carsten Heidemann and Matthew Alsante are among the latest bracelet winners at the ongoing series. Kornuth picked up his fourth bracelet victory on Day 43, while Heidemann & Alsante emerged as the champions on Day 44 of the series.
Chance Kornuth Flips Wins His Fourth Bracelet in $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold’em
The American poker pro Chance Kornuth made headlines on Day 43 of the WSOP 2024 by claiming his fourth bracelet in Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold’em. The 38-year-old poker pro overcame a competitive field of 1,088 entries to secure his fourth gold bracelet and the top prize of $155,446.
The tournament ran over the course of two days and saw only 136 players move to Day 2 in which they were already in the money having locked up a min-cash of $2,200. Among the notable players who made deep runs were the likes of two-time bracelet winner Shannon Shorr (25th), bracelet winner Danny Wong (18th – $6,855), six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (14th – $8,412), three-time bracelet winner Georgios Sotiropoulos (11th – $10,483) & bracelet winner Mike Leah (3rd – $74,062).
Kornuth won a flip with A-Q against the pocket fours of Leah to enter the heads-up against Thailand’s Kannapong Thanarattrakul as the chip leader. The final battle for the bracelet was short-lived. In the final hand, Thanarattrakul shoved with Ad 4d against Kornuth’s Qd Jh. The board ran out 8c 7c 7s Jd 7h, giving Kornuth full house to win the title. Thanarattrakul earned $103,633 as the runner-up.
Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Payouts
| 1 | Chance Kornuth | $155,446 |
| 2 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | $103,633 |
| 3 | Mike Leah | $74,062 |
| 4 | Sean Whelan | $53,662 |
| 5 | Xiaoyao Ma | $39,428 |
| 6 | Filipp Khavin | $29,382 |
| 7 | Ian Hamilton | $22,213 |
| 8 | John Armbrust | $17,039 |
| 9 | Takashi Ogura | $13,265 |
Carsten Heinemann Takes Down WSOP 2024 Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Another players who made waves at the WSOP 2024 was Germany’s Carsten Heidemann, who took down Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold’em on Day 44 of the ongoing series. He overcame a massive field of 6,628 entries, claiming his first-ever WSOP bracelet and a career-best $343,010. This marked the first WSOP cash for the German player who has been playing poker for over 15 years. After discussing it with his wife, he had come mainly to play the main event. While his main event journey ended on Day 1, he must be on cloud nine to win his dream WSOP bracelet in this event.
The event ran over the course of three days and generated a prize pool of $3,380,280, with 791 players making the money . The final day saw only 19 players with Axel Orellana on top with 57.50M chips. Heidemann started the day with just around ten big blinds, but was able to win just enough hands early, such as this one against Ricky Robinson to stick around as other players busted.
Heidemann started picking up steam at the start of the unofficial final table and won several hands, including a big pot that eliminated Lawrence Barber in tenth place. Vietnamese player Ha Duong was the first player to exit the final table and he was followed by Arnold Park in eighth place. Juan Garibaldi, Robert Szumowski, Jason Wester, and Phuoc Nguyen exited in seventh, sixth, fifth, and fourth places. A little later, Heidemann busted Albyn Bello with his Ace-Five getting there against the K-J of Bello, who earned a career-best $170,410 for his third-place finish.
The heads-up saw Heidemann holding a massive lead over Ramana Epparla. The heads up play lasted only 15 minutes and it was a fairly smooth sailing for Heidemann. On the final hand, Epparla ran his jack-ten into the king-eight of Heidemann and lost it on the Qc Kd 7s 5d 8c board.
Team India Performance
This event saw a significant Indian presence and many of them managed to cash. Indian pro Yudhishter Jaswal (57th – $6,260) headlined the Indian scorecard, with Avneesh Munjal (72nd – $4,440), Vinay Patel (85th – $3,790), Rajesh Goyal (221st – $2,480), Raja Puttamsetty (222nd -$2,480) & Muskan Sethi (656th – $1,460) being other Indian players who cashed this tournament.
WSOP 2024 Event #84: $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| 1 | Carsten Heidemann | $343,010 |
| 2 | Ramana Epparla | $228,670 |
| 3 | Albyn Bello | $170,410 |
| 4 | Phuoc Nguyen | $127,950 |
| 5 | Jason Wester | $96,790 |
| 6 | Robert Szumowski | $73,780 |
| 7 | Juan Garibaldi | $56,670 |
| 8 | Arnold Park | $43,870 |
| 9 | Ha Duong | $34,220 |
Matthew Alsante Triumphs Wins $5K 8-Handed No Limit Hold’em ($785,486)
One more bracelet winner to emerge on Day 44 of the WSOP 2024 was the USA’s Matthew Alsante, who won Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed). The American player bested a field of 1,041 players and defeated Punnat Punsri in a heads-up battle to claim the gold bracelet and a hefty sum of $785,486.
A total of 88 players returned for the second and final day of this event, with Felipe Boianovsky on top with 1.795M chips. It took nine levels to reduce the 88 returning players to a final table of nine.
Alsante started the final table on a great note as he eliminated Leonard and Hirokazu Kobayashi. When play was four-handed, Alsante won a crucial double up against Wiszowaty to take nearly 75% of the chips in play.
Heads-up play lasted for almost an hour. The most crucial hand happened when the chips went in on an ace-high flop with Alsante holding second pair to Thailand’s Punsri’s top pair. A seven on the turn gave Alsante two pair, which was enough for him to take a commanding chip lead. Finally, it was all over with Punsri shoving with jack-ten and Alsante calling with pocket sevens. Alsante flopped a full house and busted Punsri in second place for $523,648, winning the coveted title and the gold bracelet.
Team India Performance
This event generated a massive prize pool of $4,793,200, which was finally shared by the top 157 players, with a min-cash worth $9,952. Among the cashers were several Indians, with WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer finishing deepest among them with a 26th place finish for $26,212. Iyer, in his final hand, moved all in for 890,000 after a raise from Philip Wiszowaty. The latter called with his pocket queens holding against the king-jack of Iyer on the 5d As 4c Ad Qc runout.
One more Indian to cash on the final day was Aditya Systla who finished 48th for $15,729. Among other Indians, Akshay Bharadwaj (109th – $9,952) and Sriharsha Doddapaneni (142nd- $9,952) cashed on Day 1.
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results:
| 1 | Matthew Alsante | $785,486 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | $523,648 |
| 3 | Philip Wiszowaty | $372,446 |
| 4 | Oleg Vasylchenko | $268,407 |
| 5 | Ramin Hajiyev | $196,024 |
| 6 | Jon Vallinas | $145,107 |
| 7 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | $108,895 |
| 8 | Patrick Leonard | $82,862 |
| 9 | Ueberton De Aquino | $62,945 |
Stephen Song Leads 477 Players Into WSOP 2024 Main Event Day 5
Meanwhile, the WSOP Main Event 2024 Day 4 has come to a close with only 464 remaining in contention for the stunning bracelet and the $10,000,000 top prize. Leading the final 477 into Day 5 of the event is Stephen Song with a stack of 4,745,000. There are only two Indians in contention and they include Kavin Shah holding a massive stack of 2,230,000 chips and former Adda52 Team Pro and DPT champion Tarun Goyal who has bagged a stack of 1,150,000 chips. The detailed recap of the main event will be covered in a separate article coming up shortly.
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