The excitement continues at the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Day 31 of the world’s richest poker festival was marked by Daniel Negreanu’s victory for his seventh bracelet and the $1,178,703 top prize in Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Three more winners crowned during the day included Sean Jazayeri, Paolo Boi and David Funkhouser winning Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em and #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball, respectively for their maiden bracelets. Here is a quick recap of their victories!
Sean Jazayeri Wins WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors For His First Bracelet
American poker pro Sean Jazayeri topped a field of 3,362 to emerge victorious in Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, claiming $368,025 and his first WSOP bracelet. Jazayeri defeated Turkey’s Yucel Eminoglu in heads-up duel, with the latter taking home the $238,748 runner-up prize.
The victory marked Jazayeri’s third and largest-ever WSOP cash. Also, it was the second-biggest score of his poker career, taking his lifetime live earnings to $2,405,371 after this monumental victory.
This event generated $2,958,560 in prize pool and paid out the top 505 finishers. The fourth and final day of this event started with eleven hopefuls looking to ladder up and get their hands on the bracelet. Philip Muller was the first player to fall as he was eliminated in the opening level by Eminoglu. At the start of the unofficial final table, Eminoglu held a sizable chip lead with over a third of the chips in play, much ahead of Jazayeri who was second at the time.
Gregory Nichols bubbled the official final table falling in tenth place to Jazayeri. His ace-jack couldn’t improve against the eventual champion’s pocket queens and he earned $28,474 for his efforts. Buck Bucceri was the first casualty from the final table in ninth and was soon followed by fan favorite Kevin Song in eighth when his king-ten was cracked by the king-seven of Manelic Minaya. Later, Michael Minetti’s pocket fours lost to the ace-king of Paul Runge, which ended his run in seventh.
A little later, Felix Barriga clashed in a pot with the chip leader Eminoglu. Barriga limp-shoved from over Eminoglu’s raise from the big blind and found himself flipping with king-queen against the Turkish player’s pocket jacks. A jack on the flop won the pot Eminoglu and busted Barriga in sixth.
UK’s Gary Fisher was the next player to fall. Fisher held ace-jack and was ahead until the river card gave Eminoglu a straight with his queen-nine. Fisher was followed by Minaya who flopped top pair with king-eight but was way behind to the pocket kings of Runge, who had top set. With the river bricking out, Minaya was eliminated in fourth. Despite scoring the elimination, Runge was the next player to fall. He, holding eight-six, was sent to the rail after he got the chips in on the flop with a straight draw and failed to beat the flopped pair of Eminoglu who held eight -seven.
Eminoglu held 46,600,000 against Jazayeri’s 19,900,000 chips. The former was able to extend his chip lead but Jazayeri won a few pots to close the gap and eventually take the lead. Jazayeri was ahead when the final hand arose. He shoved with Ah 10h with the bigger stack and Yucel Eminoglu called for his last 10,075,000 holding As 8h. The board ran out with three hearts, giving Jazayeri the title.
WSOP 2024 Event #59: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Sean Jazayeri | $368,025 |
| 2 | Yucel Eminoglu | $238,748 |
| 3 | Paul Runge | $178,250 |
| 4 | Manelic Minaya | $134,075 |
| 5 | Gary Fisher | $101,606 |
| 6 | Felix Barriga | $77,584 |
| 7 | Michael Minetti | $59,693 |
| 8 | Kevin Song | $46,281 |
| 9 | Buck Bucceri | $36,161 |
Paolo Boi Takes Down WSOP 2024 Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em ($676,900)
Another event to conclude on Day 31 of the series was Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Italy’s Paolo Boi emerged as the winner and won his first WSOP bracelet along with $676,900 in top prize.
Boi defeated a player pool of 1,773 hopefuls, who generated a prize pool of $4,733,910. He eventually beat Noel Rodriguez, who started the day as the chip leader but had to settle in second place for $451,299. This victory marked Boi ‘s career-best score and took his live earnings to $859,323.
This tournament ran over the course of four days and generated a $4,733,910 prize pool, which was finally shared by the top 266 players. The fourth and final day saw 13 players come back to battle it out for the title. But Jiang Pu became the first elimination after he lost with ace-jack against Noel Rodriguez’s ace-queen. He was followed by Chris Klodnicki (12th), Ravi Shankar (11th), and Huihan Wu (10th) who bubbled the final table.
Benjamin Gold who lost a flip to Brandon Mitchell was the first final table casualty to finish the tournament in ninth place. He was followed by Vanessa Kade, the only lady at the final table, who was eliminated in eighth place. Victor Parede and Marc Foggin were the next players to fall.
Each of the five remaining players doubled up at least once. And after a 60-minute dinner break, Justin Belforti was eventually eliminated in fifth place. A little later, Mitchell ran out of chips and lost his last ones with ace-six against Boi’s ace-ten, exiting in fourth place. Shortly after that, Vecino (third, $326,883) saw his ace-queen being cracked by Boi’s king ten, leaving Boi and Rodriguez for heads-up.
Rodriguez quickly doubled up, then moved all-in again on a river holding Qc 9d. Boi made the call with 10c 10d, catching Rodriguez bluffing and winning his first WSOP bracelet and the $676,900 top prize.
Team India Performance
Mumbai poker pro Kunal Patni headlined team India’s scorecard in this event, finishing 20th and earning $24,697, his biggest score of the series. WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (109th) and Yasheel Doddanavar (125th) also cashed in, each taking home $7,146 for their deep finishes.
WSOP 2024 Event #60 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1 | Paolo Boi | $676,900 |
| 2 | Noel Rodriguez | $451,299 |
| 3 | Juan Vecino | $326,883 |
| 4 | Brandon Mitchell | $239,451 |
| 5 | Justin Belforti | $177,416 |
| 6 | Marc Foggin | $132,978 |
| 7 | Victor Paredes | $100,840 |
| 8 | Vanessa Kade | $77,378 |
| 9 | Benjamin Gold | $60,088 |
David Funkhouser Wins WSOP 2024 Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball for First Bracelet
Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw of the 2024 World Series of Poker hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas attracted 453 total entrants to generate a prize pool of $604,755. Only six players remained for the third and final day, all of whom were guaranteed at least $19,087. David Funkhouser outlasted them all, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $123,314. Hot on his heels was Michel Leibgorin from France, who walked away with $81,412 as the runner-up finisher.
The tournament paid out the top 68 finishers, with Justin Saliba (68thfor $3,040) being the first player to finish in the money. Six players returned for the final day. Tzu Peng Wang, who started the day in the middle of the pack, became the first casualty of the day after getting his pat-ten cracked by Charles Tucker who drew into a seven-low.
Funkhouser also started the day with a middling stack but was able to win plenty without a showdown. It took more than two hours for another player to be eliminated following Wang’s elimination and it was Ali Eslami who first doubled up Funkhouser before losing the rest of it to Tucker who had drawn an eight-low to score the knockout. He was followed by Owais Ahmed in fourth place and Charles Tucker in third place. Ahmad was busted by Leibgorin, while Tucker became the victim of Funkhouser.
Funkhouser held the lead into the heads-up against Leibgorin who was able to close the gap but could not go all the way, eventually ending up as the runner-up finisher. On the final hand, Leibgorin called a shove from Funkhouser with a draw to an eight-six and bricked while Funkhouser held with a pat-nine to take home the pot as well as the title.
WSOP 2024 Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Final Table Results
| 1 | David Funkhouser | $123,314 |
| 2 | Michel Leibgorin | $81,412 |
| 3 | Charles Tucker | $54,868 |
| 4 | Owais Ahmed | $37,764 |
| 5 | Ali Eslami | $26,555 |
| 6 | Tzu Peng Wang | $19,087 |
| 7 | David “ODB” Baker | $14,030 |
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