$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 645

It took less than one level after the break for Event 24 to lose another table of players to get the field down to 27 players. Perhaps the most brutal of those bust outs was Cherie Thoman when she got her pocket kings all in on an eight-high board against Sebastian Gallego’s pocket nines.

Running straight cards gave Gallego a nine-high straight and she was stunned to exit in 28th place.

28th: Michael Yehudai – $464
29th: Cheri Thoman – $464
30th: Alon Nelson – $464
31st: Vitaly Chaika – $464
32nd: Bernard Cohen – $464
33rd: Stephen Ibrahim – $464
34th: Michael Bonsignore – $464
35th: Alfredo Guevara – $464
36th: Jose Reyes – $464

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 645

We had a short delay to the restart of Event 24 for some technical issues but cards are back in the air.

Neal Corcoran began the day with the lead, extended it by bursting the bubble, and he still leads are the first break with 830,000. Steve Yagudaev sits in second with 650,000 followed by Daniel Perez with 605,000.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 645

Event 24 reached the last four tables shortly before the first break of the day. They got there when Dominic Cote’s kings could not fade AQo.

The remaining are now taking a break and will return for the trip to a champ,

37th: Dominic Cote – $387
38th: John Iglesias – $387
39th: Alan Greenstein – $387
40th: Vendel Johnson – $387
41st: Marty Robbins – $387
42nd: Nir Peleg – $387
43rd: Michael Garcell – $387
44th: Pedro Perez – $387
45th: Robert Leff – $387

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 645

Greg Rosen limped from middle position and Neal Corcoran raised to 26,000 from the hijack. The big blind called, Rosen folded after thinking about coming along, and the flop came . The big blind looked at his stack and pushed it in for 121,000 to get the shrug/call from Corcoran.

Corcoran:
Big Blind:

The big blind was ahead with his top pair but needed to dodge Corcoran’s open-ended straight draw. The turn was safe but the river completed the straight for Corcoran. His opponent sat there for a minute with no chips in front as he contemplated his bubble luck.

Tournament staff broke a table and Event 24 is down to the last five tables of the tournament.

Neal Corcoran – 891,000 (149 bb)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 645

Angela Acosta tried to ride her short stack into the money but she fell a few spots short. She went out in 47th place to put the rest of the field on the bubble.

Tournament staff paused the clock and they will take two minutes off for each round of hand-for-hand until we lose one player.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 645

Chuck Goldhammer three-bet shipped for 32,000 from the cutoff after a Mitchell Smith open and another call. Smith reshipped on top to isolate and the cards were flipped up.

Smith:
Goldhammer:

Goldhammer was in great shape but the dealer put an eight right in the window on the flop. The board finished turn and river to send Goldhammer out short of the money.

Mitchell Smith – 178,000 (36 bb)
Chuck Goldhammer – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 645

Event 24 lost nearly a table of players in the first level and the money bubble is getting closer. They are only nine knockouts away from going into hand-for-hand mode trying to make them some money.

Melisa Singh is one of the many talented players returning today and she has some nice poker jewelry at home. While technically not an official ring event, Singh won the Ladies Event title when we threw the WSOP Circuit series in 2017. She might be considered a ring winner but that doesn’t make the ring any less shiny.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 645

The clock hit 5pm and Tournament Supervisor Jordan Cutter put cards in the air for the last time this series. Excluding the Championship final table in May.

We have 62 players with 45 getting paid. Blinds are at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante and 30-minute levels.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 645

The big WPT Poker Showdown Championship might be on hold for the final table but we still have some business to handle. Event 24 was the last multi-flight tournament on the schedule and Day 2 kicks off at 5pm.

The tournament drew 645 entries to the $150 buy-in tournament to easily surpass the $50,000 guaranteed prize pool. They combined to put $77,400 up for grabs and players will begin earning some money later tonight.

Of the 645 starters, we have 62 returning to The Poker Room with 45 getting paid.

Neal Corcoran leads the field with some tough competition near the top including Sean Shah, former RRPO final table member Greg Rosen, and WSOP Circuit Hollywood Ladies Event champ Melisa Singh.

Action gets back underway soon and we will bring you all the action for the last day of the series.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Neal Corcoran – 411,000
2. James Guerrero – 349,000
3. Daniel Perez – 333,000
4. Steve Yagudaev – 331,000
5. Seah Shah – 331,000
6. Alon Nelson – 319,000
7. Greg Rosen – 299,000
8. Avi Hakmon – 288,000
9. Sebastian Gallego – 282,000
10. John Iglesias – 282,000

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts

Primary Event Schedule

5PM: Day 2 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 24 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 24 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 24 Payouts