Las Vegas: 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Daniel Weinman - $12.1 million.
The record-breaking temperatures in Las Vegas isn’t slowing down the poker action inside the Paris and Horseshoe ballrooms. The sizzling summer continues at the 2024 World Series of Poker and the WSOP Main Event No-Limit Hold’em World Championship has started with Day 1B on the 4th of July and continuing with 1C and 1D on Friday and Saturday.
The tournament will feature surprise celebrity cameos, appearances by poker legends, and much more. That includes a special entrance on July 5 by 17-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. The Final Table will begin on Tuesday, July 16. The full 2024 WSOP schedule along with event news and updates can be found on WSOP.com. Players can follow @WSOP on X or Instagram.
Last year’s record-breaking turnout drew 10,043 entries to shatter the 2006 record and make eight WSOP Final Table players millionaires. That included $12.1 million to the winner, Daniel Weinman from Atlanta, who delivered the iconic “Shuffle Up and Deal” to kickstart the 2024 Main Event on Wednesday.
“This is the greatest poker tournament in the world,” Weinman said. “I plan on playing in this tournament for the rest of my life and am excited to see who gets their name up on the wall next.”
Last year’s $93.34 million prize pool for the WSOP Championship event was the biggest in poker history.
“This has been the summer of legends and we’re ready to make another on the biggest stage in poker,” said Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “We’re poised and ready for another record-breaking Main Event field, so with almost a week to register, we wish everyone safe travels in coming to take their shot.”
The 2024 WSOP $10,000 buy-in World Championship is Event #81 out of 98 events, which will include The Closer, a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament starting July 15 to conclude the 55th annual World Series of Poker.
The WSOP Main Event consists of two-hour levels and long days of poker with players gettting into the money and minimum $15,000 payouts at the very end of Day 3 on Monday, July 8.
The fireworks started early on July 3 and Day 1A as two players WSOP Main Event ended on their very first hand. Another player on Day 1B also lost his entire starting stack of 60,000 chips and busted on their very first hand of the tournament.
WSOP Main Event Live Updates
Fans can also follow the WSOP online at Poker News, where live updates, hand recaps, chip counts and more are provided for all tournaments including the Main Event. From the top professionals in poker to recreational and amatuer players who buy-in or win Main Event seats through satellites, the WSOP World Championship Main Event is the most recongnized tournament in poker.
Poker News WSOP Main Event Live Updates
This year’s tournament will also include nationally syndicated poker columnist and Poker News PR & Media Manager, Chad Holloway.
In addition, PokerGo is where poker entertainment lives, and fans can watch live poker action on delay at PokerGo.com.
Following the conclusion of the tournament, CBS Sports Network will produce a condensed, rebroadcast version of the Main Event. Longtime commentators Norman Chad and Lon McEachern will provide the coverage and comments in the booth.
WSOP Remaining Bracelet Events
- July 3-18: Event #81 - $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
- July 6: Event #82 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
- July 7: Event #83 - $1,500 Eight Game Mix (6-Handed)
- July 7: Event #84 - $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em
- July 8: Event #85 - $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em Presented by GGPoker
- July 9: Event #86 - $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
- July 9: Event #87 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)
- July 10: Event #88 - $10,000 Eight Game Mix (6-Handed)
- July 11: Event #89 - $3,000 Mid-Stakes No-Limit Hold'em Championship
- July 11: Event #90 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed)
- July 12: Event #91 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed)
- July 12: Event #92 - $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold'em
- July 13: Event #93 - $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em
- July 13: Event #94 - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship (6-Handed)
- July 14: Event #95 - $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em
- July 14: Event #96 - $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.
- July 15: Event #97 - $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed)
- July 15: Event #98 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - The Closer
WSOP Player Of The Year Leaderboard
Scott Seiver has won three 2024 WSOP events and gold bracelets, and tops the WSOP leaderboard heading into the WSOP Main Event.
- Scott Seiver
- Jeremy Ausmus
- Chris Hunichen
- Phil Ivey
- Shaun Deeb
- Bryce Yockey
- Daniel Negreanu
- Joseph Couden
- Viktor Blom
- John Racener
- Robert Mizrachi
- Yuri Dzivielevski
As the weather heats up in Las Vegas and poker reaches the pinnacle of the WSOP Main Event, more players are trying their hand at poker in hopes of cashing in and getting in-the-money. The top-15% of WSOP Main Event players will be moneymakers and shoot for poker’s biggest prize and Main Event Final Table appearance. More than $10 million is the expected payout to the WSOP Main Event champion, unless last year’s record-breaking turnout is broken again. Regardless, the WSOP and poker community is celebrating another successful run at the World Series of Poker and poker's most prestigious annual tournament.
You can bet on it.
