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WSOP 2024 Highlights Day 19: 16 Indians Make Day 2 In Monster Stack  

Day 19 of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas was brimming with excitement and notable moments. Let us take a look at the newly crowned winners and players battling it out in tough fields for a shot at glory.

Timur Margolin Wins Event #36

Timur Margolin secured his first WSOP bracelet in Event #36: $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack in record time. The final table took just four hours to play from nine players down to a winner. Agharazi Babayev finished as the runner-up, earning $228,321 for his efforts.

THE WINNING MOMENT! 🤩

Timur Margolin is your @WSOP $800 DeepStack CHAMPION! Taking home $342,551 and his 3rd WSOP bracelet!

Full Recap to follow. pic.twitter.com/eutgQipFzi

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 16, 2024

John Fauver Triumphs in Event #37

John Fauver claimed his first WSOP bracelet and a $681,998 prize by winning Event #37: $10,000 Big O Championship. Fauver navigated a tough field to emerge victorious.

🅾️ | For the first time ever, the WSOP ran a $10,000 Big O Championship. 🙌

After all was said and done, it was John Fauver 🇺🇸 who became the inaugural winner of the event for his first ever WSOP bracelet and $681,998 💵

Read more 👇https://t.co/0jbojDdyBq

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 16, 2024

Bruce Buffer and Scott Seiver Making Headlines

UFC announcer Bruce Buffer made it to the final 13 in the $50k High Roller, while Scott Seiver is closing in on his second bracelet of the year as he leads the final 14 players in the $1,500 Razz event.

“IT’S TIIIIIME!”

The legendary @brucebuffer kicks off Day 3 of the $50,000 High Roller! Nine players remain, including UFC’s iconic announcer.

Watch the action on @PokerGO starting at 6 PM PST. #2024WSOP pic.twitter.com/ojMJYCEHLu

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 16, 2024

The Monster Stack Grows More Monstrous

Event #38: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em saw another 4,004 players join on Day 1B, bringing the total prize pool to $8,194,230. With one more day to go, the field stands at 6,363 entries, likely to surpass last year’s total of 8,317 entries. Changfeng Fan ended Day 1B as the chip leader with 1,403,500, ahead of Ryan Sullivan in second place with 915,000.

🙌 The bubble has burst in the @WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack!

Who will take it down for the gold bracelet and top prize of $1,098,220?! 💰 pic.twitter.com/AyudpLjo8v

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 18, 2024

Notable players moving on to Day 2 include defending champion Braxton Dunaway, Faraz Jaka, Ana Marquez, Kathy Liebert, Shannon Shorr, Ryan Riess, Ebony Kenney, and 2018 Main Event Champion Jack Sinclair. When it came to Indian players making Day 2, we have names like Sanat Mehrotra, Aditya Sushant, Kunal Patni, Ashish Ahuja, Paawan Bansal, Kartik Ved, Ankit Wadhawan, Ashish Anilkumar, Abhinav Iyer, Kavin Shah, Sriharsha Doddapaneni, Gaurav Sood, Anil Adiani, Himmat Singh, and Indian-origin pro Ankit Ahuja and Nipun Java.

UFC Announcer Bruce Buffer in the $50k High Roller

Bruce Buffer is in the thick of the action in Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed), currently sitting 13th in chips with 1,365,000. 

He faces tough competition from poker elites such as Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Artur Martirosian, Chance Kornuth, Adrian Mateos, Sergio Aido, Jonathan Jaffe, Martin Kabrhel, Jesse Lonis, and defending champion Leon Sturm. The tournament resumes at 1 p.m. local time on June 16, with live streaming on PokerGO starting at 4 PM. 

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ALSO READ: WSOP 2024 Day 16: Ivey Aiming At Bracelet 11, 3 Indians In Event 36

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Inaugural Mixed Double-Board Bomb Pot Event Begins

Event #41: $1,500 Mixed Double Board Bomb Pot began with 1,312 entries, and 167 players remain after 15 levels of play. The money bubble burst at 197 players. 

Leading the pack is Dong Chen with 940,000 chips, followed by Gabriel Schroeder with 640,000. The remaining players are vying for a first-place prize of $270,820 from a total prize pool of $1,751,520. Day 2 resumes at 12 PM local time on 16th June.

Andrew Kelsall Leads Seven Card Stud Championship

Andrew “A.J.” Kelsall ended Day 1 of Event #42: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship with the chip lead, bagging 294,000 chips after winning a critical hand against Masashi Oya. 

Event #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship is down to 30 players.

Three players with WSOP bracelets are among the top stacks: Andrew Kelsall, Stephen Chidwick, and Justin Liberto.

Players will return for Day 3 on Sunday at 1pm PT. pic.twitter.com/2gMRqH2ZlT

— Poker Org (@pokerorg) July 16, 2023

The event began with nine players and grew to 74 entries by the end of the day, creating a prize pool of $688,200. Forty players survived Day 1, including Chad Eveslage, Yuri Dzivielevski, and Mori Eskandani. Defending champion Brian Yoon, who won his fifth bracelet in this event last year, also bagged chips for Day 2. The survivors and any new late registrants will return at 1 PM local time on 16th June.

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