WSOP 2024 Day 11 Recap: Dylan Weisman , Brent Hart and John Racener All Win Gold on Frantic Friday

The World Series of Poker continued in Las Vegas as Dylan Weisman, John Racener and Brent Hart all took home gold bracelets after stirring days at the felt in the 2024 WSOP. There were eight events in progress, as the $1,500 NLHE Shootout and $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship events kicked off. 

Weisman Wins PLO Bracelet After Epic Trio Battle

In Event #18, Dylan Weisman claimed gold after beating Chino Rheem heads-up for the braclet in the $1,500 PLO event. The official final eight were very quickly down to seven as Leslie Rousell lost out in eight for $31,516 when his queens in the hole were topped by Weisman's kings. Despite winning that hand, Weisman wasn't in control with Polish overnight chip leader Grzegorz Derkowski still in charge. 

One hand that saw the Polish player deciding what to do when Steve Zolotow put him to the test. 

"Let me have this one, you can have the next." quipped Zolotow.

"I don't think that's allowed," Chino Rheem laughed. As it happened, Derkowski lost the minimum in that hand but after eliminations for Abdul Almagableh (7th), Jhojan Rivera (6th) and John Zable (5th), Derkowski himself left in fourth place for $101,284 when the rising Dylan Weisman took him out. 

Still, Weisman didn't lead, Zolotow grabbing the overall advantage. Three-handed play took some time and during the longest period without a bust-out, Zolotow slipped from chip hero to zero chips, eventually busting to Weisman with a ten-high straight shot down by a jack-high straight. Chino Rheem played a big part in the final two being reached, impressively rising from a saving river card to dominance for long periods. 

It had taken dozens of hands to get heads-up. It took just two to find a winner. Rheem flopped two pair, and Weisman was happy to get it in with the nut flush draw and the open straight draw to boot. The flush came in on the turn and no full house outs arrived for Rheem on the river, Weisman claiming the top prize of $294,311 and his second WSOP bracelet.  

WSOP Event #18 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table Results

Brent Hart Wins First Bracelet for $660k Top Prize 

Brent Hart came into the final day in the chasing pack behind chip leader Eddie Ochana, but had the last laugh in Las Vegas as he won the first WSOP bracelet of his career by beating the overnight leader heads-up. Hart, a passionate Lakers and Raiders fan, proved his poker skills over three intense days of battle in the $5,000-entry Event #16, the 8-Max NLHE event, and took home a career-high score of $660,284 for his victory. 

Heading into the final table of seven, Ochana had the chip lead and it was a big one. Polar opposite player Taylor Black had eight big blinds and they soon proved far from enough as he busted first for $87,582, his ace-eight losing to Shant Marashlian's ace-nine. After Daniyal Gheba lost out in sixth place when his tens were shot down by Alexander Queen's pocket aces, Marashlian himself busted in fifth place for $159,517. 

Kartik Ved was the only remaining player with a WSOP bracelet already in his trophy collection but the Indian player lost out in unlucky fashion when his ace-nine was committed pre-flop against Ochana's king-five only for the chip leader to flop a five to take Ved out for $220,373. 

Three-handed play ended quickly in this event, Queen needing to hit a queen (or jack) when his jack-queen was up against Ochana's ace-six. The only paint that arrived on the board was a king and Queen cashed for $309,128 but missed out on the final duel. Heads-up, Hart was a 4:1 underdog in chips but a hand where both men committed their stacks on the flop with flush draws that eventually failed to come in proved pivotal. Simply, Hart's was higher, and his king-kicker played, levellling up the scores. 

Moving into the lead when Ochana paid off Hart's two-pair, the event was over when Hart's king-jack called Ochana's pre-flop shove with king-three. the flop of T-6-3 looked to have provided Ochana with a miraculous double-up, but after a four on the turn, Hart hit a three-outer jack on the river for his WSOP bracelet dream to come true as he collected $660,284 but most importantly, the gold. 

WSOP Event #16 $5,000 8-Max NLHE Final Table Results

John Racener Wins Second WSOP Bracelet After Limit Hold'em Championship Victory

John Racener won his second WSOP bracelet last night, seven years after his first. The perennial WSOP Player of the Year challenger cashed for the 120th time in World Series of Poker events and booked the win in the $10,000-entry Limit Hold'm Championship, outlasting players such as Maxx Coleman, Andrew Kelsall and Ronnie Bardah before beating Chad Eveslage in a titanic heads-up showdown. 

Read all about John Racener's thrilling vicory in this full recap of the action in Event #19.  

WSOP Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Results

Final Dozen Assemble in Chase for $1.4m in $25k High Roller 

Just 12 players remain in the $25,000-entry High Roller Event #21 of the 2024 WSOP. Sadly for any of those players hoping to steamroller their way to the title, their 11 opponents happen to be some of the best poker players in the world. 

Brandon Wilson was the chip leader at the start of the day and is still in charge at the close, but he doesn't have many more chips tha a very big challenger. Sitting atop the remaining dozen players with 6,130,000 chips, Wilson is marginally ahead of Bulgarian WSOP Online Main Event winner Stoyan Madanzhiev’s stack of 6,000,000 and their battle may well define the destiny of the bracelet on the final day. 

Other players with great chances of chasing down the leaders include Michael Rocco (5.59m), Ognyan Dimov (3.63m), Kevin Rabichow (3.57m) and Masashi Oya (3m), while other such as Eli Berg (760,000) and Justin Saliba (720,000) will be hoping to recover from short stacks to champion over the course of the final day.

Players who busted on the last day before the day the bracelet will be awarded included Alex Foxen, Andrew ‘Chewy’ Lichtenberger and the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner and 1988 Main Event runner-up Erik Seidel.

WSOP Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Final Day Chip Counts

Williams a Dozen from the Win in Limit Lowball Event 

The latest gold bracelet and a top prize of $146,516 will be won tomorrow in the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Event #22 as James Williams leads the remaining 13 players. Sat on 1.9 million chips, with Yuichi Kanai (1,825,000) and Sean Yu (1,555,000) his closest challengers.

On a day when Chad Campbell (18th) and the two-time bracelet winner Lawrence Brandt (16th) fell just short of glory, 87 players cashed from the 157 entrants who started theday in seats. 

WSOP Event #22: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Final Day Chip Counts

Three Other Events in Action 

Today's Day 1b flight of the $300-entry Gladiators of Poker event saw over 8,000 entries as a mammoth day at the felt saw players such as Eric Sunde (2,390,000), Royce Baker (1.26m) and Shaun Colquhoun (1.21m) all thrived in the heat of the action.

In the $1,500-entry Shootout NLHE Event #23, legends of the felt made it through to Day 2 after winning their nine-player tables, including cash game legend Alex Keating, Triple Crown winner Niall Farrell, Game of Gold champion Maria Ho, 2024 Heads-Up Championship bracelet winner Darius Samual, the 2022 World Champion Espen Jorstad and Landon Tice.

Finally, the $10,000-entry Pot Limit Omaha Championship saw PokerGO Favorite Sean Winter (378,000), Argentinian professional Michael Duek (255,000), bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (248,500) and Viktor Blom (167,000) the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Brian Rast (147,000) and the six-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (42,500) all survive to Day 2 and the sweat for making the money places. 

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