WSOP 2024 Day 9 Recap: Simeon Spasov Takes Gold, Robert Mizrachi Nears the Line in Dealer's Choice

Seven WSOP bracelet events took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Simeon Spasov was the only winner on Day 9 of the 2024 World Series of Poker. Robert Mizrachi leads just three remaining players in the Dealer's Choice Championship, with Caleb Furth, Nate Silver and James Calderaro all having stirring days at the felt in Sin City. 

Simeon Spasov Wins Second WSOP Bracelet in Style 

The Bulgarian player Simeon Spasov won Event #12, the $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em event as the rail was in place for live action on PokerGO for the 2024 World Series of Poker. An exciting day began with 17 players still in play as players such as Patrick Truong, Daniel Buzgon, and Tommy Nguyen all missed out on the business end of the event. Anthony Marquez bubbled the final table after losing with ace-king to John Henry Gordon's pocket aces in a pot worth 20 million chips. 

Gordon entered the final table with a massive lead due to that premium hand and knocked out Joseph Brum Pacheco when queen-jack found a straight against the Brazilian's pocket sevens. Spasov, who had been quiet since the final table began, suddenly kicked into action as he took out the overnight leader Daniel Palau when ace-queen beat pocket nines. 

Gordon swung back into action, taking out Mark Dube in fifth, Chih Fan in fourth and Steve Yea in third to go into the final heads-up duel with around 60% of the chips in play.

Spasov was undeterred as he bullied his way into a 2:1 chip lead after a raise on a river where Gordon made a big bluff, in doing so giving away his lead. Gordon fought back again in a topsy-turvy battle as the stacks were almost level. Spasov then went on the attack and seized control and the chip advantage before getting his chips into the middle with a made flush against Gordon's two-pair. The American needed to find a full house but it never came and the Bulgarian rail went crazy as Spasov claimed his second WSOP title and the top prize of $439,815.

Event #12: $1,500 6-Max NLHE Final Table Results

Robert Mizrachi Leads Last Three in Dealer's Choice Championship

Just three players remain in with a chance of winning the Dealer's Choice Championship and the 13th event on the World Series of Poker 2024 schedule. Robert Mizrachi has a slim chip lead with just an extended - and short - day expected tomorrow, with his 3.62m chips ahead of Michael Martinelli's 3.29m stack. Japanese player Ryutaro Suzuki will be hoping he had put the pedal to the metal on his stack of 1.55 million chips. 

The penultimate day of the event saw Daniel Negreanu (10th) and Phil Ivey (11th) both just miss out on the final table of six, cashing for $27,041 each. At the final table, Richard Bai (6th) and David Bach (5th) both bowed out before the elimination of bracelet winner and former Main Event finalist Ben Lamb in fourth, as he cashed for $99,885, the last five-figure prize of the event. 

Tomorrow, the winner will receive $333,045 and the much-coveted bracelet. 

Event #13: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Final Table Results

Caleb Furth Top of 14 Survivors in PLO 

Caleb Furth will take a huge lead into the final day of the $1,500-entry Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Event #15 as he leads the 14 remaining players into the last stages of an exciting event. 

With 192 starters on Day 2, Furth built a literally awesome stack of 7,450,000 (124 big blinds) and has a huge lead with Andrew Paterson (3,980,000) and Walter Chambers (3,870,000) his closest challengers. No-one has even half of Furth's stack, although Day 1 chip leader Daniel Lowery remains in contention, going into the final sixth of 14 with a stack of 1.91 million chips. 

Event #15: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Day 2 Chip Counts

Nate Silver Chasing Gold in 8-Max No Limit Hold'em Event 

The third day of action in the $5,000 8-Max NLHE Event #16 will produce a winner and 'Barstool' Nate Silver is still in the hunt for glory, with a stack of 1,885,000 chips good for 4th biggest of the 41 players still in there swinging in the latest WSOP bracelet event. 

Shant Marashlian (2,785,000) holds the lead but it is not an overwhelming one, with Anthony Cierco (2,275,000) and Mark Tarich (2,255,000) between the chip leader and Silver in pursuit of the gold. 

Other legends remain in the hunt for the $660,284 top prize, with Sam Soverel (1,135,000), Kenny Hallaert (840,000), Brian Rast (650,000) and Erik Seidel (290,000) all still alive. 

Event #16: $5,000 8-Max NLHE Day 2 Chip Counts

Three Day 1 Flights End in Other Events 

Three more events took place on Wednesday, with Event #17, the $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack seeing a mammoth field of 4,732 produce a prize pool of $3,331,328 and a top prize of $368,977. Leading the remaining 310 players is James Calderaro who totalled 2.44 million at the close of play, with Rafael Reis (1,325,000), Daniel Strelitz (1,105,000) and Shaun Deeb (770,000) all inside the top 80 players.

Event #18, the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament saw Day 1 end with Mike Dentale (1,230,000) holding the lead from legends such as Daniel Zack (953,000) and Chino Rheem (624,000), with 1,469 entries reduced to just 161 survivors. A top prize of $294,311 is still in the sights of players such as Phil Ivey (278,000), Jared Bleznick (313,000), and Dylan Weisman (482,000) heading into Day 2. 

A total of 104 entries led to just 54 players bagging chips at the close of Event #19, the $10,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em Championship. Finnish star Juha Helppi (254,000) bagged plenty, along with other poker luminaries Max Hoffman (237,000), Mike Lang (218,000), six-time WSOP winner Josh Arieh (116,000) and five-time bracelet winner John Monnette (115,000).

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