Scott Seiver On the Hunt for Fourth Bracelet of the Summer in Day 2 of $1,500 Eight Game Mix
Just 103 players remain from a field of 494 entrants going into Day 2 of Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mix (6-handed) here at the 2024 World Series of Poker hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Two-time bracelet winner Marco Johnson currently stands atop the counts with a stack of 325,300 and is most closely followed by online legend Viktor Blom, who bagged 296,600.
Out of all the big names to have advanced from yesterday's Day 1 flight, none have enjoyed a more successful WSOP than Scott Seiver, who has already captured three WSOP bracelets this summer. Seiver is the first person to win three bracelets at a single WSOP since Jeff Lisandro in 2009. Today, he enters Day 2 of this event with a top five stack and will be a force to be reckoned with as he aims to become the first person ever to win four bracelets at a single WSOP.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Johnson | United States | 325,300 |
| 2 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 296,600 |
| 3 | Paul Clotar | United States | 293,200 |
| 4 | Joshua Musson | United Kingdom | 260,000 |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | United States | 253,700 |
| 6 | Qiang Xu | China | 251,800 |
| 7 | Robert Oconnell | United States | 235,600 |
| 8 | Antonios Onoufriou | Cyprus | 231,100 |
| 9 | Calen McNeil | Canada | 221,000 |
| 10 | Kyle Loman | United States | 215,400 |
Other notables to bag big on Day 1 include Qiang Xu (251,800), Kenny Hsiung (201,500) and Jared Bleznick (168,300). Further down the leaderboard is John Cernuto (145,200), Dylan Weisman (118,300), John Racener (103,100), Josh Arieh (93,500), Maxx Coleman (57,100) and Jeff Madsen (52,800).
Players will resume somewhat close to the money bubble, with 75 of the 103 remaining players set to receive at least a min-cash of $3,000. The plan is to play ten hour-long levels, with a 15 minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 21 at approximately 6:30 p.m.
As always, the PokerNews team will be on site to provide all the updates today for this event as it progresses through the money bubble and towards the final table.