World Series of Poker 2024

Main Event of WSOP Reduced to 59 Players at End of Day 6

By Jonathan Raab

10 Sep 2024

Jonathan Raab 10 Sep 2024

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59 Players Remain in WSOP Main Event
Kevin David leads at the end of Day 6
Tony Dunst, Ren Lin eliminated
One British player left in the field

Old School 2008 WSOP Poker Chips (Photo by Dan Tuffs/Getty Images)

The 55th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event is Down to 59 Players at the End of Day 6

By the end of the sixth day of the World Series of Poker Main Event the field had been reduced to just 59 hopefuls, who are now getting closer to the $10m first place prize.

Over one hundred players had their tournaments ended on Day 6, but now the attrition rate will slow down, as there are still four days of play left in the biggest Main Event in history.

Kevin Davis Holds the Main Event Chip Lead at the End of Day 6

By the time level 30 drew to a close and the final hands of the day had been played out, the overnight chip leader was confirmed as American Kevin Davis, who had amassed a stack of 26,250,000, over 2m ahead of Shundan Xiao on 23,925,000.

Malo Latinois sits in 3rd place wit 22,375,000 and Guillermo Sanchez Orto, the last remaining British player, is fourth with 21,975,000.

Rank	Player	Chip Count	Country
1	Kevin Davis	26,250,000	United States
2	Shundan Xiao	23,925,000	United States
3	Malo Latinois	22,375,000	United States
4	Guillermo Sanchez Otero	21,975,000	United Kingdom
5	Yake Wu	20,875,000	China
6	Yegor Moroz	20,575,000	United States
7	Daniel Zadok	20,325,000	Israel
8	Orson Young	18,350,000	United States
9	Jason Sagle	17,350,000	Canada
10	Adrian Lopez	17,025,000	United States

Eight Former Bracelet Winners Left in the Main Event

While the last of the former Main Event winners was eliminated on Day 5, there are still eight former WSOP bracelet winners left in the field. Canadian Jason James (15,825,000) has the largest stack of these eight, with four-time winner Kristen Foxen (14,500,000) just over 1m chips adrift.

Joe Serock (13,175,000) and six-time bracelet winner Brian Rast ((12,675,000) are also well placed to make deep runs in the remainder of the event.

The other remaining bracelet winners are all relatively short-stacked. Alex Keating (5,250,000) and Brandon Cantu (4,800,000) have half the average.

Stephen Song (2,175,000), who went into the day as the chip leader didn’t have a great day, but is still hanging on while Nick Jivkov (1,900,000) is the shortest of this group of players.

Busted On Day 6

Day six was the end of the line for many of the better known players left in the event. Tony Dunst, the WPT host and a three-time bracelet winner exited in 144th place, while GG Poker Ambassador Ren Lin busted in 116th.

Two-time bracelet winner Aleksejs Ponakovs from Latvia was eliminated in 120th. Danny Tang was one of the last players to depart near the end of the day, being sent to the rail in 62nd place.

It was also not a good day for British players, with only one of the eight who started the day surviving. Christopher Brammer (157th) was one of the first to go when play restarted and he was soon joined on the rail by Ho Lee (143rd) and Joseph Bold (134th)

Joe Hamilton (98th) and Iaron Lightbourne (99th) lasted a little longer, but when Ciaran McCullagh busted in 70th place, Guillermo Sanchez Orto was left as the last remaining British player in the field.

Finishing Position	Player	Prize
62nd	Danny Tang	$160,000
70th	Ciaran McCullagh	$140,000
98th	Joe Hamilton	$100,000
98th	Iaron Lightbourne	$100,000
116th	Ren Lin	$100,000
120th	Aleksejs Ponakovs	$100,000
134th	Joseph Bold	$85,000
143rd	Ho Lee	$70,000
144th	Tony Dunst	$70,000
157th	Christopher Brammer	$70,000

Play Resumes for Day 7 of the 2024 World Series of Poker on Saturday 13th July at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. Players can follow the action on the feature table and catch interviews from the floor from roving reporter Jeff Platt on PokerGo.