Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1a Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$16,199,920
Entries
18,409
Level
47
Blinds
5,000,000 / 10,000,000
Ante
10,000,000
Entries
2,247
Players Left
118
Day 1a of Event #5: $1,000 Mystery Millions has concluded here at the 2024 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The first of four scheduled flights drew in 2,246 entrants, who added $1,976,480 to the prize pool. Only 118 of those players progressed to Day 2, and nobody bagged up more chips than Pete Chen.
Chen finished Day 1a armed with 3,150,000 chips, almost one million more than Uri Reichenstein (2,225,000) in second place. Chen has two bracelets to his name, both won in the online streets. He's come agonizingly close to winning poker gold in Las Vegas, including a runner-up finish in a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2017.
End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 3,150,000 | 79 |
| 2 | Uri Reichenstein | Israel | 2,225,000 | 56 |
| 3 | Akinobu Maeda | Japan | 2,080,000 | 52 |
| 4 | James Erickson | United States | 1,805,000 | 45 |
| 5 | Wojciech Barzantny | Austria | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Milfred Sageer | United States | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 7 | James Maita | United States | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Zhao Xin | China | 1,395,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Andrew Moreno | United States | 1,370,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Arin Youssefian | United States | 1,345,000 | 34 |
A whole host of stars punched their Day 2 tickets and will return to the action, hoping to find the $1 million jackpot bounty on their way to becoming a WSOP champion.
Andrew Moreno has a top ten stack, while Mark Seif, Christian Harder, and Brock Wilson are within the top 30 in the overnight chip counts.
Further down the counts, you find such luminaries as Jeremy Becker, DJ Buckley, Alex Foxen, and Punnat Punsri.
Day 1b shuffles up and deals at 10 a.m. local time on May 31, with surviving players returning for Day 2 at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 3. PokerNews coverage of this event kicks off on Day 2, so stay tuned.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000
3,150,000
|
3,150,000 |
|
||
|
2,225,000
2,225,000
|
2,225,000 |
|
2,080,000
2,080,000
|
2,080,000 |
|
1,805,000
1,805,000
|
1,805,000 |
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
1,395,000
1,395,000
|
1,395,000 |
|
1,370,000
1,370,000
|
1,370,000 |
|
1,345,000 | |
|
1,340,000
1,340,000
|
1,340,000 |
|
1,265,000
1,265,000
|
1,265,000 |
|
1,245,000
1,245,000
|
1,245,000 |
|
1,235,000
1,235,000
|
1,235,000 |
|
1,225,000
1,225,000
|
1,225,000 |
|
1,220,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
|
|
1,215,000
1,215,000
|
1,215,000 |
|
|
1,210,000
1,210,000
|
1,210,000 |
|
1,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
1,190,000
1,190,000
|
1,190,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
1,130,000
1,130,000
|
1,130,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,125,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
1,110,000
1,110,000
|
1,110,000 |
|
||
|
1,075,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
According to Arin Youssefian's recent MyStack update, the Californian has doubled his stack to over 1.3 million chips and is flying in the Mystery Millions.
Youssefian cashed in six events at the 2023 WSOP, and has started the 2024 edition strongly.
519,000
94,000
Table 145Seat 8
