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Pete Chen Leads the Mystery Millions After Day 1a
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.