Paul Serrate Bags Chip Lead in Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors
Day 2 of the 2024 World Series of Poker Event #67: $500 Salute to Warriors at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas began with 678 players returning from the record-breaking 4,517 entry field. By the end of the night, only 17 players remained, with Paul Serrate bagging the biggest stack worth 27,530,000 followed by Tolga Gesli with 24,025,000.
Both will be looking to add their first World Series of Poker bracelet to their collection. Serrate flew relatively under the radar throughout most of the day but started to gain some momentum as the field thinned out.
End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Serrate | Bolivia | 27,530,000 | 34 |
| 2 | Tolga Gesli | United States | 24,025,000 | 30 |
| 3 | Rafael Takeda | United States | 21,800,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Dane Harnett | Australia | 19,100,000 | 23 |
| 5 | Stavros Petychakis | Greece | 19,000,000 | 23 |
| 6 | Ben Collins | England | 15,850,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 15,650,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Siavash Bahri | United States | 15,500,000 | 19 |
| 9 | Hersh Mahajan | United States | 12,100,000 | 15 |
| 10 | Maxwell Schrack | United States | 11,325,000 | 14 |
Among those to earn a cash were 2006 Main Event Champion Jamie Gold in 436th ($1,051) and bracelet winners Rich Alsup in 521st ($1,001), Matthew Bode in 477th ($1,001), Massoud Eskandari in 311th ($1,209), Alen Bakovic in 354th ($1,121), and Joseph Dulaney in 303rd ($1,209).
The remaining players will come back to a cash worth at least $10,002, but everyone in the room will be after the lion's share of the $1,851,970 prize pool, with $207,486 and a WSOP gold bracelet reserved for the eventual champion.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $207,486 |
| 2 | 138,423 |
| 3 | $102,360 |
| 4 | $76,338 |
| 5 | $57,420 |
| 6 | $43,564 |
| 7 | $33,341 |
| 8 | $25,742 |
| 9 | $20,052 |
| 10 | $15,759 |
The Day 3 finale is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. local time on June 29. As always, PokerNews will be on-site to provide live updates straight from the tournament floor, so keep it locked here for up-to-date info on this and all remaining tournaments at the 2024 World Series of Poker.