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Jazayeri, Boi, Funkhouser, and Moen Latest Bracelet Winners At 2024 World Series of Poker

A Look At Four New WSOP Champions Crowned On A Busy Thursday At The 55th Annual WSOP

by Erik Fast  |  Published: Jun 28, 2024

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A total of six bracelets were awarded at the 2024 World Series of Poker on Thursday, June 27. The top headline was Daniel Negreanu earning his seventh bracelet by taking down the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. In another big story, Franco Spitale topped a field of 10,939 entries in the Millionaire Maker event to earn $1,250,125. Below we will take a close look at the exciting results from the remaining four events that wrapped up during one of the most action-packed nights of the summer.

Event 59 – $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Seniors

Sean Jazayeri

The first event that came to a close was the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super seniors. The tournament, which required players to be at least 60 years of age, had drawn 3,362 entries to create a prize pool of $2,958,560.

The top 505 finishers made the money, with the largest chunk going to eventual champion Sean Jazayeri. This was the first bracelet win for the Irvine, California resident. The $368,025 top prize was the second-largest score of his poker career, trailing only the $1,370,240 he earned as the champion of the 2012 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic main event. Jazayeri now has more than $2.4 million in career earnings.

Kevin Song, the winner of the 1997 $2,000 limit hold’em event at the series, finished eighth in this event for $46,281. He now has more than $4.8 million total cashes to his name.

Place Player Earnings
1 Sean Jazayeri $368,025
2 Yucel Eminoglu $238,748
3 Paul Runge $178,250
4 Manelic Minaya $134,075
5 Gary Fisher $101,606
6 Felix Barriga $77,584
7 Michael Minetti $59,693
8 Kevin Song $46,281
9 Christopher Bucceri $36,161

Event 60 – $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Paolo Boi

While 1,773 entered the $3,000 no-limit hold’em event, only one left with the bracleet and the top prize of $676,990. That player was Italy’s Paolo Boi, who secured the six-figure payday and the hardware as the champion.

This win was roughly 10x the size if Boi’s previous top score of $68,063 which he earned for a seventh-place finish in a €2,200 buy-in event at last year’s European Poker Tour Monte Carlo festival.

The top 266 finishers in this event earned a share of the $4,733,910 prize pool. Notables that ran deep included 2020 WSOP Online main event champion Stoyan Madanzhiev (25th), bracelet winner Kyle Julius (19th), two-time bracelet winner Chris Klodnicki (12th), Vanessa Kade (8th), and recent WSOP $25,000 high roller event runner-up Noel Rodriguez (2nd).

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Paolo Boi $676,990 1620
2 Noel Rodriguez $451,299 1350
3 Juan Duenas $326,883 1080
4 Brandon Mitchell $239,451 810
5 Justin Belforti $177,416 675
6 Marc Foggin $132,978 540
7 Victor Paredes $100,840 405
8 Vanessa Kade $77,378 270
9 Benjamin Gold $60,088 135

Event 63 – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Lowball Draw Seven Max

David Funkhouser

David Funkhouser came away with the win in event no. 63, the $1,500 no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw lowball tournament. He overcame a field of 453 entries to lock up his first bracelet and $123,314 in prize money.

Funkhouser now has nearly $1.1 million in lifetime cashes under his belt. This was the third-largest score on his resume, trailing the he earned as the runner-up in the 2022 $10,000 stud eight-or-better championship and the $187,200 he earned for winning a $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2023 PGT Mixed Games II.

Joining Funkhouser at the business-end of this event were the likes of recent $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball champion Patrick Moulder (20th), three-time bracelet winner Chance Kornuth (17th), bracelet winner Patrick Leonard (10th), three-time bracelet winner David Baker (7th), bracelet winner Ali Eslami (5th), and bracelet winner Owais Ahmed (4th).

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 David Funkhouser $123,314 720
2 Michel Leibgorin $81,412 600
3 Charles Tucker $54,868 480
4 Owais Ahmed $37,764 360
5 Ali Eslami $26,555 300
6 Tzu Wang $19,087 240
7 David Baker $14,030 180

Event 64 – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack

Christopher Moen

Christopher Moen bested a field of 5,263 total entries in the $600 buy-in no-limit hold’em Deepstack to nab his first bracelet and the top prize of $289,323.

Moen’s previous standout score was a first-place finish in the 2009 Twin Cities Poker Open main event for $61,924. He now has more than $397,000 in total tournament earnings.

This event only took two days to play down to a winner. Day 2 began with 283 contenders remaining, and yet a champion was still decided before the stoke of midnight. Big names that cashed included 2021 WSOP main event champion Koray Aldemir (75th), two-time bracelet winner Nick Guagenti (52nd), and bracelet winner Kartik Ved (48th).

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Christopher Moen $289,323 660
2 Thomas Kuess $192,809 550
3 Cody Chung $143,258 440
4 August Smrek $107,289 330
5 John Ricksen $80,996 275
6 Gal Naim $61,642 220
7 Daniel Hirose $47,295 165
8 Guilherme Castro $36,586 110
9 Vance Isono $28,536 55

Visit the Card Player 2024 World Series of Poker page for schedules, news, interviews, and the latest event results. WSOP coverage sponsored by Global Poker.

Winner photo credits for Boi, Moen: WSOP / Rachel Kay Winter, Spenser Sembrat.

 
 
Tags: Poker Tournaments,   2024 World Series of Poker,   2024 WSOP,   no-limit hold'em,   no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw,   bracelet,   super seniors,   Sean Jazayeri,   Paolo Boi,   David Funkhouser,   Christopher Moen,   Las Vegas,   Nevada
 
 
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