The 2024 WPT World Championship, boasting a $10,400 buy-in, will heat up on Tuesday as it moves into Day 2 at the luxurious Wynn Las Vegas. Despite no guarantee on the event this year, players responded enthusiastically, with 2,392 entries creating a massive $23,441,600 prize pool.
This included 960 entries on Monday’s final opening flight on Day 1c, where 351 players found a bag, bringing the total Day 2 field up to 821 survivors. Anže Šmajd emerged as the only chip millionaire from the flight after parlaying his 100,000 opening stack into 1,016,000 in chips to end the night. However, this puts him in fifth place with Day 1a chip leader Phillip Lee starting Day 2 with the overall chip lead with 1,102,000 in chips.
The action will resume for Day 2 on Tuesday at noon with blinds at 3,000/6,000 along with a big blind ante of 6,000. Players will bag chips after five 90-minute blind levels of play, putting the end time at around 8:45 p.m. Those advancing will need to play for four more days until their chance at glory and the massive top prize of $3,138,900, which includes a seat to the 2025 WPT World Championship valued at $10,400.
It is also expected that the money bubble will be reached on Day 2 with the top 299 players earning at least a $19,600 min-cash for nearly double their buy-in.
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Six Chip Millionaires to Start Day 2 of WPT World Championship
Phillip Lee leads the way with 1,102,000 in chips, which is good for 184 big blinds. He bagged the overall chip lead on Day 1a with 2024 WPT Prime Slovakia champion Fabian Gumz also emerging as a chip millionaire with 1,013,000.
Xifu He will kick off the action in second place after advancing with the Day 1b chip lead with 1,065,000. Qiang Xu (1,050,000) and Gabriel Kifu (1,027,000) narrowly missed out on the honor of chip lead at the end of Day 1b but will start in the top five with seven-figure stacks.
As mentioned, Anže Šmajd entered the top five in the chip counts after earning the Day 1c chip lead with 1,016,000 in chips.
| Place | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillip Lee | 1,102,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Xifu He | 1,065,000 | 178 |
| 3 | Qiang Xu | 1,050,000 | 175 |
| 4 | Gabriel Kifu | 1,027,000 | 171 |
| 5 | Anže Šmajd | 1,016,000 | 169 |
| 6 | Fabian Gumz | 1,013,000 | 169 |
Several members of the WPT Championship Club are still battling for more WPT glory with more than 500,000 in chips including the likes of 2022 WPT World Championship winner Calvin Anderson (750,000), 2024 WPT Playground champ Michael Wang (671,000), 2007 WPT Borgata champion John Hennigan (633,000), 2003 WPT Grand Prix de Paris champion David Benyamine (603,000), 2015 WPT Borgata Spring Open champion Asher Conniff (600,000), 2013 WPT Jacksonville bestbet Fall Poker Scramble champ Jared Jaffee (559,000), 2015 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star champ Taylor Paur (555,000), 2011 WPT Venice winner Alessio Isaia (529,000), and 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown champion Josh Reichard (515,000).
Head to the World Poker Tour live reporting blog for the full Day 2 chip counts and the start-of-the-day seat draw.
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2024 WPT World Championship Payouts
Saturday’s winner of the 2024 WPT World Championship at the win is slated to go home with a massive $3,138,900 top prize with the top four spots all awarding a seven-figure prize.
Today, players will be looking at the bottom end of the payouts with the top 299 entries guaranteed at least a $19,600 payday with the payjumps moving quickly from there. Check out the full payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3,138,900 |
| 2 | $2,075,000 |
| 3 | $1,550,000 |
| 4 | $1,150,000 |
| 5 | $875,000 |
| 6 | $665,000 |
| 7 | $515,000 |
| 8 | $400,000 |
| 9-10 | $310,000 |
| 11-12 | $255,000 |
| 13-15 | $215,000 |
| 16-19 | $176,000 |
| 20-23 | $146,000 |
| 24-31 | $121,000 |
| 32-39 | $101,000 |
| 40-47 | $85,000 |
| 48-55 | $71,000 |
| 56-63 | $59,000 |
| 64-79 | $50,000 |
| 80-99 | $42,000 |
| 100-120 | $35,500 |
| 121-150 | $29,500 |
| 151-192 | $25,000 |
| 193-240 | $21,600 |
| 241-299 | $19,600 |
* Photos courtesy of the World Poker Tour.
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