Song On Top after Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event

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10 Sep 2024

Site Editor 10 Sep 2024

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WSOP Main Event Down to 160 players at the end of Day 5
Stephen Song back on top with over 12m chips
Phil Ivey Eliminated
Eight British players left in the tournament

WPT Host Tony Dunst is still in the WSOP Main Event (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

End of Day 5 WSOP Main Event Chip Counts Topped by Stephen Song

Over then thousand started the World Series of Poker Main Event and there are now just over 1.5% of those left, or to be precise 160 players are left with a shot at the $10m first prize.

American Stephen Song has once again risen to the top of the chip chart, posting an end of Day 5 total of 12,310,000. He is just ahead of Portuguese Carlos Caldas, who has just 200k less on 12,110,000.

These two are quite far ahead of third placed Diogo Coelho, another Portuguese player, who has 9,950,000 to his name at this stage of the $10,000 buy-in tournament.

Yegor Moroz, also from the USA is half a million further back on 9,470,000 while Manuel Machado on 8,830,000 adds further piri piri spice to the top five, which has a distinctly Portuguese flavour.

Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts at the End of Day 5

Rank	Player	Chips	Country
1	Stephen Song	12,310,000	United States
2	Carlos Caldas	12,110,000	Portugal
3	Diogo Coelho	9,950,000	Portugal
4	Yegor Moroz	9,470,000	United States
5	Manuel Machado	8,830,000	Portugal
6	Kevin Davis	8,675,000	United States
7	Charles Russell	8,055,000	Ireland
8	Tomas Szwarcberg	7,950,000	Mexico
9	Niklas Astedt	7,900,000	Sweden
10	Laurent Manderlier	7,500,000	Belgium

Still In and Shooting For The Win

If you're still in, you can can still win this tournament. Jack Treetop Strauss famously came back from a 'chip and a chair' situation to win the title and it will no doubt be done again sometime. All 160 players remaining are potential WSOP Main Event winners.

Some of those still in contention and with great potential to go really deep include six-time bracelet winner Brian Rast, who ended the day on 6,325,000 and GG Poker Ambassador Ren Lin, who now has 5,660,000.

Four-time bracelet winner Kristen Foxen is also well placed to make a deeop run, with 5,400,000 chips.

WPT host Tony Dunst, who has three WSOP braceletsa to his name is also still in the running, with 3,190,000.

Hitting The Rail on Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event

When the fifth day of the Main Event of the WSOP began, there were 464 players with chips and chairs living out the dream of chasing the biggest and most sought after prize in poker. By the time another five two-hour levels of play had been completed, over 300 of them had rudely awoken from their dreams and had busted out of the tournament.

It’s a bitter moment when the dream dies, but its sweetened slightly for those on Day 5 when they visit the payout desk, as everyone who made it as far as Day 5 cashed for at least $37,500

WPT Global Ambassador Phil Ivey was one of the players who will play no further part in the championship, exiting in 341st place.

Both Alex Livingston and Adrian Mateos hit the rail on Day 5. Livingston had been the chip leader earlier in he tournament and had gone into Day 5 with an above average 2m chips, but was busted out in 296th place.

Surprisingly he lasted a little longer than Adrian Mateos, who exited in 318th, despite holding the second biggest stack of 4.5m chips when play began.

ACR ambassador Nacho Barbero is also out, departing in 302nd place, as is David ‘Bakes’ Baker, who went in 184th.

Finishing Position	Player	Prize
176th	Jesee Lonis	$60,000
184th	David 'Bakes' Baker	$60,000
249th	Kevin McPhee	$50,000
296th	Alex Livingston	$45,000
302nd	Nacho Barbero	$45,000
318th	Adrian Mateos	$45,000
341st	Phil Ivey	$45,000
347th	Bin Weng	$45,000
417th	Adam Friedman	$37,500
446th	Maria Ho	$37,500

The Grateful Eight

There are now just eight British players left in the tournament, with Guillermo Sanchez Otero (6,945,000) and Iaron Lightbourne (5,905,000) still going well, with chip stacks close to double the average.

Joseph Bold (5,470,000), Abdullah Al-Shanti (5,140,000) and Ciaran McCullagh (4,840,000) are the other UK players with above average stacks.

Ho Lee (1,905,000), Christopher Brammer (775,000) and Joe Hamilton (760,000) are the other Brits still left in the tournament.

They are all now guaranteed to win at least $70,000.

Rank	Player	Chips
14	Guillermo Sanchez Otero	6,945,000
29	Iaron Lightbourne	5,905,000
33	Joseph Bold	5,470,000
46	Abdullah Al-Shanti	5,140,000
51	Ciaran McCullagh	4,840,000
124	Ho Lee	1,905,000
155	Christopher Brammer	775,000
156	Joe Hamilton	760,000

British Bust Outs on Day 5 of the 2024 WSOP Main Event

The other British players who started the day have been eliminated, including Bracelet winner Ben Collins, who went in 267th place and high roller Ian Bradley, who started the day short stacked and succumbed in 398th place.

Finishing Position	Player	Prize
215th	Jamie Dale	$60,000
225th	Roei Siman	$50,000
257th	Yaroslav Shklyar	$50,000
267th	Ben Collins	$50,000
398th	Ian Bradley	$40,000
419th	Robert Bickley	$37,500
438th	Hamid Toghyan	$37,500