In the 2024 WSOP Event #9 $1,500 Limit Hold’em (8-Handed), we saw 443 entries and a prize pool of $591,405. The event stretched out for the third day, though we saw the final table form on day 2 with nine players remaining. After three eliminations on day 2 final table, the event was over for the day, and action continued on day 3 with six players remaining.
After a hard battle on the final table, Nick Guagenti won a $1,500 Limit Hold’em event for $121,074 and his second WSOP bracelet. Nick is 622th ranked in the US All-time Money List with $2,221,246 in earnings.
Nick Guagenti won a heads-up battle against fellow US player Joseph Brodsky, who earned $80,717 for the second-place finish.
Event #9: Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Final Table Results
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
| 1 |  Nick Guagenti | United States | $121,074 |
| 2 | Joseph Brodsky | United States | $80,717 |
| 3 | George Chen | United States | $54,708 |
| 4 |  Juha Helppi | Finland | $37,880 |
| 5 | Qinghai Pan | United States | $26,807 |
| 6 | Bradley Carter | United States | $14,363 |
| 7 | John Kim | United States | $10,886 |
| 8 | Greg Wohletz | United States | $8,450 |
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The Final Table Recap
Three of the finalists were eliminated before the event was closed for day 2. The first one to leave was Greg Wohletz when his 8♣8♠ didn’t survive the three-way hand against Bradley Carter and Nick Guagenti, who won the pot with 2♥2♦, hitting a set on 9♣2♣K♠5♣Q♥ and winning 1,200,000 chips. Wohletz finished in ninth place and has won $8,450.
John Kim was eliminated in eighth place as a short stack when he shoved K♦Q♠ against Nick Guagenti’s 4♠4♣. The board was 9♥9♦2♥4♦A♣, and a set of fours was good for Guagenti. Kim won $10,886 for his eighth-place finish.
Abdulrahim Amer went all-in with KJ and got called by Bradley Carter with 8♣9♣, George Chen, and Juha Helppi with A♣6♣. The flop was 10♠10♥6♦, Helppi bet, Carter called, and Chan folded.
The turn was 3♠, and both players checked. The river was 4♥, and both players checked. Helppi showed the best and won the pot. Abdulrahim Amer was out in seventh place for $14,363.
That was the end of day 2, and final six players had to battle it out in day 3.
Day 3, Final Table Action Resuming
The first one to go on day 3 was Bradley Carter, hanging on with a short stack after a few lost hands. Three ways into the hand, the board was 2♦J♦6♠6♦, and Bradley was holding 8♦7♦; both players called Brodsky checked, Helppi bet, and Brodsky 3-bet. The river came 7♥, Brodsky bet, and Helppi called. Brodsky won the hand with K♦10♦, and Carter was out in sixth place for $19,400.
Qinghai Pan was next on his way out when he went almost all in from BTN with Ks2x and got called by Guagenti from SB and George Chan in BB. The flop came 8♠9♥10♥; everybody checked. The turn was Q♦, and all the players checked again.
The river was 4♣, Guagenti bet, Chen folded, and Pan called for the remaining chips. Guangenti’s pair of nines won the pot, and Pan was out in fifth place for $26,807.
Juha Helppi was out in fourth place when he opened from BTN with K♠4♣ and got called by Chen with K♣J♥ in BB.
The flop was A♣8♥2♥. Chen checked, Helppi was all-in for the remaining chips, and Chen called. The turn was 7♦, the river was 10♦, and Helppi didn’t catch a four to survive. Helppi won $37,880 for his fourth-place finish.
Chen was out when he 3-bet against Guagenti’s open and got called by Guagenti. The flop was J♣5♥5♠, Chen c-bet and got raised by Guagenti, Chen called. The turn was J♠, and the money went in, but unfortunately for Chen, he was drawing to two outs. The river was 8♥, and Chen was eliminated in third place for $56,708.
The Heads-Up Battle
Guagenti did it after a lengthy back-and-forth battle in which Brodsky was short-stacked most of the time and, at some point, fell to only two big blinds. The last hand happened when Guagenti opened it and put all the short-stacked Brodsky in it. Brodsky called. The board ran 7♥Q♠2♠A♥Q♣, and Guagenti’s Q♥8♦ won against Brodsky’s 8♠4♠. Brodsky was out in second place for $80,717.
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