2019 WSOP Day 11: Baron and Brazil Highlighted Action

On Saturday, June 8, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 14:  $1,500 HORSE – Final

Total entries:  751

Prize pool:  $1,013,850

Players paid:  113

Final table payouts:

1^st place: Murilo Souza (Brazil) – $207,003

2^nd place:  Jason Stockfish (USA) – $127,932

3rd place:  Gary Kosakowski (USA) – $89,730

4^th place:  Phillip Hui (USA) – $63,860

5^th place:  Chris Klodnicki (USA) – $46,127

6^th place:  Alex Dovzhenko (Ukraine) – $33,822

7^th place:  Joe Aronesty (USA) – $25,181

8^th place:  Danny Woolard (USA) – $19,040

Event 15:  $10K NLHE Heads-Up – Final

Total entries:  112

Prize pool:  $572,800

Players paid:  8

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Sean Swingruber (USA) – $186,356

2^nd place:  Ben Yu (USA) – $115,174

Event 16:  $1,500 NLHE 6-Handed – Final

Total entries:  1,832

Prize pool:  $2,473,200

Players paid:  275

Final table chip counts:

1^st place:  Isaac Baron (USA) – $407,739

2^nd place:  Ong Dingxiang (Singapore) – $251,937

3^rd place:  Stephen Graner (USA) – $177,085

4^th place:  James Hughes (USA) – $126,011

5^th place:  Richard Hasnip (UK) – $90,791

6^th place:  Cameron Marshall (USA) – $66,243

Event 17:  $1,500 NLHE Shootout – Final

Total entries:  917

Prize pool:  $1,237,950

Players paid:  100

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Brett Apter (USA) – $238,824

2^nd place:  Anatolii Zyrin (Russia) – $147,594

3^rd place:  Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – $106,3351

4^th place:  Adrian Scarpa (USA) – $77,591

5^th place:  Manual Ruivo (Portugal) – $57,326

6^th place:  Cary Katz (USA) – $42,897

7^th place:  Shintaro Baba (Japan) – $32,517

8^th place:  Michael O’Grady (USA) – $24,973

9^th place:  Kenna James (USA) – $19,436

10^th place:  Marko Maher (Slovenia) – $15,331

Event 18:  $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 3 of 4

Total entries: 183

Prize pool:  $1,720,200

Players paid:  28

Minimum payout:  $14,959

Winner payout:  $443,641

Day 3 players remaining:  6

Final table chip counts:

Robert Mizrachi (USA) – 3,905,000 chips

Nick Guagenti (USA) – 2,000,000 chips

Owais Ahmed (USA) – 1,850,000 chips

Robert Campbell (Australia) – 1,235,000 chips

Frankie O’Dell (USA) – 1,000,000 chips

Jake Schwartz (USA) – 940,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

7^th place:  David Benyamine (USA) – $57,709

8^th place:  Edmond Vartughian (USA) – $44,245

9^th place:  Shaun Deeb (USA) – $34,467

Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 19:  $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker – Day 1 of 6

Total entries: 8,808

Prize pool:  $11,890,800

Players paid:  1,322

Minimum payout:  $2,249

Winner payout:  $1,344,697

Day 1A players remaining:  968

Day 1B players remaining:  1,300

Day 1A chip leader:  Garrett Greer (USA) – 570,600 chips

Day 1B chip leader:  Noah Schwartz (USA) – 1,100,300 chips

Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 20:  $1,500 Seven-Card Stud – Day 2 of 4

Total entries: 285

Prize pool:  $384,750

Players paid:  43

Minimum payout:  $2,262

Winner payout:  $93,766

Day 2 players remaining:  10

Chip leader:  Anthony Zinno (USA) – 733,000 chips

Day 3 starting time: 2pm

Event 21:  $10K NL 2-7 Lowball Draw – Day 1 of 4

Total players: 83 (registration remains open

Prize pool:  $780,200 (not final)

Players paid:  TBD

Minimum payout:  TBD

Winner payout:  TBD

Day 1 players remaining:  29

Day 1 chip leader:  Pedro Bromfman (Brazil) – 470,000 chips

Day 2 starting time: 2pm

Notable Information

Event 14 played out with a loud and excited crowd cheering on Brazilian Murilo Souza, who went on to win his first bracelet. The mixed game enthusiast beat a tough opponent heads-up, winning with quads, and celebrated with a video call to his girlfriend and family in Brazil.

Through a translator, Souza noted, “It’s amazing. They’re the best players from Brazil. I’ve known them for a long time. We’ve been playing poker together for more than 13 years. Winning here with them watching, I don’t even have words to describe it.”

Brazil's Murilo Thiago Souza Figueredo emerges from a lengthy heads-up battle that spilled into an extra day to win Event #14 at the 2019 @WSOP, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Figueredo collects $207,003 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. https://t.co/GOsGDSraqV pic.twitter.com/WCuUWK5jIZ

— WSOP (@WSOP) June 8, 2019

Young Sean Swingruber won his first bracelet in Event 15, doubling his lifetime tournament earnings. As a cash game player primarily, Swingruber normally stays away from tournaments in favor of cash games, but he felt he had an edge on this event.

With that, Swingruber is expected to be back next year, but in the meantime, he said, “This event was so much fun.”

Congratulations to Sean Swingruber. He won the $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Championship and $186,356 and his first bracelet.https://t.co/iJDkwDXQjR pic.twitter.com/KK1CEPy5D0

— WSOP (@WSOP) June 9, 2019

The next event wrapped with Isaac Baron winning a title, a longtime poker pro and tournament player, both online and live. Known as “westmenloAA” online, the online star won his first WSOP title.

“I’m feeling pretty good,” he said. “It’s been a long time coming getting this first bracelet. I’ve wanted it for a while and am just glad it was pretty easy today.”

Los Angeles pro Isaac Baron grabs the first gold bracelet of his career by winning Event #16 at the 2019 @WSOP, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Baron collects a WSOP-best $407,739 for the victory. https://t.co/HJ2e4F6Jzt pic.twitter.com/acWpoOM3mO

— WSOP (@WSOP) June 8, 2019

Brett Apter also won a bracelet, his first one and first six-figure payday. He admitted to an emotional roller coaster at the end.

“I feel like I’m in a dream,” said Apter. “I wanted this ever since I first started playing poker. Ever since I…knew I was going to the final table. It hasn’t felt real. I’ve just been trying to live up every moment at the final table.” And he did. “I was just soaking up every moment with all my friends here … I wanted no regrets.”

Congrats to @BrettApter, winner of the $1,500 shootout event for his first WSOP bracelet and $238,824!https://t.co/wplerme63x pic.twitter.com/0MatV3p1An

— WSOP (@WSOP) June 9, 2019