2019 WSOP Day 17: Mueller Claims Third Bracelet

Last updated on June 15th, 2019

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On Friday, June 14, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 26: $2,620 NLHE Marathon – Day 5/6

Total entries: 1,083
Prize pool: $2,553,714
Players paid: 163
Minimum payout: $3,928
Winner payout: $477,401
Day 5 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
Jared Koppel (USA) – 11,700,000 chips
Dong Sheng Peng (China) – 5,800,000 chips
Francis Anderson (USA) – 3,695,000 chips
Roman Korenev (Russian Federation) – 3,310,000 chips
Joseph Liberta (USA) – 2,540,000 chips
Joe Curcio (USA) – 1,540,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
7^th place: Matt Russell (USA) – $59,642
8^th place: Gustavo Darosamuniz (Brazil) – $45,100
9th place: Peter Hong (USA) – $34,580
Day 6 starting time: 12noon

Event 29: $10K HORSE – Final

Total entries: 172
Prize pool: $1,616,800
Players paid: 26
Final table payouts:
1^st place: Greg Mueller (Canada) – $425,347
2^nd place: Daniel Ospina (Colombia) – $262,882
3rd place: Dario Sammartino (Italy) – $184,854
4^th place: Scott Clements (USA) – $132,288
5^th place: Craig Chait (USA) – $96,378
6^th place: Mikhail Semin (Russian Federation) – $71,505
7^th place: Matthew Gonzales (USA) – $54,043
8^th place: Phil Galfond (USA) – $41,625

Event 30 – $1K PLO – Day 2 of 3

Total entries: 1,526
Prize pool: $1,374,300
Players paid: 229
Minimum payout: $1,502
Winner payout: $236,673
Day 3 players remaining: 5
Final table chip counts:
Luis Zedan (USA) – 15,670,000 chips
Thida Lin (USA) – 6,190,000 chips
Ryan Robinson (USA) – 4,675,000 chips
Ryan Goindoo (Trinidad and Tobago) – 2,985,000 chips
Sam Razavi (UK) – 1,050,000
Final table payouts thus far:
6^th place: Gregory Donatelli (USA) – $41,453
7^th place: Christopher Conrad (USA) – $31,130
8^th place: Stanislav Parkhomenko (Bulgaria) – $23,654
9^th place: Erik Wilcke (Germany) – $18,188
Day 4 starting time: 12noon

Event 31: $3K NLHE 6-Handed – Final

Total entries: 754
Prize pool: $2,035,800
Players paid: 114
Final table payouts:
1^st place: Thomas Cazayous (UK) – $414,766
2^nd place: Nicholas Howard (USA) – $256,314
3^rd place: Upeshka de Silva (USA) – $172,658
4^th place: Wojciech Barzantny (Germany) – $118,421
5^th place: Angel Guillen (Mexico) – $82,726
6^th place: Raul Martinez (UK) – $58,881

Event 32: $1K Seniors NLHE – Day 2 of 4

Total entries: 5,917
Prize pool: $5,325,300
Players paid: 888
Minimum payout: $1,499
Winner payout: $662,694
Day 2 players remaining: 252
Chip leader: Howard Mash (USA) – 2,065,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 11am

Event 33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw – Day 2 of 3

Total entries: 467
Prize pool: $630,450
Players paid: 71
Minimum payout: $2,235
Winner payout: $144,027
Day 2 players remaining: 17
Chip leader: Hanh Tran (Austria) – 457,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 2pm

Event 34: $1K Double Stack NLHE – Day 1 of 6

The $1,000 Double Stack makes another appearance on the #WSOP50 schedule, this time Event 34 begins with two opening flights. Today and tomorrow players start with 40,000 chips, play 11 60-minute levels with registration & single re-entry for the first 10 levels in each flight. pic.twitter.com/AhfUF1cYO4
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
The $1,000 Double Stack makes another appearance on the #WSOP50 schedule, this time Event 34 begins with two opening flights. Today and tomorrow players start with 40,000 chips, play 11 60-minute levels with registration & single re-entry for the first 10 levels in each flight. pic.twitter.com/AhfUF1cYO4
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 14, 2019

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Total entries: 2,944 (not final)
Prize pool: TBD
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1A players remaining: 1,170
Chip leader: Juan Esirviez (Argentina) – 530,000 chips
Day 1B starting time: 10am
Day 2 starting time: Sunday at 12pm

Event 35: $10K Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed Championship – Day 1 of 4

Total entries: 115 (registration remains open)
Prize pool: $1,081,000 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 44
Chip leader: Jeff Lisandro (Australia) – 347,900 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm

Notable Information

When Event 29 finished, one player sat holding the WSOP gold bracelet, and he was no stranger to it. Greg Mueller won the $10K HORSE Championship and more than $425K, ten years after he won his first two bracelets in 2009.

Mueller hasn’t been playing as much as in the past, admitting that he doesn’t study the game as much as he works to maintain his physical and mental health. “When I’m in Canada, I don’t play one hand of poker,” he commented. “I do my thing: work out, play hockey three times a week, watch a ton of sports.”

When he returned to the WSOP this year, he found that he still had what it took to win, and he described it as “a good attitude, a fortune of good luck, and good friends around.”

Greg "FBT" Mueller wins his third WSOP gold bracelet by taking down Event #29 at the 2019 @WSOP, $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Canada's @GregFBT wins $425,347, the second-largest cash of his career. https://t.co/onNMaOwIJG pic.twitter.com/pfUCJg66b1
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
Greg "FBT" Mueller wins his third WSOP gold bracelet by taking down Event #29 at the 2019 @WSOP, $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Canada's @GregFBT wins $425,347, the second-largest cash of his career. https://t.co/onNMaOwIJG pic.twitter.com/pfUCJg66b1
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 15, 2019

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Over in Event 31, the man called the “silent assassin” by his opponents won his first WSOP gold. Thomas Cazayous is a French poker pro living in the UK, and the 24-year-old was nothing if not confident in his abilities. “I don’t want to say I think I was the best,” he said, “but I felt pretty sure what I had to do.”

Congratulations to Thomas Cazayous on his first WSOP bracelet. He wins $414,776.https://t.co/7LZSEZFovu pic.twitter.com/ylush9qcXJ
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
Congratulations to Thomas Cazayous on his first WSOP bracelet. He wins $414,776.https://t.co/7LZSEZFovu pic.twitter.com/ylush9qcXJ
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 15, 2019