2019 WSOP Day 21: Nearing Halfway Mark

With three weeks under its belt, the 2019 WSOP is nearing its halfway point. There are 89 events in total this summer, and there have been 37 gold bracelets awarded thus far.

Today, the 44^th through 46^th events will begin, catapulting the series over halfway from its starting mark. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

On Tuesday, June 18, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 34:  $1K Double Stack NLHE – Day 4/5

Total entries:  6,214

Prize pool:  $5,592,600

Players paid:  933

Minimum payout:  $1,499

Winner payout:  $687,782

Day 4 players remaining:  6

Final table chip counts:

Joseph Cheong (USA) – 100.3 million chips

David Ivers (USA) – 60.4 million chips

Zinan Xu (China) – 53.9 million chips

Andrea Buonocore (Italy) – 17.8 million chips

Ido Ashkenazi (USA) – 11.7 million chips

Adrianna Son (USA) – 4.5 million chips

Final table payouts thus far:

7^th place:  David Guay (Canada) – $102,258

8^th place:  Ivan Deyra (France) – $78,638

9^th place:  Brock Wilson (USA) – $60,930

Day 5 starting time:  12noon

Event 37:  $800 NLHE Deep Stack – Final

Total entries:  2,808

Prize pool:  $1,999,296

Players paid:  422

Minimum payout:  $1,185

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Robert Mitchell (USA) – $297,537

2^nd place:  Marco Bognanni (Italy) – $183,742

3^rd place:  Axel Halley (France) – $134,817

4^th place:  Francois Evard (Switzerland) – $99,752

5^th place:  Benjamin Underwood (Canada) – $74,435

6^th place:  Kamel Mokhammad (Ukraine) – $56,019

7^th place:  Benjamin Moon (USA) – $42,524

8^th place:  Zachary Mullennix (USA) – $32,561

9^th place:  Nick Jivkov (Bulgaria) – $25,152

Event 39:  $1K Super Seniors NLHE – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  2,650

Prize pool:  $2,385,000

Players paid:  398

Minimum payout:  $1,499

Winner payout:  $359,863

Day 2 players remaining:  120

Chip leader:  Jay Hong (USA) – 1,838,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  11am

Event 40:  $1,500 PLO – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  1,216

Prize pool:  $1,641,600

Players paid:  183

Minimum payout:  $2,248

Winner payout:  $298,507

Day 2 players remaining:  21

Chip leader:  Denis Bagdasarov (USA) – 3,0335,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  12noon

Event 41:  $10K Seven-Card Stud Championship – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  88

Prize pool:  $827,200

Players paid:  14

Minimum payout:  $14,667

Winner payout:  $245,451

Day 2 players remaining:  7

Final table chip counts:

Daniel Negreanu (Canada) – 1,502,000 chips

David Baker (USA) – 1,070,000 chips

Frank Kassela (USA) – 919,000 chips

John Hennigan (USA) – 682,000 chips

Chris Tryba (USA) – 542,000 chips

David Singer (USA) – 388,000 chips

Mikhail Semin (Russia) – 183,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

8^th place:  Frankie O’Dell (USA) – $24,419

Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 42:  $600 Mixed NLHE/PLO Deep Stack – Day 1 of 2

Total entries:  2,403

Prize pool:  $1,261,575

Players paid:  361

Minimum payout: $875

Winner payout:  $194,759

Day 1 players remaining:  195

Chip leader:  Adam Lamphere (USA) – 1,870,000 chips

Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 43:  $2,500 Mixed Big Bet – Day 1 of 3

Total entries:  218

Prize pool:  $490,500

Players paid:  33

Minimum payout:  $3,767

Winner payout:  $127,808

Day 1 players remaining:  55

Chip leader:  Jonathan Depa (USA) – 171,600 chips

Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

Only one tournament wrapped up with a player in the winner’s circle yesterday, and that was in Event 37. Poker pro Robert Mitchell of Salt Lake finished on top to win nearly $300K. It was his first bracelet.

“Obviously, the money is surreal,” he commented, “but that’s what poker players play for – the bracelet. To have one now on my resumé feels good, and it gives me more validation as a poker player.”

Congratulations to Robert Mitchell on his first WSOP bracelet and $297,537.https://t.co/QGTJPmn3Du pic.twitter.com/feAxyvoJ6q

— WSOP (@WSOP) June 19, 2019