2019 WSOP Day 26: Jiyoung Kim Wins Ladies Title

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 24th, 2019

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On Sunday, June 23, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 47:  $1K Ladies NLHE Championship – Final

Total entries:  968 Prize pool:  $871,200 Players paid:  146 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Jiyoung Kim (South Korea) - $167,308 2^nd place:  Nancy Matson (USA) - $103,350 3^rd place:  Sandrine Phan (France) - $72,821 4^th place:  Stephanie Dao (Canada) - $52,007 5^th place:  Lyly Vo (Vietnam) - $37,654 6^th place:  Lexy Gavin (USA) - $27,643 7^th place:  Raylene Celaya (USA) - $20,582 8^th place:  Stephanie Hubbard (USA) - $15,544 9^th place:  Barbara Blechinger (USA) – 11,911

Event 50:  $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack – Day 2 of 6

Total entries:  6,035 Prize pool:  $8,147,250 Players paid:  906 Minimum payout:  $2,249 Winner payout:  $1,008,850 Day 2 players remaining:  457 Chip leader:  Kainalu McCue-Unciano (USA) – 2,187,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  11am

Event 51:  $2,500 Mixed – Final

Total entries:  401 Prize pool:  $902,250 Players paid:  61 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) - $213,750 2^nd place:  Michael Thompson (USA) - $132,113 3^rd place:  Denis Strebkob (Russia) - $89,744 4^th place:  Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) - $62,176 5^th place:  Daniel Zack (USA) - $43,950 6^th place:  Philip Long (UK) - $31,710 7^th place:  Alex Livingston (Canada) - $23,362 8^th place:  Daniel Ratigan (USA) - $17,584

Event 52:  $10K PLO 8-Handed Championship – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  518 Prize pool:  $4,869,200 Players paid:  78 Minimum payout:  $15,029 Winner payout:  $1,086,967 Day 2 players remaining:  50 Chip leader:  Daniel Alaei (USA) – 1,985,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 53:  $800 NLHE 8-Handed Deep Stack – Day 1 of 2

Total entries:  3,759 Prize pool:  $2,676,408 Players paid:  564 Minimum payout:  $1,187 Winner payout:  $371,203 Day 1 players remaining:  440 Chip leader:  Kenneth Johnson (USA) – 1.4 million chips Day 2 starting time:  1pm

Event 54:  $1,500 Razz – Day 1 of 4

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Total entries:  363 Prize pool:  $490,050 Players paid:  55 Minimum payout:  $2,247 Winner payout:  $119,054 Day 1 players remaining:  127 Chip leader:  Eric Rodawig (USA) – 118,700 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 55:  $1K Online NLHE Double Stack

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Total entries:  1,333 Prize pool:  $1,266,350 Players paid:  153 Minimum payout:  $2,026 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Jason “TheBigGift” Gooch (USA) - $241,492.94 2^nd place:  Brian “Pure__reason” Wood (USA) - $148,542.85 3^rd place:  Anthony “Scrotile” Augostino (USA) - $104,980.41 4^th place:  Dario “Sirio87” Sammartino (Italy) - $75,094.55 5^th place:  Timothy “Stucksoomuch” Wong (USA) - $54,453.05 6^th place:  Ran “Margarete” Koller (USA) - $40,143.29 7^th place:  Gianluca “inmyhouse” Speranza (Italy) - $29,885.86 8^th place:  Justin “KingFortune” Liberto (USA) - $22,541.03 9^th place:  Max “Max Sparrow” Pescatori (USA) - $17,348.99

Notable Information

The $1K Ladies Championship is always a popular event at the WSOP, and Jiyoung Kim of South Korea was the last woman standing to capture that title. It was her first gold bracelet, but the gold will go to her mother. “I’m giving it to my mom,” she said. “She is always worried about me going overseas to play poker tournaments. I feel for her; that’s why I will give it to her.” Kim was the second South Korean to ever win a WSOP bracelet. The coffee shop owner and part-time poker player has been playing live tournaments for about four years, but she had never cashed in Las Vegas before this win. “I feel like I’m dreaming. It’s a dream come true for me.” https://twitter.com/PokerNews/status/1142989839366795264 The $2,500 Mixed tournament also finished on Sunday, and Brazilian Yuri Dzivielevski was the last player standing. And he did it with a typically-exuberant Brazilian rail of friends watching and celebrating his first gold bracelet with him. “This is the most special moment, for sure,” he said. He also told a reporter that he tried to be present and happy at every point of the final table. He tried to live in the moment, something he emulates in his personal life as well. And that winning moment consisted of being tossed into the air by his supporters. “I want to feel this feeling again and again!” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1143090847237304321 The third bracelet of the day went to Jason Gooch, who won the WSOP online poker $1K Double Stack NLHE playing as “TheBigGift.” It was his first WSOP victory. https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1143110524810346496