2019 WSOP Day 26: Jiyoung Kim Wins Ladies Title

June 24th, 2019 | 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

Event 54: $1,500 Razz starts at 3pm in the Amazon Orange section.
A change to the structure sheet – the starting stack is now 12,000 chips, up from 10,000. pic.twitter.com/6BQCGLzao8
— WSOP (@WSOP) June 23, 2019

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

Today's @WSOPCom Online Bracelet event, open to players within Nevada and New Jersey, is Event 55: $1,000 Double Stack.
30,000 chips
15-minute levels
Re-entry up to 3 times
Registration until 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET
— WSOP (@WSOP) June 23, 2019

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.”

South Korea's Jiyoung Kim topped a 968-entry field to win 2019 @WSOP Ladies Championship for $167,308. #WSOP50 https://t.co/O81CVtUsAQ
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 24, 2019

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!”

Brazil's Yuri Dzivielevski takes down Event #51 at the 2019 @WSOP, $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better. @YuriNerdguy earns his first bracelet and collects $213,750. https://t.co/Qwihc0jEyr pic.twitter.com/N6snbU5out
— WSOP (@WSOP) June 24, 2019

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.

Congratulations to yet another first-time bracelet winner. @YACHTDOOKIE (Jason Gooch) is the winner of the $1,000 Double Stack Online bracelet event. He wins $241,492 after defeating 922 players.https://t.co/LXGT4lGkBY pic.twitter.com/mg00v7UB8H
— WSOP (@WSOP) June 24, 2019