2019 WSOP Day 33: South Korea and Russia Dominate

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 1st, 2019

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On Sunday, June 30, the last day of the month, this is what went down at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 61:  $400 NLHE Colossus – Final

Total entries:  13,109 Prize pool:  $4,382,515 Players paid:  1,952 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Sejin Park (South Korea) - $451,272 2^nd place:  Georgios Kapalas (Greece) - $278,881 3^rd place:  Ryan Depaulo (USA) - $208,643 4^th place:  Juan Lopez (USA) - $157,106 5^th place:  Andrew Barber (USA) - $119,072 6^th place:  Norson Saho (USA) - $90,838 7^th place:  Patrick Miller (USA) - $69,757 8^th place:  Maksim Kalman (USA) - $53,925 9^th place:  Diego Lima (Brazil) - $41,965

Event 63:  $1,500 Omaha Mix – Final

Total entries:  717 Prize pool:  $967,950 Players paid:  108 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Anatolii Zyrin (Russia) - $199,838 2^nd place:  Yueqi Zhu (China) - $123,466 3^rd place:  James Van Alstyne (USA) - $84,106 4^th place:  Mesbah Guerfi (France) - $58,289 5^th place:  Aron Dermer (USA) - $41,112 6^th place:  Iori Yogo (Japan) - $29,518 7^th place:  Alan Sternberg (USA) - $21,582 8^th place:  Ivo Donev (Austria) - $16,075

Event 64:  $888 Crazy Eights NLHE – Day 1D of 6

Day 1A entries:  1,674 Day 1B entries:  1,187 Day 1C entries:  2,830 Day 1D entries:  4,494 Prize pool:  TBD Day 1A players paid:  252 Day 1B players paid:  179 Day 1C players paid:  425 Day 1D players paid:  675 Day 1A minimum payout:  $1,330 Day 1B minimum payout:  $1,329 Day 1C minimum payout:  $1,332 Day 1D minimum payout:  $1,331 Winner payout:  TBD Day 1A players remaining:  191 Day 1B players remaining:  138 Day 1C players remaining:  333 Day 1D players remaining:  561 Day 1A chip leader:  Arsenii Karmatchii (Russia) – 1,323,000 chips Day 1B chip leader:  Michael Kane (UK) – 1,360,000 chips Day 1C chip leader:  Ian Simpson (UK) – 1,284,000 chips Day 1D chip leader:  Luis Pinho (Portugal) – 1,419,000 chips Day 2 starting time: 12 noon

Event 65:  $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  193 Prize pool:  $1,814,200 Players paid: 29 Minimum payout:  $15,237 Winner payout:  $463,670 Day 4 players remaining:  7 Final table chip counts: Nick Schulman (USA) – 3,355,000 chips Brian Hastings (USA) – 2,735,000 chips Joe Hachem (Australia) – 2,430,000 chips Chris Vitch (USA) – 1,940,000 chips Denis Strebkov (Russia) – 885,000 chips Corey Hochman (USA) – 170,000 chips Michael McKenna (USA) – 65,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 8^th place:  Bryce Yockey (USA) - $45,551 Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 66:  $1,500 LHE – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  541 Prize pool:  $730,350 Players paid:  82 Minimum payout:  $2,239 Winner payout:  $161,139 Day 2 players remaining:  21 Chip leader:  David Baker (USA) – 1,275,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 67:  $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 1 of 4

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Total entries:  134 (registration remains open) Prize pool:  $1,259,600 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  68 Chip leader:  Ali Eslami (USA) – 275,500 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 68:  $1K Online NLHE Championship - Final

Total entries:  1,750 Prize pool:  $1,662,500 Players paid:  180 Minimum payout:  $2,328 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Nicholas “Illari” Baris (USA) - $303,738.75 2^nd place:  Tara “bertperton” Cain (USA) - $187,530 3^rd place:  William “TheBurrSir” Lamb Harding (USA) - $113,332.50 4^th place:  David “YoungPitts” Baker (USA) - $96,092.50 5^th place:  Jason “LuckDuck” Lawhun (USA) - $69,991.25 6^th place:  Jack “Mr. Yang” Maskill (UK) - $51,703.75 7^th place:  Chris “Camdi” Ferguson (USA) - $38,736.25 8^th place:  Ryan “PlzCumAgain” Jones (USA) - $29,260 9^th place:  Antonio “karma007” Guerrero (USA) - $22,443.75

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Notable Information

The $400 NLHE Colossus was one of the largest tournaments of the WSOP summer, and Sejin Park of South Korea emerged victorious to claim his first gold bracelet, though it was the second for South Korea this summer thus far. (Jiyoung Kim won the Ladies Championship.) Park is a cash game specialist in Macau but traveled to Las Vegas this summer to play in the WSOP Main Event, as well as some other events and cash games. “I didn’t expect a lot from this tournament,” he admitted. “With such a low buy-in, I knew there would be a lot of entries.” And that made the win all that much sweeter. https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1145510787915534336 Anatolii Zyrin claimed a win for Russia in the $1,500 Omaha Mix tournament. After finished in second place in another tournament earlier in the WSOP, he was determined to win this one, despite having very limited experience with most forms of Omaha. But he won it over the defending champion to claim his first gold bracelet. “This is something unbelievable,” he said. He dedicated the victory to his parents, who still don’t support his 10-year career in poker. He also hailed the poker community at home. “We have a big community in Russia; a lot of people follow me as I stream online.” https://twitter.com/PokerNews/status/1145540627448389635