2019 WSOP Day 4: Never-Ending Big 50

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 2nd, 2019

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Another day of the Big 50 anniversary tournament at the 2019 World Series of Poker, another day of somewhat-orderly chaos throughout the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas. On Saturday, June 1, this is what happened.

Event 3:  $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 2B & 1C

Entries:  more than 19,000 Prize pool:  TBD ($5 million guaranteed) Players paid:  TBD Day 2A players remaining:  unclear Day 2B players remaining:  521 Day 2A chip leader:  Mikhail Vilkov (Russian Federation) – 3,475,000 chips Day 2B chip leader:  Jerald Willilamson (USA) – 4,105,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  11am on Wednesday, June 5 Day 1D starting time:  10am today

Event 4:  $1,500 Omaha-8 Hi-Lo – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  853 Prize pool:  $1,151,550 Players paid:  128 Minimum payout:  $2,257 Winner payout:  $228,228 Day 3 players remaining: 7 Final table chip counts: John Esposito (USA) – 2,330,000 chips Jason Berilgen (USA) – 2,145,000 chips Derek McMaster (USA) – 1,775,000 chips David Halpern (USA) – 1,270,000 chips Joseph Aronesty (USA) – 855,000 chips Ben Yu (USA) – 290,000 chips Tom McCormick (USA) – 85,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 8^th place:  Shannon Shorr (USA) - $20,760 9^th place:  Patrick Leonard (UK) - $15,897 Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 5:  $50K 50^th Annual NLHE High Roller – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  110 Prize pool: $5,280,000 Players paid:  17 Minimum payout:  $75,789 Winner payout:  $1,484,085 Day 2 players remaining:  12 Chip leader:  Ben Heath (UK) – 5,255,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 6:  $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw – Day 1 of 3

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Total entries:  296 Prize pool:  $666,000 Players paid:  45 Minimum payout:  $3,737 Winner payout:  $160,447 Day 1 players remaining:  112 Chip leader:  Jake Schwartz (USA) – 117,600 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

The third starting day of the Big 50 anniversary tournament offered only seats for late registrants and those willing to wait for seats. The field had become bigger than anyone anticipated, complete with monstrous registration lines, daily tournaments cancelled due to a lack of space, and tables scattered throughout the casino. Sunday will be the last day of new players in the Big 50, and it is likely to become the largest field ever assembled in live poker. But players should prepare for more chaos until the field thins. https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135212174211555329