2019 WSOP Day 4: Never-Ending Big 50
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:
8th place: Shannon Shorr (USA) – $20,760
9th place: Patrick Leonard (UK) – $15,897
Day 4 starting time: 12noon
Event 5: $50K 50th 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
#WSOP50 Event 6: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, consisting of A-5 Lowball, 2-7 and Badugi, starts at 3pm.
Players have 8 levels of late registration and one re-entry. pic.twitter.com/IwSIQt7Au6
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
#WSOP50 Event 6: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball, consisting of A-5 Lowball, 2-7 and Badugi, starts at 3pm.
Players have 8 levels of late registration and one re-entry. pic.twitter.com/IwSIQt7Au6
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 1, 2019
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 1, 2019
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.
We have over 19,000 players in through 3 starting flights. Expect to add 8,000 more today, making this the largest live poker tournament ever.
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
We have over 19,000 players in through 3 starting flights. Expect to add 8,000 more today, making this the largest live poker tournament ever.
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 2, 2019
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 2, 2019
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