2019 WSOP Day 41: Main Event Makes the Money

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 9th, 2019

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It might seem odd to read down this post and find a random tournament out of numerical order and not seen on the original schedule. But Event 90 does belong in this list, as it was added late as a special tournament long after the original schedule was released. WSOP VP of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky said, “We got some feedback from players who thought (the initial $50K event) was too early in the series, and they weren’t around for it. We also goofed by not having a $25K High Roller NLHE on the schedule this year, which was more feedback we received from players.” Event 90 is called the Final Fifty High Roller, one with a $50K buy-in, unlimited reentries, and a shot clock, all put together for a three-day event. With the Final Fifty now included, this is what happened on Monday, July 8 at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 73:  $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 3

Day 1A entries:  1,334 Day 1B entries:  1,914 Day 1C entries:  4,877 Day 2AB late entries:  100 Day 2C late entries:  344 Total entries:  8,569 Prize pool:  $80,548,600 Players paid:  1,286 Minimum payout:  $15,000 Winner payout:  $10 million Day 3 players remaining: 1,286 Day 3 chip leader:  Preben Stokkan (Norway) – 2,184,000 chips Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 75:  $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Day 1C of 5

Day 1A entries:  702 Day 1B entries:  more than 1,500 Day 1C entries:  more than 3,200 Total entries:  TBD Prize pool:  TBD Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1A players remaining:  approximately 250 Day 1B players remaining:  approximately 600 Day 1C players remaining:  unknown Day 1A chip leader:  Mark Eddleman (USA) – 464,600 chips Day 1B chip leader:  Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria) – 658,000 chips Day 1C chip leader:  Nikolay Fal (Russia) – 437,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  1pm

Event 77:  $3K LHE 6-Handed – Day 1 of 4

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Total entries:  193 Prize pool:  $521,100 Players paid:  29 Minimum payout:  $4,571 Winner payout:  $133,189 Day 1 players remaining:  57 Chip leader: Ron Carmona (USA) – 142,500 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 90:  $50K Final Fifty NLHE – Day 1 of 3

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Total entries:  109 (registration remains open) Prize pool:  $5,232,000 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  45 Chip leader:  Seth Davies (USA) – 2,250,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  4pm

Notable Information

The final hand of the night in the Main Event was the one that burst the money bubble. And the unfortunate player who busted in 1,287^th place was Ryan Pochedly. As a consolation prize, he was awarded an entry to the 2020 WSOP Main Event, something done annually by WSOP staff. There were quite a few former WSOP champs starting Day 3 looking for another Main Event victory, but several of them – Scotty Nguyen, Joe Hachem, John Cynn, and Jim Bechtel – exited before the money. However, Chris Moneymaker, Qui Nguyen, and Johnny Chan remain in the tournament going into Day 4. https://twitter.com/CMONEYMAKER/status/1148497962265280512