2019 WSOP Day 41: Main Event Makes the Money

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

Event 77: $3,000 Limit Holdem Six-Handed starts at 3pm in the Miranda room with 65 players. Registration is open for 8 levels, 12am.
Updates at https://t.co/B9zBcZzRMW pic.twitter.com/M2J17wQ7Oq
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
Event 77: $3,000 Limit Holdem Six-Handed starts at 3pm in the Miranda room with 65 players. Registration is open for 8 levels, 12am.
Updates at https://t.co/B9zBcZzRMW pic.twitter.com/M2J17wQ7Oq
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 8, 2019

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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

Event 90: $50,000 Final Fifty High Roller starts at 6pm. This tournament features a shot clock.
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Day 2, 4pm Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/CabMp3hacn
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP)
Event 90: $50,000 Final Fifty High Roller starts at 6pm. This tournament features a shot clock.
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Day 2, 4pm Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/CabMp3hacn
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 9, 2019

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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.

681k in the bag and in the money @wsop main event. Super happy after starting day with 56k
— Chris Moneymaker ⭕ (@CMONEYMAKER)
681k in the bag and in the money @wsop main event. Super happy after starting day with 56k
— Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER) July 9, 2019

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