2019 WSOP Day 42: Online Qualifier Leads Main Event
The WSOP Main Event has whittled its way down to just 354 players with an 888poker online qualifier in the chip lead. Payouts now sit at $34,845 for the next three players to be eliminated, and the amount then increases to $38,240 and upward from there.
Millions may be on the line for those at the final table, but money matters as the pay jumps increase.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
On Tuesday, July 9, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Event 73: $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 4
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 4 players remaining: 354
Chip leader: Dean Morrone (Canada) – 4,980,000 chips
Day 5 starting time: 12noon
Event 75: $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Day 2 of 5
Total entries: 6,248
Prize pool: $5,623,200
Players paid: 937
Minimum payout: $1,500
Winner payout: $690,686
Day 2 players remaining: 412
Chip leader: Shaun Deeb (USA) – 2,892,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 1pm
Event 77: $3K LHE 6-Handed – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 193
Prize pool: $521,100
Players paid: 29
Minimum payout: $4,571
Winner payout: $133,189
Day 2 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
Tu Dao (Canada) – 954,000 chips
Alain Alinat (France) – 805,000 chips
Oleg Chebotarev (Russia) – 672,000 chips
Jan Suchanek (Australia) – 599,000 chips
Chad Eveslage (USA) – 431,000 chips
Ian O’Hara (USA) – 410,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 12noon
Event 90: $50K Final Fifty NLHE – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 123
Prize pool: $5,904,000
Players paid: 19
Minimum payout: $75,483
Winner payout: $1,608,406
Day 2 players remaining: 7
Final table chip counts:
Brandon Adams (USA) – 11,970,000 chips
Adrian Mateos (Spain) – 7,375,000 chips
Michael Addamo (Australia) – 5,765,000 chips
Danny Tang (Hong Kong) – 4,550,000 chips
Sam Soverel (USA) – 3,600,000 chips
Ali Imsirovic (USA) – 2,190,000 chips
Keith Tilston (USA) – 1,500,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
8th place: Seth Davies (USA) – $167,420
Day 3 starting time: 1pm
Event 78: $1,500 Bounty PLO – Day 1 of 3
Total entries: 1,130
Prize pool: $1,525,500
Players paid: 170
Minimum payout: $1,416
Winner payout: $177,823
Day 1 players remaining: 247
Chip leader: Tobias Schwecht (Austria) – 419,200 chips
Day 2 starting time: 12noon
Event 79: $3K NLHE – Day 1 of 4
Total entries: 671
Prize pool: $1,811,700
Players paid: 101
Minimum payout: $4,506
Winner payout: $380,090
Day 1 players remaining: 148
Chip leader: Vlad Darie (Hungary) – 284,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Notable Information
When Day 4 of the Main Event began, there were three former champions still in action. That didn’t last long, though. Chris Moneymaker exited in 687th place, and he was followed by Johnny Chan in 560th place and Qui Nguyen in 455th.
Notably, former champion Joe Hachem’s son, Daniel, remains in the tournament.
The official online poker site running qualifiers to the WSOP Main Event was 888poker, and one of the people who won a Main Event prize package for just $100 was Dean Morrone, a Canadian who had never played the tournament before. He not only made it through to Day 5, he also maintained the chip lead. “I can’t believe this is real life,” he responded. “I’ve watched this tournament on TV over the years, always just manifested me playing it, and it’s all coming into effect.”
With the support of friends and family, Morrone told PokerNews he is anxious to keep playing. “Even a min-cash is really huge to me,” said the player with little more than $10K in lifetime live tournament earnings. “Anything past that is going to be extra, so I can’t wait for tomorrow!”
Those returning today will attempt to play five more levels and bag chips once again.
A week from today, one of the remaining players in the Main Event will take home this bracelet and $10,000,000. #WSOP50 pic.twitter.com/lPAv4yVXKa
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 9, 2019
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