2019 WSOP Day 44: Second Woman Wins Open Event

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 12th, 2019

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On Thursday, July 11, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 73:  $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 6

Total entries:  8,569 Prize pool:  $80,548,600 Players paid:  1,286 Minimum payout:  $15,000 Winner payout:  $10 million Day 6 players remaining: 35 Chip leader:  Nicholas Marchington (UK) – 39.8 million chips Next payout:  $261,430 Day 7 starting time:  12noon

Event 75:  $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Day 4 of 5

Total entries:  6,248 Prize pool:  $5,623,200 Players paid:  937 Minimum payout:  $1,500 Winner payout:  $690,686 Day 4 players remaining:  5 Final table chip counts: Fernando Karam (Brazil) – 93.5 million chips Liran Betito (Israel) – 52.4 million chips James Anderson (USA) – 49.2 million chips Shalom Elharar (USA) – 24.5 million chips Marco Guibert (Argentina) – 23.2 million chips Final table payouts thus far: 6^th place:  Nils Tolpingrud (USA) - $134,608 7^th place:  Mark Strodl (USA) - $102,757 8^th place:  Ying Fu (China) - $79,029 9^th place:  Robert Mather (USA) - $61,238 Day 5 starting time:  12noon

Event 77:  $3K LHE 6-Handed – Final

Total entries:  193 Prize pool:  $521,100 Players paid:  29 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Tu Dao (Canada) - $133,189 2^nd place:  Alain Alinat (France) - $82,312 3^rd place:  Ian O’Hara (USA) - $55,749 4^th place:  Chad Eveslage (USA) - $38,561 5^th place:  Jan Suchanek (New Zealand) - $27,251 6^th place:  Oleg Chebotarev (Russia) - $19,687

Event 78:  $1,500 Bounty PLO – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  1,130 Prize pool:  $1,525,500 Players paid:  170 Minimum payout:  $1,416 Winner payout:  $177,823 Day 3 players remaining:  7 Final table chip counts: Maximilian Klostermeier (Denmark) – 10,240,000 chips David Callaghan (Ireland) – 5,250,000 chips Bryce Yockey (USA) – 4,315,000 chips Jason Stockfish (USA) – 3,150,000 chips Ryan Lenaghan (USA) – 2,460,000 chips Tim Seidensticker (USA) – 1,810,000 chips Scott Sharpe (USA) – 1,010,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 8^th place:  Heng Zhang (USA) - $16,944 9^th place:  Joseph Liberta (USA) - $12,996 Day 4 starting time:  1pm

Event 79:  $3K NLHE – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  671 Prize pool:  $1,811,700 Players paid:  101 Minimum payout:  $4,506 Winner payout:  $380,090 Day 3 players remaining:  6 Final table chip counts: David Gonzalez (USA) – 4,295,000 chips Guillaume Nolet (Canada) – 3,960,000 chips Ivan Deyra (France) – 1,975,000 chips David Dibernardi (USA) – 1,365,000 chips Patrick Leonard (UK) – 1,320,000 chips David Weinstein (USA) – 515,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 7^th place:  Andras Nemeth (Hungary) - $43,925 8^th place:  Dennis Brand (USA) - $33,032 9^th place:  Diego Zeiter (Switzerland) - $25,278 Day 4 starting time:  1pm

Event 80:  $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO 8-Handed – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  1,250 Prize pool:  $1,687,500 Players paid:  188 Minimum payout:  $2,250 Winner payout:  $304,793 Day 2 players remaining:  47 Chip leader:  Francis Rusnak (USA) – 2,334,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  12noon

Event 81:  $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only NLHE – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  185 Prize pool:  $277,500 Players paid:  28 Minimum payout:  $2,520 Winner payout:  $71,580 Day 2 players remaining:  8 Final table chip counts: Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – 2,910,000 chips Shankar Pillai (USA) – 2,425,000 chips Michael Gagliano (USA) – 1,500,000 chips Brett Apter (USA) – 995,000 chips Andreas Klatt (Germany) – 440,000 chips Kevin Gerhart (USA) – 370,000 chips Thom Werthmann (USA) – 370,000 chips Scott Bohlman (USA) – 260,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 9^th place:  Haixia Zhang (USA) - $5,512 Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 82:  $1,500 NLHE Double Stack – Day 1 of 2

Total entries:  2,589 Prize pool:  $3,495,150 Players paid:  389 Minimum payout:  $2,249 Winner payout:  $530,164 Day 1 players remaining:  357 Chip leader:  Mike Leah (Canada) – 1,628,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 83:  $100K NLHE High Roller – Day 1 of 3

Total entries:  95 (registration remains open) Prize pool:  $9,215,000 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  50 Chip leader:  Brandon Adams (USA) – 2.95 million chips Day 2 starting time:  1pm

Notable Information

Just last weekend, Susan Faber became the first woman to win an open tournament during the 2019 WSOP when she took down the $500 NLHE Salute to Warriors event. Yesterday, Tu Dao became the second when she won the $3K LHE 6-Handed event. Born in Vietnam and now a Canadian citizen, Tu “Stephanie” Dao lives in Toronto. The 44-year-old poker pro with three children finished fourth in the WSOP Ladies Championship in June. She said cash games are her “bread and butter” but recently tried tournaments again and trained with fellow poker pro and friend Benjamin Underwood. Dao said her children tracked the tournament online and were proud of her. The win made her “very excited and happy,” but she was anxious to get home to see her children and dogs again. https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1149531065209409541 With the WSOP Main Event down to 35 players, the payouts are significant at $261,430, but the next jump is at 27^th place, which starts the $324,650 payouts. The UK’s Nicholas Marchington leads the pack, followed by Germany’s Hossein Ensan and former chip leader Timothy Su. PokerStars Senior Manager of Player Relation, Engagement and Communities Garry Gates is also in the top 10, as is longtime Italian pro Dario Sammartino. Countries still represented in the Main Event also include Serbia, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Austria, Japan, Romania, Argentina, and Spain. https://twitter.com/PokerNews/status/1149673167478296576