2019 WSOP Day 46: Tilston Wins High Roller for $2.9M

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 14th, 2019

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On Saturday, July 13, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 73:  $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 7

Total entries:  8,569 Prize pool:  $80,548,600 Players paid:  1,286 Minimum payout:  $15,000 Winner payout:  $10 million Day 7 players remaining: 9 Final table chip counts: Hossein Ensan (Germany) – 177 million chips Garry Gates (USA) – 99.3 million chips Zhen Cai (USA) – 60.6 million chips Kevin Maahs (USA) – 43 million chips Alex Livingston (Canada) – 37.8 million chips Dario Sammartino (Italy) – 33.4 million chips Milos Skrbic (Serbia) – 23.4 million chips Timothy Su (USA) – 20.2 million chips Nick Marchington (UK) – 20.1 million chips Next payout:  $1 million Day 8 starting time:  Sunday at 6:30pm

Event 80:  $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO 8-Handed – Final

Total entries:  1,250 Prize pool:  $1,687,500 Players paid:  188 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Jerry Odeen (Sweden) - $304,793 2^nd place:  Peter Linton (UK) - $188,368 3^rd place:  Adam Demersseman (USA) - $135,093 4^th place:  Lucas Greenwood (Canada) - $98,027 5^th place:  Ayaz Mahmood (USA) - $71,979 6^th place:  Eddie Blumenthal (USA) - $53,490 7^th place:  Jeremy Kottler (USA) - $40,236 8^th place:  Gary Bolden (USA) - $30,640

Event 82:  $1,500 NLHE Double Stack – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  2,589 Prize pool:  $3,495,150 Players paid:  389 Minimum payout:  $2,249 Winner payout:  $530,164 Day 2 players remaining:  8 Final table chip counts: Freek Scholten (Netherlands) – 26 million chips Darren Rabinowitz (USA) – 20.05 million chips Barry Shulman (USA) – 18.45 million chips Kunal Punjwani (India) – 15.5 million chips Adam Hendrix (USA) – 15.35 million chips Philip Scaletta (USA) – 13.575 million chips Tom Koral (USA) – 10.55 million chips Kalyan Cheekuri (India) – 9.925 million chips Day 3 starting time:  Sunday at 12noon

Event 83:  $100K NLHE High Roller – Final

Total entries:  99 Prize pool:  $9,603,000 Players paid:  15 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Keith Tilston (USA) - $2,792,406 2^nd place:  Daniel Negreanu (Canada) - $1,725,838 3^rd place:  Nick Schulman (USA) - $1,187,802 4^th place:  Igor Kurganov (Russia) - $840,183 5^th place:  Brandon Adams (USA) - $611,258 6^th place:  Dominik Nitsche (Germany) - $457,772 7^th place:  Sergi Reixach (UK) - $353,202 8^th place:  Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) - $281,025

Event 84:  $1,500 NLHE Closer – Day 1B of 4

Day 1A entries:  463 Day 1B entries:  724 Day 1A prize pool:  $625,050 Day 1A prize pool:  $977,400 Day 1A minimum payout:  $2,247 Day 1B minimum payout:  $2,251 Day 1A players paid:  70 Day 1B players paid:  109 Day 1A players remaining:  30 Day 1B players remaining:  45 Day 1A chip leader:  Roman Korenev (Russia) – 1,198,000 chips Day 1B chip leader:  Shaun Deeb (USA) – 1,172,000 chips Day 1C starting time:  11am

Event 85:  $3K PLO 6-Handed – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  835 Prize pool:  $2,254,500 Players paid:  126 Minimum payout:  $4,489 Winner payout:  $448,392 Day 2 players remaining:  24 Chip leader:  John Richards (USA) – 1,949,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 86:  $10K NLHE 6-Handed Championship – Day 1 of 4

Total entries:  248 (registration remains open) Prize pool:  $2,331,200 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  113 Chip leader:  Felix Bleiker (Switzerland) – 425,400 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

In the $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO event, the last player standing on Saturday was Jerry Odeen of Sweden. Ten years after starting to play poker in his teenage years, he won the bracelet. “This is something I’ve always wanted since I started watching poker when I was like 15 years old,” he said. And he did it with just hours to spare before his flight back to Sweden. As he showed his excitement after his win, Odeen also noted, “It feels pretty surreal.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1150180202242121728 One event that many were watching on Saturday was the $100K NLHE High Roller, as big names duked it out at the final table for the title. Only one player among them had yet to win any WSOP bracelet – Keith Tilston – but he changed that with the play of his life. He defeated tough opponents, including Daniel Negreanu heads-up. “It feels great to win one against this type of field,” he admitted. Tilston also had to focus while the majority of the rail was cheering for Negreanu. “Any other time, I would be rooting for him,” he said. But he played on and stuck to his strategy. “I’m happy with how I played. I didn’t really make any mistakes.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1150201454797307905