It was the last day of the 2019 WSOP, and an action-packed day it was.
Three tournaments concluded with three new bracelet winners, but the center stage was reserved for the Main Event. It started with three players and ran well past midnight to determine the new world champion, and in the end, it was Hossein Ensan who beat Dario Sammartino to claim that title.
We will dive deeper into that tournament in a separate article.
For now, let’s finish out the basics of the final day – Tuesday, July 16 – at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Total entries: 301Prize pool: $812,700Players paid: 46Final table payouts:1st place: Denis Strebkov (Russia) - $206,1732nd place: Paul-Francois Tedeschi (France) - $127,4193rd place: Nick Guagenti (USA) - $85,2654th place: Brian Hastings (USA) - $58,3595th place: Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) - $40,8766th place: Konstantin Puchkov (Russia) - $29,3167th place: Jim Collopy (USA) - $21,5408th place: Paul Volpe (USA) - $16,224
Event 89: $5K NLHE – Final
Total entries: 608Prize pool: $2,827,200Players paid: 92Final table payouts:1st place: Carl Shaw (UK) - $606,5622nd place: Tony Dunst (USA) - $374,8863rd place: Luke Graham (USA) - $259,5334th place: Jordan Cristos (USA) - $182,5755th place: Lars Kamphues (Australia) - $130,5446th place: Phil Hellmuth (USA) - $94,8997th place: Rami Mornel (USA) – $70,1568th place: Caufman Talley (USA) - $52,7609th place: Kevin Eyster (USA) - $40,374
Notable Information
The $10K NLHE 6-Handed Championship finished on Tuesday with Anuj Agarwal as its champion. Following a fairly deep run in the Main Event, he played this event and won for more than $630K.
His first act as champion was to call his father, his biggest fan. “My dad has been my biggest supporter despite not knowing anything about the game. He followed my ups and downs in the Main, and (my parents) have never made me feel like poker was an unsure thing to do. It feels great to show them this after the support I had.”
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As for the $3K HORSE event, it was the last to finish of all the side events. And when it was done, Denis Strebkov of Russia captured the title after watching other Russian pros exit earlier at the final table. One of them even stayed to rail Strebkov and encourage him to win.
While he didn’t expect to win, having originally booked his flight home from Las Vegas on Day 3 of the tournament, he did go on to take it down for more than $206K.
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Carl Shaw was another who captured his first WSOP bracelet on Tuesday, ultimately beating Tony Dunst heads-up in the $5K NLHE event. The UK pro won more than $606K for his efforts, all inspired by seeing others win bracelets and running deep in the Main Event. “It made me more hungry, to be honest,” he admitted, “more hungry to be out here, winning more tournaments.”
And having his mother there made the victory even sweeter. It was her first time in America, and she watched her son win WSOP gold. “I wanted to make her proud, and I know I’ve done that now.”
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