The final starting day of the Big 50 celebratory tournament to mark the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker made its mark and claimed a place in poker history. This is assumed by preliminary numbers, however, since no official results have been provided.
https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135317256584347649
We will have that information when the WSOP staff completes and verifies the registration for Event 3.
Meanwhile, there were many other events that made progress or finished play yesterday.
On Sunday, June 2, this is what happened.
Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 1D
Entries: more than 25,000Prize pool: TBD ($5 million guaranteed)Players paid: TBDDay 2A players remaining: unclearDay 2B players remaining: 521Day 2A chip leader: Mikhail Vilkov (Russian Federation) – 3,475,000 chipsDay 2B chip leader: Jerald Willilamson (USA) – 4,105,000 chipsDay 2C starting time: 10am todayDay 2D starting time: 10am on Tuesday, June 4Day 3 starting time: 11am on Wednesday, June 5
Event 4: $1,500 Omaha-8 Hi-Lo – Final
Total entries: 853Prize pool: $1,151,550Players paid: 128Final table payouts:1st place: Derek McMaster (USA) - $228,2282nd place: Jason Berilgen (USA) - $141,0073rd place: John Esposito (USA) - $98,8074th place: David Halpern (USA) - $70,2315th place: Joe Aronesty (USA) - $50,6466th place: Tom McCormick (USA) - $37,0637th place: Ben Yu (USA) - $27,5308th place: Shannon Shorr (USA) - $20,7609th place: Patrick Leonard (UK) - $15,897
Event 5: $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Day 3 of 4
The fourth and final starting day of the Big 50 anniversary tournament offered only seats for late registrants and those willing to wait for seats. The field had become bigger than anyone anticipated, complete with monstrous registration lines, daily tournaments cancelled due to a lack of space, and tables scattered throughout the casino.
When all was said and done, and even throughout the night after the last of the tournament competitors left the Rio, there were no final numbers for Event 3. WSOP officials predicted on Twitter that entries would exceed 26,000, but the official numbers will tell the full story at some time today.
Meanwhile, two people won WSOP gold bracelets. The first was Derek McMaster of Minnesota, a mostly local poker player who was looking for his second lifetime WSOP cash. Instead, he picked up the Omaha-8 bracelet and victory. “I try to just have fun when I’m playing,” he told WSOP. “The more fun I have, it seems like stuff goes my way.”
https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135349346914844672
The other winner was Yong Kwon, who took down the first online poker bracelet of 2019. All the real-life names of players at the final table have yet to be revealed, but Phil Hellmuth was one of them.
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