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2019 WSOP Day 5: Largest Tournament in History?

Written by Jennifer Newell
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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 25,000 Prize pool:  TBD ($5 million guaranteed) Players paid:  TBD Day 2A players remaining:  unclear Day 2B players remaining:  521 Day 2A chip leader:  Mikhail Vilkov (Russian Federation) – 3,475,000 chips Day 2B chip leader:  Jerald Willilamson (USA) – 4,105,000 chips Day 2C starting time:  10am today Day 2D starting time:  10am on Tuesday, June 4 Day 3 starting time:  11am on Wednesday, June 5

Event 4:  $1,500 Omaha-8 Hi-Lo – Final

Total entries:  853 Prize pool:  $1,151,550 Players paid:  128 Final table payouts: 1st place:  Derek McMaster (USA) - $228,228 2nd place:  Jason Berilgen (USA) - $141,007 3rd place:  John Esposito (USA) - $98,807 4th place:  David Halpern (USA) - $70,231 5th place:  Joe Aronesty (USA) - $50,646 6th place:  Tom McCormick (USA) - $37,063 7th place:  Ben Yu (USA) - $27,530 8th place:  Shannon Shorr (USA) - $20,760 9th place:  Patrick Leonard (UK) - $15,897

Event 5:  $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  110 Prize pool: $5,280,000 Players paid:  17 Minimum payout:  $75,789 Winner payout:  $1,484,085 Day 3 players remaining:  6 Final table chip counts: Ben Heath (UK) – 7,630,000 chips Sam Soverel (USA) – 7,540,000 chips Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) – 5,615,000 chips Chance Kornuth (USA) – 5,000,000 chips Nick Petrangelo (USA) – 4,100,000 chips Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) – 3,660,000 chips Final table payouts thus far: 7th place:  Elio Fox (USA) - $192,794 8th place:  Cary Katz (USA) - $151,755 9th place:  David Einhorn (USA) - $122,551 Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 6:  $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  296 Prize pool:  $666,000 Players paid:  45 Minimum payout:  $3,737 Winner payout:  $160,447 Day 2 players remaining:  13 Chip leader:  Jake Schwartz (USA) – 789,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 7:  $400 Online NLHE – Final

Total entries:  2,825 Prize pool:  $1,017,002 Players paid:  333 Minimum payout:  $814 Winner payout:  $165,263 Final table payouts: 1st place:  Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon - $165,263 2nd place:  MeatIsMurder - $99,361 3rd place:  merrick - $73,021 4th place:  LeakStain - $53,494 5th place:  Phil “lumestackin” Hellmuth - $39,460 6th place:  DjPhiLWiLL - $29,493 7th place:  MeatJustice - $22,374 8th place:  FlatcallSPC - $17,086 9th place:  Roopert - $13,119

Event 8:  $10K Short Deck NLHE – Day 1 of 4

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135344121126707200
Total entries:  61 (late registration remains open) Prize pool:  $573,400 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining: 18 Chip leader:  Gabe Patgorski (USA) – 388,800 chips Day 2 starting time:  3pm

Notable Information

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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