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2019 WSOP Day 6: Heath Wins High Roller

Written by Jennifer Newell
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As everyone anxiously awaited the final numbers from the Big 50 anniversary tournament at the World Series of Poker, other players moved forward with their events. And that was a good thing, as the numbers have still not been revealed. Look for that information to be announced with some fanfare today. But let’s go back a day. On Monday, June 3, this is what happened.

Event 3:  $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 2C

Entries:  more than 25,000 Prize pool:  still TBD ($5 million guaranteed) Players paid:  still TBD Players remaining:  unclear 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 chip leader:  Saya Ono (USA) – 3,810,000 chips Day 2D starting time:  10am today Day 3 starting time:  11am on Wednesday, June 5

Event 5:  $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Final

Total entries:  110 Prize pool: $5,280,000 Players paid:  17 Final table payouts: 1st place:  Ben Heath (UK) – $1,484,085 2nd place:  Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) - $917,232 3rd place:  Sam Soverel (USA) - $640,924 4th place:  Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) - $458,138 5th place:  Nick Petrangelo (USA) - $335,181 6th place:  Chance Kornuth (USA) - $251,128 7th place:  Elio Fox (USA) - $192,794 8th place:  Cary Katz (USA) - $151,755 9th place:  David Einhorn (USA) - $122,551
https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135701589484642305

Event 6:  $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw – Final

Total entries:  296 Prize pool:  $666,000 Players paid:  45 1st place:  Daniel Zack (USA) - $160,447 2nd place:  Sumir Mathur (USA) - $99,153 3rd place:  Brayden Gazlay (USA) - $65,217 4th place:  Jon Turner (USA) - $43,984 5th place:  Jesse Hampton (USA) - $30,437 6th place:  Jake Schwartz (USA) - $21,625
https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1135781020291092480

Event 8:  $10K Short Deck NLHE – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  114 Prize pool:  $1,071,600 Players paid:  18 Minimum payout:  $14,615 Winner payout:  $296,227 Day 2 players remaining: 7 Final table chip counts: Chance Kornuth (USA) – 2,163,000 chips Alex Epstein (USA) – 1,275,000 chips Yong Wang (China) – 1,176,000 chips Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) – 975,000 chips Rene van Krevelen (Netherlands) – 563,000 chips Andrew Robl (USA) – 406,000 chips Thai Ha (USA) – 283,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  3pm

Event 9:  $600 NLHE Deep Stack – Day 1 of 2

Total entries: 6,150 Prize pool:  $3,229,275 Players paid:  923 Minimum payout:  $874 Winner payout:  $398,281 Day 1 players remaining: 581 Chip leader: Guillermo Padilla – 1,458,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 10:  $1,500 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed – Day 1 of 3

Total entries:  470 Prize pool:  $634,500 Players paid:  71 Minimum payout:  $2,250 Winner payout:  $144,957 Day 1 players remaining:  155 Chip leader:  Danny Noam (USA) – 81,100 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 11:  $5K NLHE – Day 1 of 4

Total entries:  343 (registration still open) Prize pool:  $1,594,950 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining: 137 Chip leader:  Dan Smith (USA) – 321,100 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

As the Big 50 information remains complete, there was more than enough information for the other tournaments, including two new gold bracelet winners. Ben Heath of the UK captured his first WSOP bracelet in the $50K buy-in High Roller event, something with which he’s familiar because of his affinity for high-stakes tournaments. But winning his first bracelet “feels a lot better than I thought it would,” he said. A bit later, it was Dan Zack taking home his first piece of WSOP gold in the Limit Mixed Triple Draw contest. The New Jersey native took home the largest cash in his personal WSOP history. Several other tournaments got underway, a few neared final table status, and the action will continue today in all of them as everyone secretly anticipates the Big 50 announcement.

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