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 25,000Prize pool: still TBD ($5 million guaranteed)Players paid: still TBDPlayers remaining: unclearDay 2A chip leader: Mikhail Vilkov (Russian Federation) – 3,475,000 chipsDay 2B chip leader: Jerald Willilamson (USA) – 4,105,000 chipsDay 2C chip leader: Saya Ono (USA) – 3,810,000 chipsDay 2D starting time: 10am todayDay 3 starting time: 11am on Wednesday, June 5
Event 5: $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Final
Total entries: 110Prize pool: $5,280,000Players paid: 17Final table payouts:1st place: Ben Heath (UK) – $1,484,0852nd place: Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) - $917,2323rd place: Sam Soverel (USA) - $640,9244th place: Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) - $458,1385th place: Nick Petrangelo (USA) - $335,1816th place: Chance Kornuth (USA) - $251,1287th place: Elio Fox (USA) - $192,7948th place: Cary Katz (USA) - $151,7559th place: David Einhorn (USA) - $122,551
Total entries: 343 (registration still open)Prize pool: $1,594,950 (not final)Players paid: TBDMinimum payout: TBDWinner payout: TBDDay 1 players remaining: 137 Chip leader: Dan Smith (USA) – 321,100 chipsDay 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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