2019 WSOP Day 9: Down to Final Table in Big 50

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 7th, 2019

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The Big 50 anniversary tournament will find its winner today, so many people will be watching to see who bought in for $500 and will walk away a millionaire and gold bracelet winner. Meanwhile, on Thursday, June 6, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 3:  $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 4 of 5

Entries:  28,371 (17,970 unique players) Prize pool:  $13,509,435 Players paid:  4,258 Minimum payout:  $750 Winner payout:  $1,147,449 Players remaining:  7 Final table chip counts: Femi Fashakin (USA) – 314 million chips Walter Atwood (USA) – 297 million chips Rafi Elharar (Israel) – 227.5 million chips Paul Cullen (USA) – 191.5 million chips Nicholas Chow (USA) – 170 million chips Adrian Curry (USA) – 126 million chips Daniel Ghobrial (Canada) – 101 million chips Final table payouts thus far: 8^th place:  Morten Christensen (Singapore) - $141,126 9^th place:  David Rasmussen (USA) - $109,922 Day 5 starting time:  12noon

Event 11:  $5K NLHE – Final

Total entries:  400 Prize pool:  $1,860,000 Players paid:  60 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Daniel Strelitz (USA) - $442,385 2^nd place:  Shannon Shorr (USA) - $273,416 3^rd place:  Ognjen Sekularac (Serbia) - $186,050 4^th place:  Ali Imsirovic (USA) - $129,018 5^th place:  Maria Ho (USA) - $91,211 6^th place:  Arsenii Karmatckii (Russia) - $65,764 7^th place:  Maria Mcalpin (USA) - $48,377 8^th place:  Pauli Ayras (Finland) - $36,323 9^th place:  Michael O’Grady (Australia) - $27,878

Event 13:  $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw – Final

Total entries:  296 Prize pool:  $399,600 Players paid:  45 Final table payouts: 1^st place:  Yuval Bronshtein (Israel) - $96,278 2^nd place:  Ajay Chabra (USA) - $59,491 3^rd place:  Jerry Wong (USA) - $39,986 4^th place:  Steven Tabb (USA) - $27,477 5^th place:  Michael Sortino (USA) - $19,313 6^th place:  Bjorn Geissert (Germany) - $13,892 7^th place:  Craig Chait (USA) - $10,232 8^th place:  Frank Kassela (USA) - $7,722

Event 14:  $1,500 HORSE – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  751 Prize pool:  $1,013,850 Players paid:  113 Minimum payout:  $2,253 Winner payout:  $207,003 Day 2 players remaining:  28 Chip leader:  Jason Acosta (USA) – 754,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  12noon

Event 15:  $10K NLHE Heads-Up – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  112 Prize pool:  $572,800 Players paid:  8 Minimum payout:  $31,151 Winner payout:  $186,356 Day 2 players remaining:  4 Chip leader:  n/a (all players start with 1.92 million chips) Final table payouts thus far: 5^th place:  James Dambrosio (USA) - $31,151 6^th place:  Jake Schindler (USA) - $31,151 7^th place:  Kristen Bicknell (Canada) - $31,151 8^th place:  Matthias Eibinger (Austria) - $31,151 Day 3 starting time:  Saturday, June 8 at 12noon

Event 16:  $1,500 NLHE 6-Handed – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  1,832 Prize pool:  $2,473,200 Players paid:  275 Minimum payout:  $2,252 Winner payout:  $407,739 Day 2 players remaining:  21 Chip leader:  Romain Nussmann (France) – 8,095,000 chips Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 17:  $1,500 NLHE Shootout – Day 1 of 3

Total entries:  917 Prize pool:  $1,237,950 Players paid:  100 Minimum payout:  $5,279 Winner payout:  $238,824 Day 1 players remaining:  100 Chip leader:  Adrian Scarpa (USA) & Michael O’Grady (USA) – 247,000 chips each Day 2 starting time:  12noon

Event 18:  $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 1 of 4

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Total entries: 173 (registration still open) Prize pool:  $1,626,200 (not final) Players paid:  TBD Minimum payout:  TBD Winner payout:  TBD Day 1 players remaining:  90 Chip leader:  Yarron Bendor (USA) – 375,500 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

In Event 11, Daniel Strelitz collected his first WSOP gold bracelet in the $5K NLHE event. He said he ran well at the final table, and the win felt good, especially considering he had come close in the past and had been disappointed that he hadn’t won. This gave him a sense of relief. “It’s awesome. My parents are my biggest fans,” he said of their attendance at the tournament. “All my friends have bracelets, and they have been needling me about the bracelet winners’ event this year … So, they don’t get to needle me anymore.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1136780360312713216 Another player with multiple past final table appearances, Yuval Bronshtein, captured his first gold as well, his in the NL 2-7 Lowball Draw tournament. He considered this variation to be the purest form of poker, and he had fun coming back from a short stack to win. “I’m just overflowing with happiness right now,” he said. “I have had a rough year. So, this is really good. The bad things that have happened to me have made me stronger, and I’m really happy.” https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1136820025203994624