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2019 WSOP May 30: 50th Annual World Series of Poker Begins

Written by Jennifer Newell
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The 50th Annual World Series of Poker set its first of 89 bracelet events into motion on Wednesday, May 29 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. This series of articles will run the course of the 2019 WSOP, offering a daily rundown of the basics of each day’s tournaments. For example, readers will see the basic numbers of each tournament, end-of-day results without the wordiness of usual WSOP recaps. Any necessary explanations of big news will be at the end of each day’s posting. For the most part, these pieces will be simple: just the basics. Instead of scrolling through wordy summaries and spending an hour clicking on tabs and menus, the information will be laid out here in these daily articles. On May 29, this is what happened.

Event 1:  $500 Casino Employees NLHE – Day 1

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Total entries:  686 Prize pool:  $298,410 Players paid:  103 Minimum payout:  $727 Winner payout:  $62,345 Day 1 players remaining: 103 Chip leader:  Cosmo Andoloro (USA) – 650,000 Day 2 starting time:  12 noon

Event 2:  $10K Super Turbo Bounty NLHE – Day 1

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Total entries:  204 Prize pool:  $1,917,600 Players paid:  31 Minimum payout:  $10,238 Winner payout:  $345,669 Day 1 players remaining: 6 Final table chip counts: Asher Conniff (USA) – 4,215,000 Loren Klein (USA) – 3,130,000 Ali Imsirovic (USA) – 2,180,000 Daniel Negreanu (Canada) – 1,015,000 Ping Liu (USA) – 990,000 Brian Green (USA) – 720,000 Final table payouts thus far: 7th place:  Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands) - $38,823 8th place:  Zachary Clark (USA) - $29,650 9th place:  Cary Katz (USA) - $23,224 Day 2 starting time:  12 noon

Notable Information

The first official day of WSOP events was a mix of casino employees and high-stakes players. The first group was set to play at a normal pace and over the course of three days, while the latter played a turbo structure. That made for an uncharacteristically fast tournament that began its final table before the first day of play even ended. Expect the amount of action to increase significantly in the next two days. The first WSOP gold bracelet winner will be discovered on May 30, and the excitement will escalate from there through the weekend.

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