2019 WSOP May 31: Big 50 Takes Over Rio

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 1st, 2019

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As the second day of the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker began, the low buy-in anniversary tournament took over the halls of the Rio Convention Center. Meanwhile, the first bracelet of 2019 was awarded in Event 2. On Thursday, May 30, this is what happened.

Event 1: $500 Casino Employee NLHE – Day 2

Total entries:  686 Prize pool:  $298,410 Players paid:  103 Minimum payout:  $727 Winner payout:  $62,345 Day 1 players remaining: 6 Final table chip counts: Isaac Hanson (USA) – 5,550,000 Jorge Ruiz (USA) – 4,820,000 Nicholas Haynes (USA) – 2,725,000 Jesse Kertland (USA) – 1,620,000 Adam Lamers (Canada) – 1,490,000 Jeffrey Fast (Canada) – 1,190,000 Final table payouts thus far: 7^th place:  Christopher Bowen (USA) - $7,229 8^th place:  Joseph Appler (USA) - $5,438 9^th place:  Travis Williams (USA) - $4,161 Day 3 starting time:  12 noon

Event 2:  $10K Super Turbo Bounty NLHE – Day 2 (Final)

Total entries:  204 Prize pool:  $1,917,600 Players paid:  31 Minimum payout:  $10,238 Winner payout:  $345,669 Final table results: 1^st place:  Brian Green (USA) - $345,669 2^nd place:  Ali Imsirovic (USA) - $213,644 3^rd place:  Asher Conniff (USA) - $145,097 4^th place:  Loren Klein (USA) - $100,775 5^th place:  Ping Liu (USA) - $71,614 6^th place:  Daniel Negreanu (Canada) - $52,099 7^th place:  Martijn Gerrits (Netherlands) - $38,823 8^th place:  Zachary Clark (USA) - $29,650 9^th place:  Cary Katz (USA) - $23,224

Event 3:  $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 1A

Entries:  6,093 so far Prize pool:  TBD Players paid:  TBD Day 1A players remaining:  1,579 Chip leader:  Cosimo Bisogno (Italy) – 932,000 chips Day 1B starting time:  11am Day 1A restarting time:  5pm

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

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1134215483043897344

Total entries:  853 Prize pool:  $1,151,550 Players paid:  128 Minimum payout:  $2,257 Winner payout:  $228,228 Day 1 players remaining: 373 Chip leader:  Lawrence Michael (USA) – 79,000 chips Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Notable Information

The Big 50 drew all of the crowds for which the WSOP staff had hope. There were so many people that some of the daily tournaments had to be cancelled for lack of space…in a convention center. People were out in force for the anniversary special. It is also important to note that the Big 50 will not play out like most other multi-day tournaments, as the remaining players from the first flight play again today instead of taking a day off before resuming. The setup is a bit unique, but the WSOP explained it: https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1134116537478942720 Brian Green won the first WSOP gold bracelet of the summer, outlasting a pro-heavy field to capture his first WSOP title. It was, however, his 27^th WSOP cash.