2019 WSOP Day 10: Fashakin Wins Historic Big 50

Last updated on June 8th, 2019

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A busy weekend is in store for poker players in Las Vegas, with a full slate of tournaments at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker on tap. But first, let’s get up to speed with what went down yesterday.

On Friday, June 7, this is what happened.

Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Final

Entries: 28,371 (17,970 unique players)

Prize pool: $13,509,435

Players paid: 4,258

Final table payouts:

1^st place: Femi Fashakin (USA) – $1,147,449

2^nd place: Paul Cullen (Canada) – $709,183

3^rd place: Rafi Elharar (Israel) – $534,574

4th place: Nicholas Chow (USA) – $405,132

5^th place: Walter Atwood (USA) – $308,701

6^th place: Danny Ghobrial (Canada) – $237,609

7^th place: Adrian Curry (USA) – $182,192

8^th place: Morten Christensen (Singapore) – $141,126

9^th place: David Rasmussen (USA) – $109,922

Event 14: $1,500 HORSE – Day 3 of 4

Total entries: 751

Prize pool: $1,013,850

Players paid: 113

Minimum payout: $2,253

Winner payout: $207,003

Day 3 players remaining: 2

Final table chip counts:

Jason Stockfish (USA) – 4,095,000 chips

Murilo Souza (Brazil) – 3,425,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

3rd place: Gary Kosakowski (USA) – $89,730

4^th place: Phillip Hui (USA) – $63,860

5^th place: Chris Klodnicki (USA) – $46,127

6^th place: Alex Dovzhenko (Ukraine) – $33,822

7^th place: Joe Aronesty (USA) – $25,181

8^th place: Danny Woolard (USA) – $19,040

Day 4 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)

–Sean Swingruber, Keith Lehr, Ben Yu, Cord Garcia

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 4 starting time: 12noon

Event 16: $1,500 NLHE 6-Handed – Day 3 of 4

Total entries: 1,832

Prize pool: $2,473,200

Players paid: 275

Minimum payout: $2,252

Winner payout: $407,739

Day 3 players remaining: 2

Final table chip counts:

Isaac Baron (USA) – 24,475,000 chips

Ong Dingxiang (Singapore) – 21,025,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

3^rd place: Stephen Graner (USA) – $177,085

4^th place: James Hughes (USA) – $126,011

5^th place: Richard Hasnip (UK) – $90,791

6^th place: Cameron Marshall (USA) – $66,243

Day 4 starting time: 2pm

Event 17: $1,500 NLHE Shootout – Day 2 of 3

Total entries: 917

Prize pool: $1,237,950

Players paid: 100

Minimum payout: $5,279

Winner payout: $238,824

Day 2 players remaining: 10

Final table chip counts:

Anatolii Zyrin (Russian Federation) – 2,306,000 chips

Michael O’Grady (USA) – 2,298,000 chips

Adrian Scarpa (USA) – 2,286,000 chips

Cary Katz (USA) – 2,266,000 chips

Brett Apter (USA) – 2,258,000 chips

Manual Ruivo (Portugal) – 2,245,000 chips

Marko Maher (Slovenia) – 2,240,000 chips

Shintaro Baba (Japan) – 2,237,000 chips

Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – 2,213,000 chips

Kenna James (USA) – 2,203,000 chips

Day 3 starting time: 12noon

Event 18: $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 2 of 4

Total entries: 183

Prize pool: $1,720,200

Players paid: 28

Minimum payout: $14,959

Winner payout: $443,641

Day 2 players remaining: 23

Chip leader: Ken Aldridge (USA) – 1,178,000 chips

Day 3 starting time: 3pm

Event 19: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker – Day 1 of 6

Total entries: 3,930 (Day 1A only)

Prize pool: TBD

Players paid: TBD

Minimum payout: TBD

Winner payout: TBD ($1 million guaranteed)

Day 1A players remaining: 968

Chip leader: Garrett Greer (USA) – 570,600 chips

Day 1B starting time: 10am

Day 2 starting time: Sunday, June 9 at 12noon

Event 20: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud – Day 1 of 4

Total entries: 285

Prize pool: $384,750

Players paid: 43

Minimum payout: $2,262

Winner payout: $93,766

Day 1 players remaining: 103

Chip leader: Constantine Moustakis (USA) – 76,600 chips

Day 2 starting time: 2pm

Notable Information

The only winner crowned on Friday at the Rio in Las Vegas was in the biggest tournament of the year thus far. Femi Fashakin took down the Big 50 anniversary tournament at the WSOP and secured his place in history.

Is there anything more indicative of how pure one has to run to in order to win the biggest live #poker tournament in history with 28,371 entries than your winning hand being pocket Aces? Congrats Femi Fashakin! You’re living the dream! #WSOP pic.twitter.com/P8nwk3BY8x

— Maria Ho (@MariaHo) June 8, 2019

Fashakin is a Nigeria native who moved to the United States to attend college in 2001. He now works as a software engineer on a consulting basis, and he plays poker as a hobby. He formerly played competitive chess but took to poker in 2010.

The husband and father of two children had accumulated less than $60K in cashes prior to the Big 50, and the victory was overwhelming for him. “It’s really amazing,” he said. “I can’t even describe it, but I’m also grateful, and it’s a humbling experience.” He did add that he had a positive feeling about the tournament, but after he won, he noted that it was going to take a bit to set in that he actually did it.

37-year-old Femi Fashakin (@femitfash) takes down the largest-field event in @WSOP history. Fashakin's win in Event #3, $500 NLHE BIG 50 comes over a 28,371-entry field and brings Fashakin a life-changing $1,147,449 payday. https://t.co/gID6TSIXAB pic.twitter.com/FSe85afqfJ

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 8, 2019