2019 WSOP Day 11: Baron and Brazil Highlighted Action
On Saturday, June 8, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker.
Event 14: $1,500 HORSE – Final
Total entries: 751
Prize pool: $1,013,850
Players paid: 113
Final table payouts:
1st place: Murilo Souza (Brazil) – $207,003
2nd place: Jason Stockfish (USA) – $127,932
3rd place: Gary Kosakowski (USA) – $89,730
4th place: Phillip Hui (USA) – $63,860
5th place: Chris Klodnicki (USA) – $46,127
6th place: Alex Dovzhenko (Ukraine) – $33,822
7th place: Joe Aronesty (USA) – $25,181
8th place: Danny Woolard (USA) – $19,040
Event 15: $10K NLHE Heads-Up – Final
Total entries: 112
Prize pool: $572,800
Players paid: 8
Final table payouts:
1st place: Sean Swingruber (USA) – $186,356
2nd place: Ben Yu (USA) – $115,174
Event 16: $1,500 NLHE 6-Handed – Final
Total entries: 1,832
Prize pool: $2,473,200
Players paid: 275
Final table chip counts:
1st place: Isaac Baron (USA) – $407,739
2nd place: Ong Dingxiang (Singapore) – $251,937
3rd place: Stephen Graner (USA) – $177,085
4th place: James Hughes (USA) – $126,011
5th place: Richard Hasnip (UK) – $90,791
6th place: Cameron Marshall (USA) – $66,243
Event 17: $1,500 NLHE Shootout – Final
Total entries: 917
Prize pool: $1,237,950
Players paid: 100
Final table payouts:
1st place: Brett Apter (USA) – $238,824
2nd place: Anatolii Zyrin (Russia) – $147,594
3rd place: Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – $106,3351
4th place: Adrian Scarpa (USA) – $77,591
5th place: Manual Ruivo (Portugal) – $57,326
6th place: Cary Katz (USA) – $42,897
7th place: Shintaro Baba (Japan) – $32,517
8th place: Michael O’Grady (USA) – $24,973
9th place: Kenna James (USA) – $19,436
10th place: Marko Maher (Slovenia) – $15,331
Event 18: $10K Omaha Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 3 of 4
Total entries: 183
Prize pool: $1,720,200
Players paid: 28
Minimum payout: $14,959
Winner payout: $443,641
Day 3 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
Robert Mizrachi (USA) – 3,905,000 chips
Nick Guagenti (USA) – 2,000,000 chips
Owais Ahmed (USA) – 1,850,000 chips
Robert Campbell (Australia) – 1,235,000 chips
Frankie O’Dell (USA) – 1,000,000 chips
Jake Schwartz (USA) – 940,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
7th place: David Benyamine (USA) – $57,709
8th place: Edmond Vartughian (USA) – $44,245
9th place: Shaun Deeb (USA) – $34,467
Day 4 starting time: 12noon
Event 19: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker – Day 1 of 6
Total entries: 8,808
Prize pool: $11,890,800
Players paid: 1,322
Minimum payout: $2,249
Winner payout: $1,344,697
Day 1A players remaining: 968
Day 1B players remaining: 1,300
Day 1A chip leader: Garrett Greer (USA) – 570,600 chips
Day 1B chip leader: Noah Schwartz (USA) – 1,100,300 chips
Day 2 starting time: 12noon
Event 20: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud – Day 2 of 4
Total entries: 285
Prize pool: $384,750
Players paid: 43
Minimum payout: $2,262
Winner payout: $93,766
Day 2 players remaining: 10
Chip leader: Anthony Zinno (USA) – 733,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 2pm
Event 21: $10K NL 2-7 Lowball Draw – Day 1 of 4
Total players: 83 (registration remains open
Prize pool: $780,200 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 29
Day 1 chip leader: Pedro Bromfman (Brazil) – 470,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Notable Information
Event 14 played out with a loud and excited crowd cheering on Brazilian Murilo Souza, who went on to win his first bracelet. The mixed game enthusiast beat a tough opponent heads-up, winning with quads, and celebrated with a video call to his girlfriend and family in Brazil.
Through a translator, Souza noted, “It’s amazing. They’re the best players from Brazil. I’ve known them for a long time. We’ve been playing poker together for more than 13 years. Winning here with them watching, I don’t even have words to describe it.”
Brazil's Murilo Thiago Souza Figueredo emerges from a lengthy heads-up battle that spilled into an extra day to win Event #14 at the 2019 @WSOP, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Figueredo collects $207,003 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. https://t.co/GOsGDSraqV pic.twitter.com/WCuUWK5jIZ
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 8, 2019
Young Sean Swingruber won his first bracelet in Event 15, doubling his lifetime tournament earnings. As a cash game player primarily, Swingruber normally stays away from tournaments in favor of cash games, but he felt he had an edge on this event.
With that, Swingruber is expected to be back next year, but in the meantime, he said, “This event was so much fun.”
Congratulations to Sean Swingruber. He won the $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Championship and $186,356 and his first bracelet.https://t.co/iJDkwDXQjR pic.twitter.com/KK1CEPy5D0
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 9, 2019
The next event wrapped with Isaac Baron winning a title, a longtime poker pro and tournament player, both online and live. Known as “westmenloAA” online, the online star won his first WSOP title.
“I’m feeling pretty good,” he said. “It’s been a long time coming getting this first bracelet. I’ve wanted it for a while and am just glad it was pretty easy today.”
Los Angeles pro Isaac Baron grabs the first gold bracelet of his career by winning Event #16 at the 2019 @WSOP, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Baron collects a WSOP-best $407,739 for the victory. https://t.co/HJ2e4F6Jzt pic.twitter.com/acWpoOM3mO
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 8, 2019
Brett Apter also won a bracelet, his first one and first six-figure payday. He admitted to an emotional roller coaster at the end.
“I feel like I’m in a dream,” said Apter. “I wanted this ever since I first started playing poker. Ever since I…knew I was going to the final table. It hasn’t felt real. I’ve just been trying to live up every moment at the final table.” And he did. “I was just soaking up every moment with all my friends here … I wanted no regrets.”
Congrats to @BrettApter, winner of the $1,500 shootout event for his first WSOP bracelet and $238,824!https://t.co/wplerme63x pic.twitter.com/0MatV3p1An
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 9, 2019