2019 WSOP Day 26: Jiyoung Kim Wins Ladies Title

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on June 24th, 2019

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On Sunday, June 23, this is what happened at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker.

Event 47:  $1K Ladies NLHE Championship – Final

Total entries:  968

Prize pool:  $871,200

Players paid:  146

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Jiyoung Kim (South Korea) – $167,308

2^nd place:  Nancy Matson (USA) – $103,350

3^rd place:  Sandrine Phan (France) – $72,821

4^th place:  Stephanie Dao (Canada) – $52,007

5^th place:  Lyly Vo (Vietnam) – $37,654

6^th place:  Lexy Gavin (USA) – $27,643

7^th place:  Raylene Celaya (USA) – $20,582

8^th place:  Stephanie Hubbard (USA) – $15,544

9^th place:  Barbara Blechinger (USA) – 11,911

Event 50:  $1,500 NLHE Monster Stack – Day 2 of 6

Total entries:  6,035

Prize pool:  $8,147,250

Players paid:  906

Minimum payout:  $2,249

Winner payout:  $1,008,850

Day 2 players remaining:  457

Chip leader:  Kainalu McCue-Unciano (USA) – 2,187,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  11am

Event 51:  $2,500 Mixed – Final

Total entries:  401

Prize pool:  $902,250

Players paid:  61

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Yuri Dzivielevski (Brazil) – $213,750

2^nd place:  Michael Thompson (USA) – $132,113

3^rd place:  Denis Strebkob (Russia) – $89,744

4^th place:  Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) – $62,176

5^th place:  Daniel Zack (USA) – $43,950

6^th place:  Philip Long (UK) – $31,710

7^th place:  Alex Livingston (Canada) – $23,362

8^th place:  Daniel Ratigan (USA) – $17,584

Event 52:  $10K PLO 8-Handed Championship – Day 2 of 4

Total entries:  518

Prize pool:  $4,869,200

Players paid:  78

Minimum payout:  $15,029

Winner payout:  $1,086,967

Day 2 players remaining:  50

Chip leader:  Daniel Alaei (USA) – 1,985,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 53:  $800 NLHE 8-Handed Deep Stack – Day 1 of 2

Total entries:  3,759

Prize pool:  $2,676,408

Players paid:  564

Minimum payout:  $1,187

Winner payout:  $371,203

Day 1 players remaining:  440

Chip leader:  Kenneth Johnson (USA) – 1.4 million chips

Day 2 starting time:  1pm

Event 54:  $1,500 Razz – Day 1 of 4

Event 54: $1,500 Razz starts at 3pm in the Amazon Orange section.

A change to the structure sheet – the starting stack is now 12,000 chips, up from 10,000. pic.twitter.com/6BQCGLzao8

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 23, 2019

Total entries:  363

Prize pool:  $490,050

Players paid:  55

Minimum payout:  $2,247

Winner payout:  $119,054

Day 1 players remaining:  127

Chip leader:  Eric Rodawig (USA) – 118,700 chips

Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 55:  $1K Online NLHE Double Stack

Today's @WSOPCom Online Bracelet event, open to players within Nevada and New Jersey, is Event 55: $1,000 Double Stack.

30,000 chips
15-minute levels
Re-entry up to 3 times
Registration until 7:30pm PT/10:30pm ET

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 23, 2019

Total entries:  1,333

Prize pool:  $1,266,350

Players paid:  153

Minimum payout:  $2,026

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Jason “TheBigGift” Gooch (USA) – $241,492.94

2^nd place:  Brian “Pure__reason” Wood (USA) – $148,542.85

3^rd place:  Anthony “Scrotile” Augostino (USA) – $104,980.41

4^th place:  Dario “Sirio87” Sammartino (Italy) – $75,094.55

5^th place:  Timothy “Stucksoomuch” Wong (USA) – $54,453.05

6^th place:  Ran “Margarete” Koller (USA) – $40,143.29

7^th place:  Gianluca “inmyhouse” Speranza (Italy) – $29,885.86

8^th place:  Justin “KingFortune” Liberto (USA) – $22,541.03

9^th place:  Max “Max Sparrow” Pescatori (USA) – $17,348.99

Notable Information

The $1K Ladies Championship is always a popular event at the WSOP, and Jiyoung Kim of South Korea was the last woman standing to capture that title. It was her first gold bracelet, but the gold will go to her mother. “I’m giving it to my mom,” she said. “She is always worried about me going overseas to play poker tournaments. I feel for her; that’s why I will give it to her.”

Kim was the second South Korean to ever win a WSOP bracelet. The coffee shop owner and part-time poker player has been playing live tournaments for about four years, but she had never cashed in Las Vegas before this win. “I feel like I’m dreaming. It’s a dream come true for me.”

South Korea's Jiyoung Kim topped a 968-entry field to win 2019 @WSOP Ladies Championship for $167,308. #WSOP50 https://t.co/O81CVtUsAQ

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) June 24, 2019

The $2,500 Mixed tournament also finished on Sunday, and Brazilian Yuri Dzivielevski was the last player standing. And he did it with a typically-exuberant Brazilian rail of friends watching and celebrating his first gold bracelet with him. “This is the most special moment, for sure,” he said.

He also told a reporter that he tried to be present and happy at every point of the final table. He tried to live in the moment, something he emulates in his personal life as well. And that winning moment consisted of being tossed into the air by his supporters. “I want to feel this feeling again and again!”

Brazil's Yuri Dzivielevski takes down Event #51 at the 2019 @WSOP, $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better. @YuriNerdguy earns his first bracelet and collects $213,750. https://t.co/Qwihc0jEyr pic.twitter.com/N6snbU5out

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 24, 2019

The third bracelet of the day went to Jason Gooch, who won the WSOP online poker $1K Double Stack NLHE playing as “TheBigGift.” It was his first WSOP victory.

Congratulations to yet another first-time bracelet winner. @YACHTDOOKIE (Jason Gooch) is the winner of the $1,000 Double Stack Online bracelet event. He wins $241,492 after defeating 922 players.https://t.co/LXGT4lGkBY pic.twitter.com/mg00v7UB8H

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 24, 2019