2019 WSOP Day 33: South Korea and Russia Dominate

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 1st, 2019

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On Sunday, June 30, the last day of the month, this is what went down at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 61:  $400 NLHE Colossus – Final

Total entries:  13,109

Prize pool:  $4,382,515

Players paid:  1,952

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Sejin Park (South Korea) – $451,272

2^nd place:  Georgios Kapalas (Greece) – $278,881

3^rd place:  Ryan Depaulo (USA) – $208,643

4^th place:  Juan Lopez (USA) – $157,106

5^th place:  Andrew Barber (USA) – $119,072

6^th place:  Norson Saho (USA) – $90,838

7^th place:  Patrick Miller (USA) – $69,757

8^th place:  Maksim Kalman (USA) – $53,925

9^th place:  Diego Lima (Brazil) – $41,965

Event 63:  $1,500 Omaha Mix – Final

Total entries:  717

Prize pool:  $967,950

Players paid:  108

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Anatolii Zyrin (Russia) – $199,838

2^nd place:  Yueqi Zhu (China) – $123,466

3^rd place:  James Van Alstyne (USA) – $84,106

4^th place:  Mesbah Guerfi (France) – $58,289

5^th place:  Aron Dermer (USA) – $41,112

6^th place:  Iori Yogo (Japan) – $29,518

7^th place:  Alan Sternberg (USA) – $21,582

8^th place:  Ivo Donev (Austria) – $16,075

Event 64:  $888 Crazy Eights NLHE – Day 1D of 6

Day 1A entries:  1,674

Day 1B entries:  1,187

Day 1C entries:  2,830

Day 1D entries:  4,494

Prize pool:  TBD

Day 1A players paid:  252

Day 1B players paid:  179

Day 1C players paid:  425

Day 1D players paid:  675

Day 1A minimum payout:  $1,330

Day 1B minimum payout:  $1,329

Day 1C minimum payout:  $1,332

Day 1D minimum payout:  $1,331

Winner payout:  TBD

Day 1A players remaining:  191

Day 1B players remaining:  138

Day 1C players remaining:  333

Day 1D players remaining:  561

Day 1A chip leader:  Arsenii Karmatchii (Russia) – 1,323,000 chips

Day 1B chip leader:  Michael Kane (UK) – 1,360,000 chips

Day 1C chip leader:  Ian Simpson (UK) – 1,284,000 chips

Day 1D chip leader:  Luis Pinho (Portugal) – 1,419,000 chips

Day 2 starting time: 12 noon

Event 65:  $10K PLO Hi-Lo 8-or-Better Championship – Day 3 of 4

Total entries:  193

Prize pool:  $1,814,200

Players paid: 29

Minimum payout:  $15,237

Winner payout:  $463,670

Day 4 players remaining:  7

Final table chip counts:

Nick Schulman (USA) – 3,355,000 chips

Brian Hastings (USA) – 2,735,000 chips

Joe Hachem (Australia) – 2,430,000 chips

Chris Vitch (USA) – 1,940,000 chips

Denis Strebkov (Russia) – 885,000 chips

Corey Hochman (USA) – 170,000 chips

Michael McKenna (USA) – 65,000 chips

Final table payouts thus far:

8^th place:  Bryce Yockey (USA) – $45,551

Day 4 starting time:  12noon

Event 66:  $1,500 LHE – Day 2 of 3

Total entries:  541

Prize pool:  $730,350

Players paid:  82

Minimum payout:  $2,239

Winner payout:  $161,139

Day 2 players remaining:  21

Chip leader:  David Baker (USA) – 1,275,000 chips

Day 3 starting time:  2pm

Event 67:  $10K Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8-or-Better – Day 1 of 4

Event 67: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Eight or Better Championship starts at 3pm.

Registration is open until the start of Day 2, Monday at 2pm pic.twitter.com/4F6QMURdHq

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 30, 2019

Total entries:  134 (registration remains open)

Prize pool:  $1,259,600 (not final)

Players paid:  TBD

Minimum payout:  TBD

Winner payout:  TBD

Day 1 players remaining:  68

Chip leader:  Ali Eslami (USA) – 275,500 chips

Day 2 starting time:  2pm

Event 68:  $1K Online NLHE Championship – Final

Total entries:  1,750

Prize pool:  $1,662,500

Players paid:  180

Minimum payout:  $2,328

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Nicholas “Illari” Baris (USA) – $303,738.75

2^nd place:  Tara “bertperton” Cain (USA) – $187,530

3^rd place:  William “TheBurrSir” Lamb Harding (USA) – $113,332.50

4^th place:  David “YoungPitts” Baker (USA) – $96,092.50

5^th place:  Jason “LuckDuck” Lawhun (USA) – $69,991.25

6^th place:  Jack “Mr. Yang” Maskill (UK) – $51,703.75

7^th place:  Chris “Camdi” Ferguson (USA) – $38,736.25

8^th place:  Ryan “PlzCumAgain” Jones (USA) – $29,260

9^th place:  Antonio “karma007” Guerrero (USA) – $22,443.75

Nicholas "Illari" Baris beat Tara Cain heads up for the bracelet and a hefty $303,739 in @WSOP's Online event. https://t.co/DHalkGAFrs

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 1, 2019

Notable Information

The $400 NLHE Colossus was one of the largest tournaments of the WSOP summer, and Sejin Park of South Korea emerged victorious to claim his first gold bracelet, though it was the second for South Korea this summer thus far. (Jiyoung Kim won the Ladies Championship.)

Park is a cash game specialist in Macau but traveled to Las Vegas this summer to play in the WSOP Main Event, as well as some other events and cash games. “I didn’t expect a lot from this tournament,” he admitted. “With such a low buy-in, I knew there would be a lot of entries.” And that made the win all that much sweeter.

Congratulations to Sejin Park on winning the 2019 Colossus! He topped a field of 13,109 entries to win his first bracelet and $451,272.

https://t.co/TswRFsvySI pic.twitter.com/dzckW5JT8K

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 1, 2019

Anatolii Zyrin claimed a win for Russia in the $1,500 Omaha Mix tournament. After finished in second place in another tournament earlier in the WSOP, he was determined to win this one, despite having very limited experience with most forms of Omaha. But he won it over the defending champion to claim his first gold bracelet.

“This is something unbelievable,” he said. He dedicated the victory to his parents, who still don’t support his 10-year career in poker. He also hailed the poker community at home. “We have a big community in Russia; a lot of people follow me as I stream online.”

Russia's Anatolii Zyrin topped a 771-entry field to win the #WSOP50 $1,500 Omaha Mix for $199,838. @WSOP https://t.co/zri1GVWLTN

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 1, 2019