2019 WSOP Day 41: Main Event Makes the Money
It might seem odd to read down this post and find a random tournament out of numerical order and not seen on the original schedule. But Event 90 does belong in this list, as it was added late as a special tournament long after the original schedule was released.
WSOP VP of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky said, “We got some feedback from players who thought (the initial $50K event) was too early in the series, and they weren’t around for it. We also goofed by not having a $25K High Roller NLHE on the schedule this year, which was more feedback we received from players.”
Event 90 is called the Final Fifty High Roller, one with a $50K buy-in, unlimited reentries, and a shot clock, all put together for a three-day event.
With the Final Fifty now included, this is what happened on Monday, July 8 at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Event 73: $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 3
Day 1A entries: 1,334
Day 1B entries: 1,914
Day 1C entries: 4,877
Day 2AB late entries: 100
Day 2C late entries: 344
Total entries: 8,569
Prize pool: $80,548,600
Players paid: 1,286
Minimum payout: $15,000
Winner payout: $10 million
Day 3 players remaining: 1,286
Day 3 chip leader: Preben Stokkan (Norway) – 2,184,000 chips
Day 4 starting time: 12noon
Event 75: $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Day 1C of 5
Day 1A entries: 702
Day 1B entries: more than 1,500
Day 1C entries: more than 3,200
Total entries: TBD
Prize pool: TBD
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1A players remaining: approximately 250
Day 1B players remaining: approximately 600
Day 1C players remaining: unknown
Day 1A chip leader: Mark Eddleman (USA) – 464,600 chips
Day 1B chip leader: Stefan Ivanov (Bulgaria) – 658,000 chips
Day 1C chip leader: Nikolay Fal (Russia) – 437,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 1pm
Event 77: $3K LHE 6-Handed – Day 1 of 4
Event 77: $3,000 Limit Holdem Six-Handed starts at 3pm in the Miranda room with 65 players. Registration is open for 8 levels, 12am.
Updates at https://t.co/B9zBcZzRMW pic.twitter.com/M2J17wQ7Oq
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 8, 2019
Total entries: 193
Prize pool: $521,100
Players paid: 29
Minimum payout: $4,571
Winner payout: $133,189
Day 1 players remaining: 57
Chip leader: Ron Carmona (USA) – 142,500 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Event 90: $50K Final Fifty NLHE – Day 1 of 3
Event 90: $50,000 Final Fifty High Roller starts at 6pm. This tournament features a shot clock.
Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Day 2, 4pm Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/CabMp3hacn
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 9, 2019
Total entries: 109 (registration remains open)
Prize pool: $5,232,000 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 45
Chip leader: Seth Davies (USA) – 2,250,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 4pm
Notable Information
The final hand of the night in the Main Event was the one that burst the money bubble. And the unfortunate player who busted in 1,287th place was Ryan Pochedly. As a consolation prize, he was awarded an entry to the 2020 WSOP Main Event, something done annually by WSOP staff.
There were quite a few former WSOP champs starting Day 3 looking for another Main Event victory, but several of them – Scotty Nguyen, Joe Hachem, John Cynn, and Jim Bechtel – exited before the money. However, Chris Moneymaker, Qui Nguyen, and Johnny Chan remain in the tournament going into Day 4.
681k in the bag and in the money @wsop main event. Super happy after starting day with 56k
— Chris Moneymaker ⭕ (@CMONEYMAKER) July 9, 2019
