2019 WSOP Day 44: Second Woman Wins Open Event
On Thursday, July 11, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Event 73: $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 6
Total entries: 8,569
Prize pool: $80,548,600
Players paid: 1,286
Minimum payout: $15,000
Winner payout: $10 million
Day 6 players remaining: 35
Chip leader: Nicholas Marchington (UK) – 39.8 million chips
Next payout: $261,430
Day 7 starting time: 12noon
Event 75: $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Day 4 of 5
Total entries: 6,248
Prize pool: $5,623,200
Players paid: 937
Minimum payout: $1,500
Winner payout: $690,686
Day 4 players remaining: 5
Final table chip counts:
Fernando Karam (Brazil) – 93.5 million chips
Liran Betito (Israel) – 52.4 million chips
James Anderson (USA) – 49.2 million chips
Shalom Elharar (USA) – 24.5 million chips
Marco Guibert (Argentina) – 23.2 million chips
Final table payouts thus far:
6th place: Nils Tolpingrud (USA) – $134,608
7th place: Mark Strodl (USA) – $102,757
8th place: Ying Fu (China) – $79,029
9th place: Robert Mather (USA) – $61,238
Day 5 starting time: 12noon
Event 77: $3K LHE 6-Handed – Final
Total entries: 193
Prize pool: $521,100
Players paid: 29
Final table payouts:
1st place: Tu Dao (Canada) – $133,189
2nd place: Alain Alinat (France) – $82,312
3rd place: Ian O’Hara (USA) – $55,749
4th place: Chad Eveslage (USA) – $38,561
5th place: Jan Suchanek (New Zealand) – $27,251
6th place: Oleg Chebotarev (Russia) – $19,687
Event 78: $1,500 Bounty PLO – Day 3 of 4
Total entries: 1,130
Prize pool: $1,525,500
Players paid: 170
Minimum payout: $1,416
Winner payout: $177,823
Day 3 players remaining: 7
Final table chip counts:
Maximilian Klostermeier (Denmark) – 10,240,000 chips
David Callaghan (Ireland) – 5,250,000 chips
Bryce Yockey (USA) – 4,315,000 chips
Jason Stockfish (USA) – 3,150,000 chips
Ryan Lenaghan (USA) – 2,460,000 chips
Tim Seidensticker (USA) – 1,810,000 chips
Scott Sharpe (USA) – 1,010,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
8th place: Heng Zhang (USA) – $16,944
9th place: Joseph Liberta (USA) – $12,996
Day 4 starting time: 1pm
Event 79: $3K NLHE – Day 3 of 4
Total entries: 671
Prize pool: $1,811,700
Players paid: 101
Minimum payout: $4,506
Winner payout: $380,090
Day 3 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
David Gonzalez (USA) – 4,295,000 chips
Guillaume Nolet (Canada) – 3,960,000 chips
Ivan Deyra (France) – 1,975,000 chips
David Dibernardi (USA) – 1,365,000 chips
Patrick Leonard (UK) – 1,320,000 chips
David Weinstein (USA) – 515,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
7th place: Andras Nemeth (Hungary) – $43,925
8th place: Dennis Brand (USA) – $33,032
9th place: Diego Zeiter (Switzerland) – $25,278
Day 4 starting time: 1pm
Event 80: $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO 8-Handed – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 1,250
Prize pool: $1,687,500
Players paid: 188
Minimum payout: $2,250
Winner payout: $304,793
Day 2 players remaining: 47
Chip leader: Francis Rusnak (USA) – 2,334,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 12noon
Event 81: $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only NLHE – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 185
Prize pool: $277,500
Players paid: 28
Minimum payout: $2,520
Winner payout: $71,580
Day 2 players remaining: 8
Final table chip counts:
Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – 2,910,000 chips
Shankar Pillai (USA) – 2,425,000 chips
Michael Gagliano (USA) – 1,500,000 chips
Brett Apter (USA) – 995,000 chips
Andreas Klatt (Germany) – 440,000 chips
Kevin Gerhart (USA) – 370,000 chips
Thom Werthmann (USA) – 370,000 chips
Scott Bohlman (USA) – 260,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
9th place: Haixia Zhang (USA) – $5,512
Day 3 starting time: 2pm
Event 82: $1,500 NLHE Double Stack – Day 1 of 2
Total entries: 2,589
Prize pool: $3,495,150
Players paid: 389
Minimum payout: $2,249
Winner payout: $530,164
Day 1 players remaining: 357
Chip leader: Mike Leah (Canada) – 1,628,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 12noon
Event 83: $100K NLHE High Roller – Day 1 of 3
Total entries: 95 (registration remains open)
Prize pool: $9,215,000 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 50
Chip leader: Brandon Adams (USA) – 2.95 million chips
Day 2 starting time: 1pm
Notable Information
Just last weekend, Susan Faber became the first woman to win an open tournament during the 2019 WSOP when she took down the $500 NLHE Salute to Warriors event. Yesterday, Tu Dao became the second when she won the $3K LHE 6-Handed event.
Born in Vietnam and now a Canadian citizen, Tu “Stephanie” Dao lives in Toronto. The 44-year-old poker pro with three children finished fourth in the WSOP Ladies Championship in June. She said cash games are her “bread and butter” but recently tried tournaments again and trained with fellow poker pro and friend Benjamin Underwood.
Dao said her children tracked the tournament online and were proud of her. The win made her “very excited and happy,” but she was anxious to get home to see her children and dogs again.
Hamilton, Ontario's Tu 'Stephanie' Dao tops her 4th-place finish in the Ladies Event by winning Event #77 at the 2019 @WSOP, $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Dao earns her first gold bracelet and a $132,189 payday. https://t.co/qUKT4mq1Ad pic.twitter.com/fKXfEQ48dI
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 12, 2019
With the WSOP Main Event down to 35 players, the payouts are significant at $261,430, but the next jump is at 27th place, which starts the $324,650 payouts.
The UK’s Nicholas Marchington leads the pack, followed by Germany’s Hossein Ensan and former chip leader Timothy Su. PokerStars Senior Manager of Player Relation, Engagement and Communities Garry Gates is also in the top 10, as is longtime Italian pro Dario Sammartino.
Countries still represented in the Main Event also include Serbia, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Austria, Japan, Romania, Argentina, and Spain.
Grab your 🔎! (or just go to https://t.co/keWMzqGLxm). Here's how @GarryGates @YuriNerdguy @MihayManole and the other 32 Main Event players got to Day 7. pic.twitter.com/US4pJKaCDx
— PokerNews (@PokerNews) July 12, 2019
