2019 WSOP Day 45: Main Event Final Table Set
The 2019 WSOP Main Event played late into the night on Friday to find its final nine players, and it did just that in the wee hours of this morning.
Meanwhile, several other tournaments came to their conclusions and awarded gold bracelets to players not in the Main Event.
On Friday, July 12, this is what happened at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Event 73: $10K NLHE Main Event – Day 7
Total entries: 8,569
Prize pool: $80,548,600
Players paid: 1,286
Minimum payout: $15,000
Winner payout: $10 million
Day 7 players remaining: 9
Final table chip counts:
Hossein Ensan (Germany) – 177 million chips
Garry Gates (USA) – 99.3 million chips
Zhen Cai (USA) – 60.6 million chips
Kevin Maahs (USA) – 43 million chips
Alex Livingston (Canada) – 37.8 million chips
Dario Sammartino (Italy) – 33.4 million chips
Milos Skrbic (Serbia) – 23.4 million chips
Timothy Su (USA) – 20.2 million chips
Nick Marchington (UK) – 20.1 million chips
Next payout: $1 million
Day 8 starting time: Sunday at 6:30pm
The Main Event final table is set!
Hossein Ensan leads, followed by @GarryGates.
Play resumes Sunday and the full final table will be broadcast on @espn and ESPN2.https://t.co/hSx05U5XkP pic.twitter.com/29IxbAVMv6
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 13, 2019
Event 75: $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE – Final
Total entries: 6,248
Prize pool: $5,623,200
Players paid: 937
Final table payouts:
1st place: James Anderson (USA) – $690,686
2nd place: Fernando Karam (Brazil) – $426,543
3rd place: Marco Guibert (Argentina) – $316,233
4th place: Liran Betito (Israel) – $236,151
5th place: Shalom Elharar (USA) – $177,639
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
Event 78: $1,500 Bounty PLO – Final
Total entries: 1,130
Prize pool: $1,525,500
Players paid: 170
Final table payoutsr:
1st place: Maximiliam Klostermeier (Denmark) – $177,823
2nd place: David Callaghan (Ireland) – $109,844
3rd place: Bryce Yockey (USA) – $77,893
4th place: Ryan Lenaghan (USA) – $55,939
5th place: Jason Stockfish (USA) – $40,691
6th place: Tim Seidensticker (USA) – $29,987
7th place: Scott sharpe (USA) – $22,391
8th place: Heng Zhang (USA) – $16,944
9th place: Joseph Liberta (USA) – $12,996
Event 79: $3K NLHE – Final
Total entries: 671
Prize pool: $1,811,700
Players paid: 101
Final table payouts:
1st place: Ivan Deyra (France) – $380,090
2nd place: David Gonzalez (USA) – $234,882
3rd place: Guillaume Nolet (Canada) – $162,575
4th place: Patrick Leonard (UK) – $114,347
5th place: David Dibernardi (USA) – $81,749
6th place: David Weinstein (USA) – $59,421
7th place: Andras Nemeth (Hungary) – $43,925
8th place: Dennis Brand (USA) – $33,032
9th place: Diego Zeiter (Switzerland) – $25,278
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: 8
Final table chip counts:
Ayaz Mahmood (USA) – 8,430,000 chips
Lucas Greenwood (Canada) – 6,515,000 chips
Jeremy Kottler (USA) – 5,145,000 chips
Eddie Blumenthal (USA) – 3,240,000 chips
Peter Linton (UK) – 3,115,000 chips
Jerry Odeen (Sweden) – 2,380,000 chips
Adam Demersseman (USA) – 2,315,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
8th place: Gary Bolden (USA) – $30,640
Day 3 starting time: 12noon
Event 81: $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only NLHE – Final
Total entries: 185
Prize pool: $277,500
Players paid: 28
Final table payouts:
1st place: Shankar Pillai (USA) – $71,580
2nd place: Michael Gagliano (USA) – $44,232
3rd place: Tommy Nguyen (Canada) – $31,176
4th place: Brett Apter (USA) – $22,349
5th place: Kevin Gerhart (USA) – $16,299
6th place: Andreas Klatt (Germany) – $12,097
7th place: Thom Werthmann (USA) – $9,140
8th place: Scott Bohlman (USA) – $7,032
9th place: Haixia Zhang (USA) – $5,512
Event 82: $1,500 NLHE Double Stack – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 2,589
Prize pool: $3,495,150
Players paid: 389
Minimum payout: $2,249
Winner payout: $530,164
Day 2 players remaining: 8
Final table chip counts:
Freek Scholten (Netherlands) – 26 million chips
Darren Rabinowitz (USA) – 20.05 million chips
Barry Shulman (USA) – 18.45 million chips
Kunal Punjwani (India) – 15.5 million chips
Adam Hendrix (USA) – 15.35 million chips
Philip Scaletta (USA) – 13.575 million chips
Tom Koral (USA) – 10.55 million chips
Kalyan Cheekuri (India) – 9.925 million chips
Day 3 starting time: 11am
Event 83: $100K NLHE High Roller – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 99
Prize pool: $9,603,000
Players paid: 15
Minimum payout: $156,316
Winner payout: $2,792,406
Day 2 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
Keith Tilston (USA) – 14,475,000 chips
Brandon Adams (USA) – 12,375,000 chips
Nick Schulman (USA) – 11,650,000 chips
Dominik Nitsche (Germany) – 9,850,000 chips
Igor Kurganov (Russia) – 8,500,000 chips
Daniel Negreanu (Canada) – 3,150,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
7th place: Sergi Reixach (UK) – $353,202
8th place: Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) – $281,025
Day 3 starting time: 12noon
Event 84: $1,500 NLHE Closer – Day 1A of 4
Day 1A entries: 463
Day 1A prize pool: $625,050
Day 1A minimum payout: $2,247
Day 1A players paid: 70
Day 1A players remaining: 30
Day 1A chip leader: Roman Korenev (Russia) – 1,198,000 chips
Day 1B starting time: 11am
Event 85: $3K PLO 6-Handed – Day 1 of 4
Total entries: 835
Prize pool: $2,254,500
Players paid: 126
Minimum payout: $4,489
Winner payout: $448,392
Day 1 players remaining: 173
Chip leader: Paresh Doshi (UK) – 359,300 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Notable Information
When the $1K Little One for One Drop NLHE tournament ended on Friday, it was James Anderson of Pennsylvania in the winner’s circle with more than $690K. After many successes in the past, he had taken a break from the game and then resumed play several months ago.
“I feel good now,” Anderson said. “My mind is a lot fresher now, I have a different perspective, and hopefully, it continues. It’s a good start.”
Congratulations to James Anderson on winning his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,111 Little One for @onedrop He wins $690,686 after topping the field of 6,248.https://t.co/ApQRe4jKSj pic.twitter.com/nLyGM4sOfS
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 12, 2019
The $1,500 PLO Bounty tournament also wrapped on Friday, and Maximilian Klostermeier of Denmark was its champion for nearly $178K. Remarkably, he has only played professionally for a relatively short time and had little experience with PLO, though he said he worked through confusing situations.
“I feel great, can’t really believe it honestly,” he said. “I’ve only been playing poker professionally for a little over a year now, and I’m already getting a bracelet so soon.”
Congrats to Maximilian Klostermeier, winner of the $1,500 PLO bounty event for his first bracelet and $177,823!https://t.co/Me5Y98LSsz pic.twitter.com/uvMvmt4SJY
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 12, 2019
France was the country on top when the $3K NLHE event finished on Friday, as Ivan Deyra won the event for more than $380K and eclipsed the $1 million mark in career live earnings. “That was a goal for me,” he commented after the win, “but the main goal was winning a bracelet.”
As his friends supported him on the rail of the final table, as he had done for some of them on other occasions, Deyra felt confident. “When I was young, I watched the WSOP on TV with stars in my eyes, and now to be here and to win it, it’s amazing. It’s like a dream!”
Congratulations to @ValueMerguez on winning his first WSOP bracelet and the third bracelet for France this summer! He won the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $380,090.https://t.co/2jQ0bh8dnZ pic.twitter.com/MhUyyinL4r
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 13, 2019
Finally, the special $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only NLHE event finished with Shankar Pillai capturing his second bracelet and more than $71K. He won his first WSOP gold in 2007 in a $3K NLHE event, and this one happened for the New Yorker in a different place in life.
“I have a 16-month-old son, so I don’t travel that much anymore,” he said. But he did admit that he might be playing more tournaments near his home when he can after this win.
New York's Shankar Pillai wins the special Event #81 at the 2019 @WSOP, $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only NLHE. Shankar collects $71,580 and his second career bracelet. https://t.co/LwDBAxBxx9 pic.twitter.com/gmfRdaqUYX
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 13, 2019