2019 WSOP Day 49: Hossein Wins Main to End Series

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on July 17th, 2019

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It was the last day of the 2019 WSOP, and an action-packed day it was.

Three tournaments concluded with three new bracelet winners, but the center stage was reserved for the Main Event. It started with three players and ran well past midnight to determine the new world champion, and in the end, it was Hossein Ensan who beat Dario Sammartino to claim that title.

We will dive deeper into that tournament in a separate article.

For now, let’s finish out the basics of the final day – Tuesday, July 16 – at the 50^th Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Event 73:  $10K NLHE Main Event – Final

Total entries:  8,569

Prize pool:  $80,548,600

Players paid:  1,286

Minimum payout:  $15,000

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Hossein Ensan (Germany) – $10 million

2^nd place:  Dario Sammartino (Italy) – $6 million

3^rd place:  Alex Livingston (Canada) – $4 million

4^th place:  Garry Gates (USA) – $3 million

5^th place:  Kevin Maahs (USA) – $2.2 million

6^th place:  Zhen Cai (USA) – $1.85 million

7^th place:  Nick Marchington (UK) – $1.525 million

8^th place:  Timothy Su (USA) – $1.25 million

9^th place:  Milos Skrbic (Serbia) – $1 million

Hossein Ensan is officially the 2019 WSOP Main Event champion! Ensan earns $10 million for his victory.https://t.co/TDeXea8dw3 pic.twitter.com/qOb1ZjN8cr

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 17, 2019

Event 86:  $10K NLHE 6-Handed Championship – Final

Total entries:  272

Prize pool:  $2,556,800

Players paid:  41

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Anuj Agarwal (USA) – $630,747

2^nd place:  Kahle Burns (Australia) – $389,832

3^rd place:  Gal Yifrach (USA) – $247,533

4^th place:  Leonard Maue (Germany) – $174,252

5^th place:  Dong Chen (China) – $120,828

6^th place:  Benjamin Heath (UK) – $85,915

Event 87:  $3K HORSE – Final

Total entries:  301

Prize pool:  $812,700

Players paid:  46

Final table payouts:

1^st place:  Denis Strebkov (Russia) – $206,173

2^nd place:  Paul-Francois Tedeschi (France) – $127,419

3^rd place: Nick Guagenti (USA) – $85,265

4^th place:  Brian Hastings (USA) – $58,359

5^th place:  Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) – $40,876

6^th place:  Konstantin Puchkov (Russia) – $29,316

7^th place:  Jim Collopy (USA) – $21,540

8^th place:  Paul Volpe (USA) – $16,224

Event 89:  $5K NLHE – Final

Total entries:  608

Prize pool:  $2,827,200

Players paid:  92

Final table payouts:

1st place:  Carl Shaw (UK) – $606,562

2^nd place:  Tony Dunst (USA) – $374,886

3^rd place:  Luke Graham (USA) – $259,533

4^th place:  Jordan Cristos (USA) – $182,575

5^th place:  Lars Kamphues (Australia) – $130,544

6^th place:  Phil Hellmuth (USA) – $94,899

7^th place:  Rami Mornel (USA) – $70,156

8^th place:  Caufman Talley (USA) – $52,760

9^th place:  Kevin Eyster (USA) – $40,374

Notable Information

The $10K NLHE 6-Handed Championship finished on Tuesday with Anuj Agarwal as its champion. Following a fairly deep run in the Main Event, he played this event and won for more than $630K.

His first act as champion was to call his father, his biggest fan. “My dad has been my biggest supporter despite not knowing anything about the game. He followed my ups and downs in the Main, and (my parents) have never made me feel like poker was an unsure thing to do. It feels great to show them this after the support I had.”

Los Angeles cash-game pro Anuj Agarwal wins Event #86 at the 2019 @WSOP, $10,000 NLHE 6-Handed. @forum199 grabs his first bracelet and a career-best $630,747 payday. https://t.co/escJ54fk6v pic.twitter.com/MbnioPc96u

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 17, 2019

As for the $3K HORSE event, it was the last to finish of all the side events. And when it was done, Denis Strebkov of Russia captured the title after watching other Russian pros exit earlier at the final table. One of them even stayed to rail Strebkov and encourage him to win.

While he didn’t expect to win, having originally booked his flight home from Las Vegas on Day 3 of the tournament, he did go on to take it down for more than $206K.

Moscow, Russian Federation pro Denis Strebkov caps off a solid month at the 2019 @WSOP by winning Event #87, $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Strebkov collects his first bracelet and $206,173 while making his second final table of the past two weeks. https://t.co/2853kfedjT pic.twitter.com/0IS81ogzgL

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 17, 2019

Carl Shaw was another who captured his first WSOP bracelet on Tuesday, ultimately beating Tony Dunst heads-up in the $5K NLHE event. The UK pro won more than $606K for his efforts, all inspired by seeing others win bracelets and running deep in the Main Event. “It made me more hungry, to be honest,” he admitted, “more hungry to be out here, winning more tournaments.”

And having his mother there made the victory even sweeter. It was her first time in America, and she watched her son win WSOP gold. “I wanted to make her proud, and I know I’ve done that now.”

Congratulations to Carl Shaw for his first WSOP bracelet in and the $606,562 first prize.https://t.co/gpctvN8FYp pic.twitter.com/pnSGuTxcWm

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) July 17, 2019