2019 WSOP Day 5: Largest Tournament in History?
The final starting day of the Big 50 celebratory tournament to mark the 50th anniversary of the World Series of Poker made its mark and claimed a place in poker history. This is assumed by preliminary numbers, however, since no official results have been provided.
Sorry LVRJ friends. We under-estimated. Looks like 26,000 is a better estimate. The BIG 50 indeed. https://t.co/8QJxAfN7fx
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 2, 2019
We will have that information when the WSOP staff completes and verifies the registration for Event 3.
Meanwhile, there were many other events that made progress or finished play yesterday.
On Sunday, June 2, this is what happened.
Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 1D
Entries: more than 25,000
Prize pool: TBD ($5 million guaranteed)
Players paid: TBD
Day 2A players remaining: unclear
Day 2B players remaining: 521
Day 2A chip leader: Mikhail Vilkov (Russian Federation) – 3,475,000 chips
Day 2B chip leader: Jerald Willilamson (USA) – 4,105,000 chips
Day 2C starting time: 10am today
Day 2D starting time: 10am on Tuesday, June 4
Day 3 starting time: 11am on Wednesday, June 5
Event 4: $1,500 Omaha-8 Hi-Lo – Final
Total entries: 853
Prize pool: $1,151,550
Players paid: 128
Final table payouts:
1st place: Derek McMaster (USA) – $228,228
2nd place: Jason Berilgen (USA) – $141,007
3rd place: John Esposito (USA) – $98,807
4th place: David Halpern (USA) – $70,231
5th place: Joe Aronesty (USA) – $50,646
6th place: Tom McCormick (USA) – $37,063
7th place: Ben Yu (USA) – $27,530
8th place: Shannon Shorr (USA) – $20,760
9th place: Patrick Leonard (UK) – $15,897
Event 5: $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Day 3 of 4
Total entries: 110
Prize pool: $5,280,000
Players paid: 17
Minimum payout: $75,789
Winner payout: $1,484,085
Day 3 players remaining: 6
Final table chip counts:
Ben Heath (UK) – 7,630,000 chips
Sam Soverel (USA) – 7,540,000 chips
Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) – 5,615,000 chips
Chance Kornuth (USA) – 5,000,000 chips
Nick Petrangelo (USA) – 4,100,000 chips
Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) – 3,660,000 chips
Final table payouts thus far:
7th place: Elio Fox (USA) – $192,794
8th place: Cary Katz (USA) – $151,755
9th place: David Einhorn (USA) – $122,551
Day 4 starting time: 12noon
Event 6: $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 296
Prize pool: $666,000
Players paid: 45
Minimum payout: $3,737
Winner payout: $160,447
Day 2 players remaining: 13
Chip leader: Jake Schwartz (USA) – 789,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 2pm
Event 7: $400 Online NLHE – Final
Total entries: 2,825
Prize pool: $1,017,002
Players paid: 333
Minimum payout: $814
Winner payout: $165,263
Final table payouts:
1st place: Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon – $165,263
2nd place: MeatIsMurder – $99,361
3rd place: merrick – $73,021
4th place: LeakStain – $53,494
5th place: Phil “lumestackin” Hellmuth – $39,460
6th place: DjPhiLWiLL – $29,493
7th place: MeatJustice – $22,374
8th place: FlatcallSPC – $17,086
9th place: Roopert – $13,119
Event 8: $10K Short Deck NLHE – Day 1 of 4
Tonight at 6 is the debut of No-Limit Holdem – Short Deck, held in the Amazon Room. The $10,000 buyin event gives players 30,000 chips and a 30,000-chip add-on with a single re-entry option through the start of Level 11: 5:15pm Monday. pic.twitter.com/npUdp7qLrN
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 3, 2019
Total entries: 61 (late registration remains open)
Prize pool: $573,400 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 18
Chip leader: Gabe Patgorski (USA) – 388,800 chips
Day 2 starting time: 3pm
Notable Information
The fourth and final starting day of the Big 50 anniversary tournament offered only seats for late registrants and those willing to wait for seats. The field had become bigger than anyone anticipated, complete with monstrous registration lines, daily tournaments cancelled due to a lack of space, and tables scattered throughout the casino.
When all was said and done, and even throughout the night after the last of the tournament competitors left the Rio, there were no final numbers for Event 3. WSOP officials predicted on Twitter that entries would exceed 26,000, but the official numbers will tell the full story at some time today.
Meanwhile, two people won WSOP gold bracelets. The first was Derek McMaster of Minnesota, a mostly local poker player who was looking for his second lifetime WSOP cash. Instead, he picked up the Omaha-8 bracelet and victory. “I try to just have fun when I’m playing,” he told WSOP. “The more fun I have, it seems like stuff goes my way.”
Congratulations to another first-time WSOP gold bracelet winner on just his second-ever cash and first final table! Derek McMaster is your $1,500 Omaha Eight or Better champion: https://t.co/T5veMecSfC pic.twitter.com/3eAL1OB9Wf
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 3, 2019
The other winner was Yong Kwon, who took down the first online poker bracelet of 2019. All the real-life names of players at the final table have yet to be revealed, but Phil Hellmuth was one of them.
