2019 WSOP Day 6: Heath Wins High Roller
As everyone anxiously awaited the final numbers from the Big 50 anniversary tournament at the World Series of Poker, other players moved forward with their events. And that was a good thing, as the numbers have still not been revealed.
Look for that information to be announced with some fanfare today.
But let’s go back a day.
On Monday, June 3, this is what happened.
Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 2C
Entries: more than 25,000
Prize pool: still TBD ($5 million guaranteed)
Players paid: still TBD
Players remaining: unclear
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 chip leader: Saya Ono (USA) – 3,810,000 chips
Day 2D starting time: 10am today
Day 3 starting time: 11am on Wednesday, June 5
Event 5: $50K 50th Annual NLHE High Roller – Final
Total entries: 110
Prize pool: $5,280,000
Players paid: 17
Final table payouts:
1st place: Ben Heath (UK) – $1,484,085
2nd place: Andrew Lichtenberger (USA) – $917,232
3rd place: Sam Soverel (USA) – $640,924
4th place: Dmitry Yurasov (Russia) – $458,138
5th place: Nick Petrangelo (USA) – $335,181
6th place: Chance Kornuth (USA) – $251,128
7th place: Elio Fox (USA) – $192,794
8th place: Cary Katz (USA) – $151,755
9th place: David Einhorn (USA) – $122,551
The United Kingdom's Ben Heath scores big at the 2019 @WSOP, taking down Event #5, $50,000 NLHE High Roller. Heath's first bracelet win comes along with a $1,484,085 victor's payday. https://t.co/NfZLsOhR2D pic.twitter.com/OJHQLpUgNu
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 4, 2019
Event 6: $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw – Final
Total entries: 296
Prize pool: $666,000
Players paid: 45
1st place: Daniel Zack (USA) – $160,447
2nd place: Sumir Mathur (USA) – $99,153
3rd place: Brayden Gazlay (USA) – $65,217
4th place: Jon Turner (USA) – $43,984
5th place: Jesse Hampton (USA) – $30,437
6th place: Jake Schwartz (USA) – $21,625
Princeton, NJ's Dan Zack (@Dan__Zack) wins Event #6 at the 2019 @WSOP, $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw. Zack collects his first WSOP gold bracelet along with a $160,447 payday. https://t.co/dpkBgHPjml pic.twitter.com/LFY16ZW2Ua
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 4, 2019
Event 8: $10K Short Deck NLHE – Day 2 of 4
Total entries: 114
Prize pool: $1,071,600
Players paid: 18
Minimum payout: $14,615
Winner payout: $296,227
Day 2 players remaining: 7
Final table chip counts:
Chance Kornuth (USA) – 2,163,000 chips
Alex Epstein (USA) – 1,275,000 chips
Yong Wang (China) – 1,176,000 chips
Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) – 975,000 chips
Rene van Krevelen (Netherlands) – 563,000 chips
Andrew Robl (USA) – 406,000 chips
Thai Ha (USA) – 283,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 3pm
Event 9: $600 NLHE Deep Stack – Day 1 of 2
Total entries: 6,150
Prize pool: $3,229,275
Players paid: 923
Minimum payout: $874
Winner payout: $398,281
Day 1 players remaining: 581
Chip leader: Guillermo Padilla – 1,458,000 chips
Day 2 starting time: 12noon
Event 10: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed – Day 1 of 3
Total entries: 470
Prize pool: $634,500
Players paid: 71
Minimum payout: $2,250
Winner payout: $144,957
Day 1 players remaining: 155
Chip leader: Danny Noam (USA) – 81,100 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Event 11: $5K NLHE – Day 1 of 4
Total entries: 343 (registration still open)
Prize pool: $1,594,950 (not final)
Players paid: TBD
Minimum payout: TBD
Winner payout: TBD
Day 1 players remaining: 137
Chip leader: Dan Smith (USA) – 321,100 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Notable Information
As the Big 50 information remains complete, there was more than enough information for the other tournaments, including two new gold bracelet winners.
Ben Heath of the UK captured his first WSOP bracelet in the $50K buy-in High Roller event, something with which he’s familiar because of his affinity for high-stakes tournaments. But winning his first bracelet “feels a lot better than I thought it would,” he said.
A bit later, it was Dan Zack taking home his first piece of WSOP gold in the Limit Mixed Triple Draw contest. The New Jersey native took home the largest cash in his personal WSOP history.
Several other tournaments got underway, a few neared final table status, and the action will continue today in all of them as everyone secretly anticipates the Big 50 announcement.