2019 WSOP Day 7: Big 50 Makes History
The numbers have been revealed. The Big 50 did, in fact, make history.
It had the most total number of tournament entries at 28,371. It had 17,970 unique entries, setting a new WSOP record by beating the 2017 Colossus by 17%. It had the largest prize pool ever for a $500 buy-in tournament at $13,509,435. It had the most places paid for said tournament at 4,258.
The Big 50 also exceeded the average percentage of women in a typical poker tournament. The average is typically between 3% and 5% of a tournament field, but the Big 50 showed 7.02% female in the total number of entries, with 7.3% from the total number of unique buy-ins.
Other interesting numbers:
Total number of player entries:
–One entry: 11,555
–Two entries: 3,969
–Three entries: 1,473
–Four entries: 599
–Five entries: 244
–Six entries: 92
–Seven entries: 28
–Eight Entries: 10
Average age of entrants: 44 years old
Oldest entrant: 91
Number of countries reflected in buy-ins: 89
Number of dealers required: 1,208
Number of card decks used: 4,912
We've got all the numbers crunched for what is now the largest live poker tournament ever held. 28,371 entries & a $13,509,435 prize pool. 4,258 will receive payouts for this event.
Inside the Numbers on the Big 50:https://t.co/OhVWc8wHxj pic.twitter.com/bNARVJkle5
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Now, back to the basics. On Tuesday, June 4, this is what happened.
Event 3: $500 Big 50 NLHE – Day 2D
Entries: 28,371 (17,970 unique players)
Prize pool: $13,509,435
Players paid: 4,258
Minimum payout: $750
Winner payout: $1,150,500 (estimated)
Players remaining: 1,597
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 chip leader: Zachary Ackley (USA) – 2,925,000 chips
Day 3 starting time: 11am today
Event 8: $10K Short Deck NLHE – Final
Total entries: 114
Prize pool: $1,071,600
Players paid: 18
Final table payouts:
1st place: Alex Epstein (USA) – $296,227
2nd place: Thai Ha (USA) – $183,081
3rd place: Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) – $130,482
4th place: Chance Kornuth (USA) – $93,593
5th place: Rene van Krevelen (Netherlands) – $67,566
6th place: Yong Wang (China) – $49,095
Event 9: $600 NLHE Deep Stack – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 6,151
Prize pool: $3,229,275
Players paid: 923
Minimum payout: $874
Winner payout: $398,281
Day 2 players remaining: 9
Final table chip counts:
Paul Jain (USA) – 41.7 million
Jeremy Pekarek (USA) – 21.8 million
David Elet (USA) – 21.3 million
Noomis Jones (USA) – 21.1 million
Juan Magana (Mexico) – 19.5 million
Tan Nguyen (USA) – 18.4 million
Benjamin Underwood (Canada) – 17.6 million
Dan Kuntzman (USA) – 11.6 million
John Skrovan (USA) – 11.6 million
Day 3 starting time: 3pm
Event 10: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice 6-Handed – Day 2 of 3
Total entries: 470
Prize pool: $634,500
Players paid: 71
Minimum payout: $2,250
Winner payout: $144,957
Day 2 players remaining: 21
Chip leader: Benny Glaser (UK) – 489,500 chips
Day 3 starting time: 2pm
Event 11: $5K NLHE – Day 2 of 4
Total entries: 400
Prize pool: $1,860,000
Players paid: 60
Minimum payout: $7,476
Winner payout: $442,385
Day 2 players remaining: 27
Chip leader: Pauli Ayras (Finland) – 1 million chips
Day 3 starting time: 2pm
Event 12: $1K NLHE Super Turbo Bounty – Final
Starting at 11am is Event 12: $1,000 Super Bounty NL Holdem.
20,000 chips
20-minute levels
$300 Bounty on each player
No Re-Entry
Finishing today pic.twitter.com/7CwAkRSUt1— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 4, 2019
Total entries: 2,452
Prize pool: $1,471,200
Players paid: 368
Minimum payout: $1,000
Final table payouts:
1st place: Daniel Park (USA) – $226,243
2nd place: Erik Cajelais (Canada) – $139,731
3rd place: Jennifer Dennis (USA) – $102,010
4th place: Emil Tiller (USA) – $75,149
5th place: Marcelo Giordano Mendes (Brazil) – $55,869
6th place: John Yelaney (USA) – $41,920
7th place: Travis Sargent (USA) – $31,748
8th place: Lian Liu (USA) – $24,271
9th place: Ferit Bulutoglu (USA) – $18,731
Event 13: $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw – Day 1 of 3
Event 13: $1,500 NL 2-7 Single Draw starts at 3pm, playing ten 60-minute levels with late registration and one re-entry until the start of Level 9, ~12am.
Updates at https://t.co/TsPybNMdVy pic.twitter.com/F3FNxxtIiy
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Total entries: 296
Prize pool: $399,600
Players paid: 45
Minimum payout: $2,242
Winner payout: $96,278
Day 1 players remaining: 63
Chip leader: Steven Tabb (USA) – 185,400 chips
Day 2 starting time: 2pm
Notable Information
Alex Epstein won his first WSOP bracelet in the inaugural Short Deck tournament. He had been honing his short deck skills of late, refocusing his time from PLO. His decision to play Event 8 was to go with a higher variance event than his PLO cash games, and his plan worked.
“Walking to the Rio today, I was thinking that I just wanted to enjoy the experience,” he told PokerNews. “I knew that the other good players at the final table were short stacks, so I had a very good chance if things broke my way.”
PLO cash-gamer Alex Epstein takes a stab at short deck and wins the first-ever @WSOP bracelet awarded in the format. Epstein, of Oaktown, CA, wins $296,277 in Event #8, $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em. https://t.co/cQYlu2rM6D pic.twitter.com/s12XeOBjue
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 5, 2019
Daniel Park also took down his first WSOP event, something he called a dream. “I can’t believe it right now,” he said. “It’s so unreal.” He played only one day to capture the title in a turbo structure, and the native of South Korea will now take some of the profit and play the Main Event later in the series.
Bayside, NY's Daniel Park wins the single-day 2019 @WSOP Event #12, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty. Park tops a 2,453-entry field to earn his first career gold bracelet and a $226,243 winner's payday. https://t.co/6EY5ZK32Ql pic.twitter.com/0rEz9UQeol
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 5, 2019
