With the start of the biggest buy-in tournament in poker history, the £1,050,000 Triton Million, we’ve been interested in compiling a few stats from the previous $1M+ hyper high rollers.
Four editions of The Big One for One Drop have been held since 2012, one every two years. The WSOP have hosted it three times, while the fourth was held in Monte-Carlo in 2016.
Year
Prizepool
Entries
2012
$42,666,672
48
2014
$37,333,338
42
2016
$27,437,564
28
2018
$24,840,000
27
Unfortunately those events have seen a steady decline in participation, but the Triton Million will already break this record as 54 participants have already registered to play the tournament. £50,000 should be held for charity, making a prizepool of $65M, reaching the 6th biggest tournament prizepool ever!
Here are the top 10 earners in all four editions of the Big One, with Rick Salomon – also playing today – being the only player making more than one cash with a sick 75% cashing to entry ratio.
Name
Places (Year)
Total Earnings
🇺🇸 Antonio Esfandiari
1st (2012)
$18,346,673
🇺🇸 Dan Colman
1st (2014)
$15,306,668
🇨🇳 Elton Tsang
1st (2016)
$12,333,333
🇬🇧 Sam Trickett
2nd (2012)
$10,112,001
🇺🇸 Justin Bonomo
1st (2018)
$10,000,000
🇺🇸 Rick Salomon
3rd, 4th, 4th *
$8,970,000
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu
2nd (2014)
$8,288,001
🇷🇺 Anatoly Gurtovoy
2nd (2016)
$6,024,836
🇩🇪 Fedor Holz
2nd (2018)
$6,000,000
🇩🇪 Christoph Vogelsang
3rd (2014)
$4,480,001
* 2014, 2016, 2018
The event should also distribute the biggest prize ever to its winner, an astounding $23M! Eleven players will be payed, making a rough 20% of players in the money.
Play has just started and you can follow the event on the twitch stream right now!
After 1.5 months of tournaments, the 50th WSOP are now officially finished with Hossein Ensan as the last crowned world champion in the Main Event.
#
Buy-in
Event
Player
Prize
73
$10,000
No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT – World Championship
🇩🇪 Hossein Ensan
$10,000,000
86
$10,000
No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Anuj Agarwal
$630,747
87
$3,000
HORSE
🇷🇺 Denis Strebkov
$606,562
89
$5,000
No-Limit Hold’em
🇬🇧 Carl Shaw
$606,562
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT
It took him about nine hours and things got a little rocky at times, but Ensan closed the deal. He eliminated both Alex Livingston and then Dario Sammartino across a little under 200 hands of play, securing the historic bracelet for the 50th running of the WSOP, as well as $10 million. Ensan called the moment, the culmination of getting through a field of 8,569, “unbelievable”. “It is the best feeling I have in all my life”, Ensan said and we can all imagine why.
Hossein Ensan celebrating his bracelet as well as $10,000,000.
Anuj Agarwal has taken down one of the last WSOP gold bracelets of the summer by beating 271 other players. Agarwal took home $630,747 for his biggest ever career cash. He more than doubled his total amount of recorded live cashes by beating Australia’s Kahle Burns heads up.
Anuj Agarwal saving his summer thanks to Event #86.
Event #87: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Denis Strebkov took down Event #87 beating a field of 301 entries. Strebkov claimed the $206,173 first prize and his first career bracelet.
Denis Strebkov
Event #89: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
A champion has been crowned in the final event of the 50th Annual World Series of Poker! Britain’s Carl Shaw defeated Tony Dunst heads-up for $606,562 and his first ever gold WSOP bracelet. This event attracted 608 players in total who created a prize pool of $2,827,200 with 92 players getting paid.
Carl Shaw
On the side, Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb multiplied their good results yesterday but neither of them won the title of “2019 WSOP player of the Year”. Indeed, Robert Campbell finished in front of Deeb (2nd) and Negreanu (3rd) while Hellmuth finished 44th. In October, the WSOP Europe will close the deal to know who finishes the player of year.
Player
Place
Earnings
#
Event
🇮🇹 Dario Sammartino
2nd
$6,000,000
73
$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT – World Championship
🇺🇸 Tony Dunst
2nd
$374,886
89
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Brian Hastings
4th
$182,575
87
$3,000 HORSE
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth
6th
$94,899
89
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
🇬🇧 Benjamin Heath
6th
$85,915
86
$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Paul Volpe
8th
$52,760
87
$3,000 HORSE
🇺🇸 Jonathan Little
13th
$24,941
89
$5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb
17th
$28,618
86
$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed
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The 50th WSOP are almost finished but they are still 3 players remaining in the Main Event to win the most prestigious bracelet of the series as well as $10,000,000!
#
Buy-in
Event
Player
Prize
84
$1,500
The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em
🇮🇳 Abhinav Iyer
$565,346
85
$3,000
Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Alan Sternberg
$448,392
Event #84: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’emThe Closer
After two days of play, Abhinav Iyer won one of the last event of these WSOP for $565,346. With unlimited re-entries across all three starting flights, 2,800 entries were registered in total, generating a tasty $3,780,000 prizepool at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. Iyer brings home the fourth bracelet of the series for his home country, India.
Abhinav Iyer.
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Alan Sternberg reigned victorious in this PLO tournament to capture his first-ever bracelet along with $448,392 in prize money. Sternberg entered the final table fourth in chips “Coming into today, my goal was to at least make top four and then I got hit with the deck of cards. I made the best hand a lot so that makes it pretty easy.” He defeated Evangelos Kokkalis for the final heads-up.
Alan Sternberg.
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event
The 2019 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event is just one day away from crowning a champion as the final trio remains out of a field of 8,569 entries with a WSOP Main Event bracelet for the winner and the payday of $10,000,000 that comes along with it.
Hossein Ensan finished Day 7 and 8 at the top of the leaderboard and made it three in a row by establishing a commanding lead at the end of Day 9. Ensan increased his stack by more than 50% on the day and bagged up 326,800,000.
That’s nearly two times as many chips as Alex Livingston (120,400,000) and Dario Sammartino (67,600,000) have combined at their disposal.
Dario Sammartino, Hossein Ensan and Alex Livingston.
Gal Yifrach had a day to remember after he went from start-of-day short stack to final six chip leader in just over four hours in Event #86. When the final 16 returned to action, Yifrach had just 319,000, but by the end of the play, the American bagged a massive 5,385,000 for the clear lead at the top.
Yifrach will be favorite to win this tournament but he will be challenged by Anuj Agarwal (4,350,000), Dong Chen (2,540,000), Kahle Burns(1,855,000), Leonard Maue (1,495,000) and Ben Heath (710,000).
Gal Yifrach analysing his opponent.
Famous names have also cashed in Event #84 and #85 as Shaun Deeb, Joao Vieira and Robert Mizrachi who are all doing great in these WSOP.
Player
Place
Earnings
#
Event
🇺🇸 Joseph Cheong
6th
$64,722
85
$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb
7th
$80,766
84
$1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em
🇵🇹 Joao Vieira
7th
$47,043
85
$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
🇺🇸 JC Tran
10th
$37,215
84
$1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Robert Mizrachi
57th
$5,686
85
$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Are you wondering who are the most consistent players of these 50th WSOP? Here are the best cash averages for 5+ cashes:
Name
Total Earnings
Cashes
🇺🇸 Nick Schulman
$289,335
6
🇹🇼 James Chen
$250,553
5
🇺🇸 Dash Dudley
$183,414
6
🇺🇸 John Gorsuch
$169,653
8
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu
$144,579
14
Tonight will crown the winner of the Main Event! Will Hossein Ensan be able to do it with his huge chiplead? See you tomorrow for the last recap of the season to get to know who’s gonna make it to the top and leave Vegas with $10,000,000!
Sunday provided plenty of action as the main event final table got underway and two more WSOP gold bracelets found new owners, one from online play and one from live:
#
Buy-in
Event
Player
Prize
82
$1,500
No Limit Hold’em Double Stack
🇺🇸 Tom Koral
$530,164
88
$500
WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em Summer Saver
🇺🇸 Taylor “Galactar” Paur
$149,240
Event #82: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack
Claiming the second bracelet of his career yesterday was Tom Koral who outlasted a field of 2,589 entries and earned the top prize of $530,164. Koral is primarily a mixed game player, but didn’t seem to hinder him on his way to victory in the most popular format of the game. Barry Shulman also final tabled this event seeking his third bracelet but instead found third place coming up just short.
Sunday also saw the ninth and final online event conclude with Taylor “Galactar” Paur claiming victory and his second bracelet over 1,325 entries for $149,240.52. This year was the most online events the World Series had ever hosted and they were all met with impressive numbers as anyone who was physically in Nevada or New Jersey was able to log in and play for a bracelet.
Taylor Paur claimed his second bracelet
Event #84: The Closer – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
The three opening flights of the repeat popular event attracted 2,337 entrants with about half of those coming from yesterday’s Day 1c field. Today was originally scheduled to be the final day, however, like several other tournaments this Summer, it may very well be extended an additional day as the large field still has 196 players returning. Notables Shaun Deeb, Ari Engel and Jeff Gross all bring in healthy stacks today but it is Tam Nguyen who leads them all in the hunt for the bracelet and the nearly half a million prize of $490,359.
Shaun Deeb enters the day third in chips
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
This event will award one of the final bracelets of the Summer today with just six players remaining out of the original field of 835 entrants. Millard Hale is in first place for chip counts but John Richards is also close on his heels with Joseph Cheong coming into the day as the short stack. In addition to their very first WSOP bracelet, the remaining contestants are battling for the $448,392 up top.
This tournament saw 24 players join in on the action before the start of yesterday’s Day 2 to round out the field of 272 entries in the final $10,000 buy-in event of the World Series. Only 16 players survived to find a bag yesterday and return today with Anuj Agarwal leading the way and aiming for the whopping $630,747 first place prize. Two previous bracelet winners also remain in the hunt for their next one with Ben Heath securing a healthy stack and Gal Yifrach bagging the shortest stack of the remaining players. The tournament is scheduled to play down to the final six today however with only 16 remaining it’s possible tournament staff could let it play out to the end.
Anuj Agarwal bags Day 2 chip lead
Event #87: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
The final mixed-game event of the World Series kicked off yesterday drawing 301 entrants to create a prize pool of over $800,000 with first place taking home $206,173. Harold Klein enters the day as the chip leader but defending champion Brian Hastings also bagged a decent stack and is in contention for the rare back-to-back repeat with 127 players returning. Hastings has found plenty of success at the World Series in his career, already in possession of four gold bracelets.
Brian Hastings aims for back-to-back titles
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT – World Championship
The main kicked off the first day of the final table yesterday with plenty of chips flying. The original plan was to play down to six from the nine who began the day, however, after only 56 hands play was stopped with just five remaining in contention for the prestigious bracelet and $10,000,000 prize that awaits the eventual champion. Hossein Ensan entered the day as the massive chip leader and was able to hold onto that position but Garry Gates also chipped up yesterday and the two big stacks hold around 75 percent of the chips in play between them. Yesterday saw Milos Skrbic take ninth for $1,000,000, Timothy Su eighth for $1,250,000, Nick Marchington seventh for $1,525,000, and then finally Zhen Cai for $1,850,000.
Hossein Ensan leads final five in the WSOP Main Event
As we enter the final two days of the 2019 World Series of Poker, stay tuned here as for updates as we draw closer to crowning the final bracelet winners and the next Main Event champion!
One of the final mixed games events of the Summer came to a close with Sweden’s Jerry Odeen claiming the title and $304,793. Odeen had to not only work through two games of alternating No-Limit Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha, but also the 1,250 entry field which contained multiple notables with the likes of Greg Raymer, Vivian Saliba, Chris Ferguson, Ari Engel, Jonathan Little, and Craig Varnell. Odeen only arrived in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago but will be leaving town with a bracelet on his wrist and a dream of WSOP glory fulfilled.
Jerry Odeen captured his first bracelet
Event #83: $100,000 High Roller
The event that drew much of the attention yesterday was certainly the $100,000 high roller final table with a notable pro occupying every seat. The day saw many stacks rise and fall, but when the dust settled it was Keith Tilston emerging at the top of the 99 player field for a whopping $2,792,406 after defeating Daniel Negreanu heads up. Negreanu entered the day with the shortest stack of the remaining six players but was able to find 5 double ups in order to play heads-up for his sixth bracelet for the second time this Summer. The key hand which ending up denying him that privilege was catching a nine high flush under Tilton’s ten high flush for most of his chips and was unable to recover. The highest buy-in event of the Summer saw the top three places all pay out over a million dollars. Notable pro and poker commentator Nick Schulman locked up a third-place finish with Igor Kurganov busting just prior to him in fourth. It was no surprise to have Germany once again making its presence felt on the high roller scene with Dominik Nitsche final tabling for 6th place and Steffen Sontheimer just missing out on doing so as well, busting in 11th.
Keith Tilston denied Negreanu a 6th bracelet
Player
Place
Earnings
#
Event
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu
2nd
$1,725,838
83
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
🇺🇸 Nick Schulman
3rd
$1,187,802
83
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
🇷🇺 Igor Kurganov
4th
$840,183
83
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
🇩🇪 Dominik Nitsche
6th
$457,772
83
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
🇩🇪 Steffen Sontheimer
11th
$195,862
83
$100,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller
Event #84: The Closer – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Yesterday saw poker pro-Shaun Deeb bag the chip lead as 724 entries in the second of three starting flights brought the event’s total to 1,187. Despite bagging an impressive stack of over 1.1 million chips from the 25,000 starting stack, Deeb still finds himself chasing flight 1a Chipleader Roman Korenev. Today will mark the third and final starting flight of this event as players will look to get into one of the final chances of WSOP gold left this Summer.
Shaun Deeb bagged the chip lead for the second flight.
Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Just 24 players remain out of the original field of 835 entrants and play is scheduled to condense down to the final table of six today. John Richards currently sits atop the chip counts followed closely by notables Joseph Cheong as well as Brandon Shack-Harris who is aiming to add a third WSOP bracelet to his resume. In addition to the bracelet, an impressive $448,392 also occupies the first place payout.
With the main event on hold yesterday, another $10,000 tournament began seeing 248 entries on day one with potentially more to come as registration remains open until the start of play today. Felix Bleiker has ahold of the chip lead after running up his 60,000 starting stack to 425,400 in chips. Also bagging big yesterday were John Andress, bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski, and Eric Kurtzman.
Felix Bleiker bags Day 1 chip lead
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT – World Championship
The final nine players of the main event had a day off from playing after 7 long days of play required to see the rest of the 8,569 see their main event dreams come up short of the coveted bracelet. Hossein Ensan is far and away the chip leader who enters the day holding more chips than his two nearest competitors combined in Garry Gates and Zhen Cai. Fans and players alike from around the world can tune into ESPN tonight at 10 PM PDT for coverage as the players will resume the battle for the main event title and the $10,000,000 payout.
The main event enters the first day of final table play today
Earnings Leaderboard
With only three days left in the Summer here’s a look at those who have had the best Summer from an earnings standpoint. Daniel Negreanu saw himself rise above the $2 million mark yesterday in addition to his 14th cash from inside the walls of the Rio this year.
Name
Total Earnings
Cashes
🇺🇸 Keith Tilston
$3,068,280
2
🇨🇦 Daniel Negreanu
$2,024,107
14
🇭🇰 Danny Tang
$1,839,207
2
🇺🇸 Nick Schulman
$1,736,012
6
🇺🇸 Sam Soverel
$1,634,996
2
🇬🇧 Benjamin Heath
$1,634,407
4
🇬🇧 Stephen Chidwick
$1,618,417
1
🇺🇸 Brandon Adams
$1,523,101
3
🇺🇸 John Gorsuch
$1,354,969
7
🇺🇸 Phillip Hui
$1,277,104
9
With the first day of the main event’s final table today and another WSOP bracelet to be awarded before the day is done, make sure to stay tuned for all of the updates from Sin City!
