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WSOP Day 29 Recap

The WSOP have made one more millionaire yesterday!

#	Buy-in	Event	Players	Prize
50	$1,500	Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em	🇺🇸 Kainalu McCue-Unciano	$1,008,850
57	$1,000	Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em	🇮🇱 Barak Wisbrod, Daniel Dayan, Ohad Geiger	$56,132 each

Event #50 Monster Stack – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em crowned Kainalu McCue-Unciano. The Hawaiian player crushed his previous biggest performance of $75K in this huge event bringing 6,035 players together.

Kainalu McCue-Unciano and his happy rail!

In Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em, it’s not one but three players that won this very particular bracelet introduced in 2016. The young Israeli team beat the other 975 teams to make their dream come true: “This isn’t about the money, it’s about the WSOP bracelet, it’s every poker player’s dream!”.

The event brang a lot of well known pros with a few in the final table:

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇺🇸 Anthony Zinno	3rd	$36,664	57	$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em
🇳🇱 Steven van Zadelhoff	8th	$7,837	57	$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Jason Koon	29th	$1,985	57	$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em
🇩🇪 Rainer Kempe	71st	$1,086	57	$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em

In the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, cards have been dealt until the bubble burst at 12 left. Phil Ivey currently leads the tournament with more than 20% of all chips. Today will also see the return of Shaun Deeb (5th) and Dan Cates (11th).

Let’s end this daily report with the current top 5 average earnings for players with 5+ cashes:

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇺🇸 Dash Dudley	$219,178	5
🇺🇸 Joseph Cheong	$140,038	5
🇺🇸 Matthew Gonzales	$111,951	8
🇺🇸 Ari Engel	$89,281	5
🇫🇷 Thomas Cazayous	$84,876	5

We hope you enjoy the read and we’d be very happy to hear what you think about these daily reports. You can leave us a message here or on social media, thanks!

source: www.wsop.com

WSOP Day 28 Recap

Welcome fellow readers, four bracelets were distributed yesterday!

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
52	$10,000	Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	🇺🇸 Dash Dudley	$1,086,967
53	$800	No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 8-Handed	🇪🇸 Santiago Soriano	$371,203
54	$1,500	Razz	🇺🇸 Kevin Gerhart	$119,054
56	$1,500	No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty	🇩🇪 Jonas Lauck	$260,335

All the chips went to Dash Dudley at the end of the Event #52 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed, winning over a million of dollars! The French pro Sylvain Loosli, couldn’t pass through the semi-finals, finishing 14th and Luke Schwartz started the last day 2nd in chips but ended 21st.

With this win Dudley dashes (pun intended!) into the top 5 earnings of this WSOP:

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇬🇧 Stephen Chidwick	$1,618,417	1
🇬🇧 Benjamin Heath	$1,499,012	3
🇺🇸 John Gorsuch	$1,347,173	3
🇺🇸 Femi Fashakin	$1,147,449	1
🇺🇸 Dash Dudley	$1,095,889	5
🇹🇼 James Chen	$1,007,091	3
🇺🇸 Andrew Lichtenberger	$994,900	4
🇺🇸 Matthew Gonzales	$895,064	7
🇯🇵 Kazuki Ikeuchi	$839,790	2
🇨🇦 Paul Cullen	$709,183	1

Santiago Soriano beats 3,759 players to get his hands on this Event #53 No-Limit Deepstack 8-Handed bracelet, Spain’s first bracelet of this edition. Worth mentioning that the heads-up was against Amir Lehavot, who finished 3rd at the 2012 main event.

After 7 cashes during this 2019 WSOP, Kevin Gerhart got his first bracelet in the event #54 $1,500 Razz, congratulations to him!

First cash and of this edition for Jonas Lauck in the Event #56 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty.

Final table will continue tomorrow for the Event #50 Monster Stack – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em with 6 players left, hoping to get the most of the $8,147,250 prizepool.

The atypical Tag Team Event #57 is still running with 48 players left. In this tournament you can set up teams of 2 to 4 players. The fun comes from the fact that players may tag a teammate anytime he/she is not in an active hand.

Also, the famous $50,000 Poker Players Championship Event #58 has 2/3 of its field remaining. Notables who lost, not in particular order: Stephen Chidwick, Matt Glantz, Scott Seiver, Michael Mizrachi, Julien Martini, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu.

That’s all to digest for today, come back tomorrow for another course!

source: wsop.com

WSOP Day 27 Recap

The tables of the Rio have been shy of distributing gold jewelry but hopefully the online streets have found their king!

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
55	$1,000	WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack	🇺🇸 Jason Gooch	$241,492

Jason Gooch signs his biggest performance to date, slightly more than his Main Event deep run last year, where he ended 36th for $230,475. He’s having a great run this year as the win marks his 7th cash this year. In the run for the crown we found two well known Italians:

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇮🇹 Dario Sammartino	4th	$75,094	55	$1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack
🇮🇹 Max Pescatori	9th	$17,348	55	$1,000 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack

In the other events still in progress, we’re approaching the final table in Event #54: $1,500 Razz where Jennifer Tilly (5th) and Scott Clements (7th) are still in contention for the title.

The hostilities have started in the famous $50,000 Poker Players Championship, filled with the best of best. Amongst the names we haven’t heard a lot yet are Gus Hansen, Dan Smith and Daniel Cates. Michael Mizrachi has of course joined them, hoping to win his fourth championship win for this single event!

Let’s now have a look at the cashes leaderboard:

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇦🇹 Ismael Bojang	$322,998	10
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb	$261,099	10
🇺🇸 Daniel Zack	$244,185	10
🇺🇸 Steven Wolansky	$34,777	10

Daniel Zack is also currently in the lead for Player of the Year. Ismael Bojang and Shaun Deeb are not far away, respectively 4th and 5th.

That’s it! Have a great day at the tables!

source: www.wsop.com

WSOP Day 26 Digest

Two bracelets were distributed yesterday:

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
47	$10,000	$1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em	🇰🇷 Ji young Kim	$167,308
51	$2,500	Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better	🇧🇷 Yuri Dzivielevski	$213,750

968 ladies entered the this $10,000 event #47, Ji young Kim got all the chips at the end and the coveted bracelet. First cash for her and first bracelet for South Korea in this edition, congratulations!

Yuri Dzivielevski shipped $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better (Event #51). Just like that, adding his best result ever to his résumé.

Let’s not forget the great run of Michael Thompson. At 3 players left, he had only 1 BB left against the 13.5 BB and 10 BB of the two other players Yuri Dzivielevski and Denis Strebkov. He triples up before moving up chip leader and knocking out Denis. Unfortunately for him, Yuri calmly managed to break the run of Michael.

Here is the number of bracelets per country for this WSOP edition

Country	Cashes
🇺🇸 United States	35
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3
🇧🇷 Brazil	2
🇮🇱 Israel	2
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1
🇬🇷 Greece	1
🇰🇷 South Korea	1
🇫🇷 France	1
🇦🇹 Austria	1
🇷🇺 Russian Federation	1

Quite some events to follow for the next days:

The road is still long for the remaining 457 players of the incredible Event #50 Monster Stack – $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em and its fabulous prizepool of $8,147,250. Notables Pierre Neuville, Adrien Allain and Joe Cada are still there in the top 20. Let’s not forget Roman Korenev, winner of the #26 Marathon Event just a week ago who is 4th in chips right now!

It will be the third day tomorrow for the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed (Event #52). The recent $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (Event #49) bracelet winner Luke Schwartz, second in chips, is still amongst the 72 players left!

See you tomorrow!

WSOP Day 25 Digest

United Kingdom hits the double-combo in yesterday’s results!

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
45	$25,000	Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	🇬🇧 Stephen Chidwick	$1,618,417
48	$2,500	No-Limit Hold’em	🇺🇸 Ari Engel	$427,399
49	$10,000	Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw	🇬🇧 Lukas Schwartz	$273,336

It took 53 cashes in the World Series for Stephen Chidwick to win his first bracelet. The former GPI #1 (currently #3), 18th in the all time live earnings with $24,749,230 won the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller and also booked his biggest live prize. The debated-ably current best player in the world is now on an amazing run of six $1M+ prizes since March 2018.

Getting ready to punch someone with his bracelet

Alex Epstein came close to make 2 bracelets in 2 WSOP cashes ever as he finished 5th, already holding the bracelet of Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em.

Event #48 $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em has ended with Ari Engel grabbing all the chips. The poker coach won his first bracelet and now counts a decent 43 WSOP cashes.

Ari “Never give up” Engel and his 15 years of WSOP experience

Event #49 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw has crowned Lukas Schwartz, giving the United Kingdom its 3rd bracelet for this edition.

A truly dense day as our well-known list has lots of close first place finishers:

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇺🇸 Robert Mizrachi	4th	$497,112	45	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
🇺🇸 Erik Seidel	6th	$264,186	45	$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
🇺🇸 Mike Gorodinsky	7th	$32,127	49	$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
🇺🇸 Brian Hastings	8th	$32,127	49	$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Also, Stephen Chidwick now tops the top 10 biggest earners of this edition

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇬🇧 Stephen Chidwick	$1,618,417	1
🇬🇧 Benjamin Heath	$1,499,012	3
🇺🇸 John Gorsuch	$1,347,173	3
🇺🇸 Femi Fashakin	$1,147,449	1
🇹🇼 James Chen	$1,007,091	3
🇺🇸 Andrew Lichtenberger	$994,900	4
🇺🇸 Matthew Gonzales	$895,064	7
🇯🇵 Kazuki Ikeuchi	$839,790	2
🇨🇦 Paul Cullen	$709,183	1
🇺🇸 Robert Mizrachi	$699,614	3

See you tomorrow for the end of the ladies event!

source: www.wsop.com